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 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 215 172
Rank change year-on-year -88 -43 +17
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 509 641 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.63% 1.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 3.77% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 346 257 694
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,625 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £83,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £127,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,195
% change year-on-year - +2.86% -14.60%

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 20,552 17,009 30,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.10% 43.27% 33.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,375 8,102 21,081
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -57 211 £95,000 -13.64% 122
South East -48 111 £67,000 +8.06% 78
North of England -22 66 £37,500 -56.01% 37
East of England -13 50 £62,500 +15.74% 67
South West -79 42 £60,000 +20.00% 44
North West 0 31 £37,500 -56.88% 15
Midlands -19 31 £40,250 -32.92% 19
West Midlands -12 23 £37,500 -37.50% 9
Yorkshire -29 21 £37,500 -47.91% 13
North East -32 14 £44,750 -61.09% 9
East Midlands -31 7 £57,500 -4.17% 10
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 50 (9.82%) Jupyter
2 9 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.57%) CMS
4 6 (1.18%) SAS
5 5 (0.98%) IIS
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.39%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (9.63%) Chatbot
2 12 (2.36%) Simulink
3 3 (0.59%) Blender
3 3 (0.59%) Maya
4 2 (0.39%) CATIA
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.36%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 2 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 120 (23.58%) AWS
2 55 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
3 54 (10.61%) Azure
4 32 (6.29%) GCP
5 16 (3.14%) Google Analytics
6 15 (2.95%) SaaS
7 14 (2.75%) GitHub
8 9 (1.77%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.57%) Slack
10 7 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (0.98%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.98%) Google Ads
11 5 (0.98%) Prefect
11 5 (0.98%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.59%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.39%) Amazon SageMaker
13 2 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.52%) Broadband
2 17 (3.34%) Multicast
3 6 (1.18%) 5G
3 6 (1.18%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.18%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.79%) Internet
5 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.39%) Firewall
6 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) IPsec
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) RS-422
7 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) Wireless
7 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.32%) BigQuery
2 21 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (3.93%) Metadata
4 18 (3.54%) Big Data
4 18 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 11 (2.16%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.57%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.57%) Tableau
8 7 (1.38%) Power BI
9 6 (1.18%) Data Mining
9 6 (1.18%) GIS
10 5 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.39%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.20%) Parquet
12 1 (0.20%) Presto
Development Applications
1 69 (13.56%) Visual Studio Code
2 67 (13.16%) Git
3 20 (3.93%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (3.73%) JIRA
5 16 (3.14%) GitLab
6 3 (0.59%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.20%) CMake
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Valgrind
General
1 141 (27.70%) Finance
2 76 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (12.77%) Retail
3 65 (12.77%) Social Skills
4 55 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 32 (6.29%) Marketing
6 26 (5.11%) Electronics
7 23 (4.52%) Front Office
8 20 (3.93%) Banking
9 19 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.14%) Automotive
11 15 (2.95%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.55%) Games
13 9 (1.77%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.18%) Advertising
14 6 (1.18%) Legal
14 6 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (27.90%) Software Engineer
2 129 (25.34%) Senior
3 98 (19.25%) Developer
4 54 (10.61%) Senior Software Engineer
5 51 (10.02%) Python Developer
6 46 (9.04%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (9.04%) Programmer
