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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 195 282
Rank change year-on-year -53 +87 -130
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 450 832 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.97% 1.37% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.68% 4.04% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 210 431 354
10th Percentile £39,102 £46,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £113,438 £84,000 £107,188
90th Percentile £142,750 £105,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £71,538
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.15% +2.20%

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 16,816 20,582 17,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.41% 33.98% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9,592 10,034 13,272
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,453
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,283 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,935 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 +35 235 £110,000 +37.50% 91
South East -88 76 £66,875 -0.93% 80
East of England -22 51 £55,000 -27.63% 43
South West -22 37 £45,021 -30.74% 27
Midlands +45 22 £75,000 +25.00% 16
North of England +13 19 £35,000 -38.06% 27
West Midlands +45 12 £60,000 +14.29% 9
North West +32 11 £38,500 -31.87% 17
East Midlands +20 8 £75,000 +3.45% 7
Yorkshire +9 8 £35,000 -22.22% 5
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 20 (4.44%) Kinematics
2 13 (2.89%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.56%) CMS
5 4 (0.89%) WordPress
6 3 (0.67%) Kentico
6 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.67%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.44%) Luigi
8 1 (0.22%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.56%) Simulink
2 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.67%) Final Cut Pro
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.44%) Shopify
2 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.22%) AWS
2 46 (10.22%) Azure
3 35 (7.78%) GCP
4 18 (4.00%) Google Analytics
5 15 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.33%) Vertex AI
6 9 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (2.00%) Azure Machine Learning
6 9 (2.00%) GitHub
7 6 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.33%) Google Docs
7 6 (1.33%) Google Sheets
7 6 (1.33%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.89%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.89%) Amazon SageMaker
8 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.89%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.89%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.00%) Multicast
1 9 (2.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.44%) Broadband
3 2 (0.44%) Internet
3 2 (0.44%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.22%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.22%) SSL
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
4 1 (0.22%) Wireless
4 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.11%) NoSQL
2 19 (4.22%) Metadata
3 17 (3.78%) Big Data
4 15 (3.33%) Data Mining
4 15 (3.33%) Power BI
5 14 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.89%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.67%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.22%) Looker
9 9 (2.00%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.78%) MySQL
11 7 (1.56%) Tableau
12 6 (1.33%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.33%) KDB
12 6 (1.33%) SQL Server
13 4 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.89%) Redis
14 3 (0.67%) GIS
14 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (4.00%) Git
3 16 (3.56%) JIRA
4 9 (2.00%) MLflow
5 5 (1.11%) Vite
6 4 (0.89%) GitLab
6 4 (0.89%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.67%) TestRail
8 2 (0.44%) JConsole
8 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.44%) VisualVM
9 1 (0.22%) Bazaar
9 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 157 (34.89%) Finance
2 124 (27.56%) Social Skills
3 92 (20.44%) Law
4 77 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (15.33%) Electronics
6 63 (14.00%) Marketing
7 58 (12.89%) Banking
8 54 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 50 (11.11%) Front Office
10 39 (8.67%) Games
11 27 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (4.22%) Retail
13 18 (4.00%) Investment Banking
14 14 (3.11%) Advertising
15 11 (2.44%) Financial Institution
15 11 (2.44%) Manufacturing
16 10 (2.22%) Legal
16 10 (2.22%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.78%) Aerospace
18 7 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (20.44%) Senior
2 84 (18.67%) Software Engineer
3 82 (18.22%) Developer
4 69 (15.33%) Lead
5 38 (8.44%) Quantitative Developer
6 33 (7.33%) Systems Engineer
