Algorithms Job Trends in Manchester

Algorithms
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 108 139
Rank change year-on-year -44 +31 -64
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 16 33 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.33% 1.62% 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.16% 3.92% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 19
10th Percentile - £45,000 £43,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £66,875 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £88,662 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.70% +36.40% +8.33%
75th Percentile £64,688 £97,528 £77,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £98,474 £85,500
North West median annual salary £37,500 £88,662 £62,500
% change year-on-year -57.70% +41.86% -7.41%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,381 841 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.38% 41.25% 34.83%
Number of salaries quoted 730 527 1,254
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,765 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +4.55% -4.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £83,756
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in Manchester

Algorithms
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in Manchester

Algorithms
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Salford - 1 - -
Algorithms
North West

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (37.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (43.75%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Firebase
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Google App Engine
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
1 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
1 6 (37.50%) Retail
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Aeronautics
3 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Automotive
3 3 (18.75%) French Language
3 3 (18.75%) Italian Language
3 3 (18.75%) Portuguese Language
3 3 (18.75%) Spanish Language
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
1 6 (37.50%) Programmer
1 6 (37.50%) Trainee
1 6 (37.50%) Trainee Programmer
2 3 (18.75%) Algorithm Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Graduate
3 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Python Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) NumPy
1 7 (43.75%) Pandas
2 6 (37.50%) Hugging Face
2 6 (37.50%) Matplotlib
2 6 (37.50%) scikit-learn
2 6 (37.50%) Streamlit
3 4 (25.00%) .NET
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
4 3 (18.75%) HTML
5 1 (6.25%) Django
5 1 (6.25%) Node.js
5 1 (6.25%) React
5 1 (6.25%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Cybercrime
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Android
1 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) AI
1 10 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 9 (56.25%) Visualisation
2 9 (56.25%) Workflow
3 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 6 (37.50%) Conversational UI
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 6 (37.50%) Data Privacy
3 6 (37.50%) LLM
3 6 (37.50%) Neural Network
3 6 (37.50%) OO
3 6 (37.50%) OOP
3 6 (37.50%) Prompt Engineering
3 6 (37.50%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 6 (37.50%) Sentiment Analysis
4 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (18.75%) Android Development
6 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) C++
2 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) Go
3 1 (6.25%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) AWS Certification
1 6 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) DBS Check
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft