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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 235 201
Rank change year-on-year -88 -34 +73
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 542 578 991
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 1.32% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.21% 3.15% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 356 253 408
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,424 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £111,250 £81,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £136,000 £99,825
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -13.79%

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 24,483 18,375 23,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.73% 42.02% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16,024 9,315 14,202
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,385
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -91 205 £90,000 -18.18% 184
South East -46 123 £67,500 +8.87% 75
East of England +8 95 £65,000 +18.18% 62
North of England -18 51 £56,000 +12.00% 45
South West -57 44 £58,000 +26.43% 31
Midlands -21 26 £40,250 -30.00% 30
Yorkshire -17 22 £37,500 +7.14% 15
West Midlands -19 20 £40,250 -32.92% 13
North West -23 16 £60,625 +21.25% 17
North East -49 13 £60,000 -47.83% 15
East Midlands -30 5 £47,500 +75.93% 17
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 11 (2.03%) Jupyter
2 10 (1.85%) CMS
3 7 (1.29%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.11%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.37%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.18%) R Markdown
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Simulink
2 11 (2.03%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 2 (0.37%) CATIA
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (1.85%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 85 (15.68%) AWS
2 54 (9.96%) Azure
3 27 (4.98%) GCP
4 15 (2.77%) SaaS
5 14 (2.58%) GitHub
5 14 (2.58%) Google Analytics
6 13 (2.40%) Google Ads
7 12 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.85%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.29%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.11%) Slack
11 5 (0.92%) Prefect
11 5 (0.92%) Vertex AI
11 5 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.69%) Broadband
2 13 (2.40%) Multicast
3 8 (1.48%) LTE
4 7 (1.29%) 3GPP
4 7 (1.29%) 5G
4 7 (1.29%) GSM
4 7 (1.29%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (1.29%) RANAP
4 7 (1.29%) SS7
4 7 (1.29%) UMTS
4 7 (1.29%) Wireshark
5 4 (0.74%) Internet
5 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (0.74%) Wireless
6 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.37%) Firewall
8 1 (0.18%) IPsec
8 1 (0.18%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.69%) Metadata
1 20 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (2.58%) Big Data
3 12 (2.21%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (2.03%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.48%) Power BI
6 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.11%) GIS
8 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.74%) MySQL
9 4 (0.74%) Redis
9 4 (0.74%) Tableau
10 3 (0.55%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.55%) KDB
11 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 70 (12.92%) Git
2 28 (5.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (3.14%) JIRA
5 14 (2.58%) GitLab
6 10 (1.85%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.29%) GCC
7 7 (1.29%) GDB
8 4 (0.74%) CMake
9 3 (0.55%) PetaLinux
9 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.37%) MLflow
10 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
10 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 115 (21.22%) Finance
2 72 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.73%) Social Skills
4 39 (7.20%) Marketing
5 37 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.09%) Retail
7 30 (5.54%) Banking
8 27 (4.98%) Electronics
9 21 (3.87%) Games
10 20 (3.69%) Aerospace
11 18 (3.32%) Front Office
12 15 (2.77%) Legal
13 14 (2.58%) Financial Institution
13 14 (2.58%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.40%) Law
15 12 (2.21%) Advertising
16 11 (2.03%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.66%) Automotive
18 7 (1.29%) Investment Banking
19 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 157 (28.97%) Software Engineer
2 129 (23.80%) Senior
3 105 (19.37%) Developer
4 48 (8.86%) Senior Software Engineer
5 44 (8.12%) Python Developer
6 42 (7.75%) Lead
7 38 (7.01%) Senior Developer
8 37 (6.83%) C++ Software Engineer
8 37 (6.83%) Embedded Engineer
9 31 (5.72%) Data Scientist
10 26 (4.80%) Python Engineer
11 20 (3.69%) FPGA Engineer
12 19 (3.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 19 (3.51%) Python Software Engineer
12 19 (3.51%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 18 (3.32%) Quantitative Developer
14 16 (2.95%) Senior Python Developer
14 16 (2.95%) SEO Specialist
15 15 (2.77%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (2.77%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 32 (5.90%) NumPy
1 32 (5.90%) Pandas
2 29 (5.35%) PyTorch
3 25 (4.61%) React
4 24 (4.43%) TensorFlow
5 23 (4.24%) HTML
6 19 (3.51%) CSS
7 18 (3.32%) .NET
8 17 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
9 15 (2.77%) REST
10 14 (2.58%) Django
10 14 (2.58%) Streamlit
11 13 (2.40%) pytest
11 13 (2.40%) scikit-learn
11 13 (2.40%) Terraform
12 11 (2.03%) Kafka
13 10 (1.85%) Hugging Face
13 10 (1.85%) Yocto
14 9 (1.66%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.87%) Data Structures
2 41 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (6.83%) Embedded Systems
4 34 (6.27%) Equities
5 28 (5.17%) FPGA
6 21 (3.87%) Robotics
6 21 (3.87%) VHDL
7 20 (3.69%) Product Ownership
8 19 (3.51%) Hedge funds
9 18 (3.32%) Management Information System
10 17 (3.14%) PCIe
11 14 (2.58%) Derivative
11 14 (2.58%) Fixed Income
11 14 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
12 12 (2.21%) Driving Licence
12 12 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.85%) NVMe
13 10 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (1.85%) Verilog
14 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.18%) Linux
2 14 (2.58%) Windows
3 10 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.74%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.55%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (45.76%) Software Engineering
2 148 (27.31%) Computer Science
3 145 (26.75%) AI
4 124 (22.88%) Machine Learning
5 102 (18.82%) Agile
6 99 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (16.97%) Data Science
8 74 (13.65%) Analytics
9 66 (12.18%) Mathematics
10 65 (11.99%) CI/CD
11 58 (10.70%) Test Automation
12 55 (10.15%) Signal Processing
13 53 (9.78%) Mentoring
14 52 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (9.41%) OOP
16 49 (9.04%) SDLC
17 48 (8.86%) Decision-Making
17 48 (8.86%) Low Latency
18 47 (8.67%) OO
19 45 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 300 (55.35%) Python
2 148 (27.31%) C++
3 56 (10.33%) C
4 51 (9.41%) C#
5 42 (7.75%) SQL
6 35 (6.46%) Java
7 25 (4.61%) TypeScript
8 23 (4.24%) JavaScript
8 23 (4.24%) MATLAB
9 22 (4.06%) Rust
10 16 (2.95%) Embedded C++
11 15 (2.77%) Go
12 13 (2.40%) Embedded C
13 12 (2.21%) Assembly Language
14 10 (1.85%) R
15 4 (0.74%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) VBA
16 3 (0.55%) Fortran
16 3 (0.55%) Julia
17 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (26.94%) Degree
2 66 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 47 (8.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (6.27%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.09%) Master's Degree
6 26 (4.80%) DV Cleared
7 23 (4.24%) PhD
8 16 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.48%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.72%) QA
2 12 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.03%) GDPR
4 9 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 6 (1.11%) Automotive SPICE
6 6 (1.11%) ISO 26262
6 6 (1.11%) MISRA
6 6 (1.11%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.18%) EMIR
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 50 (9.23%) Docker
2 43 (7.93%) Firmware
3 22 (4.06%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.11%) Kubeflow
3 5 (0.92%) SCCM
3 5 (0.92%) SCOM
3 5 (0.92%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 46 (8.49%) Google
2 21 (3.87%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.21%) Screaming Frog
4 11 (2.03%) Xilinx
5 10 (1.85%) Altera
5 10 (1.85%) IBM
6 9 (1.66%) Databricks
7 6 (1.11%) Ahrefs
7 6 (1.11%) Botify
8 5 (0.92%) Dell
8 5 (0.92%) HP
8 5 (0.92%) McAfee
8 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.92%) VMware
9 4 (0.74%) Foundry
9 4 (0.74%) Sitebulb
9 4 (0.74%) TikTok
10 3 (0.55%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.37%) MathWorks
11 2 (0.37%) MicroStrategy