Algorithms Job Trends in England

Algorithms
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 183 250
Rank change year-on-year -105 +67 -52
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 370 803 594
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 1.65% 1.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 4.42% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 195 402 345
10th Percentile £40,808 £46,025 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,163 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £113,125 £84,125 £107,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £105,000 £145,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +12.44% -6.90% -

All Generic Skills
England

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,597 18,183 17,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.36% 37.29% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,394 8,604 12,873
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,688 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in England

Algorithms
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in England over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in England

Algorithms
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the England region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 211 £102,500 +24.24% 110
South East -98 51 £69,525 +6.96% 108
East of England -39 39 £55,000 -27.63% 46
South West -47 24 £49,250 -24.23% 56
Midlands -9 21 £75,000 +25.00% 31
North of England -22 16 £40,000 -21.95% 56
West Midlands +5 11 £60,000 +3.45% 9
North West 0 9 £45,000 -20.37% 24
East Midlands -10 8 £75,000 +25.00% 22
Yorkshire -20 7 £35,000 -22.22% 23
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.05%) Kinematics
2 13 (3.51%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.35%) IIS
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) Luigi
6 2 (0.54%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.89%) Simulink
2 3 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (0.81%) Final Cut Pro
2 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 49 (13.24%) AWS
2 47 (12.70%) Azure
3 40 (10.81%) GCP
4 14 (3.78%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.51%) GitHub
6 11 (2.97%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (2.43%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.16%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.35%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.08%) dbt
10 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.81%) Canva
11 3 (0.81%) Firebase
12 2 (0.54%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.54%) Google App Engine
12 2 (0.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.51%) Multicast
2 5 (1.35%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (1.08%) Broadband
3 4 (1.08%) Network Security
3 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.27%) VPN
4 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.41%) NoSQL
2 17 (4.59%) Big Data
2 17 (4.59%) Metadata
3 14 (3.78%) Power BI
4 13 (3.51%) BigQuery
4 13 (3.51%) Hadoop
4 13 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (2.97%) Data Lake
6 11 (2.97%) Tableau
7 10 (2.70%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.62%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.35%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.08%) KDB
11 3 (0.81%) Looker
11 3 (0.81%) Redis
12 2 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.54%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 29 (7.84%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (5.14%) JIRA
3 16 (4.32%) Git
4 8 (2.16%) MLflow
5 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.54%) JConsole
6 2 (0.54%) TestRail
6 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
General
1 119 (32.16%) Finance
2 88 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 57 (15.41%) Electronics
4 50 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (13.24%) Front Office
6 35 (9.46%) Games
6 35 (9.46%) Marketing
7 31 (8.38%) Law
8 30 (8.11%) Banking
9 23 (6.22%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (4.59%) Financial Institution
11 12 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.70%) Legal
12 10 (2.70%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.35%) Aeronautics
14 5 (1.35%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.35%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (20.00%) Developer
1 74 (20.00%) Senior
2 55 (14.86%) Software Engineer
3 49 (13.24%) Lead
4 34 (9.19%) Quantitative Developer
5 32 (8.65%) Systems Engineer
6 31 (8.38%) Principal Engineer
7 27 (7.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 25 (6.76%) Senior Developer
9 24 (6.49%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.68%) Python Developer
10 21 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
11 20 (5.41%) C++ Developer
12 19 (5.14%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.14%) Data Scientist
13 18 (4.86%) C++ Software Engineer
13 18 (4.86%) Linux Developer
13 18 (4.86%) Senior C++ Developer
13 18 (4.86%) Senior Python Developer
13 18 (4.86%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 25 (6.76%) FIX Protocol
2 25 (6.76%) TensorFlow
3 23 (6.22%) Django
4 21 (5.68%) Kafka
5 19 (5.14%) PyTorch
6 16 (4.32%) Middleware
7 13 (3.51%) pytest
8 12 (3.24%) Flask
8 12 (3.24%) scikit-learn
9 11 (2.97%) FastAPI
9 11 (2.97%) REST
10 10 (2.70%) .NET
10 10 (2.70%) FHIR
11 9 (2.43%) Java Concurrency
12 8 (2.16%) React
13 7 (1.89%) HTML
13 7 (1.89%) Pandas
14 6 (1.62%) NumPy
14 6 (1.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.95%) Data Structures
2 56 (15.14%) Equities
3 44 (11.89%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (6.76%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.49%) Derivative
5 24 (6.49%) Hedge funds
6 21 (5.68%) Cloud Native
7 17 (4.59%) Robotics
8 16 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (4.05%) Fixed Income
10 12 (3.24%) Life Science
10 12 (3.24%) Product Ownership
11 11 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.97%) Social Media
12 10 (2.70%) 3D Graphics
12 10 (2.70%) Omics
13 9 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
15 4 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.89%) Linux
2 4 (1.08%) Unix
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (35.41%) AI
2 123 (33.24%) Software Engineering
3 122 (32.97%) Computer Science
4 115 (31.08%) Machine Learning
5 110 (29.73%) Analytics
6 83 (22.43%) Data Science
7 80 (21.62%) Mathematics
8 76 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (18.38%) Low Latency
10 65 (17.57%) Agile
11 64 (17.30%) Statistics
12 50 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
13 49 (13.24%) Data Analytics
14 45 (12.16%) Data Analysis
14 45 (12.16%) SDLC
15 43 (11.62%) Decision-Making
15 43 (11.62%) Signal Processing
16 39 (10.54%) DevOps
16 39 (10.54%) OOP
16 39 (10.54%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 205 (55.41%) Python
2 91 (24.59%) C++
3 58 (15.68%) Java
3 58 (15.68%) SQL
4 39 (10.54%) C
5 31 (8.38%) C#
6 19 (5.14%) R
7 13 (3.51%) MATLAB
8 12 (3.24%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.16%) Scala
10 7 (1.89%) Go
11 6 (1.62%) Bash
12 5 (1.35%) Rust
13 4 (1.08%) Fortran
13 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.81%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.81%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.81%) Swift
14 3 (0.81%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 156 (42.16%) Degree
2 85 (22.97%) Master's Degree
3 81 (21.89%) PhD
4 43 (11.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (7.03%) Security Cleared
7 22 (5.95%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.16%) CISM
8 8 (2.16%) CISSP
9 7 (1.89%) CISA
9 7 (1.89%) CRISC
10 6 (1.62%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.35%) MBA
12 4 (1.08%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.08%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.27%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.27%) CEH
13 1 (0.27%) GIAC
13 1 (0.27%) MCP
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 25 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.78%) QA
4 13 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.70%) CDISC
5 10 (2.70%) GxP
5 10 (2.70%) HL7
6 8 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.54%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.54%) EMIR
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) GDPR
9 1 (0.27%) GMP
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (5.14%) Docker
2 4 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.08%) Kubeflow
2 4 (1.08%) Terraform
3 2 (0.54%) Ansible
3 2 (0.54%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.54%) logstash
3 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.54%) Puppet
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (9.19%) Google
2 29 (7.84%) IBM
3 9 (2.43%) Databricks
4 8 (2.16%) Microsoft
4 8 (2.16%) Screaming Frog
5 7 (1.89%) Oracle
5 7 (1.89%) YouTube
6 5 (1.35%) Adobe
6 5 (1.35%) Ahrefs
6 5 (1.35%) BT
7 4 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.81%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.81%) Facebook
8 3 (0.81%) Instagram
8 3 (0.81%) SAP
8 3 (0.81%) TikTok
9 2 (0.54%) Criteo
9 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.27%) Intapp
10 1 (0.27%) Thales