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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 258 212
Rank change year-on-year -85 -46 +70
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 543 518 868
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 1.20% 1.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 2.86% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 340 230 382
10th Percentile £35,225 £37,357 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,030
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +8.62% -10.34%
75th Percentile £82,813 £109,063 £84,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £145,000 £104,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.39% +8.62% -7.90%

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 requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 27,190 18,134 21,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.17% 41.87% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17,582 9,218 10,797
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,188 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -140 163 £80,000 -27.27% 974
South East -12 148 £70,000 +11.87% 191
East of England +15 118 £65,000 +18.18% 179
North of England -31 45 £51,000 +38.78% 126
South West -67 40 £60,000 +33.27% 112
Midlands -39 28 £67,500 +1.89% 94
Yorkshire -28 21 £32,500 -7.14% 36
West Midlands -29 16 £67,500 +22.73% 56
East Midlands -33 12 £81,250 +7.05% 38
North West -36 12 £60,000 +33.33% 76
North East -51 12 £60,000 -47.83% 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 8 (1.47%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.10%) SAS
3 5 (0.92%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.18%) R Markdown
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (4.42%) Simulink
2 4 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.74%) Mathematica
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.18%) CATIA
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.84%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.97%) AWS
2 46 (8.47%) Azure
3 21 (3.87%) GCP
4 16 (2.95%) GitHub
5 15 (2.76%) Google Ads
5 15 (2.76%) Google Analytics
6 12 (2.21%) SaaS
7 10 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.29%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.92%) Vertex AI
11 5 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.74%) Serverless
12 4 (0.74%) Slack
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.39%) Multicast
1 13 (2.39%) Wireless
2 11 (2.03%) Broadband
2 11 (2.03%) LTE
3 9 (1.66%) 5G
4 7 (1.29%) 3GPP
4 7 (1.29%) GSM
4 7 (1.29%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (1.29%) RANAP
4 7 (1.29%) Software-Defined Radio
4 7 (1.29%) SS7
4 7 (1.29%) UMTS
4 7 (1.29%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.55%) Internet
5 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.37%) Firewall
7 1 (0.18%) DHCP
7 1 (0.18%) DNS
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.68%) Big Data
2 18 (3.31%) Metadata
3 16 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.47%) Power BI
5 6 (1.10%) GIS
6 5 (0.92%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.74%) KDB
7 4 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.74%) Redis
7 4 (0.74%) Tableau
8 3 (0.55%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 67 (12.34%) Git
2 19 (3.50%) Visual Studio Code
3 18 (3.31%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (2.95%) JIRA
5 13 (2.39%) GitLab
6 10 (1.84%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.29%) GCC
7 7 (1.29%) GDB
8 5 (0.92%) MLflow
8 5 (0.92%) PetaLinux
9 4 (0.74%) CMake
10 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
11 2 (0.37%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.18%) QUnit
12 1 (0.18%) Subversion
12 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 94 (17.31%) Finance
2 91 (16.76%) Social Skills
3 60 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (6.63%) Banking
6 35 (6.45%) Marketing
7 29 (5.34%) Electronics
8 27 (4.97%) Aerospace
9 26 (4.79%) Retail
10 16 (2.95%) Advertising
11 14 (2.58%) Law
12 13 (2.39%) Financial Institution
12 13 (2.39%) Front Office
12 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.84%) Legal
14 9 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.47%) Automotive
15 8 (1.47%) Games
15 8 (1.47%) Military
16 7 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 146 (26.89%) Software Engineer
2 120 (22.10%) Senior
3 75 (13.81%) Developer
4 52 (9.58%) Lead
5 43 (7.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 40 (7.37%) Embedded Engineer
7 34 (6.26%) Data Scientist
8 31 (5.71%) C++ Software Engineer
9 28 (5.16%) Python Engineer
10 27 (4.97%) FPGA Engineer
