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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 242 201
Rank change year-on-year -81 -41 +77
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 545 535 952
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 1.24% 1.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.06% 2.95% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 350 234 386
10th Percentile £35,225 £37,447 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +12.96% -16.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £111,250 £83,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £100,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -10.34%

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 26,410 18,140 22,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.98% 41.98% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17,223 9,210 11,806
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £43,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -115 177 £82,500 -24.14% 872
South East -12 146 £70,000 +12.90% 189
East of England +13 109 £65,000 +18.18% 146
North of England -42 47 £52,000 +15.56% 99
South West -77 42 £60,000 -4.12% 91
Midlands -36 25 £67,500 +12.50% 69
Yorkshire -31 22 £32,500 -7.14% 25
West Midlands -35 18 £67,500 +22.73% 41
North East -58 13 £60,000 -47.83% 19
North West -15 12 £60,000 +33.33% 57
East Midlands -41 7 £81,250 +78.57% 28
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 9 (1.65%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.10%) SAS
3 5 (0.92%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.18%) R Markdown
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.12%) Simulink
2 3 (0.55%) Blender
2 3 (0.55%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.55%) Mathematica
2 3 (0.55%) Maya
3 2 (0.37%) CATIA
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.83%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.93%) AWS
2 49 (8.99%) Azure
3 23 (4.22%) GCP
4 16 (2.94%) Google Analytics
5 14 (2.57%) GitHub
5 14 (2.57%) Google Ads
6 12 (2.20%) SaaS
7 9 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.47%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.28%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.92%) Slack
10 5 (0.92%) Vertex AI
10 5 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.73%) Serverless
12 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (0.55%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.39%) Broadband
2 11 (2.02%) Multicast
2 11 (2.02%) Wireless
3 9 (1.65%) 5G
3 9 (1.65%) LTE
4 7 (1.28%) 3GPP
4 7 (1.28%) GSM
4 7 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (1.28%) RANAP
4 7 (1.28%) Software-Defined Radio
4 7 (1.28%) SS7
4 7 (1.28%) UMTS
4 7 (1.28%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.55%) Internet
5 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.37%) Firewall
7 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
7 1 (0.18%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.49%) Metadata
2 18 (3.30%) Big Data
3 15 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.47%) Power BI
5 6 (1.10%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.10%) GIS
6 5 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.92%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.73%) KDB
7 4 (0.73%) Redis
7 4 (0.73%) Tableau
8 3 (0.55%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 68 (12.48%) Git
2 20 (3.67%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (3.49%) Rational DOORS
4 14 (2.57%) GitLab
5 13 (2.39%) JIRA
6 10 (1.83%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.28%) GCC
7 7 (1.28%) GDB
8 4 (0.73%) CMake
8 4 (0.73%) MLflow
8 4 (0.73%) PetaLinux
9 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
10 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) QUnit
11 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 93 (17.06%) Finance
2 82 (15.05%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (6.61%) Marketing
6 32 (5.87%) Banking
7 27 (4.95%) Electronics
8 26 (4.77%) Aerospace
9 25 (4.59%) Retail
10 16 (2.94%) Advertising
11 15 (2.75%) Front Office
12 14 (2.57%) Law
13 13 (2.39%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.83%) Legal
15 9 (1.65%) Games
16 8 (1.47%) Automotive
17 7 (1.28%) Investment Banking
17 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
18 6 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 153 (28.07%) Software Engineer
2 122 (22.39%) Senior
3 87 (15.96%) Developer
4 51 (9.36%) Lead
