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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 204 177
Rank change year-on-year -95 -27 +17
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 517 651 1,464
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.65% 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 3.80% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 356 257 686
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,023 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,847
Median % change year-on-year - +3.43% -16.20%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,250 £125,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -15.54%

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 20,969 17,152 31,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.20% 43.37% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,780 8,236 21,248
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,750 £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 17 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 17 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 -73 206 £95,000 -13.64% 153
South East -48 112 £67,500 +8.87% 76
North of England -13 67 £37,500 -56.01% 49
East of England -14 59 £65,000 +18.18% 68
South West -87 42 £60,000 +20.00% 46
Midlands -11 34 £37,500 -37.50% 32
North West -8 31 £37,500 -56.88% 24
West Midlands -4 26 £37,500 -37.50% 17
Yorkshire -28 21 £37,500 -47.91% 15
North East -35 15 £52,000 -54.78% 11
East Midlands -34 7 £57,500 -4.17% 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 50 (9.67%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.55%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.55%) CMS
3 6 (1.16%) SAS
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.39%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (9.48%) Chatbot
2 12 (2.32%) Simulink
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 2 (0.39%) CATIA
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 118 (22.82%) AWS
2 55 (10.64%) Azure
2 55 (10.64%) Cloud Computing
3 33 (6.38%) GCP
4 17 (3.29%) GitHub
4 17 (3.29%) Google Analytics
5 15 (2.90%) SaaS
6 9 (1.74%) Slack
7 8 (1.55%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
9 6 (1.16%) Google Ads
10 5 (0.97%) Prefect
10 5 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.58%) Serverless
11 3 (0.58%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.45%) Broadband
2 17 (3.29%) Multicast
3 6 (1.16%) 5G
3 6 (1.16%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.16%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.77%) Internet
5 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 1 (0.19%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.19%) IPsec
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) RS-422
7 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.19%) Wireless
7 1 (0.19%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.26%) BigQuery
2 21 (4.06%) Elasticsearch
2 21 (4.06%) Metadata
3 19 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.71%) Big Data
5 11 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.16%) GIS
7 6 (1.16%) Power BI
8 5 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (0.97%) Tableau
9 4 (0.77%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.58%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
10 3 (0.58%) Redis
11 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.39%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 69 (13.35%) Visual Studio Code
2 67 (12.96%) Git
3 20 (3.87%) JIRA
3 20 (3.87%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (3.09%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) CMake
6 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.19%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Plastic SCM
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) Valgrind
General
1 136 (26.31%) Finance
2 75 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (12.96%) Social Skills
4 66 (12.77%) Retail
5 56 (10.83%) Manufacturing
6 29 (5.61%) Marketing
7 27 (5.22%) Electronics
8 22 (4.26%) Front Office
9 20 (3.87%) Automotive
9 20 (3.87%) Banking
10 19 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.09%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.71%) Games
13 8 (1.55%) Advertising
14 6 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.16%) Legal
14 6 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.58%) French Language
Job Titles
1 143 (27.66%) Software Engineer
2 126 (24.37%) Senior
3 102 (19.73%) Developer
4 54 (10.44%) Senior Software Engineer
5 50 (9.67%) Python Developer
