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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 133 143
Rank change year-on-year -72 +10 +26
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 36 36 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.34% 1.01% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 2.83% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 52
10th Percentile £31,431 £38,568 £45,250
25th Percentile £53,000 £39,281 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £40,792 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.18% -37.24% -7.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,763 -
90th Percentile - £80,540 £90,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,600 £66,500
% change year-on-year -4.39% +6.17% -8.28%

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 2,425 1,273 1,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.03% 35.76% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 752 992
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,525
25th Percentile £36,750 £30,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £66,063
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -20 20 £60,000 -4.12% 3
Gloucestershire -68 7 £46,750 -45.00% 7
Cornwall - 3 - -
Wiltshire -21 2 - - 6
Devon - 2 £55,000 -
Dorset -18 1 - - 6
Somerset -27 1 £32,258 -19.36% 1
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 6 (16.67%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.56%) Jupyter
3 1 (2.78%) Kinematics
3 1 (2.78%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Simulink
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (5.56%) Google Ads
2 2 (5.56%) Slack
3 1 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Broadband
2 1 (2.78%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Big Data
2 4 (11.11%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Git
2 3 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (5.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (2.78%) JIRA
4 1 (2.78%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
4 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) Electronics
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Software Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Senior
2 8 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Data Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Data Scientist
5 3 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Junior
6 2 (5.56%) Junior Data Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Principal Data Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Principal Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) PyTorch
2 4 (11.11%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (8.33%) TensorFlow
3 3 (8.33%) Terraform
4 2 (5.56%) NumPy
4 2 (5.56%) Pandas
4 2 (5.56%) PySpark
4 2 (5.56%) TFX
5 1 (2.78%) Hugging Face
5 1 (2.78%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Robotics
2 4 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Over-the-Top Content
3 2 (5.56%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.78%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.78%) Blog
4 1 (2.78%) Clustering
4 1 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.78%) FPGA
4 1 (2.78%) PKI
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 12 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 10 (27.78%) Data Science
3 9 (25.00%) Agile
3 9 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 8 (22.22%) AI
4 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.89%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.89%) Mechatronics
6 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Signal Processing
6 5 (13.89%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (13.89%) Validation
7 4 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (11.11%) ETL
7 4 (11.11%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 4 (11.11%) Physics
7 4 (11.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) Python
2 10 (27.78%) C++
3 7 (19.44%) C
3 7 (19.44%) SQL
4 6 (16.67%) MATLAB
5 2 (5.56%) VBA
6 1 (2.78%) Fortran
6 1 (2.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Degree
2 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
4 6 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 4 (11.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.56%) Ansible
2 2 (5.56%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) OpenAI
2 2 (5.56%) Databricks
2 2 (5.56%) Google
2 2 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (2.78%) Adobe
3 1 (2.78%) Intel
3 1 (2.78%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) YouTube