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 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 82 123
Rank change year-on-year -77 +41 +81
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 32 115 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.55% 3.22% 2.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.40% 7.97% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 14 49 89
10th Percentile £33,750 £56,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £35,133 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.24% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £65,000
90th Percentile £74,130 £75,750 £77,715
England median annual salary £71,000 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.27% +1.85% -10.00%

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 1,334 1,443 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.84% 40.39% 33.96%
Number of salaries quoted 804 639 1,756
10th Percentile £27,537 £26,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,519 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -38 15 £37,500 -42.31% 16
Dorset -1 6 £70,000 +27.27% 7
Gloucestershire -19 6 £62,500 +25.00% 10
Wiltshire -3 4 £40,792 -
Somerset -21 1 £75,900 +16.77% 6
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 4 (12.50%) Apache Spark
1 4 (12.50%) Jupyter
2 3 (9.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.13%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (12.50%) GCP
3 3 (9.38%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Big Data
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (37.50%) Electronics
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Finance
4 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Retail
6 3 (9.38%) Aeronautics
6 3 (9.38%) Aviation
6 3 (9.38%) Avionics
6 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Marketing
8 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
8 1 (3.13%) Law
8 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
2 4 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Programmer
2 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Trainee
2 4 (12.50%) Trainee Programmer
3 3 (9.38%) Algorithm Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Product Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.75%) NumPy
1 6 (18.75%) Pandas
2 5 (15.63%) scikit-learn
3 4 (12.50%) Hugging Face
3 4 (12.50%) Matplotlib
3 4 (12.50%) Streamlit
4 1 (3.13%) PySpark
4 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
4 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (9.38%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (9.38%) Social Media
2 3 (9.38%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.13%) Device Driver
4 1 (3.13%) FPGA
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.13%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) AI
1 16 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 10 (31.25%) Analytics
3 9 (28.13%) Data Science
4 8 (25.00%) Signal Processing
4 8 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
6 6 (18.75%) Data Analytics
6 6 (18.75%) Innovative Thinking
6 6 (18.75%) Physics
7 5 (15.63%) Agile
7 5 (15.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (15.63%) LLM
7 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
7 5 (15.63%) Neural Network
7 5 (15.63%) Visualisation
8 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 4 (12.50%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) Python
2 8 (25.00%) C
2 8 (25.00%) C++
3 4 (12.50%) Rust
3 4 (12.50%) SQL
4 3 (9.38%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (9.38%) Java
4 3 (9.38%) MATLAB
4 3 (9.38%) R
4 3 (9.38%) Tcl
5 1 (3.13%) Embedded C
5 1 (3.13%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Degree
1 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
5 4 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 4 (12.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) Google
3 4 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (3.13%) Databricks
4 1 (3.13%) SAP