Algorithms Job Trends in the Midlands

Algorithms
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 170 188
Rank change year-on-year -42 +18 -58
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 31 44 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.92% 1.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 2.46% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 35
10th Percentile - £25,500 £36,100
25th Percentile £33,750 £57,500 £47,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,625 £64,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £67,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -13.33%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,992 1,791 3,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 28.19% 37.26% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,031 2,602
10th Percentile £26,265 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,925 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,298
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the Midlands

Algorithms
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
West Midlands -10 19 £37,500 -37.50% 21
East Midlands -58 11 £75,000 +25.00% 27
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (29.03%) Jupyter
2 3 (9.68%) CMS
3 1 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) AWS
2 9 (29.03%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.23%) Prefect
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.23%) IPsec
1 1 (3.23%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (3.23%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) MLflow
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
1 12 (38.71%) Retail
2 11 (35.48%) Manufacturing
3 7 (22.58%) Games
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Electronics
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Marketing
6 2 (6.45%) Automotive
7 1 (3.23%) Advertising
7 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Developer
2 7 (22.58%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
2 7 (22.58%) Programmer
2 7 (22.58%) Trainee
2 7 (22.58%) Trainee Programmer
3 4 (12.90%) C# Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
3 4 (12.90%) Senior C# Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) 3D Developer
4 3 (9.68%) Algorithm Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) SEO Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Site Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Junior
5 2 (6.45%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) NumPy
1 10 (32.26%) Pandas
2 9 (29.03%) Hugging Face
2 9 (29.03%) Matplotlib
2 9 (29.03%) scikit-learn
2 9 (29.03%) Streamlit
3 4 (12.90%) .NET
3 4 (12.90%) .NET Core
3 4 (12.90%) DirectX
3 4 (12.90%) OpenGL
3 4 (12.90%) PyTorch
3 4 (12.90%) TensorFlow
4 3 (9.68%) OpenCV
5 1 (3.23%) JSON
5 1 (3.23%) PySpark
5 1 (3.23%) React
5 1 (3.23%) REST
5 1 (3.23%) SciPy
5 1 (3.23%) XML
5 1 (3.23%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (9.68%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.45%) CUDA
3 2 (6.45%) Lidar
3 2 (6.45%) Robotics
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Machine Learning
2 13 (41.94%) AI
3 11 (35.48%) Software Engineering
4 10 (32.26%) LLM
4 10 (32.26%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 10 (32.26%) Visualisation
5 9 (29.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 9 (29.03%) Conversational UI
5 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
5 9 (29.03%) Data Privacy
5 9 (29.03%) Neural Network
5 9 (29.03%) OO
5 9 (29.03%) OOP
5 9 (29.03%) Prompt Engineering
5 9 (29.03%) Sentiment Analysis
5 9 (29.03%) Workflow
6 6 (19.35%) Mathematics
7 5 (16.13%) Deep Learning
7 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.90%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) Python
2 6 (19.35%) C#
3 5 (16.13%) SQL
4 4 (12.90%) T-SQL
5 3 (9.68%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) C
6 1 (3.23%) Java
6 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) AWS Certification
1 9 (29.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) PhD
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (3.23%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Botify
2 3 (9.68%) Google
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
3 2 (6.45%) IBM