7 29 (6.44%) Principal Engineer
8 28 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 26 (5.78%) Senior Developer
10 25 (5.56%) Python Engineer
11 24 (5.33%) C++ Developer
11 24 (5.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 23 (5.11%) Python Developer
12 23 (5.11%) Python Software Engineer
12 23 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (4.67%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 21 (4.67%) Data Scientist
13 21 (4.67%) Java Engineer
14 20 (4.44%) Robotics Engineer
15 19 (4.22%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.89%) Kafka
2 29 (6.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 25 (5.56%) React
4 21 (4.67%) Middleware
4 21 (4.67%) TensorFlow
5 20 (4.44%) REST
6 18 (4.00%) FIX Protocol
6 18 (4.00%) PyTorch
7 14 (3.11%) Django
7 14 (3.11%) scikit-learn
8 13 (2.89%) .NET
8 13 (2.89%) HTML
8 13 (2.89%) Spring
9 12 (2.67%) CSS
10 11 (2.44%) Flask
11 10 (2.22%) FastAPI
11 10 (2.22%) FHIR
12 9 (2.00%) pytest
13 8 (1.78%) OAuth
13 8 (1.78%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 68 (15.11%) Data Structures
2 52 (11.56%) Equities
3 45 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (5.78%) Hedge funds
4 26 (5.78%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.78%) Robotics
5 24 (5.33%) Cloud Native
5 24 (5.33%) Derivative
6 15 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (3.11%) Social Media
8 13 (2.89%) Fixed Income
8 13 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.67%) Public Cloud
10 11 (2.44%) 3D Graphics
10 11 (2.44%) Life Science
11 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.22%) Omics
12 7 (1.56%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.78%) Linux
2 10 (2.22%) Unix
3 3 (0.67%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (38.67%) AI
2 159 (35.33%) Software Engineering
3 143 (31.78%) Machine Learning
4 139 (30.89%) Analytics
5 112 (24.89%) Computer Science
6 107 (23.78%) Agile
7 106 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (19.33%) Data Science
9 82 (18.22%) Mathematics
10 76 (16.89%) SDLC
11 72 (16.00%) Low Latency
12 66 (14.67%) Statistics
13 65 (14.44%) Visualisation
14 55 (12.22%) CI/CD
14 55 (12.22%) OO
15 52 (11.56%) Data Analytics
16 51 (11.33%) DevOps
17 50 (11.11%) Signal Processing
18 49 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
18 49 (10.89%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 216 (48.00%) Python
2 104 (23.11%) C++
3 80 (17.78%) Java
4 70 (15.56%) SQL
5 48 (10.67%) C
6 39 (8.67%) C#
7 18 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.56%) JavaScript
9 14 (3.11%) MATLAB
10 13 (2.89%) R
11 7 (1.56%) Bash
12 6 (1.33%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.33%) Scala
12 6 (1.33%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.11%) Rust
14 4 (0.89%) Fortran
14 4 (0.89%) Go
14 4 (0.89%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.67%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 158 (35.11%) Degree
2 90 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 83 (18.44%) PhD
4 45 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (7.11%) Security Cleared
6 28 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (5.56%) SC Cleared
8 9 (2.00%) CISM
8 9 (2.00%) CISSP
9 7 (1.56%) CISA
9 7 (1.56%) CRISC
10 6 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.89%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.22%) CEH
13 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.22%) GIAC
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 21 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.11%) QA
4 13 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.22%) CDISC
5 10 (2.22%) GxP
5 10 (2.22%) HL7
6 7 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.89%) GDPR
8 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.67%) NIST
9 2 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.22%) GMP
10 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (8.44%) Docker
2 4 (0.89%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.44%) Terraform
3 8 (1.78%) Ansible
4 5 (1.11%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.44%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.44%) logstash
5 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.44%) Puppet
6 1 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Mesos
Vendors
1 64 (14.22%) Google
2 30 (6.67%) IBM
3 26 (5.78%) Microsoft
4 17 (3.78%) OpenAI
4 17 (3.78%) Screaming Frog
5 14 (3.11%) Ahrefs
6 13 (2.89%) Oracle
7 8 (1.78%) YouTube
8 5 (1.11%) Adobe
8 5 (1.11%) Databricks
9 4 (0.89%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.67%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.67%) Facebook
10 3 (0.67%) Instagram
10 3 (0.67%) SAP
10 3 (0.67%) TikTok
11 2 (0.44%) Criteo
11 2 (0.44%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.44%) Thales
12 1 (0.22%) Solace