Algorithms Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Algorithms
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 165 86
Rank change year-on-year -17 -79 +49
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 27 34 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.36% 0.89% 2.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 2.18% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 71
10th Percentile £49,735 £40,015 £39,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £43,048 £50,060
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £55,715 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% -20.41% +27.27%
75th Percentile £100,000 £60,715 £71,250
90th Percentile - £76,608 £85,000
South East median annual salary £71,250 £64,075 £61,000
% change year-on-year +11.20% +5.04% +10.91%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,040 1,560 1,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.06% 40.79% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 673 599
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,120 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £85,000
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 the Thames Valley

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the Thames Valley

Algorithms
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Oxfordshire -20 16 £100,000 +42.86% 64
Berkshire -9 11 £60,000 +21.90% 19
Algorithms
South East

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (7.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Mathematica
2 1 (3.70%) Lightworks
2 1 (3.70%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.70%) HTTP
1 1 (3.70%) MQTT
1 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MLflow
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) Subversion
General
1 8 (29.63%) Aerospace
2 5 (18.52%) Retail
3 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Aviation
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Architect
1 8 (29.63%) ASIC Architect
2 4 (14.81%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Design Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Content Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Social Media Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) NumPy
1 5 (18.52%) Pandas
2 2 (7.41%) FastAPI
2 2 (7.41%) gRPC
2 2 (7.41%) Hugging Face
2 2 (7.41%) ONNX
2 2 (7.41%) OpenCV
2 2 (7.41%) PyTorch
2 2 (7.41%) scikit-learn
2 2 (7.41%) TensorFlow
3 1 (3.70%) JSON
3 1 (3.70%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) ASIC
2 7 (25.93%) Synthetic Data
3 4 (14.81%) FPGA
4 2 (7.41%) CUDA
4 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.41%) Verilog
4 2 (7.41%) VHDL
5 1 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.70%) Life Science
5 1 (3.70%) PCIe
5 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) AI
1 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (29.63%) Signal Processing
2 7 (25.93%) Machine Learning
2 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
2 7 (25.93%) Physics
3 6 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 6 (22.22%) Sensor Fusion
3 6 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (18.52%) Anomaly Detection
4 5 (18.52%) Computer Vision
4 5 (18.52%) Deep Learning
4 5 (18.52%) Feature Extraction
4 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.81%) FPGA Design
6 3 (11.11%) Analytics
6 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) Python
2 6 (22.22%) C++
2 6 (22.22%) MATLAB
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) C
4 1 (3.70%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (29.63%) Master's Degree
3 7 (25.93%) PhD
3 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) ECSS
2 1 (3.70%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Thales
2 1 (3.70%) Xilinx