11 26 (4.79%) Senior Developer
12 24 (4.42%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.05%) Python Software Engineer
14 20 (3.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 20 (3.68%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 18 (3.31%) SEO Specialist
16 17 (3.13%) Architect
16 17 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
17 15 (2.76%) Senior Data Scientist
17 15 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.16%) React
2 27 (4.97%) HTML
2 27 (4.97%) PyTorch
3 26 (4.79%) CSS
4 25 (4.60%) .NET
5 23 (4.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 22 (4.05%) TensorFlow
7 17 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
8 15 (2.76%) STL
9 14 (2.58%) Yocto
10 13 (2.39%) NumPy
10 13 (2.39%) Pandas
10 13 (2.39%) pytest
11 11 (2.03%) Kafka
11 11 (2.03%) Terraform
12 9 (1.66%) ASP.NET
12 9 (1.66%) Node.js
13 8 (1.47%) REST
14 7 (1.29%) Flask
14 7 (1.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.63%) Data Structures
2 46 (8.47%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (8.47%) FPGA
3 36 (6.63%) Robotics
4 29 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (5.34%) Equities
5 25 (4.60%) VHDL
6 22 (4.05%) PCIe
7 16 (2.95%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.76%) Fixed Income
9 14 (2.58%) Derivative
9 14 (2.58%) Verilog
10 13 (2.39%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.21%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.84%) ASIC
12 10 (1.84%) NVMe
12 10 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (1.66%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.66%) Device Driver
14 8 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.15%) Linux
2 19 (3.50%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (2.58%) Windows
4 5 (0.92%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.55%) Unix
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) CentOS
7 1 (0.18%) Debian
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (42.91%) Software Engineering
2 168 (30.94%) AI
3 147 (27.07%) Computer Science
4 145 (26.70%) Machine Learning
5 105 (19.34%) Agile
6 99 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (17.13%) Data Science
8 83 (15.29%) Mathematics
9 74 (13.63%) Analytics
10 69 (12.71%) CI/CD
11 53 (9.76%) Signal Processing
12 52 (9.58%) Decision-Making
13 51 (9.39%) Mentoring
14 49 (9.02%) Test Automation
14 49 (9.02%) Validation
15 48 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (8.29%) Roadmaps
17 41 (7.55%) Low Latency
18 40 (7.37%) Physics
19 39 (7.18%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 281 (51.75%) Python
2 164 (30.20%) C++
3 67 (12.34%) C
4 59 (10.87%) C#
5 49 (9.02%) MATLAB
6 47 (8.66%) SQL
7 42 (7.73%) Java
8 29 (5.34%) JavaScript
9 26 (4.79%) TypeScript
10 23 (4.24%) Embedded C++
11 19 (3.50%) Embedded C
11 19 (3.50%) Rust
12 12 (2.21%) Go
13 10 (1.84%) Assembly Language
14 9 (1.66%) R
15 5 (0.92%) SystemVerilog
16 4 (0.74%) Fortran
17 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.55%) VBA
18 2 (0.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 165 (30.39%) Degree
2 86 (15.84%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (8.47%) SC Cleared
5 45 (8.29%) Master's Degree
6 32 (5.89%) PhD
7 24 (4.42%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (2.03%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.55%) CISSP
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.18%) HND
14 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.45%) QA
2 13 (2.39%) GDPR
3 12 (2.21%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 6 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
6 6 (1.10%) ISO 26262
6 6 (1.10%) MISRA
6 6 (1.10%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.55%) NIST
9 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (8.47%) Docker
2 41 (7.55%) Firmware
3 22 (4.05%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.18%) Ceph
6 1 (0.18%) Lustre
6 1 (0.18%) NFS
6 1 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 30 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.74%) Kubeflow
3 2 (0.37%) Ansible
3 2 (0.37%) SCCM
3 2 (0.37%) SCOM
3 2 (0.37%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 31 (5.71%) Google
2 13 (2.39%) Xilinx
3 12 (2.21%) Microsoft
4 11 (2.03%) Altera
5 8 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.47%) Screaming Frog
6 6 (1.10%) Ahrefs
6 6 (1.10%) IBM
6 6 (1.10%) Thales
7 5 (0.92%) Databricks
7 5 (0.92%) TikTok
8 4 (0.74%) Foundry
8 4 (0.74%) Intel
8 4 (0.74%) Sitebulb
9 3 (0.55%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.37%) Adobe
10 2 (0.37%) Dell
10 2 (0.37%) HP
10 2 (0.37%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.37%) YouTube