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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 161 172
Rank change year-on-year +34 +11 -36
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 35 77 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 1.03% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.85% 3.83% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5 34 36
10th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,563 £49,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £56,250 £67,978
Median % change year-on-year -12.44% -17.25% +23.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,860 £97,500 £93,125
England median annual salary £70,600 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.62% -13.33% -

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 1,229 2,012 1,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.36% 26.82% 41.37%
Number of salaries quoted 702 1,134 1,454
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,313 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,875 £51,373 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% -6.60% +9.48%
75th Percentile £58,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 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
Dorset +23 14 - - 1
Gloucestershire +22 10 £85,000 +63.46% 9
Bristol +34 7 £62,575 -21.78% 23
Somerset +1 3 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Cornwall - 1 £42,500 - 3
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (2.86%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (5.71%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (5.71%) InDesign
1 2 (5.71%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.86%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.71%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (2.86%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (5.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Big Data
2 2 (5.71%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (5.71%) MySQL
2 2 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.86%) ClickHouse
3 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.86%) GIS
3 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.86%) QGIS
3 1 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) GitLab
2 2 (5.71%) Cypress.io
2 2 (5.71%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.71%) Selenium
2 2 (5.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (37.14%) Finance
1 13 (37.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 13 (37.14%) Law
2 11 (31.43%) Marketing
3 10 (28.57%) Electronics
4 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 4 (11.43%) Automotive
6 4 (11.43%) Banking
6 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
7 3 (8.57%) Aeronautics
7 3 (8.57%) Aviation
7 3 (8.57%) Avionics
7 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Environmental Health
8 1 (2.86%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Python Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Python Software Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Java Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) DSP Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Process Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
6 1 (2.86%) Lead Data Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Remote Sensing Specialist
6 1 (2.86%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) Spring Boot
2 3 (8.57%) CSS
2 3 (8.57%) HTML
2 3 (8.57%) PyTorch
2 3 (8.57%) TensorFlow
3 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.71%) HTML5
3 2 (5.71%) Kafka
3 2 (5.71%) MFC
3 2 (5.71%) React
3 2 (5.71%) Spring
4 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (2.86%) Entity Framework
4 1 (2.86%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (2.86%) Laravel
4 1 (2.86%) REST
4 1 (2.86%) Symfony
4 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Public Cloud
2 4 (11.43%) FPGA
2 4 (11.43%) Verilog
2 4 (11.43%) VHDL
3 3 (8.57%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (8.57%) Data Structures
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (5.71%) Social Media
5 1 (2.86%) IoT
5 1 (2.86%) Lidar
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Artificial Intelligence
1 19 (54.29%) Machine Learning
2 16 (45.71%) Agile
3 15 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 14 (40.00%) Visualisation
5 13 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (34.29%) Analytics
6 12 (34.29%) CI/CD
6 12 (34.29%) Community of Practice
6 12 (34.29%) Operational Stability
6 12 (34.29%) SDLC
7 9 (25.71%) Data Analytics
8 8 (22.86%) Signal Processing
9 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (17.14%) Innovative Thinking
11 5 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (14.29%) Data Science
11 5 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
11 5 (14.29%) Statistics
11 5 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) Python
2 12 (34.29%) Java
3 9 (25.71%) C++
4 8 (22.86%) SQL
5 7 (20.00%) C
6 4 (11.43%) MATLAB
7 3 (8.57%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
7 3 (8.57%) Tcl
8 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
8 2 (5.71%) VC++
9 1 (2.86%) C#
9 1 (2.86%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.71%) Degree
3 8 (22.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) AWS Certification
5 2 (5.71%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Google
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Databricks
4 2 (5.71%) Adobe
4 2 (5.71%) IBM
4 2 (5.71%) Oracle