6 46 (8.90%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 46 (8.90%) Programmer
7 45 (8.70%) Trainee
7 45 (8.70%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (8.32%) Senior Developer
9 40 (7.74%) C++ Software Engineer
10 31 (6.00%) Lead
11 29 (5.61%) Python Engineer
12 26 (5.03%) Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.64%) FPGA Engineer
13 24 (4.64%) Python Software Engineer
14 23 (4.45%) Senior Python Developer
15 21 (4.06%) C++ Developer
15 21 (4.06%) Quantitative Developer
15 21 (4.06%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.12%) NumPy
1 73 (14.12%) Pandas
2 54 (10.44%) scikit-learn
2 54 (10.44%) Streamlit
3 51 (9.86%) Matplotlib
4 49 (9.48%) Hugging Face
5 47 (9.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 26 (5.03%) PyTorch
7 24 (4.64%) Django
8 23 (4.45%) TensorFlow
9 19 (3.68%) FIX Protocol
9 19 (3.68%) HTML
10 17 (3.29%) pytest
11 16 (3.09%) .NET
11 16 (3.09%) React
12 15 (2.90%) CSS
13 12 (2.32%) REST
14 10 (1.93%) RESTful
15 9 (1.74%) Flask
15 9 (1.74%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 89 (17.21%) Data Structures
2 48 (9.28%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.54%) Equities
4 31 (6.00%) FPGA
5 30 (5.80%) Embedded Systems
6 26 (5.03%) Management Information System
7 24 (4.64%) Hedge funds
8 22 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.26%) Product Ownership
9 21 (4.06%) PCIe
9 21 (4.06%) VHDL
10 18 (3.48%) Fixed Income
11 17 (3.29%) Derivative
11 17 (3.29%) Video\Live Streaming
12 15 (2.90%) Robotics
13 12 (2.32%) NVMe
14 10 (1.93%) Over-the-Top Content
14 10 (1.93%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.55%) Driving Licence
16 7 (1.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 64 (12.38%) Linux
2 8 (1.55%) Windows
3 7 (1.35%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.58%) Android
6 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (44.10%) Software Engineering
2 147 (28.43%) Computer Science
3 146 (28.24%) Machine Learning
4 144 (27.85%) AI
5 96 (18.57%) OOP
6 90 (17.41%) Agile
7 87 (16.83%) OO
8 85 (16.44%) Data Science
9 84 (16.25%) Visualisation
10 75 (14.51%) Analytics
11 74 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
12 70 (13.54%) Workflow
13 64 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (11.41%) LLM
14 59 (11.41%) Signal Processing
15 57 (11.03%) CI/CD
16 54 (10.44%) SDLC
17 52 (10.06%) Mathematics
18 51 (9.86%) Mentoring
18 51 (9.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 316 (61.12%) Python
2 151 (29.21%) C++
3 53 (10.25%) C
4 46 (8.90%) C#
5 44 (8.51%) SQL
6 22 (4.26%) MATLAB
6 22 (4.26%) Rust
7 19 (3.68%) Java
7 19 (3.68%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.09%) JavaScript
9 15 (2.90%) Go
10 14 (2.71%) Assembly Language
11 10 (1.93%) Embedded C
11 10 (1.93%) Embedded C++
12 9 (1.74%) R
13 4 (0.77%) Julia
14 3 (0.58%) VBA
15 2 (0.39%) Bash
15 2 (0.39%) Scala
16 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 118 (22.82%) Degree
2 57 (11.03%) AWS Certification
3 48 (9.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 47 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 43 (8.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (6.77%) Master's Degree
7 22 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.68%) DV Cleared
8 19 (3.68%) PhD
9 12 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) MBA
13 1 (0.19%) HND
13 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.03%) QA
2 12 (2.32%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (1.35%) GDPR
4 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.77%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (0.77%) ISO 26262
4 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.77%) MISRA
4 4 (0.77%) MISRA C
5 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.19%) EMIR
6 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (6.96%) Firmware
2 35 (6.77%) Docker
3 14 (2.71%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.13%) Terraform
3 9 (1.74%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.97%) SCCM
4 5 (0.97%) SCOM
4 5 (0.97%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.86%) Google
3 16 (3.09%) Altera
4 13 (2.51%) IBM
4 13 (2.51%) Xilinx
5 11 (2.13%) Databricks
6 9 (1.74%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.16%) Botify
8 5 (0.97%) Dell
8 5 (0.97%) HP
8 5 (0.97%) McAfee
8 5 (0.97%) VMware
9 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.77%) TikTok
10 3 (0.58%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.58%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.39%) BT
11 2 (0.39%) Foundry
12 1 (0.19%) Adobe
12 1 (0.19%) MathWorks