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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 110 88
Rank change year-on-year -85 -22 +78
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 98 188 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.67% 2.46% 2.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 6.81% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 58 104 210
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,825 £35,225
25th Percentile £50,625 £50,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £76,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 3,701 2,762 5,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.13% 36.10% 34.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,046 1,411 3,773
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,900 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +8 48 £75,000 +15.38% 32
Thames Valley -70 25 £60,000 - 19
Surrey -7 20 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Oxfordshire -3 12 £50,991 -7.29% 9
Berkshire -24 10 £60,000 +15.38% 8
Isle of Wight -19 3 £50,000 -24.59%
Buckinghamshire -52 3 £67,000 -11.84% 2
East Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
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 5 (5.10%) IIS
2 2 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.04%) CMS
3 1 (1.02%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.02%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Simulink
2 2 (2.04%) CATIA
3 1 (1.02%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (12.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.24%) AWS
2 7 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 5 (5.10%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.04%) Prefect
5 1 (1.02%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.02%) Azure
5 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.10%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (3.06%) Broadband
3 1 (1.02%) S/MIME
3 1 (1.02%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.16%) Metadata
2 6 (6.12%) NoSQL
2 6 (6.12%) Tableau
3 5 (5.10%) Big Data
3 5 (5.10%) Data Mining
3 5 (5.10%) Hadoop
4 4 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.06%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.02%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.02%) Power BI
6 1 (1.02%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 22 (22.45%) Git
2 20 (20.41%) Visual Studio Code
3 17 (17.35%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (15.31%) GitLab
5 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (14.29%) Marketing
2 14 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.16%) Retail
4 7 (7.14%) Automotive
4 7 (7.14%) Electronics
5 6 (6.12%) Finance
6 5 (5.10%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.08%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.06%) Games
9 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.02%) Advertising
10 1 (1.02%) Banking
10 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (38.78%) Software Engineer
2 25 (25.51%) Senior
3 17 (17.35%) FPGA Engineer
4 14 (14.29%) Developer
4 14 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (13.27%) Python Developer
6 8 (8.16%) Embedded Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) Design Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) Development Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.12%) C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (6.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Data Science Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Lead
9 5 (5.10%) Lead Software Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Manager
9 5 (5.10%) SEO Specialist
10 4 (4.08%) Python Engineer
10 4 (4.08%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.27%) NumPy
1 13 (13.27%) Pandas
2 5 (5.10%) Play Framework
3 3 (3.06%) REST
4 2 (2.04%) Google JAX
4 2 (2.04%) JAX
4 2 (2.04%) OpenCV
4 2 (2.04%) PyTorch
4 2 (2.04%) React
4 2 (2.04%) SciPy
4 2 (2.04%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.02%) GStreamer
5 1 (1.02%) HTML
5 1 (1.02%) Hugging Face
5 1 (1.02%) Laravel
5 1 (1.02%) Matplotlib
5 1 (1.02%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.02%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) FPGA
2 16 (16.33%) VHDL
3 14 (14.29%) PCIe
4 12 (12.24%) NVMe
5 11 (11.22%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (11.22%) Product Ownership
6 5 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.08%) Verilog
8 3 (3.06%) CUDA
8 3 (3.06%) Low-Code
8 3 (3.06%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (1.02%) Blog
9 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.02%) GNSS
9 1 (1.02%) IoT
9 1 (1.02%) PKI
9 1 (1.02%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.31%) Linux
2 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (48.98%) Software Engineering
2 30 (30.61%) Computer Science
3 26 (26.53%) Signal Processing
4 25 (25.51%) Agile
5 24 (24.49%) AI
6 20 (20.41%) Roadmaps
7 19 (19.39%) Software Architecture
8 18 (18.37%) DevOps
9 17 (17.35%) Line Management
10 16 (16.33%) FPGA Design
10 16 (16.33%) Software Testing
11 15 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.31%) Decision-Making
11 15 (15.31%) Deep Learning
11 15 (15.31%) Embedded Software Development
11 15 (15.31%) Kanban
11 15 (15.31%) Scrum
12 14 (14.29%) CI/CD
13 13 (13.27%) Analytics
13 13 (13.27%) Computer Vision
Programming Languages
1 54 (55.10%) Python
2 46 (46.94%) C++
3 21 (21.43%) C#
4 20 (20.41%) C
5 12 (12.24%) Assembly Language
6 8 (8.16%) MATLAB
7 6 (6.12%) Java
7 6 (6.12%) R
7 6 (6.12%) SQL
8 5 (5.10%) Scala
9 4 (4.08%) Go
10 3 (3.06%) Embedded C
10 3 (3.06%) Embedded C++
11 2 (2.04%) Julia
12 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
12 1 (1.02%) Rust
12 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
12 1 (1.02%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (1.02%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (33.67%) Degree
2 22 (22.45%) Security Cleared
3 20 (20.41%) Master's Degree
4 15 (15.31%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
6 5 (5.10%) MBA
7 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.04%) PhD
9 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (1.02%) CEH
9 1 (1.02%) CISM
9 1 (1.02%) CISSP
9 1 (1.02%) GIAC
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (5.10%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (3.06%) QA
4 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.02%) GDPR
5 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.02%) NIST
5 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (19.39%) Firmware
2 16 (16.33%) Docker
3 12 (12.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (13.27%) Xilinx
2 12 (12.24%) Altera
3 8 (8.16%) Google
4 7 (7.14%) Databricks
5 5 (5.10%) BT
5 5 (5.10%) IBM
6 2 (2.04%) Ahrefs
6 2 (2.04%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.04%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.02%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.02%) Thales