7 45 (8.84%) Trainee
7 45 (8.84%) Trainee Programmer
8 44 (8.64%) Senior Developer
9 40 (7.86%) C++ Software Engineer
10 29 (5.70%) Python Engineer
11 27 (5.30%) Lead
12 25 (4.91%) Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.72%) FPGA Engineer
13 24 (4.72%) Python Software Engineer
13 24 (4.72%) Senior Python Developer
14 23 (4.52%) Quantitative Developer
15 22 (4.32%) C++ Developer
15 22 (4.32%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (14.54%) Pandas
2 73 (14.34%) NumPy
3 54 (10.61%) scikit-learn
3 54 (10.61%) Streamlit
4 51 (10.02%) Matplotlib
5 49 (9.63%) Hugging Face
6 48 (9.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 25 (4.91%) Django
7 25 (4.91%) PyTorch
8 24 (4.72%) TensorFlow
9 19 (3.73%) FIX Protocol
10 17 (3.34%) HTML
10 17 (3.34%) pytest
11 15 (2.95%) .NET
12 14 (2.75%) React
13 13 (2.55%) CSS
14 11 (2.16%) REST
15 10 (1.96%) RESTful
16 9 (1.77%) Flask
17 8 (1.57%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 90 (17.68%) Data Structures
2 50 (9.82%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.66%) Equities
4 31 (6.09%) FPGA
5 28 (5.50%) Embedded Systems
6 27 (5.30%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.91%) Hedge funds
8 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
9 22 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (4.13%) PCIe
10 21 (4.13%) VHDL
11 18 (3.54%) Derivative
12 17 (3.34%) Fixed Income
13 16 (3.14%) Video\Live Streaming
14 12 (2.36%) NVMe
14 12 (2.36%) Robotics
15 10 (1.96%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.77%) Over-the-Top Content
17 7 (1.38%) Driving Licence
17 7 (1.38%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 65 (12.77%) Linux
2 8 (1.57%) Windows
3 7 (1.38%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.59%) Android
6 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (44.40%) Software Engineering
2 154 (30.26%) Machine Learning
3 151 (29.67%) Computer Science
4 145 (28.49%) AI
5 96 (18.86%) OOP
6 92 (18.07%) Agile
7 91 (17.88%) Data Science
8 89 (17.49%) Visualisation
9 87 (17.09%) OO
10 81 (15.91%) Analytics
11 73 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (14.15%) Workflow
13 61 (11.98%) LLM
14 59 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (11.20%) CI/CD
16 56 (11.00%) Signal Processing
17 54 (10.61%) SDLC
18 53 (10.41%) Decision-Making
19 52 (10.22%) Mathematics
20 51 (10.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 322 (63.26%) Python
2 149 (29.27%) C++
3 49 (9.63%) C
3 49 (9.63%) SQL
4 43 (8.45%) C#
5 22 (4.32%) MATLAB
6 21 (4.13%) Java
6 21 (4.13%) Rust
7 17 (3.34%) Go
7 17 (3.34%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.95%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.75%) Assembly Language
10 11 (2.16%) R
11 10 (1.96%) Embedded C
11 10 (1.96%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.98%) Scala
13 4 (0.79%) Julia
14 3 (0.59%) VBA
15 2 (0.39%) Bash
16 1 (0.20%) VC++
Qualifications
1 120 (23.58%) Degree
2 57 (11.20%) AWS Certification
3 48 (9.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 47 (9.23%) Security Cleared
5 42 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (7.66%) Master's Degree
7 22 (4.32%) SC Cleared
8 21 (4.13%) PhD
9 19 (3.73%) DV Cleared
10 12 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.98%) MBA
12 4 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.39%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.20%) HND
15 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.91%) QA
2 13 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.18%) GDPR
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.39%) MISRA
7 2 (0.39%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.20%) EMIR
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 34 (6.68%) Docker
1 34 (6.68%) Firmware
2 12 (2.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.96%) Terraform
3 8 (1.57%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.98%) SCCM
4 5 (0.98%) SCOM
4 5 (0.98%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 56 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.63%) Google
3 16 (3.14%) Altera
4 14 (2.75%) Databricks
5 13 (2.55%) IBM
5 13 (2.55%) Xilinx
6 9 (1.77%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.18%) Botify
8 5 (0.98%) BT
8 5 (0.98%) Dell
8 5 (0.98%) HP
8 5 (0.98%) McAfee
8 5 (0.98%) VMware
9 3 (0.59%) Ahrefs
9 3 (0.59%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.59%) TikTok
10 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.20%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.20%) Thales
11 1 (0.20%) YouTube