Ada Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ada
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ada skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 469 623
Rank change year-on-year -75 +154 +109
Permanent jobs citing Ada 20 26 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.098% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.21% 0.33% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11 24 102
10th Percentile £55,000 £40,927 £46,500
25th Percentile £55,498 £48,839 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,530 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% -4.12% -
75th Percentile - £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,900 - £66,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

Ada falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,390 7,880 21,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.95% 29.82% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,377 5,791 16,492
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.33% -7.69%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ada relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ada job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ada
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ada.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ada

Ada
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ada in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Ada in the UK excluding London

Ada
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
East of England -30 12 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Scotland -21 5 £55,498 +38.40%
South East -44 2 £75,900 +38.00% 4
Wales -26 1 - - 1
Ada
UK

Ada
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (10.00%) Rational Statemate
General
1 5 (25.00%) Military
2 4 (20.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Ada Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Ada Software Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Principal Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Lead
4 4 (20.00%) Software Team Leader
4 4 (20.00%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (40.00%) UML
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
4 5 (25.00%) Hazard Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) SDLC
5 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Ada 95
2 5 (25.00%) C
2 5 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Green Hills