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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 183 167
Rank change year-on-year -166 -16 +30
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 162 549 650
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.52% 1.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% 4.44% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 83 298 203
10th Percentile £35,856 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £75,450 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £83,025 £91,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +16.77% -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 13,582 12,353 11,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.36% 34.18% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,271 5,343 8,481
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,300 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -96 50 £69,525 +6.96% 128
East of England -46 36 £55,000 -27.63% 52
South West -50 25 £49,250 -24.23% 58
Midlands -6 20 £75,000 +25.00% 38
North of England -17 15 £45,000 -12.20% 71
West Midlands +16 10 £63,750 +6.25% 10
North West +2 9 £45,000 -20.37% 32
Wales -6 8 £57,500 -1.71% 14
East Midlands -18 8 £75,000 +25.00% 27
Scotland -19 8 £75,900 +68.67% 23
Yorkshire -26 6 £35,000 -22.22% 28
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 14 (8.64%) Kinematics
2 5 (3.09%) IIS
3 4 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.23%) WordPress
6 1 (0.62%) Apache
6 1 (0.62%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Simulink
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.23%) Shopify
2 1 (0.62%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.02%) AWS
2 7 (4.32%) Azure
2 7 (4.32%) GCP
3 5 (3.09%) Google Analytics
3 5 (3.09%) Google Workspace
3 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.09%) Snowflake
4 4 (2.47%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (1.23%) Google Docs
5 2 (1.23%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.62%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.62%) Firebase
6 1 (0.62%) GitHub
6 1 (0.62%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (0.62%) Google App Engine
6 1 (0.62%) PaaS
6 1 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.09%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.62%) Internet
2 1 (0.62%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.62%) VPN
2 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.02%) Metadata
2 11 (6.79%) Big Data
2 11 (6.79%) Tableau
3 10 (6.17%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.94%) Hadoop
5 6 (3.70%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.09%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.09%) Power BI
7 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.23%) GIS
8 2 (1.23%) Looker
9 1 (0.62%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.62%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.62%) Parquet
9 1 (0.62%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 37 (22.84%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.23%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) TestRail
General
1 61 (37.65%) Electronics
2 37 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.35%) Marketing
4 18 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.11%) Finance
5 8 (4.94%) Aviation
6 5 (3.09%) Aeronautics
6 5 (3.09%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.09%) Games
6 5 (3.09%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.85%) Automotive
7 3 (1.85%) Avionics
8 2 (1.23%) Banking
8 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (23.46%) Systems Engineer
2 33 (20.37%) Principal Engineer
3 32 (19.75%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 31 (19.14%) Lead
5 23 (14.20%) Senior
6 17 (10.49%) Software Engineer
7 14 (8.64%) Robotics Engineer
8 10 (6.17%) Developer
9 7 (4.32%) C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (4.32%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (3.70%) Algorithm Engineer
10 6 (3.70%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.70%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.70%) SEO Executive
11 5 (3.09%) Analyst
11 5 (3.09%) Data Science Manager
11 5 (3.09%) Firmware Engineer
11 5 (3.09%) SEO Manager
12 4 (2.47%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 4 (2.47%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.64%) Middleware
2 10 (6.17%) FHIR
2 10 (6.17%) TensorFlow
3 8 (4.94%) PyTorch
4 6 (3.70%) HTML
5 5 (3.09%) .NET
5 5 (3.09%) CSS
5 5 (3.09%) NumPy
5 5 (3.09%) Pandas
5 5 (3.09%) Play Framework
5 5 (3.09%) scikit-learn
6 4 (2.47%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.47%) DirectX
6 4 (2.47%) OpenGL
6 4 (2.47%) Qt
7 3 (1.85%) Matplotlib
7 3 (1.85%) Seaborn
8 2 (1.23%) Keras
8 2 (1.23%) React
8 2 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.26%) Robotics
2 12 (7.41%) Life Science
3 10 (6.17%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (6.17%) Omics
4 6 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.09%) FPGA
5 5 (3.09%) Social Media
6 4 (2.47%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.85%) Arduino
7 3 (1.85%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.23%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.23%) CUDA
8 2 (1.23%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.32%) Linux
2 4 (2.47%) Unix
3 1 (0.62%) Android
3 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.25%) AI
2 48 (29.63%) Signal Processing
3 46 (28.40%) Software Engineering
4 45 (27.78%) Machine Learning
5 41 (25.31%) Computer Science
5 41 (25.31%) Systems Engineering
5 41 (25.31%) Technical Leadership
6 38 (23.46%) Analytics
7 35 (21.60%) Mathematics
8 32 (19.75%) Data Science
8 32 (19.75%) Test Planning
9 25 (15.43%) Physics
10 24 (14.81%) Agile
10 24 (14.81%) Statistics
11 23 (14.20%) Decision-Making
12 19 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (11.11%) OO
14 17 (10.49%) Project Management
15 16 (9.88%) Data Analysis
15 16 (9.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.25%) Python
2 41 (25.31%) C++
3 38 (23.46%) C
4 20 (12.35%) C#
5 19 (11.73%) SQL
6 16 (9.88%) R
7 15 (9.26%) Java
8 12 (7.41%) MATLAB
9 8 (4.94%) JavaScript
10 6 (3.70%) Bash
11 5 (3.09%) Scala
12 4 (2.47%) Assembly Language
12 4 (2.47%) Fortran
12 4 (2.47%) Rust
12 4 (2.47%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.85%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (1.85%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.85%) Swift
13 3 (1.85%) Tcl
14 1 (0.62%) Go
Qualifications
1 61 (37.65%) Degree
2 49 (30.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (14.81%) Master's Degree
4 23 (14.20%) Security Cleared
5 22 (13.58%) PhD
6 19 (11.73%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.09%) MBA
9 1 (0.62%) CEH
9 1 (0.62%) CISM
9 1 (0.62%) CISSP
9 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.62%) GIAC
9 1 (0.62%) MCP
9 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 10 (6.17%) CDISC
3 10 (6.17%) GxP
3 10 (6.17%) HL7
4 6 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.70%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.47%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.23%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.62%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.62%) GDPR
7 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.17%) Firmware
2 5 (3.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.23%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (22.22%) IBM
2 17 (10.49%) Google
3 8 (4.94%) Screaming Frog
4 6 (3.70%) Microsoft
5 5 (3.09%) Ahrefs
5 5 (3.09%) BT
5 5 (3.09%) Databricks
6 4 (2.47%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.23%) Adobe
7 2 (1.23%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.62%) Altera
8 1 (0.62%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.62%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.62%) Foundry
8 1 (0.62%) Huawei
8 1 (0.62%) SAP
8 1 (0.62%) Thales
8 1 (0.62%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.62%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.62%) YouTube