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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 204 268
Rank change year-on-year -47 +64 -119
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 301 564 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.19% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 4.01% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 115 293 188
10th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £37,004
25th Percentile £40,008 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,950 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £82,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

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 12,130 14,082 11,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.28% 29.84% 36.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,588 6,093 8,117
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 18 November 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 18 November 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 -75 83 £62,575 -7.30% 94
Scotland +55 80 £75,900 +34.32% 20
East of England -27 54 £55,000 -27.63% 62
South West -12 42 £40,792 -37.24% 43
North of England +32 18 £35,000 -38.06% 63
Midlands +21 17 £70,000 +19.15% 27
West Midlands +36 11 £60,000 +10.60% 12
North West +27 10 £38,500 -31.87% 40
Yorkshire +12 8 £35,000 -37.22% 11
Wales +12 7 £66,700 - 4
East Midlands +13 4 £75,900 +12.44% 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 21 (6.98%) Kinematics
2 11 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 10 (3.32%) Apache
4 8 (2.66%) Camunda
4 8 (2.66%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.99%) CMS
6 4 (1.33%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.33%) WordPress
7 3 (1.00%) Kentico
7 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.00%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Simulink
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.33%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.95%) AWS
2 15 (4.98%) Google Analytics
2 15 (4.98%) Vertex AI
3 11 (3.65%) Azure
4 10 (3.32%) Amazon S3
4 10 (3.32%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.66%) GCP
6 7 (2.33%) npm
6 7 (2.33%) Yarn
7 6 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.99%) Serverless
8 5 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.66%) Google Docs
8 5 (1.66%) Google Sheets
8 5 (1.66%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.33%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.00%) BlazeMeter
11 2 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.99%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (1.33%) Internet
3 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.33%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.33%) Modbus
3 1 (0.33%) MQTT
3 1 (0.33%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.33%) VPN
3 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.32%) NoSQL
2 15 (4.98%) Data Mining
2 15 (4.98%) Metadata
3 12 (3.99%) Big Data
4 11 (3.65%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.32%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.32%) Power BI
5 10 (3.32%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.99%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (2.66%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.99%) Parquet
9 6 (1.99%) Tableau
10 5 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.66%) Apache Hudi
10 5 (1.66%) Apache Iceberg
10 5 (1.66%) Looker
11 4 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.33%) Kdb+
11 4 (1.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (13.62%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (4.65%) JUnit
3 9 (2.99%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.66%) webpack
5 7 (2.33%) Vite
6 6 (1.99%) Git
7 5 (1.66%) GitLab
7 5 (1.66%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.66%) JIRA
8 3 (1.00%) Selenium
8 3 (1.00%) TestRail
8 3 (1.00%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.33%) Ant
9 1 (0.33%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.33%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.33%) Maven
9 1 (0.33%) Protractor
9 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 108 (35.88%) Finance
2 106 (35.22%) Law
3 89 (29.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (26.91%) Electronics
5 72 (23.92%) Social Skills
6 66 (21.93%) Marketing
7 56 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (15.28%) Banking
9 17 (5.65%) Retail
10 12 (3.99%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.66%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.33%) Legal
13 6 (1.99%) Aviation
13 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.66%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.33%) Automotive
