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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 118 182
Rank change year-on-year -76 +64 -39
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 75 252 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.79% 2.24% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.37% 6.70% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 32 135 65
10th Percentile £40,015 £41,732 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,296 £50,060 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,875 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,925 £76,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £94,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +0.69%

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 3,170 3,760 2,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.28% 33.47% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,724 1,663 1,739
10th Percentile £26,570 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.34%

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 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
Thames Valley -73 37 £49,220 -29.69% 11
Berkshire -21 32 £49,220 -29.69% 7
Hampshire +13 17 £69,525 +13.98% 10
Surrey -1 8 £90,000 +47.54% 13
Isle of Wight - 8 £70,600 -
East Sussex - 4 £41,500 - 3
Buckinghamshire -27 3 - -
Oxfordshire -15 2 £62,500 +10.60% 4
Kent -4 1 £75,900 +32.00% 2
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 3 (4.00%) CMS
1 3 (4.00%) WordPress
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Simulink
2 1 (1.33%) Mathcad
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.00%) Vertex AI
2 4 (5.33%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.00%) Google Docs
3 3 (4.00%) Google Sheets
3 3 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.67%) Azure
5 1 (1.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) S/MIME
1 1 (1.33%) VPN
1 1 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.00%) Data Mining
2 10 (13.33%) Data Lake
2 10 (13.33%) Metadata
3 3 (4.00%) GIS
3 3 (4.00%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.33%) Power Query
4 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (26.67%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.00%) Git
2 3 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.00%) JIRA
2 3 (4.00%) TestRail
General
1 31 (41.33%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.00%) Electronics
3 23 (30.67%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (20.00%) Law
4 15 (20.00%) Retail
5 11 (14.67%) Finance
6 5 (6.67%) Marketing
7 1 (1.33%) Aviation
7 1 (1.33%) Banking
7 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 27 (36.00%) Senior
2 25 (33.33%) Lead
3 21 (28.00%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (18.67%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (18.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 11 (14.67%) Software Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) SEO Manager
8 3 (4.00%) SEO Specialist
9 2 (2.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 1 (1.33%) .NET Developer
10 1 (1.33%) Banking Analyst
10 1 (1.33%) C# Developer
10 1 (1.33%) Data Analyst
10 1 (1.33%) Data Manager
10 1 (1.33%) Design Engineer
10 1 (1.33%) Junior Software Engineer
10 1 (1.33%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.33%) FHIR
2 6 (8.00%) Qt
3 5 (6.67%) CSS
3 5 (6.67%) HTML
4 3 (4.00%) WPF
5 1 (1.33%) .NET
5 1 (1.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.33%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) Life Science
1 10 (13.33%) Omics
2 6 (8.00%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (5.33%) Blog
4 3 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.00%) Social Media
5 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.33%) PKI
6 1 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.33%) Robotics
6 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Linux
1 4 (5.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.00%) AI
2 34 (45.33%) Machine Learning
3 30 (40.00%) Analytics
4 25 (33.33%) Data Science
5 23 (30.67%) Signal Processing
5 23 (30.67%) Systems Engineering
6 22 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (29.33%) Technical Leadership
7 21 (28.00%) Agile
8 18 (24.00%) Roadmaps
8 18 (24.00%) Visualisation
9 17 (22.67%) Computer Science
10 16 (21.33%) DevOps
10 16 (21.33%) LLM
10 16 (21.33%) Natural Language Processing
10 16 (21.33%) Statistical Analysis
11 15 (20.00%) Data Engineering
11 15 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
11 15 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
11 15 (20.00%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) C++
2 9 (12.00%) Python
3 7 (9.33%) Bash
4 4 (5.33%) C
4 4 (5.33%) C#
4 4 (5.33%) Fortran
4 4 (5.33%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.00%) Java
5 3 (4.00%) SQL
6 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.33%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (36.00%) Degree
2 22 (29.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (28.00%) PhD
4 14 (18.67%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.33%) CEH
7 1 (1.33%) CISM
7 1 (1.33%) CISSP
7 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.33%) GIAC
7 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (29.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 10 (13.33%) CDISC
2 10 (13.33%) GxP
2 10 (13.33%) HL7
3 2 (2.67%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (2.67%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) ISO 26262
4 1 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.33%) NIST
4 1 (1.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Google
2 20 (26.67%) IBM
3 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
4 15 (20.00%) OpenAI
5 6 (8.00%) Ahrefs
6 3 (4.00%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.33%) MathWorks
7 1 (1.33%) Thales