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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 212 169
Rank change year-on-year -85 -43 +24
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 494 628 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 1.60% 1.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.24% 3.72% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 329 295 682
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,200 £38,775
25th Percentile £44,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £84,688
90th Percentile £111,250 £124,000 £109,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,097
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.49% -14.54%

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 22,019 16,894 29,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.79% 43.03% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,657 8,222 20,843
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -34 214 £95,000 -11.63% 118
South East -53 106 £60,000 -3.23% 77
North of England -28 63 £37,500 -54.61% 39
South West -78 43 £60,000 - 42
East of England -29 41 £45,000 -16.67% 65
North West -4 29 £37,500 -57.70% 20
Midlands -37 29 £52,500 -12.50% 24
Yorkshire -32 20 £37,500 -42.31% 12
West Midlands -40 20 £46,500 -22.50% 9
North East -31 14 £44,750 -56.87% 7
East Midlands -33 8 £72,500 +20.83% 15
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 49 (9.92%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.02%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.82%) CMS
4 6 (1.21%) SAS
5 5 (1.01%) IIS
6 2 (0.40%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (9.92%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.23%) Simulink
3 2 (0.40%) CATIA
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.40%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.20%) Blender
4 1 (0.20%) Maya
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.43%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (0.81%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 122 (24.70%) AWS
2 57 (11.54%) Azure
3 54 (10.93%) Cloud Computing
4 35 (7.09%) GCP
5 15 (3.04%) Google Analytics
5 15 (3.04%) SaaS
6 14 (2.83%) GitHub
7 11 (2.23%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
9 7 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.42%) Slack
10 6 (1.21%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.01%) Prefect
11 5 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.81%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.45%) Broadband
2 16 (3.24%) Multicast
3 6 (1.21%) 5G
3 6 (1.21%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.21%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.81%) Internet
4 4 (0.81%) Network Security
5 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.40%) Firewall
6 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) IPsec
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) RS-422
7 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.26%) BigQuery
2 25 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (4.05%) Metadata
4 16 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (3.04%) Big Data
6 10 (2.02%) Hadoop
6 10 (2.02%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.82%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.82%) Power BI
8 8 (1.62%) Tableau
9 6 (1.21%) Data Mining
9 6 (1.21%) GIS
10 5 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.40%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 68 (13.77%) Visual Studio Code
2 59 (11.94%) Git
3 20 (4.05%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (3.64%) JIRA
5 16 (3.24%) GitLab
6 3 (0.61%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.40%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 139 (28.14%) Finance
2 74 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (13.16%) Retail
4 63 (12.75%) Social Skills
5 55 (11.13%) Manufacturing
6 32 (6.48%) Marketing
7 25 (5.06%) Front Office
8 22 (4.45%) Electronics
9 20 (4.05%) Games
10 19 (3.85%) Banking
11 18 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.63%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.63%) Automotive
13 8 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.21%) Legal
15 5 (1.01%) Law
15 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.81%) Advertising
16 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (27.73%) Software Engineer
2 120 (24.29%) Senior
3 92 (18.62%) Developer
4 50 (10.12%) Senior Software Engineer
5 49 (9.92%) Python Developer
