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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 173 110
Rank change year-on-year -27 -63 +75
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 146 112 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.26% 2.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.07% 3.08% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 102 57 133
10th Percentile £52,050 £39,009 £34,750
25th Percentile £58,188 £52,145 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,675 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.39% +8.62% -13.33%

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 4,762 3,640 4,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.31% 40.94% 32.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,256 1,777 1,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,202 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,988 £39,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -14.02% -6.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.41%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +13 86 £75,000 +20.97% 29
Thames Valley -12 26 £60,000 +6.33% 70
Oxfordshire -20 14 £95,000 +58.33% 48
Berkshire -3 12 £60,000 +18.31% 14
Surrey -37 7 £70,000 +7.69% 18
Kent - 6 - - 3
West Sussex -24 5 - - 11
Middlesex - 5 - -
Isle of Wight -16 2 £50,000 -29.18% 3
Sussex - 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 (1.37%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Simulink
2 4 (2.74%) Mathematica
3 2 (1.37%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.90%) Azure
2 11 (7.53%) AWS
3 4 (2.74%) GCP
4 2 (1.37%) GitHub
4 2 (1.37%) PaaS
4 2 (1.37%) SaaS
5 1 (0.68%) IaaS
5 1 (0.68%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 6 (4.11%) Wireless
2 2 (1.37%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.37%) MySQL
1 2 (1.37%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.37%) Pinecone
1 2 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (23.29%) Git
2 18 (12.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 13 (8.90%) GitLab
4 11 (7.53%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (2.05%) CMake
5 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.37%) MLflow
General
1 21 (14.38%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.22%) Aerospace
3 8 (5.48%) Electronics
4 7 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.11%) Finance
6 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.74%) Advertising
7 4 (2.74%) Aviation
7 4 (2.74%) Military
7 4 (2.74%) Retail
8 3 (2.05%) Police
9 2 (1.37%) Aeronautics
9 2 (1.37%) Publishing
9 2 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (32.88%) Software Engineer
2 28 (19.18%) Senior
3 23 (15.75%) Lead
4 20 (13.70%) FPGA Engineer
5 18 (12.33%) Embedded Engineer
6 15 (10.27%) Senior Software Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Developer
7 10 (6.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Design Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Architect
10 7 (4.79%) ASIC Architect
10 7 (4.79%) Data Scientist
10 7 (4.79%) Python Developer
10 7 (4.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Firmware Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Machine Learning Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.16%) NumPy
1 9 (6.16%) Pandas
2 8 (5.48%) React
3 7 (4.79%) PyTorch
3 7 (4.79%) TensorFlow
4 4 (2.74%) FastAPI
4 4 (2.74%) scikit-learn
5 3 (2.05%) CSS
5 3 (2.05%) Google JAX
5 3 (2.05%) GraphQL
5 3 (2.05%) HTML
5 3 (2.05%) JAX
5 3 (2.05%) OpenCV
5 3 (2.05%) Yocto
6 2 (1.37%) .NET
6 2 (1.37%) Faiss
6 2 (1.37%) Kafka
6 2 (1.37%) Node.js
6 2 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Embedded Systems
1 26 (17.81%) FPGA
2 19 (13.01%) PCIe
2 19 (13.01%) VHDL
3 15 (10.27%) Data Structures
4 13 (8.90%) Product Ownership
5 11 (7.53%) Verilog
6 9 (6.16%) ASIC
6 9 (6.16%) NVMe
7 6 (4.11%) Synthetic Data
8 5 (3.42%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.42%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (3.42%) Robotics
8 5 (3.42%) SCADA
9 3 (2.05%) Educational Technology
9 3 (2.05%) Hackathon
9 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.37%) CUDA
10 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.37%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Linux
2 3 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (45.89%) Software Engineering
2 38 (26.03%) Agile
2 38 (26.03%) AI
3 37 (25.34%) Computer Science
4 34 (23.29%) Signal Processing
5 31 (21.23%) CI/CD
6 23 (15.75%) Machine Learning
7 22 (15.07%) FPGA Design
7 22 (15.07%) Test Automation
8 21 (14.38%) Software Architecture
9 19 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.01%) DevOps
10 18 (12.33%) Roadmaps
10 18 (12.33%) Software Testing
11 17 (11.64%) Systems Engineering
11 17 (11.64%) Validation
12 16 (10.96%) Decision-Making
12 16 (10.96%) SDLC
12 16 (10.96%) Systems Thinking
13 15 (10.27%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (54.79%) Python
2 57 (39.04%) C++
3 29 (19.86%) C
4 23 (15.75%) C#
5 22 (15.07%) MATLAB
6 15 (10.27%) Java
7 12 (8.22%) Embedded C++
8 9 (6.16%) Assembly Language
8 9 (6.16%) Embedded C
9 8 (5.48%) Go
9 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
9 8 (5.48%) TypeScript
10 7 (4.79%) Rust
11 4 (2.74%) SQL
12 2 (1.37%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 47 (32.19%) Degree
2 45 (30.82%) Security Cleared
3 25 (17.12%) SC Cleared
4 21 (14.38%) Master's Degree
5 9 (6.16%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.79%) PhD
8 6 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
System Software
1 33 (22.60%) Firmware
2 25 (17.12%) Docker
3 21 (14.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (6.16%) Altera
1 9 (6.16%) Xilinx
2 6 (4.11%) Thales
3 4 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.37%) Google
4 2 (1.37%) IBM
4 2 (1.37%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.68%) Databricks