Algorithms Job Trends in the South West

Algorithms
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 93 169
Rank change year-on-year -96 +76 +4
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 46 74 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.53% 2.12% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.27% 6.01% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 35
10th Percentile £28,000 £38,125 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,875 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.89% -15.05% -16.92%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,656 £68,750
90th Percentile - £71,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.93% +12.96% -13.79%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,028 1,232 2,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.20% 35.35% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 711 1,457
10th Percentile £28,410 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% -0.87% -11.54%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the South West

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the South West over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the South West

Algorithms
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Bristol -6 25 £60,000 +20.91% 12
Gloucestershire -73 13 £30,250 -64.41% 7
Cornwall +5 4 - -
Devon - 2 £55,000 - 1
Dorset -17 1 - - 6
Somerset -41 1 £32,258 -19.36% 2
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (15.22%) Jupyter
2 5 (10.87%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.17%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Chatbot
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.35%) OrCAD
3 1 (2.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) AWS
2 7 (15.22%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (8.70%) Azure
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.35%) Google Ads
4 2 (4.35%) Slack
5 1 (2.17%) Prefect
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Broadband
2 1 (2.17%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Big Data
2 3 (6.52%) Hadoop
3 2 (4.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Git
2 7 (15.22%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (6.52%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (2.17%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (23.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Aerospace
3 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Electronics
4 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.87%) Retail
5 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Marketing
7 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Games
8 1 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Software Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Senior
2 10 (21.74%) Senior Software Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Embedded Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 5 (10.87%) Developer
4 5 (10.87%) Programmer
4 5 (10.87%) Python Developer
4 5 (10.87%) Trainee
4 5 (10.87%) Trainee Programmer
5 4 (8.70%) Graduate
5 4 (8.70%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Lead
7 2 (4.35%) Junior Data Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) NumPy
1 9 (19.57%) Pandas
2 6 (13.04%) Streamlit
3 5 (10.87%) Hugging Face
3 5 (10.87%) Matplotlib
3 5 (10.87%) scikit-learn
4 4 (8.70%) HTML
4 4 (8.70%) PyTorch
5 3 (6.52%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (6.52%) TensorFlow
6 2 (4.35%) PySpark
6 2 (4.35%) TFX
7 1 (2.17%) Google JAX
7 1 (2.17%) JAX
7 1 (2.17%) OpenCV
7 1 (2.17%) REST
7 1 (2.17%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Data Structures
1 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
1 3 (6.52%) Video\Live Streaming
2 2 (4.35%) Device Driver
2 2 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (4.35%) FPGA
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Over-the-Top Content
2 2 (4.35%) PKI
2 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.35%) VHDL
3 1 (2.17%) Clustering
3 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.17%) Robotics
3 1 (2.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) Software Engineering
2 13 (28.26%) Machine Learning
2 13 (28.26%) Mentoring
3 12 (26.09%) AI
4 10 (21.74%) OO
5 9 (19.57%) OOP
6 8 (17.39%) Agile
6 8 (17.39%) Data Science
7 7 (15.22%) Workflow
8 6 (13.04%) Computer Science
8 6 (13.04%) Deep Learning
8 6 (13.04%) Signal Processing
8 6 (13.04%) Systems Engineering
8 6 (13.04%) Visualisation
9 5 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
9 5 (10.87%) Conversational UI
9 5 (10.87%) Customer Service
9 5 (10.87%) Prompt Engineering
9 5 (10.87%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (41.30%) Python
2 11 (23.91%) C++
3 6 (13.04%) SQL
4 5 (10.87%) C
5 2 (4.35%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.35%) Embedded C++
5 2 (4.35%) Rust
5 2 (4.35%) VBA
6 1 (2.17%) Fortran
6 1 (2.17%) Go
6 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) Degree
3 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) AWS Certification
4 5 (10.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (10.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Docker
2 2 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
1 3 (6.52%) Terraform
2 2 (4.35%) Kubeflow
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Databricks
3 2 (4.35%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Intel
4 1 (2.17%) OpenAI