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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 247 233
Rank change year-on-year -119 -14 +42
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 516 493 688
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.09% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% 2.80% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 296 228 340
10th Percentile £37,810 £37,477 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,600 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +2.69% -8.33%
75th Percentile £86,250 £112,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £145,000 £107,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.93% +5.19% -6.90%

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 citing generic IT skills in England.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills 29,558 17,618 19,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.33% 38.96% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18,476 9,596 9,512
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,707 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,937 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% -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 11 November 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 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -27 150 £75,000 +15.38% 151
London -161 139 £70,000 -36.36% 686
East of England +1 122 £67,500 +22.73% 114
Midlands -57 39 £65,000 -5.45% 47
North of England -77 34 £50,000 +42.86% 63
South West -91 33 £48,893 +19.86% 42
East Midlands -35 22 £67,500 -11.07% 17
West Midlands -49 17 £53,500 -10.83% 30
Yorkshire -34 16 £42,991 +22.83% 13
North West -62 9 £50,000 +19.76% 37
North East - 9 £59,750 - 13
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Structures12.8%66
2FPGA10.5%54
3Embedded Systems8.3%43
4Robotics7.2%37
5VHDL5.4%28
6Equities4.7%24
7Distributed Systems4.3%22
8PCIe4.1%21
9ASIC3.9%20
10Product Ownership2.9%15
10Verilog2.9%15
12CUDA2.5%13
12Derivative2.5%13
12Fixed Income2.5%13
15Synthetic Data2.3%12
16Acoustics1.9%10
16Cloud Native1.9%10
16Renewable Energy1.9%10
19Management Information System1.7%9
19NVMe1.7%9