Algorithms Job Trends in Surrey

Algorithms
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 79 100
Rank change year-on-year -39 +21 -16
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 6 13 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.24% 1.15% 1.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 3.25% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 12
10th Percentile £50,000 £23,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £31,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +55.17% +12.62%
75th Percentile £82,188 £105,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £106,250 £81,750
South East median annual salary £72,500 £64,075 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.15% +2.52% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 680 400 655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 27.27% 35.37% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 518 231 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,784 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,904 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.78% -20.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £79,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -2.70%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in Surrey

Algorithms
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in Surrey over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in Surrey

Algorithms
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 11 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
Reigate - 2 £87,500 - 3
Staines - 2 £70,000 -
Algorithms
South East

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub
2 2 (33.33%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 2 (33.33%) Pinecone
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (33.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) GitLab
2 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Backend Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Application Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Applications Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior C# Application Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) Faiss
1 2 (33.33%) FastAPI
1 2 (33.33%) Flask
1 2 (33.33%) Kafka
1 2 (33.33%) Node.js
1 2 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 2 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 2 (33.33%) Spring
1 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
1 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Microservices
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 2 (33.33%) Data Science
3 2 (33.33%) Deep Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) LLM
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) OpenAI