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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 120 107
Rank change year-on-year -102 -13 +22
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 51 199 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 2.32% 2.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.62% 6.91% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 15 104 159
10th Percentile £40,015 £40,300 £37,050
25th Percentile £48,573 £51,188 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,360 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +16.77% -3.70% -6.90%

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 3,150 2,881 3,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.74% 33.59% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 1,232 2,742
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £35,944
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.03% +14.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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
Thames Valley -72 23 £49,220 -21.25% 29
Berkshire -14 17 £56,430 +8.52% 11
Hampshire -4 13 £70,000 +7.69% 16
Surrey 0 11 £91,250 +34.19% 9
Oxfordshire -22 4 £40,000 -32.78% 13
Isle of Wight -10 2 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -35 2 - - 5
Kent -18 1 £75,900 - 1
East Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
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 5 (9.80%) IIS
2 1 (1.96%) CMS
2 1 (1.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) AWS
2 5 (9.80%) Snowflake
3 3 (5.88%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) S/MIME
1 1 (1.96%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.96%) VPN
1 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (27.45%) Metadata
2 10 (19.61%) Data Lake
3 6 (11.76%) Tableau
4 5 (9.80%) Big Data
4 5 (9.80%) Data Mining
4 5 (9.80%) Hadoop
4 5 (9.80%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.96%) GIS
5 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (5.88%) Git
3 2 (3.92%) GitLab
3 2 (3.92%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.96%) JIRA
4 1 (1.96%) TestRail
General
1 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Electronics
2 11 (21.57%) Finance
3 10 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Marketing
4 5 (9.80%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.88%) Automotive
5 3 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Software Engineer
2 12 (23.53%) Senior
3 10 (19.61%) Lead
4 8 (15.69%) Principal Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Data Science Manager
6 5 (9.80%) Senior Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Development Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) FPGA Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) SEO Specialist
8 3 (5.88%) CUDA Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) CUDA Software Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Embedded Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Junior C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Python Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Scientific Software Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.61%) FHIR
2 5 (9.80%) Play Framework
3 2 (3.92%) HTML
3 2 (3.92%) Qt
4 1 (1.96%) CSS
4 1 (1.96%) NumPy
4 1 (1.96%) Pandas
4 1 (1.96%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Life Science
1 10 (19.61%) Omics
2 5 (9.80%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (9.80%) FPGA
3 4 (7.84%) NVMe
3 4 (7.84%) PCIe
3 4 (7.84%) VHDL
4 3 (5.88%) CUDA
5 2 (3.92%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (3.92%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.96%) Blog
6 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.96%) GNSS
6 1 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.96%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
2 4 (7.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Computer Science
2 22 (43.14%) AI
3 18 (35.29%) Analytics
4 17 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 15 (29.41%) Data Science
5 15 (29.41%) Decision-Making
5 15 (29.41%) Statistics
6 13 (25.49%) Software Engineering
7 11 (21.57%) Mathematics
7 11 (21.57%) Roadmaps
7 11 (21.57%) Signal Processing
7 11 (21.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (19.61%) Bioinformatics
8 10 (19.61%) Data Architecture
8 10 (19.61%) Data Governance
8 10 (19.61%) Data Strategy
8 10 (19.61%) Hematology
8 10 (19.61%) Immunology
8 10 (19.61%) Metadata Management
8 10 (19.61%) Ontologies
Programming Languages
1 17 (33.33%) C++
2 15 (29.41%) Python
3 9 (17.65%) C
4 6 (11.76%) Java
4 6 (11.76%) R
4 6 (11.76%) SQL
5 5 (9.80%) Bash
5 5 (9.80%) Scala
6 4 (7.84%) Assembly Language
6 4 (7.84%) Fortran
7 3 (5.88%) C#
8 2 (3.92%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Degree
2 16 (31.37%) Master's Degree
2 16 (31.37%) PhD
3 8 (15.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (9.80%) MBA
5 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) CEH
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CISSP
7 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.96%) GIAC
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) Accessibility
1 10 (19.61%) CDISC
1 10 (19.61%) GxP
1 10 (19.61%) HL7
2 8 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.96%) ISO 26262
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Firmware
2 4 (7.84%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) IBM
2 5 (9.80%) BT
2 5 (9.80%) Databricks
2 5 (9.80%) Google
3 4 (7.84%) Altera
3 4 (7.84%) Xilinx
4 2 (3.92%) Ahrefs
4 2 (3.92%) Screaming Frog
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.96%) Thales