Algorithms Job Trends in the South East

Algorithms
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 145 104
Rank change year-on-year -59 -41 +55
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 124 153 426
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.80% 1.80% 2.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.26% 4.32% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 86 79 234
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +5.08% -1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -13.79%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,801 3,538 5,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.44% 41.74% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,628 1,688 3,703
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the South East

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the South East over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the South East

Algorithms
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
Hampshire +14 73 £75,000 +42.86% 14
Thames Valley -39 22 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Surrey -19 18 £70,000 +3.70% 2
Berkshire -33 11 £60,000 +2.56% 3
Oxfordshire -8 9 £60,000 +9.09% 6
West Sussex -30 4 - - 5
Middlesex +38 2 - - 6
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £67,000 +34.00% 1
Isle of Wight -17 2 £50,000 -29.18%
Sussex - 1 - - 1
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.81%) CMS
2 1 (0.81%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Simulink
2 2 (1.61%) CATIA
3 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.48%) AWS
2 9 (7.26%) Azure
3 7 (5.65%) Google Analytics
4 4 (3.23%) GCP
5 2 (1.61%) GitHub
5 2 (1.61%) Prefect
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.81%) IaaS
6 1 (0.81%) PaaS
6 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.84%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (2.42%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Metadata
2 6 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.03%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.42%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.61%) MySQL
5 2 (1.61%) Pinecone
5 2 (1.61%) Redis
6 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.81%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 31 (25.00%) Git
2 21 (16.94%) Visual Studio Code
3 16 (12.90%) GitLab
4 13 (10.48%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (15.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.26%) Marketing
4 8 (6.45%) Retail
5 7 (5.65%) Automotive
5 7 (5.65%) Electronics
5 7 (5.65%) Finance
6 6 (4.84%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.42%) Games
8 2 (1.61%) Advertising
8 2 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (39.52%) Software Engineer
2 28 (22.58%) Senior
3 20 (16.13%) FPGA Engineer
4 19 (15.32%) Lead
5 18 (14.52%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (12.90%) Developer
6 16 (12.90%) Embedded Engineer
7 13 (10.48%) Python Developer
8 9 (7.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (7.26%) Lead Software Engineer
9 7 (5.65%) Design Engineer
9 7 (5.65%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Development Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Security Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Technical Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Technical Support
12 4 (3.23%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.48%) NumPy
1 13 (10.48%) Pandas
2 6 (4.84%) PyTorch
2 6 (4.84%) React
2 6 (4.84%) TensorFlow
3 5 (4.03%) REST
4 4 (3.23%) Google JAX
4 4 (3.23%) JAX
5 3 (2.42%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.61%) Faiss
6 2 (1.61%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.61%) Flask
6 2 (1.61%) Kafka
6 2 (1.61%) Node.js
6 2 (1.61%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.61%) SciPy
6 2 (1.61%) Spring
6 2 (1.61%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.81%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.74%) FPGA
2 21 (16.94%) Embedded Systems
3 19 (15.32%) VHDL
4 17 (13.71%) PCIe
5 12 (9.68%) Product Ownership
6 11 (8.87%) NVMe
7 8 (6.45%) Data Structures
7 8 (6.45%) Verilog
8 4 (3.23%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (3.23%) SCADA
9 3 (2.42%) Low-Code
9 3 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.81%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (0.81%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.81%) CUDA
11 1 (0.81%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.10%) Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (50.81%) Software Engineering
2 34 (27.42%) Signal Processing
3 32 (25.81%) Computer Science
4 29 (23.39%) Agile
5 24 (19.35%) AI
6 23 (18.55%) CI/CD
6 23 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (17.74%) DevOps
8 20 (16.13%) Software Architecture
8 20 (16.13%) Software Testing
9 18 (14.52%) Digital Signal Processing
9 18 (14.52%) FPGA Design
9 18 (14.52%) Validation
10 17 (13.71%) Deep Learning
10 17 (13.71%) Line Management
10 17 (13.71%) Test Automation
11 16 (12.90%) Embedded Software Development
11 16 (12.90%) Kanban
11 16 (12.90%) Scrum
12 15 (12.10%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 69 (55.65%) Python
2 52 (41.94%) C++
3 30 (24.19%) C
4 23 (18.55%) C#
5 13 (10.48%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.87%) Assembly Language
7 9 (7.26%) Java
8 8 (6.45%) Go
9 7 (5.65%) Embedded C
9 7 (5.65%) Embedded C++
10 5 (4.03%) JavaScript
10 5 (4.03%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.23%) Rust
12 2 (1.61%) Julia
12 2 (1.61%) SQL
13 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.81%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 37 (29.84%) Degree
2 30 (24.19%) Security Cleared
3 19 (15.32%) Master's Degree
4 17 (13.71%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.61%) PhD
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (2.42%) QA
System Software
1 34 (27.42%) Firmware
2 22 (17.74%) Docker
3 21 (16.94%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (9.68%) Xilinx
2 11 (8.87%) Altera
3 9 (7.26%) Google
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.61%) Databricks
5 2 (1.61%) IBM
5 2 (1.61%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.81%) Ahrefs
6 1 (0.81%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.81%) Screaming Frog