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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 189 206
Rank change year-on-year -160 +17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 170 559 468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.48% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 4.35% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 93 311 166
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,894
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -3.45% -

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 13,926 12,844 10,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.63% 33.98% 35.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,450 5,679 7,788
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,842
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 -100 53 £63,150 -2.85% 261
East of England -42 40 £55,000 -27.63% 145
Midlands -2 22 £73,000 +21.67% 141
South West -47 22 £40,792 -37.24% 134
North of England -5 18 £35,000 -33.33% 185
West Midlands +16 12 £57,500 +2.68% 63
North West +10 10 £38,250 -32.31% 86
Wales +6 8 £57,500 +4.55% 23
East Midlands -18 8 £75,000 +25.00% 69
Yorkshire -21 8 £35,000 -22.22% 81
Scotland -19 7 £75,900 +68.67% 44
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 16 (9.41%) Kinematics
2 5 (2.94%) IIS
3 3 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.76%) WordPress
4 2 (1.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.12%) Simulink
2 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.59%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.65%) AWS
2 9 (5.29%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.12%) GCP
3 7 (4.12%) Google Analytics
4 6 (3.53%) Azure
5 5 (2.94%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.94%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.35%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (1.76%) Google Docs
7 3 (1.76%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Vertex AI
9 1 (0.59%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.59%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.59%) Firebase
9 1 (0.59%) GitHub
9 1 (0.59%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.59%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.59%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.94%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.59%) Internet
2 1 (0.59%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.59%) VPN
2 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.24%) Metadata
2 12 (7.06%) Tableau
3 10 (5.88%) Big Data
3 10 (5.88%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.29%) Power BI
5 7 (4.12%) Data Mining
5 7 (4.12%) Hadoop
6 6 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.35%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.18%) GIS
8 2 (1.18%) Looker
9 1 (0.59%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.59%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.59%) Parquet
9 1 (0.59%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 36 (21.18%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.53%) Git
3 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.18%) JIRA
3 2 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 63 (37.06%) Electronics
2 40 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.53%) Marketing
4 20 (11.76%) Finance
5 8 (4.71%) Aviation
6 7 (4.12%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.94%) Games
7 5 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.35%) Retail
9 3 (1.76%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.76%) Avionics
9 3 (1.76%) Law
10 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (22.35%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (20.59%) Lead
3 31 (18.24%) Principal Engineer
4 30 (17.65%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 27 (15.88%) Senior
6 16 (9.41%) Robotics Engineer
7 15 (8.82%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.29%) Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) SEO Manager
10 7 (4.12%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (4.12%) SEO Executive
11 6 (3.53%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.53%) Senior Manager
12 5 (2.94%) Account Manager
12 5 (2.94%) C++ Software Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Data Science Manager
12 5 (2.94%) Firmware Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) SEO Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.41%) Middleware
2 11 (6.47%) TensorFlow
3 10 (5.88%) FHIR
4 9 (5.29%) PyTorch
5 7 (4.12%) HTML
6 6 (3.53%) CSS
6 6 (3.53%) scikit-learn
7 5 (2.94%) .NET
7 5 (2.94%) Play Framework
8 4 (2.35%) .NET Core
8 4 (2.35%) DirectX
8 4 (2.35%) NumPy
8 4 (2.35%) OpenGL
8 4 (2.35%) Pandas
8 4 (2.35%) Qt
9 2 (1.18%) Keras
9 2 (1.18%) Matplotlib
9 2 (1.18%) React
9 2 (1.18%) Seaborn
9 2 (1.18%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.00%) Robotics
2 12 (7.06%) Life Science
3 10 (5.88%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (5.88%) Omics
4 6 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.53%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (3.53%) Social Media
5 4 (2.35%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.35%) FPGA
5 4 (2.35%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.76%) Arduino
6 3 (1.76%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.76%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.76%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.76%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.18%) Blog
7 2 (1.18%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.12%) Linux
2 4 (2.35%) Unix
3 1 (0.59%) Android
3 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (31.18%) AI
2 49 (28.82%) Signal Processing
3 48 (28.24%) Machine Learning
4 47 (27.65%) Software Engineering
5 45 (26.47%) Analytics
6 42 (24.71%) Systems Engineering
7 41 (24.12%) Technical Leadership
8 40 (23.53%) Computer Science
9 37 (21.76%) Mathematics
10 36 (21.18%) Data Science
11 30 (17.65%) Test Planning
12 28 (16.47%) Agile
13 25 (14.71%) Physics
13 25 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (14.71%) Statistics
14 22 (12.94%) Decision-Making
15 20 (11.76%) OO
16 19 (11.18%) Project Management
17 18 (10.59%) SEO
17 18 (10.59%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (30.59%) Python
2 39 (22.94%) C
3 38 (22.35%) C++
4 22 (12.94%) C#
5 21 (12.35%) SQL
6 15 (8.82%) Java
6 15 (8.82%) R
7 13 (7.65%) MATLAB
8 8 (4.71%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.53%) Bash
10 5 (2.94%) Scala
11 4 (2.35%) Fortran
11 4 (2.35%) Rust
11 4 (2.35%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.76%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.76%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (1.76%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.76%) Swift
12 3 (1.76%) Tcl
13 1 (0.59%) Go
Qualifications
1 65 (38.24%) Degree
2 50 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (15.29%) Master's Degree
4 22 (12.94%) PhD
4 22 (12.94%) Security Cleared
5 19 (11.18%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.94%) MBA
7 1 (0.59%) CEH
7 1 (0.59%) CISM
7 1 (0.59%) CISSP
7 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.59%) GIAC
7 1 (0.59%) MCP
7 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (21.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (7.06%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.88%) CDISC
3 10 (5.88%) GxP
3 10 (5.88%) HL7
4 6 (3.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.53%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.35%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.18%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (1.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.59%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.59%) GDPR
8 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (5.29%) Firmware
2 4 (2.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (21.18%) IBM
2 21 (12.35%) Google
3 9 (5.29%) Screaming Frog
4 8 (4.71%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.12%) Ahrefs
6 5 (2.94%) BT
6 5 (2.94%) Databricks
7 4 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.18%) Adobe
8 2 (1.18%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.18%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.59%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.59%) Foundry
9 1 (0.59%) Huawei
9 1 (0.59%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.59%) SAP
9 1 (0.59%) Thales
9 1 (0.59%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.59%) YouTube