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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 202 108
Rank change year-on-year -102 -94 +78
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 357 479 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 1.52% 2.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.25% 3.78% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 259 203 551
10th Percentile - £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,600 £73,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,756 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -10.71%

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 15,841 12,656 24,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.82% 40.20% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10,487 5,645 15,084
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -14.18%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -45 123 £70,000 +12.90% 57
East of England -7 73 £65,000 +18.18% 37
North of England -34 68 £37,500 -56.01% 34
South West -94 45 £57,500 +15.00% 33
Midlands -28 33 £37,500 -37.50% 21
North West -6 31 £37,500 -56.01% 16
West Midlands -11 26 £37,500 -37.50% 12
Yorkshire -17 21 £37,500 -47.91% 7
North East -35 16 £52,000 -54.78% 13
Scotland -57 11 £38,500 -33.04% 2
East Midlands -32 6 £57,500 +32.18% 9
Wales -62 2 £39,500 -41.91% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 4
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 51 (14.29%) Jupyter
2 7 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.12%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (13.73%) Chatbot
2 13 (3.64%) Simulink
3 3 (0.84%) CATIA
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.56%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 83 (23.25%) AWS
2 56 (15.69%) Cloud Computing
3 21 (5.88%) Azure
4 16 (4.48%) Google Analytics
5 9 (2.52%) GCP
6 8 (2.24%) Google Ads
7 7 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
7 7 (1.96%) SaaS
8 6 (1.68%) GitHub
9 5 (1.40%) Slack
9 5 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.12%) Prefect
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.56%) Serverless
12 1 (0.28%) Amazon SageMaker
12 1 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.08%) Broadband
2 6 (1.68%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.40%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.12%) Internet
5 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.84%) Wireless
6 2 (0.56%) Firewall
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) IPsec
7 1 (0.28%) MQTT
7 1 (0.28%) RS-422
7 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.88%) Metadata
2 16 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.96%) Big Data
3 7 (1.96%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.68%) GIS
5 4 (1.12%) MySQL
5 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.12%) Redis
6 3 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.56%) Pinecone
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.28%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 71 (19.89%) Visual Studio Code
2 45 (12.61%) Git
3 21 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.48%) GitLab
5 4 (1.12%) JIRA
6 3 (0.84%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.56%) MLflow
7 2 (0.56%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (21.29%) Finance
2 60 (16.81%) Retail
3 55 (15.41%) Manufacturing
4 48 (13.45%) Social Skills
5 36 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (9.52%) Marketing
7 28 (7.84%) Electronics
8 19 (5.32%) Automotive
9 16 (4.48%) Aerospace
10 15 (4.20%) Advertising
11 10 (2.80%) Games
11 10 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Aeronautics
13 3 (0.84%) Banking
13 3 (0.84%) French Language
13 3 (0.84%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.84%) Legal
13 3 (0.84%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 84 (23.53%) Software Engineer
2 58 (16.25%) Developer
3 46 (12.89%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 46 (12.89%) Programmer
3 46 (12.89%) Trainee
3 46 (12.89%) Trainee Programmer
4 45 (12.61%) Senior
5 34 (9.52%) Lead
6 32 (8.96%) Embedded Engineer
7 27 (7.56%) Python Developer
7 27 (7.56%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (7.00%) FPGA Engineer
9 18 (5.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 16 (4.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 15 (4.20%) SEO Specialist
11 15 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Graduate
12 10 (2.80%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 9 (2.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (19.61%) NumPy
1 70 (19.61%) Pandas
2 53 (14.85%) scikit-learn
3 51 (14.29%) Matplotlib
4 50 (14.01%) Streamlit
5 49 (13.73%) Hugging Face
6 21 (5.88%) PyTorch
7 19 (5.32%) HTML
8 18 (5.04%) TensorFlow
9 16 (4.48%) .NET
10 15 (4.20%) CSS
11 10 (2.80%) React
11 10 (2.80%) REST
12 8 (2.24%) Flask
12 8 (2.24%) OpenCV
13 7 (1.96%) .NET Core
14 6 (1.68%) Node.js
14 6 (1.68%) Yocto
15 5 (1.40%) SciPy
15 5 (1.40%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.24%) Embedded Systems
1 33 (9.24%) FPGA
2 22 (6.16%) PCIe
2 22 (6.16%) VHDL
3 17 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.20%) Robotics
5 12 (3.36%) NVMe
6 10 (2.80%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.80%) Video\Live Streaming
7 8 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.24%) Verilog
8 7 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.68%) IoT
9 6 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.68%) SCADA
10 5 (1.40%) CUDA
10 5 (1.40%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.28%) Linux
2 8 (2.24%) Windows
3 6 (1.68%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (1.68%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.12%) Android
5 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (34.45%) Software Engineering
2 109 (30.53%) AI
3 94 (26.33%) Machine Learning
4 70 (19.61%) Computer Science
5 63 (17.65%) OOP
6 60 (16.81%) Visualisation
7 57 (15.97%) OO
8 56 (15.69%) LLM
9 54 (15.13%) Signal Processing
10 52 (14.57%) Workflow
11 50 (14.01%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
12 49 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 49 (13.73%) Conversational UI
12 49 (13.73%) Customer Service
12 49 (13.73%) Data Privacy
12 49 (13.73%) Neural Network
12 49 (13.73%) Prompt Engineering
12 49 (13.73%) Sentiment Analysis
13 44 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (10.64%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 183 (51.26%) Python
2 90 (25.21%) C++
3 52 (14.57%) C
4 45 (12.61%) C#
5 22 (6.16%) MATLAB
6 18 (5.04%) SQL
7 13 (3.64%) Java
8 12 (3.36%) Assembly Language
8 12 (3.36%) Embedded C
8 12 (3.36%) Embedded C++
8 12 (3.36%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.80%) Go
10 9 (2.52%) Rust
10 9 (2.52%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.56%) Julia
11 2 (0.56%) R
11 2 (0.56%) VBA
12 1 (0.28%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 74 (20.73%) Degree
2 51 (14.29%) AWS Certification
3 49 (13.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 41 (11.48%) Security Cleared
5 27 (7.56%) Master's Degree
6 20 (5.60%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (3.92%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.36%) PhD
10 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.28%) HND
12 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (1.96%) GDPR
2 7 (1.96%) QA
3 5 (1.40%) Automotive SPICE
3 5 (1.40%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.40%) MISRA
3 5 (1.40%) MISRA C
4 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 44 (12.32%) Firmware
2 35 (9.80%) Docker
3 21 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.40%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.40%) Kubeflow
2 5 (1.40%) SCCM
2 5 (1.40%) SCOM
2 5 (1.40%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 4 (1.12%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.56%) Google
3 16 (4.48%) Altera
4 14 (3.92%) IBM
5 13 (3.64%) Xilinx
6 9 (2.52%) Databricks
7 7 (1.96%) Screaming Frog
8 5 (1.40%) Dell
8 5 (1.40%) HP
8 5 (1.40%) McAfee
8 5 (1.40%) VMware
9 4 (1.12%) TikTok
10 3 (0.84%) Botify
10 3 (0.84%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.84%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.28%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.28%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.28%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.28%) Thales