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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 110 189
Rank change year-on-year -70 +79 -53
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 116 292 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.30% 2.25% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.16% 6.86% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 56 138 83
10th Percentile £38,758 £36,675 £34,250
25th Percentile £52,411 £47,625 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £94,500
England median annual salary £70,600 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +12.96% -16.67% -

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 3,675 4,258 3,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.04% 32.81% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 2,109 2,232
10th Percentile £27,336 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,988 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £56,763
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -7.51% +3.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 -74 43 £55,715 -3.94% 34
Berkshire -46 36 £45,000 -35.71% 23
Isle of Wight - 28 £70,600 -
Hampshire -25 17 £62,000 +3.33% 7
Surrey +20 13 £65,000 +22.07% 11
West Sussex +12 10 - - 2
East Sussex +14 5 £41,500 - 4
Oxfordshire +1 5 £60,000 +11.49% 9
Buckinghamshire -17 2 - - 3
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.59%) CMS
1 3 (2.59%) WordPress
2 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Simulink
2 2 (1.72%) Mathcad
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.86%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.69%) Vertex AI
2 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.31%) Google Analytics
4 3 (2.59%) Google Docs
4 3 (2.59%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.72%) Azure
6 1 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) MQTT
1 2 (1.72%) WAN
1 2 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (20.69%) Data Mining
2 6 (5.17%) Power BI
3 5 (4.31%) Data Lake
3 5 (4.31%) Metadata
4 2 (1.72%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.72%) GIS
5 1 (0.86%) Big Data
5 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.86%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (28.45%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (3.45%) Git
3 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.72%) JIRA
3 2 (1.72%) TestRail
General
1 50 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 41 (35.34%) Electronics
3 38 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (22.41%) Retail
5 24 (20.69%) Law
6 15 (12.93%) Marketing
7 10 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (6.03%) Finance
9 3 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.72%) Advertising
10 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.86%) Aviation
11 1 (0.86%) Military
11 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (34.48%) Senior
2 34 (29.31%) Systems Engineer
3 31 (26.72%) Lead
4 21 (18.10%) Principal Engineer
4 21 (18.10%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 12 (10.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Software Engineer
7 5 (4.31%) Copywriter
7 5 (4.31%) Digital Copywriter
7 5 (4.31%) Marketing Copywriter
7 5 (4.31%) Radar Engineer
7 5 (4.31%) SEO Specialist
8 4 (3.45%) C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (2.59%) Analyst
9 3 (2.59%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.59%) SEO Manager
10 2 (1.72%) Data Manager
10 2 (1.72%) Insight Analyst
10 2 (1.72%) Scientific Software Engineer
10 2 (1.72%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) CSS
1 6 (5.17%) HTML
2 5 (4.31%) FHIR
3 4 (3.45%) Qt
4 2 (1.72%) gRPC
4 2 (1.72%) WPF
5 1 (0.86%) .NET
5 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.86%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Blog
2 5 (4.31%) Life Science
2 5 (4.31%) Omics
3 4 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.59%) Social Media
5 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.72%) IoT
5 2 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.72%) Robotics
6 1 (0.86%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.86%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.86%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.86%) FPGA
6 1 (0.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.17%) Linux
2 3 (2.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.86%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (36.21%) Artificial Intelligence
2 41 (35.34%) Machine Learning
2 41 (35.34%) Systems Engineering
3 40 (34.48%) Signal Processing
4 36 (31.03%) Analytics
4 36 (31.03%) Technical Leadership
5 34 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (25.86%) Data Science
7 28 (24.14%) Agile
7 28 (24.14%) Visualisation
8 25 (21.55%) LLM
8 25 (21.55%) Natural Language Processing
8 25 (21.55%) Roadmaps
9 24 (20.69%) Commercialisation
9 24 (20.69%) Data Engineering
9 24 (20.69%) DevOps
9 24 (20.69%) Generative AI
9 24 (20.69%) Performance Monitoring
9 24 (20.69%) Statistical Modelling
9 24 (20.69%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.69%) Python
2 12 (10.34%) Java
3 11 (9.48%) C++
4 8 (6.90%) MATLAB
5 6 (5.17%) SQL
6 5 (4.31%) Bash
6 5 (4.31%) C
7 4 (3.45%) R
8 3 (2.59%) C#
8 3 (2.59%) Fortran
9 2 (1.72%) VBA
10 1 (0.86%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.86%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (32.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 23 (19.83%) Degree
3 14 (12.07%) PhD
4 12 (10.34%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (32.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.31%) CDISC
2 5 (4.31%) GxP
2 5 (4.31%) HL7
3 2 (1.72%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.72%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 37 (31.90%) Google
2 33 (28.45%) IBM
3 25 (21.55%) Microsoft
4 24 (20.69%) OpenAI
5 8 (6.90%) Ahrefs
6 5 (4.31%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (1.72%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.72%) SAP