16 3 (1.00%) Avionics
16 3 (1.00%) Games
16 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (34.88%) Software Engineer
2 64 (21.26%) Lead
3 44 (14.62%) Java Engineer
3 44 (14.62%) Java Software Engineer
4 42 (13.95%) Systems Engineer
5 38 (12.62%) Senior
6 34 (11.30%) Principal Engineer
7 33 (10.96%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 27 (8.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 26 (8.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 21 (6.98%) Robotics Engineer
11 18 (5.98%) Python Engineer
11 18 (5.98%) Python Software Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) AWS Software Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) SEO Manager
13 11 (3.65%) SEO Executive
14 9 (2.99%) Developer
14 9 (2.99%) Lead Software Engineer
15 8 (2.66%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.29%) Spring
2 34 (11.30%) React
3 31 (10.30%) Spring Boot
4 22 (7.31%) CSS
5 21 (6.98%) HTML
5 21 (6.98%) Kafka
5 21 (6.98%) Middleware
6 15 (4.98%) AngularJS
7 10 (3.32%) FHIR
7 10 (3.32%) REST
7 10 (3.32%) RESTful
7 10 (3.32%) scikit-learn
7 10 (3.32%) TensorFlow
7 10 (3.32%) Web Services
8 9 (2.99%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.66%) JDBC
9 8 (2.66%) NumPy
9 8 (2.66%) OpenAPI
9 8 (2.66%) Swagger
9 8 (2.66%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.64%) Robotics
2 12 (3.99%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.99%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.65%) Life Science
4 10 (3.32%) Omics
4 10 (3.32%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.33%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.99%) FPGA
6 6 (1.99%) Social Media
7 5 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.66%) Blog
7 5 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.66%) Verilog
7 5 (1.66%) VHDL
8 4 (1.33%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.65%) Linux
2 4 (1.33%) Unix
3 3 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.66%) Windows
5 1 (0.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (45.85%) Software Engineering
2 123 (40.86%) Agile
3 118 (39.20%) AI
4 112 (37.21%) Visualisation
5 110 (36.54%) Machine Learning
6 90 (29.90%) SDLC
7 85 (28.24%) Community of Practice
8 82 (27.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (26.58%) Operational Stability
10 79 (26.25%) CI/CD
11 70 (23.26%) Analytics
12 61 (20.27%) Signal Processing
13 51 (16.94%) Data Science
13 51 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (16.61%) Systems Engineering
15 46 (15.28%) Technical Leadership
16 45 (14.95%) Computer Science
17 35 (11.63%) Mathematics
18 33 (10.96%) Test Planning
19 32 (10.63%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.24%) Python
2 81 (26.91%) Java
3 56 (18.60%) C++
4 49 (16.28%) C
5 38 (12.62%) SQL
6 33 (10.96%) C#
7 28 (9.30%) JavaScript
8 19 (6.31%) TypeScript
9 14 (4.65%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.99%) R
11 8 (2.66%) Bash
12 5 (1.66%) Swift
13 4 (1.33%) Fortran
13 4 (1.33%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.33%) Rust
13 4 (1.33%) Scala
14 3 (1.00%) Assembly Language
14 3 (1.00%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (1.00%) Tcl
15 2 (0.66%) VC++
Qualifications
1 67 (22.26%) Degree
2 57 (18.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 28 (9.30%) Security Cleared
4 25 (8.31%) Master's Degree
4 25 (8.31%) PhD
5 21 (6.98%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.66%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.33%) CEH
9 1 (0.33%) CISM
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.33%) GIAC
9 1 (0.33%) MCP
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (3.99%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.32%) CDISC
3 10 (3.32%) GxP
3 10 (3.32%) HL7
4 4 (1.33%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.66%) NIST
5 2 (0.66%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.33%) JTAG
6 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.33%) Docker
1 7 (2.33%) Firmware
2 3 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.32%) Terraform
3 4 (1.33%) Ansible
4 2 (0.66%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.66%) Grafana
Vendors
1 48 (15.95%) Google
2 41 (13.62%) IBM
3 29 (9.63%) Microsoft
4 19 (6.31%) Screaming Frog
5 18 (5.98%) Oracle
6 16 (5.32%) OpenAI
7 14 (4.65%) Ahrefs
8 10 (3.32%) Splunk
9 9 (2.99%) Databricks
9 9 (2.99%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.33%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.66%) Adobe
11 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.66%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.66%) SAP
12 1 (0.33%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.33%) Foundry
12 1 (0.33%) NVIDIA
12 1 (0.33%) Sybase
12 1 (0.33%) Thales