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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 151 200
Rank change year-on-year -166 +49 -41
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 373 770 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.96% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 5.01% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 209 379 638
10th Percentile - £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £55,000 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £116,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

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 20,276 15,378 26,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.42% 39.05% 35.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,404 8,001 19,585
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,290
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,110 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +11.11% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,013 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -34 178 £100,000 -1.23% 100
South East -115 51 £67,500 +8.00% 126
North of England -45 48 £37,500 -47.18% 73
East of England -72 32 £48,750 -35.86% 69
South West -86 31 £40,792 -37.24% 65
North West -17 28 £37,500 -56.01% 34
Midlands -33 26 £55,000 -8.33% 61
West Midlands -10 15 £37,500 -37.50% 26
Yorkshire -46 15 £37,500 -28.57% 28
East Midlands -47 10 £75,000 +25.00% 34
North East -15 5 £37,500 -37.50% 13
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 45 (12.06%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.68%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.41%) CMS
4 7 (1.88%) Kinematics
5 5 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.34%) IIS
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (12.06%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.61%) Simulink
3 3 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.80%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.54%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.61%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.07%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 96 (25.74%) AWS
2 49 (13.14%) Cloud Computing
3 46 (12.33%) Azure
4 36 (9.65%) GCP
5 15 (4.02%) GitHub
5 15 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.22%) Google Analytics
7 11 (2.95%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (1.88%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.07%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.07%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.07%) Slack
11 3 (0.80%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (0.80%) Canva
11 3 (0.80%) Firebase
12 2 (0.54%) dbt
12 2 (0.54%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.54%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.95%) Multicast
2 8 (2.14%) Broadband
3 7 (1.88%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.61%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.07%) Network Security
7 2 (0.54%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) IPsec
8 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.27%) VPN
8 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.17%) BigQuery
2 22 (5.90%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (5.09%) Metadata
4 16 (4.29%) Big Data
5 13 (3.49%) Power BI
6 12 (3.22%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.68%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.68%) Tableau
8 8 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.61%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.61%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.34%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.80%) Looker
12 3 (0.80%) Redis
13 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.27%) ClickHouse
13 1 (0.27%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 48 (12.87%) Visual Studio Code
2 21 (5.63%) Git
3 18 (4.83%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (3.49%) JIRA
5 4 (1.07%) MLflow
6 3 (0.80%) GitLab
7 2 (0.54%) JConsole
7 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.54%) VisualVM
8 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 144 (38.61%) Finance
2 82 (21.98%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (16.09%) Retail
5 51 (13.67%) Manufacturing
6 43 (11.53%) Marketing
7 37 (9.92%) Front Office
8 33 (8.85%) Electronics
9 23 (6.17%) Games
10 19 (5.09%) Banking
11 16 (4.29%) Legal
12 15 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (3.49%) Automotive
14 13 (3.49%) Law
15 10 (2.68%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.68%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.88%) Aerospace
17 6 (1.61%) Telecoms
18 5 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 78 (20.91%) Senior
2 66 (17.69%) Software Engineer
3 58 (15.55%) Developer
4 44 (11.80%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 44 (11.80%) Programmer
4 44 (11.80%) Trainee
4 44 (11.80%) Trainee Programmer
5 32 (8.58%) Senior Developer
6 30 (8.04%) Lead
7 26 (6.97%) C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (6.43%) Quantitative Developer
9 23 (6.17%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (5.90%) Python Developer
11 20 (5.36%) Principal Engineer
11 20 (5.36%) Senior Python Developer
11 20 (5.36%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.09%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (5.09%) Linux Developer
12 19 (5.09%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 19 (5.09%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.48%) Pandas
1 54 (14.48%) scikit-learn
2 53 (14.21%) NumPy
3 48 (12.87%) Matplotlib
4 47 (12.60%) Streamlit
5 46 (12.33%) Hugging Face
6 35 (9.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 27 (7.24%) Django
8 26 (6.97%) TensorFlow
9 21 (5.63%) FIX Protocol
10 20 (5.36%) PyTorch
11 14 (3.75%) .NET
12 11 (2.95%) pytest
12 11 (2.95%) React
12 11 (2.95%) RESTful
13 10 (2.68%) Kafka
14 8 (2.14%) HTML
15 7 (1.88%) Flask
15 7 (1.88%) Middleware
15 7 (1.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 72 (19.30%) Data Structures
2 45 (12.06%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (10.19%) Equities
4 30 (8.04%) Management Information System
5 23 (6.17%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (5.63%) Hedge funds
7 17 (4.56%) Cloud Native
7 17 (4.56%) Derivative
8 14 (3.75%) FPGA
9 13 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.22%) Fixed Income
10 12 (3.22%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.22%) Social Media
11 10 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.68%) PCIe
11 10 (2.68%) Robotics
12 9 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
13 8 (2.14%) 3D Graphics
13 8 (2.14%) Life Science
13 8 (2.14%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.80%) Linux
2 4 (1.07%) Android
2 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.07%) Unix
3 3 (0.80%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (41.82%) AI
2 144 (38.61%) Machine Learning
3 125 (33.51%) Software Engineering
4 115 (30.83%) Computer Science
5 92 (24.66%) Analytics
6 78 (20.91%) OOP
7 76 (20.38%) OO
8 75 (20.11%) Data Science
8 75 (20.11%) Visualisation
9 67 (17.96%) Workflow
10 64 (17.16%) LLM
11 60 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (15.01%) Mathematics
13 54 (14.48%) Agile
13 54 (14.48%) Data Privacy
14 51 (13.67%) Neural Network
15 48 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (12.87%) Customer Service
15 48 (12.87%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
16 47 (12.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 231 (61.93%) Python
2 103 (27.61%) C++
3 51 (13.67%) SQL
4 41 (10.99%) C
5 31 (8.31%) C#
6 28 (7.51%) Java
7 16 (4.29%) R
8 14 (3.75%) Rust
9 12 (3.22%) MATLAB
10 11 (2.95%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.14%) Assembly Language
12 7 (1.88%) Go
13 5 (1.34%) Bash
13 5 (1.34%) Scala
13 5 (1.34%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.80%) VBA
15 3 (0.80%) VC++
16 2 (0.54%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.54%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 118 (31.64%) Degree
2 48 (12.87%) AWS Certification
3 45 (12.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 45 (12.06%) Master's Degree
3 45 (12.06%) PhD
4 35 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (6.17%) Security Cleared
6 21 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (5.09%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.14%) CISM
8 8 (2.14%) CISSP
9 7 (1.88%) CISA
9 7 (1.88%) CRISC
9 7 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.34%) MBA
11 4 (1.07%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (3.22%) QA
3 9 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.61%) CDISC
5 6 (1.61%) GxP
5 6 (1.61%) HL7
6 5 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.80%) EMIR
8 2 (0.54%) GDPR
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (4.83%) Firmware
2 13 (3.49%) Docker
3 6 (1.61%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.34%) Terraform
3 4 (1.07%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.54%) logstash
4 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 52 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.40%) Google
3 12 (3.22%) IBM
4 10 (2.68%) Altera
5 9 (2.41%) Databricks
5 9 (2.41%) Screaming Frog
6 8 (2.14%) YouTube
7 6 (1.61%) Botify
7 6 (1.61%) Oracle
7 6 (1.61%) Xilinx
8 5 (1.34%) BT
9 4 (1.07%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.80%) Adobe
10 3 (0.80%) Facebook
10 3 (0.80%) Instagram
10 3 (0.80%) TikTok
11 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.54%) SAP
11 2 (0.54%) Thales
12 1 (0.27%) NVIDIA