Algorithms Jobs in Scotland

Algorithms
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 25 128
Rank change year-on-year -91 +103 +75
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 29 910 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.03% 13.51% 2.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.14% 27.94% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 47 13
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,500 £42,700
25th Percentile - £54,375 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £87,400 £100,000 £89,852
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 701 3,257 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.88% 48.35% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 424 853 805
10th Percentile £36,625 £30,150 £32,492
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,433 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,519 £82,548 £89,852
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in Scotland

Algorithms
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithms in Scotland.

Salary trend for Algorithms in Scotland

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in Scotland

Algorithms
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh -20 23 £45,000 -35.71% 45
Glasgow -23 6 £90,000 +38.46% 20
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) AWS
2 5 (17.24%) GCP
3 3 (10.34%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (6.90%) Azure
4 2 (6.90%) BlazeMeter
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) MongoDB
2 7 (24.14%) NoSQL
3 3 (10.34%) Big Data
4 2 (6.90%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (6.90%) DB2
4 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) GitLab
2 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.90%) JUnit
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Banking
3 9 (31.03%) Legal
4 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
5 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (13.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) Graduate
2 8 (27.59%) Java Developer
3 7 (24.14%) Data Science Graduate
4 6 (20.69%) Data Scientist
5 3 (10.34%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (6.90%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Vision Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Core Java Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) React
2 4 (13.79%) FastAPI
2 4 (13.79%) Middleware
2 4 (13.79%) REST
2 4 (13.79%) Spring
2 4 (13.79%) WebSockets
3 3 (10.34%) scikit-learn
4 2 (6.90%) CSS
4 2 (6.90%) Google JAX
4 2 (6.90%) Hibernate
4 2 (6.90%) JAX
4 2 (6.90%) NumPy
4 2 (6.90%) PyTorch
4 2 (6.90%) Spring Boot
4 2 (6.90%) TensorFlow
5 1 (3.45%) FIDO
5 1 (3.45%) JWT
5 1 (3.45%) LangChain
5 1 (3.45%) OpenVINO
5 1 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Data Structures
2 7 (24.14%) Credit Risk
2 7 (24.14%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Artificial Intelligence
2 16 (55.17%) Machine Learning
3 15 (51.72%) Data Science
4 14 (48.28%) Agile
5 11 (37.93%) Analytics
5 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
5 11 (37.93%) Visualisation
6 10 (34.48%) Decision-Making
7 9 (31.03%) Data Engineering
7 9 (31.03%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (31.03%) Statistical Modelling
8 8 (27.59%) CI/CD
9 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (24.14%) Credit Risk Modelling
9 7 (24.14%) Customer Segmentation
9 7 (24.14%) Data Analytics
9 7 (24.14%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (24.14%) Fraud Detection
10 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (13.79%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) Python
2 14 (48.28%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) Java
3 10 (34.48%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.24%) C++
5 4 (13.79%) C
6 2 (6.90%) R
6 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 1 (3.45%) Bash
7 1 (3.45%) Kotlin
7 1 (3.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) Degree
2 12 (41.38%) Master's Degree
3 10 (34.48%) PhD
4 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Grafana
3 1 (3.45%) Ansible
3 1 (3.45%) Progress Chef
3 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Dynatrace
1 2 (6.90%) Splunk
1 2 (6.90%) Sybase
2 1 (3.45%) ForgeRock
2 1 (3.45%) Ping Identity