5 47 (8.62%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (7.16%) Embedded Engineer
7 34 (6.24%) Data Scientist
8 33 (6.06%) Python Developer
9 32 (5.87%) C++ Software Engineer
10 31 (5.69%) Senior Developer
11 25 (4.59%) Python Engineer
12 23 (4.22%) FPGA Engineer
13 20 (3.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 20 (3.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 18 (3.30%) Python Software Engineer
15 17 (3.12%) SEO Specialist
16 15 (2.75%) Principal Engineer
16 15 (2.75%) Systems Engineer
17 14 (2.57%) Quantitative Developer
17 14 (2.57%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.14%) PyTorch
2 26 (4.77%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (4.77%) HTML
2 26 (4.77%) React
3 25 (4.59%) .NET
4 23 (4.22%) CSS
5 22 (4.04%) TensorFlow
6 19 (3.49%) NumPy
6 19 (3.49%) Pandas
7 15 (2.75%) FIX Protocol
8 14 (2.57%) STL
9 12 (2.20%) Yocto
10 11 (2.02%) Kafka
10 11 (2.02%) pytest
10 11 (2.02%) Terraform
11 9 (1.65%) Node.js
11 9 (1.65%) REST
12 8 (1.47%) ASP.NET
12 8 (1.47%) Django
12 8 (1.47%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 78 (14.31%) Data Structures
2 43 (7.89%) Embedded Systems
3 38 (6.97%) FPGA
4 32 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.50%) Robotics
6 29 (5.32%) Equities
7 22 (4.04%) VHDL
8 20 (3.67%) PCIe
9 17 (3.12%) Product Ownership
10 15 (2.75%) Hedge funds
11 14 (2.57%) Management Information System
12 13 (2.39%) Fixed Income
13 12 (2.20%) Derivative
13 12 (2.20%) Verilog
14 10 (1.83%) NVMe
14 10 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
15 9 (1.65%) Driving Licence
16 8 (1.47%) Cloud Native
16 8 (1.47%) SCADA
17 7 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (11.19%) Linux
2 15 (2.75%) Windows
3 14 (2.57%) 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 (0.73%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (44.59%) Software Engineering
2 157 (28.81%) AI
3 141 (25.87%) Computer Science
4 136 (24.95%) Machine Learning
5 103 (18.90%) Agile
6 96 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (16.70%) Data Science
8 78 (14.31%) Mathematics
9 73 (13.39%) Analytics
10 68 (12.48%) CI/CD
11 58 (10.64%) Signal Processing
12 55 (10.09%) Decision-Making
12 55 (10.09%) Mentoring
13 52 (9.54%) Test Automation
14 51 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (8.62%) Validation
16 43 (7.89%) Deep Learning
16 43 (7.89%) Low Latency
16 43 (7.89%) Roadmaps
17 40 (7.34%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 287 (52.66%) Python
2 161 (29.54%) C++
3 62 (11.38%) C
4 61 (11.19%) C#
5 48 (8.81%) SQL
6 41 (7.52%) Java
7 37 (6.79%) MATLAB
8 27 (4.95%) JavaScript
9 24 (4.40%) TypeScript
10 19 (3.49%) Embedded C++
10 19 (3.49%) Rust
11 16 (2.94%) Embedded C
12 12 (2.20%) Assembly Language
13 11 (2.02%) Go
14 9 (1.65%) R
15 3 (0.55%) Fortran
15 3 (0.55%) Julia
15 3 (0.55%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.55%) VBA
16 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 157 (28.81%) Degree
2 81 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 44 (8.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (7.89%) Master's Degree
5 41 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 31 (5.69%) PhD
7 27 (4.95%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.37%) CISSP
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.18%) HND
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.06%) QA
2 12 (2.20%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.20%) GDPR
3 11 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 6 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.10%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.10%) MISRA
5 6 (1.10%) MISRA C
6 5 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (8.44%) Docker
2 41 (7.52%) Firmware
3 22 (4.04%) 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 29 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.92%) Kubeflow
2 5 (0.92%) SCCM
2 5 (0.92%) SCOM
2 5 (0.92%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 2 (0.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (6.24%) Google
2 13 (2.39%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.02%) Screaming Frog
3 11 (2.02%) Xilinx
4 10 (1.83%) Altera
4 10 (1.83%) IBM
5 7 (1.28%) Ahrefs
5 7 (1.28%) OpenAI
6 5 (0.92%) Databricks
6 5 (0.92%) Dell
6 5 (0.92%) HP
6 5 (0.92%) McAfee
6 5 (0.92%) Thales
6 5 (0.92%) TikTok
6 5 (0.92%) VMware
7 4 (0.73%) Foundry
7 4 (0.73%) Sitebulb
8 3 (0.55%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.37%) MathWorks
9 2 (0.37%) YouTube