Algorithms Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 247 136
Rank change year-on-year -88 -111 +153
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 380 362 978
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.06% 1.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 2.71% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 261 149 285
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,750 £37,948
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% -5.95% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,300 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.98% +8.15% -10.34%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,717 13,346 16,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.61% 39.00% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,635 6,116 7,760
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,010 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -10.46% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,790 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Algorithms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the UK excluding London

Algorithms
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 Algorithms within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
South East -26 142 £70,000 +12.90% 212
East of England +11 106 £63,750 +15.91% 166
North of England -34 45 £52,000 +15.56% 110
South West -74 41 £60,000 +21.83% 125
Midlands -42 25 £67,500 +12.50% 74
Yorkshire -30 21 £32,500 -7.14% 29
West Midlands -29 19 £67,500 +17.39% 45
Scotland -56 17 £39,500 -31.30% 102
North West -21 12 £60,000 +33.33% 67
North East -52 12 £60,000 -47.83% 18
East Midlands -29 6 £81,250 +200.93% 29
Wales -77 2 £39,500 -43.00% 14
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 14
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.89%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
4 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (4.21%) Simulink
2 3 (0.79%) CATIA
2 3 (0.79%) Mathematica
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (2.63%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.00%) AWS
2 25 (6.58%) Azure
3 13 (3.42%) Google Ads
3 13 (3.42%) Google Analytics
4 10 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
5 9 (2.37%) GCP
5 9 (2.37%) GitHub
6 6 (1.58%) SaaS
7 5 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.79%) Datadog
9 3 (0.79%) dbt
9 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.79%) Serverless
9 3 (0.79%) Slack
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.53%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.63%) Wireless
2 6 (1.58%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.32%) Broadband
4 4 (1.05%) 5G
5 3 (0.79%) Internet
5 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.53%) Firewall
6 2 (0.53%) LTE
7 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.26%) MQTT
7 1 (0.26%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.47%) Metadata
2 12 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.84%) Big Data
5 6 (1.58%) GIS
6 5 (1.32%) MySQL
6 5 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.05%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.05%) Redis
8 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.53%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (11.84%) Git
2 20 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (5.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 16 (4.21%) GitLab
4 6 (1.58%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.79%) CMake
5 3 (0.79%) MLflow
5 3 (0.79%) PetaLinux
5 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.53%) JIRA
6 2 (0.53%) Plastic SCM
6 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 52 (13.68%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.63%) Finance
3 38 (10.00%) Marketing
4 31 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (7.63%) Aerospace
6 25 (6.58%) Electronics
7 23 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (4.74%) Advertising
9 11 (2.89%) Banking
10 10 (2.63%) Law
11 9 (2.37%) Games
12 7 (1.84%) Automotive
13 5 (1.32%) Military
13 5 (1.32%) Retail
14 4 (1.05%) Aviation
14 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.05%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 105 (27.63%) Software Engineer
2 57 (15.00%) Senior
3 54 (14.21%) Lead
4 48 (12.63%) Developer
5 38 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 27 (7.11%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (5.79%) FPGA Engineer
8 20 (5.26%) Python Developer
9 19 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 19 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 19 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.21%) SEO Specialist
11 14 (3.68%) Data Scientist
12 13 (3.42%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (3.42%) Design Engineer
13 11 (2.89%) FPGA Design Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Lead Software Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Software Developer
15 9 (2.37%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.32%) PyTorch
2 20 (5.26%) HTML
3 19 (5.00%) .NET
4 17 (4.47%) CSS
5 16 (4.21%) NumPy
5 16 (4.21%) Pandas
6 15 (3.95%) TensorFlow
7 13 (3.42%) React
8 11 (2.89%) Yocto
9 10 (2.63%) Terraform
10 7 (1.84%) .NET Core
10 7 (1.84%) Flask
10 7 (1.84%) Google JAX
10 7 (1.84%) JAX
11 6 (1.58%) Hugging Face
11 6 (1.58%) Node.js
11 6 (1.58%) STL
12 5 (1.32%) jQuery
12 5 (1.32%) REST
12 5 (1.32%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (8.95%) FPGA
3 30 (7.89%) Data Structures
4 28 (7.37%) Robotics
5 22 (5.79%) VHDL
6 20 (5.26%) PCIe
7 17 (4.47%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.16%) Verilog
9 10 (2.63%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.63%) NVMe
9 10 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (2.11%) SCADA
11 7 (1.84%) ASIC
11 7 (1.84%) IoT
11 7 (1.84%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.32%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.32%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.32%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.32%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.58%) Linux
2 13 (3.42%) Windows
3 12 (3.16%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.05%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (39.74%) Software Engineering
2 90 (23.68%) AI
3 78 (20.53%) Computer Science
4 70 (18.42%) Machine Learning
5 52 (13.68%) Agile
6 50 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (12.89%) Signal Processing
8 47 (12.37%) CI/CD
8 47 (12.37%) Mentoring
9 42 (11.05%) Mathematics
10 41 (10.79%) Data Science
10 41 (10.79%) Deep Learning
11 40 (10.53%) Validation
12 37 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (9.21%) Analytics
13 35 (9.21%) Decision-Making
14 31 (8.16%) Systems Engineering
15 29 (7.63%) Test Automation
16 28 (7.37%) SEO
17 27 (7.11%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 167 (43.95%) Python
2 107 (28.16%) C++
3 51 (13.42%) C
4 48 (12.63%) C#
5 33 (8.68%) MATLAB
6 21 (5.53%) Java
7 19 (5.00%) SQL
8 17 (4.47%) Embedded C++
9 15 (3.95%) Embedded C
10 12 (3.16%) Rust
10 12 (3.16%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.89%) Go
11 11 (2.89%) JavaScript
12 10 (2.63%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.79%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.53%) VBA
15 1 (0.26%) Fortran
15 1 (0.26%) Julia
Qualifications
1 96 (25.26%) Degree
2 70 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 38 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.16%) Master's Degree
5 24 (6.32%) DV Cleared
6 21 (5.53%) PhD
7 20 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.16%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.89%) GDPR
3 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 7 (1.84%) QA
5 6 (1.58%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.58%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.58%) MISRA
5 6 (1.58%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 41 (10.79%) Firmware
2 40 (10.53%) Docker
3 22 (5.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.32%) Ansible
2 5 (1.32%) SCCM
2 5 (1.32%) SCOM
2 5 (1.32%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (0.79%) Argo
3 3 (0.79%) Grafana
3 3 (0.79%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (6.05%) Google
2 11 (2.89%) IBM
2 11 (2.89%) Xilinx
3 10 (2.63%) Altera
3 10 (2.63%) Microsoft
4 6 (1.58%) Screaming Frog
5 5 (1.32%) Dell
5 5 (1.32%) HP
5 5 (1.32%) McAfee
5 5 (1.32%) OpenAI
5 5 (1.32%) Thales
5 5 (1.32%) VMware
6 4 (1.05%) Databricks
6 4 (1.05%) TikTok
7 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.79%) Rockwell
7 3 (0.79%) Splunk
8 2 (0.53%) Intel
8 2 (0.53%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.26%) Ahrefs