6 46 (9.31%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (9.31%) Programmer
7 45 (9.11%) Trainee
7 45 (9.11%) Trainee Programmer
8 42 (8.50%) Senior Developer
9 39 (7.89%) C++ Software Engineer
10 27 (5.47%) Python Engineer
11 23 (4.66%) Embedded Engineer
11 23 (4.66%) FPGA Engineer
11 23 (4.66%) Lead
11 23 (4.66%) Senior Python Developer
12 22 (4.45%) Python Software Engineer
12 22 (4.45%) Quantitative Developer
13 21 (4.25%) Linux Developer
13 21 (4.25%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (14.98%) Pandas
2 73 (14.78%) NumPy
3 54 (10.93%) Streamlit
4 53 (10.73%) scikit-learn
5 51 (10.32%) Matplotlib
6 49 (9.92%) Hugging Face
7 46 (9.31%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 27 (5.47%) Django
9 25 (5.06%) PyTorch
9 25 (5.06%) TensorFlow
10 20 (4.05%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (3.44%) HTML
12 16 (3.24%) .NET
12 16 (3.24%) pytest
13 12 (2.43%) CSS
13 12 (2.43%) React
13 12 (2.43%) RESTful
14 10 (2.02%) REST
15 9 (1.82%) .NET Core
16 8 (1.62%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.61%) Data Structures
2 50 (10.12%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (7.69%) Equities
4 30 (6.07%) FPGA
5 26 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 25 (5.06%) Embedded Systems
6 25 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (4.86%) Product Ownership
8 23 (4.66%) Hedge funds
9 20 (4.05%) PCIe
9 20 (4.05%) VHDL
10 18 (3.64%) Derivative
11 16 (3.24%) Fixed Income
12 15 (3.04%) Video\Live Streaming
13 12 (2.43%) NVMe
13 12 (2.43%) Robotics
14 10 (2.02%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.62%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.62%) Over-the-Top Content
16 7 (1.42%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.75%) Linux
2 7 (1.42%) Robot Operating System
2 7 (1.42%) Windows
3 5 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.61%) Android
5 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (45.55%) Software Engineering
2 153 (30.97%) Machine Learning
3 150 (30.36%) Computer Science
4 143 (28.95%) AI
5 93 (18.83%) OOP
6 87 (17.61%) Visualisation
7 85 (17.21%) Agile
7 85 (17.21%) Data Science
8 84 (17.00%) OO
9 83 (16.80%) Analytics
10 71 (14.37%) Workflow
11 68 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
12 62 (12.55%) LLM
13 61 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 58 (11.74%) SDLC
15 53 (10.73%) CI/CD
15 53 (10.73%) Mathematics
16 52 (10.53%) DevOps
16 52 (10.53%) Signal Processing
17 50 (10.12%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 319 (64.57%) Python
2 144 (29.15%) C++
3 50 (10.12%) SQL
4 47 (9.51%) C
5 46 (9.31%) C#
6 20 (4.05%) MATLAB
6 20 (4.05%) Rust
7 19 (3.85%) Java
8 14 (2.83%) Assembly Language
8 14 (2.83%) Go
9 12 (2.43%) TypeScript
10 11 (2.23%) R
11 10 (2.02%) JavaScript
12 9 (1.82%) Embedded C
12 9 (1.82%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.01%) Scala
14 3 (0.61%) Julia
14 3 (0.61%) VBA
15 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.40%) VC++
Qualifications
1 122 (24.70%) Degree
2 57 (11.54%) AWS Certification
3 48 (9.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 44 (8.91%) Security Cleared
5 43 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (8.50%) Master's Degree
7 28 (5.67%) PhD
8 22 (4.45%) SC Cleared
9 18 (3.64%) DV Cleared
10 12 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.01%) MBA
12 4 (0.81%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) HND
14 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.66%) QA
2 15 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.01%) GDPR
6 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.40%) EMIR
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 31 (6.28%) Docker
2 30 (6.07%) Firmware
3 12 (2.43%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.01%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.23%) Terraform
3 7 (1.42%) Kubeflow
4 5 (1.01%) SCCM
4 5 (1.01%) SCOM
4 5 (1.01%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 56 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.53%) Google
3 16 (3.24%) Altera
4 14 (2.83%) Databricks
5 13 (2.63%) IBM
5 13 (2.63%) Xilinx
6 10 (2.02%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.21%) Botify
8 5 (1.01%) BT
8 5 (1.01%) Dell
8 5 (1.01%) HP
8 5 (1.01%) McAfee
8 5 (1.01%) VMware
9 4 (0.81%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.61%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe
12 1 (0.20%) Foundry
12 1 (0.20%) MathWorks
12 1 (0.20%) Thales