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 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 122 112
Rank change year-on-year -109 -10 +26
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 43 203 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.41% 2.27% 2.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.39% 6.54% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12 104 111
10th Percentile £40,015 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,754 £52,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,215 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £102,090 £81,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £75,900 £67,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.28% -4.29% -3.45%

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 3,103 3,102 3,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.34% 34.76% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,612 1,320 2,285
10th Percentile £26,750 £33,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +9.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,375 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,819 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +1.37% -7.69%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -76 23 £49,220 -21.25% 74
Berkshire -9 17 £56,430 -19.39% 53
Surrey +4 8 £91,250 +34.19% 10
Hampshire +3 8 £75,900 +16.77% 21
Oxfordshire -29 3 £40,000 -32.78% 14
Buckinghamshire -33 3 - - 7
Isle of Wight -10 2 - - 7
Kent -21 1 £75,900 - 16
East Sussex - 1 £45,000 - 6
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 (11.63%) IIS
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Simulink
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) AWS
2 5 (11.63%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) S/MIME
1 1 (2.33%) VPN
1 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) Metadata
2 10 (23.26%) Data Lake
3 6 (13.95%) Tableau
4 5 (11.63%) Big Data
4 5 (11.63%) Data Mining
4 5 (11.63%) Hadoop
4 5 (11.63%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.33%) GIS
5 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.33%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) TestRail
General
1 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Electronics
2 11 (25.58%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Marketing
4 5 (11.63%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.33%) Banking
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Lead
1 10 (23.26%) Senior
2 9 (20.93%) Software Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) Principal Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Data Science Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.65%) CUDA Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) CUDA Software Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Development Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) SEO Specialist
6 1 (2.33%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Python Software Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) FHIR
2 5 (11.63%) Play Framework
3 2 (4.65%) HTML
3 2 (4.65%) Qt
4 1 (2.33%) CSS
4 1 (2.33%) NumPy
4 1 (2.33%) Pandas
4 1 (2.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Life Science
1 10 (23.26%) Omics
2 5 (11.63%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.65%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (4.65%) CUDA
3 2 (4.65%) FPGA
3 2 (4.65%) NVMe
3 2 (4.65%) PCIe
3 2 (4.65%) VHDL
4 1 (2.33%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) Blog
4 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Computer Science
2 19 (44.19%) AI
3 17 (39.53%) Machine Learning
4 15 (34.88%) Analytics
4 15 (34.88%) Data Science
4 15 (34.88%) Decision-Making
4 15 (34.88%) Statistics
5 11 (25.58%) Mathematics
5 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (23.26%) Bioinformatics
6 10 (23.26%) Data Architecture
6 10 (23.26%) Data Governance
6 10 (23.26%) Data Strategy
6 10 (23.26%) Hematology
6 10 (23.26%) Immunology
6 10 (23.26%) Metadata Management
6 10 (23.26%) Ontologies
6 10 (23.26%) Signal Processing
7 9 (20.93%) Roadmaps
7 9 (20.93%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) Python
2 11 (25.58%) C++
3 6 (13.95%) C
3 6 (13.95%) Java
3 6 (13.95%) R
3 6 (13.95%) SQL
4 5 (11.63%) Bash
4 5 (11.63%) Scala
5 4 (9.30%) Fortran
6 2 (4.65%) Assembly Language
6 2 (4.65%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.33%) C#
7 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) Degree
2 16 (37.21%) PhD
3 14 (32.56%) Master's Degree
4 8 (18.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (11.63%) MBA
6 1 (2.33%) CEH
6 1 (2.33%) CISM
6 1 (2.33%) CISSP
6 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.33%) GIAC
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) Accessibility
1 10 (23.26%) CDISC
1 10 (23.26%) GxP
1 10 (23.26%) HL7
2 8 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (13.95%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (4.65%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (4.65%) ISO 26262
5 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.33%) GDPR
5 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.33%) NIST
5 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (4.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) IBM
2 5 (11.63%) BT
2 5 (11.63%) Databricks
3 2 (4.65%) Ahrefs
3 2 (4.65%) Altera
3 2 (4.65%) Google
3 2 (4.65%) Screaming Frog
3 2 (4.65%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.33%) Thales