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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 152 110
Rank change year-on-year -46 -42 +75
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 128 150 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.73% 2.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.21% 4.08% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 88 74 164
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% -2.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,025 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.93% +8.62% -12.16%

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 3,992 3,678 4,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.39% 42.50% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,753 1,740 2,954
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,488 £26,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.39% -0.87% -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +11 75 £75,000 +36.36% 11
Thames Valley -36 20 £60,000 +4.35% 17
Surrey -19 17 £70,000 -3.45% 8
Berkshire -17 10 £60,000 -25.00% 6
Oxfordshire -16 8 £60,000 - 10
West Sussex -28 5 - - 3
Kent - 3 - - 1
Middlesex +35 2 - - 3
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £67,000 +34.00% 1
Isle of Wight -16 2 £50,000 -29.18%
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 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (6.25%) Simulink
2 2 (1.56%) CATIA
3 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.16%) AWS
2 9 (7.03%) Azure
3 6 (4.69%) Google Analytics
4 4 (3.13%) GCP
5 2 (1.56%) GitHub
5 2 (1.56%) Prefect
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.78%) IaaS
6 1 (0.78%) PaaS
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.91%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (2.34%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.69%) Metadata
1 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.91%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.34%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.56%) MySQL
4 2 (1.56%) Pinecone
4 2 (1.56%) Redis
5 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.78%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 30 (23.44%) Git
2 20 (15.63%) Visual Studio Code
3 14 (10.94%) GitLab
4 13 (10.16%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (2.34%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.56%) CMake
General
1 19 (14.84%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Electronics
3 8 (6.25%) Marketing
4 7 (5.47%) Finance
4 7 (5.47%) Retail
5 6 (4.69%) Aerospace
5 6 (4.69%) Automotive
6 3 (2.34%) Games
7 2 (1.56%) Advertising
7 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 28 (21.88%) Senior
3 21 (16.41%) Lead
4 20 (15.63%) FPGA Engineer
5 19 (14.84%) Embedded Engineer
6 16 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (11.72%) Developer
8 12 (9.38%) Python Developer
9 10 (7.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 9 (7.03%) Design Engineer
10 9 (7.03%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 9 (7.03%) Lead Software Engineer
11 7 (5.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Firmware Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
13 5 (3.91%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.38%) NumPy
1 12 (9.38%) Pandas
2 6 (4.69%) PyTorch
2 6 (4.69%) React
2 6 (4.69%) TensorFlow
3 5 (3.91%) REST
4 4 (3.13%) Google JAX
4 4 (3.13%) JAX
5 3 (2.34%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.56%) Faiss
6 2 (1.56%) Flask
6 2 (1.56%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.56%) Kafka
6 2 (1.56%) Node.js
6 2 (1.56%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.56%) SciPy
6 2 (1.56%) Spring
6 2 (1.56%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.97%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (16.41%) FPGA
3 19 (14.84%) VHDL
4 17 (13.28%) PCIe
5 13 (10.16%) Product Ownership
6 11 (8.59%) NVMe
7 8 (6.25%) Data Structures
7 8 (6.25%) Verilog
8 5 (3.91%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.91%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (3.91%) SCADA
9 4 (3.13%) Management Information System
10 3 (2.34%) Low-Code
10 3 (2.34%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
12 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.78%) IoT
12 1 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (1.56%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.44%) Software Engineering
2 33 (25.78%) Computer Science
3 32 (25.00%) Signal Processing
4 29 (22.66%) AI
5 28 (21.88%) Agile
6 24 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 22 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (16.41%) Software Architecture
9 20 (15.63%) DevOps
9 20 (15.63%) Software Testing
10 19 (14.84%) Test Automation
10 19 (14.84%) Validation
11 18 (14.06%) FPGA Design
12 17 (13.28%) Digital Signal Processing
13 16 (12.50%) Line Management
13 16 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
14 15 (11.72%) Deep Learning
15 14 (10.94%) Computer Vision
15 14 (10.94%) Embedded Software Development
15 14 (10.94%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 71 (55.47%) Python
2 51 (39.84%) C++
3 29 (22.66%) C
4 22 (17.19%) C#
5 12 (9.38%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.59%) Assembly Language
7 9 (7.03%) Embedded C++
7 9 (7.03%) Java
8 8 (6.25%) Go
9 7 (5.47%) Embedded C
10 5 (3.91%) JavaScript
10 5 (3.91%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.13%) Rust
12 2 (1.56%) Julia
12 2 (1.56%) SQL
13 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.78%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 35 (27.34%) Degree
2 28 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 15 (11.72%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.56%) PhD
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (2.34%) QA
System Software
1 35 (27.34%) Firmware
2 23 (17.97%) Docker
2 23 (17.97%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (5.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (9.38%) Xilinx
2 11 (8.59%) Altera
3 8 (6.25%) Google
4 4 (3.13%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.56%) Databricks
5 2 (1.56%) IBM
5 2 (1.56%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.78%) Ahrefs
6 1 (0.78%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.78%) Screaming Frog