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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 143 284
Rank change year-on-year -102 +141 -108
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 347 964 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.01% 1.74% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.60% 5.92% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 148 286 246
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,938 £47,500 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,965 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,938 £76,250
90th Percentile £81,275 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,600 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.62% -10.34% -3.33%

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 13,333 16,282 13,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 38.82% 29.45% 40.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6,156 7,680 9,370
10th Percentile £26,733 £29,000 £31,238
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,522 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -66 116 £62,000 +3.33% 124
Scotland -32 88 £57,500 -11.54% 20
East of England +15 62 £55,000 -8.33% 48
South West +31 34 £62,575 +13.77% 42
North of England -49 23 £45,000 -20.37% 48
Midlands -52 17 £60,000 +4.35% 20
North West -74 13 £45,000 -20.37% 23
West Midlands +9 9 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Yorkshire +15 7 £35,000 +11.11% 18
Wales +14 7 £69,300 -1.00% 2
East Midlands -34 6 £45,500 -17.65% 7
North East - 3 £115,000 - 7
Algorithms
UK

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.63%) Kinematics
2 10 (2.88%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.59%) Apache
4 8 (2.31%) Camunda
4 8 (2.31%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.73%) CMS
6 4 (1.15%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.15%) WordPress
7 3 (0.86%) Kentico
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.17%) Simulink
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.86%) Mathcad
5 2 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.58%) InDesign
5 2 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.29%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.99%) AWS
2 24 (6.92%) Vertex AI
3 19 (5.48%) Google Analytics
4 16 (4.61%) Azure
5 14 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.46%) Amazon S3
7 9 (2.59%) GCP
8 7 (2.02%) npm
8 7 (2.02%) Yarn
9 6 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.44%) BlazeMeter
10 5 (1.44%) Serverless
11 4 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.86%) Google Docs
12 3 (0.86%) Google Sheets
12 3 (0.86%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.58%) Facebook Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.44%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (1.15%) Internet
2 4 (1.15%) MQTT
3 2 (0.58%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.58%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.58%) Modbus
3 2 (0.58%) WAN
3 2 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.92%) Data Mining
2 19 (5.48%) NoSQL
3 16 (4.61%) Big Data
4 14 (4.03%) Power BI
5 12 (3.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (2.88%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.59%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.59%) Metadata
7 9 (2.59%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.31%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.73%) Parquet
9 6 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.44%) Apache Hudi
10 5 (1.44%) Apache Iceberg
11 4 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.15%) Kdb+
11 4 (1.15%) Looker
11 4 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (13.26%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (4.61%) JUnit
3 13 (3.75%) Git
4 9 (2.59%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.31%) webpack
6 7 (2.02%) GitLab
6 7 (2.02%) Vite
7 6 (1.73%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.73%) JIRA
8 3 (0.86%) Selenium
8 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.58%) TestRail
10 1 (0.29%) Ant
10 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.29%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.29%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.29%) Maven
10 1 (0.29%) Protractor
10 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 116 (33.43%) Law
2 104 (29.97%) Finance
3 96 (27.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (25.36%) Electronics
4 88 (25.36%) Social Skills
5 78 (22.48%) Marketing
6 70 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (12.68%) Banking
8 31 (8.93%) Retail
9 13 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.59%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.59%) Legal
10 9 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.73%) Automotive
11 6 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Aviation
12 4 (1.15%) Games
12 4 (1.15%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 106 (30.55%) Software Engineer
2 71 (20.46%) Lead
3 60 (17.29%) Senior
4 46 (13.26%) Systems Engineer
5 44 (12.68%) Java Engineer
5 44 (12.68%) Java Software Engineer
6 33 (9.51%) Principal Engineer
7 32 (9.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 27 (7.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 26 (7.49%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 24 (6.92%) Robotics Engineer
11 18 (5.19%) Developer
12 17 (4.90%) Python Engineer
12 17 (4.90%) Python Software Engineer
13 13 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.75%) AWS Software Engineer
13 13 (3.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.46%) SEO Specialist
15 11 (3.17%) SEO Manager
16 10 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (12.97%) Spring
2 35 (10.09%) React
3 31 (8.93%) Spring Boot
4 27 (7.78%) Middleware
5 22 (6.34%) CSS
5 22 (6.34%) Kafka
6 19 (5.48%) HTML
7 15 (4.32%) AngularJS
8 14 (4.03%) REST
9 10 (2.88%) scikit-learn
9 10 (2.88%) Web Services
10 9 (2.59%) RESTful
11 8 (2.31%) JDBC
11 8 (2.31%) OpenAPI
11 8 (2.31%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.31%) Swagger
11 8 (2.31%) TensorFlow
11 8 (2.31%) WSDL
12 7 (2.02%) Jest
12 7 (2.02%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.65%) Robotics
2 22 (6.34%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.46%) Blog
4 11 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.31%) Social Media
7 6 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.73%) VHDL
8 5 (1.44%) FPGA
8 5 (1.44%) IoT
8 5 (1.44%) Life Science
8 5 (1.44%) Omics
8 5 (1.44%) Verilog
9 4 (1.15%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.86%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.86%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.34%) Linux
2 4 (1.15%) Unix
3 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.29%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (42.36%) Software Engineering
2 130 (37.46%) Agile
3 125 (36.02%) Artificial Intelligence
4 124 (35.73%) Visualisation
5 116 (33.43%) Machine Learning
6 95 (27.38%) SDLC
7 87 (25.07%) Community of Practice
8 85 (24.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (23.92%) CI/CD
10 82 (23.63%) Operational Stability
11 80 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (22.77%) Analytics
13 67 (19.31%) Signal Processing
14 58 (16.71%) Computer Science
15 57 (16.43%) Data Science
15 57 (16.43%) Systems Engineering
16 50 (14.41%) Technical Leadership
17 37 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
17 37 (10.66%) Generative AI
17 37 (10.66%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 109 (31.41%) Python
2 98 (28.24%) Java
3 63 (18.16%) C++
4 55 (15.85%) C
5 44 (12.68%) SQL
6 38 (10.95%) C#
7 32 (9.22%) JavaScript
8 21 (6.05%) TypeScript
9 20 (5.76%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.59%) R
11 7 (2.02%) Bash
12 5 (1.44%) Swift
13 4 (1.15%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.15%) Scala
14 3 (0.86%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.86%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.86%) Fortran
14 3 (0.86%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.86%) Tcl
14 3 (0.86%) VC++
Qualifications
1 69 (19.88%) Degree
2 66 (19.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (6.63%) Master's Degree
3 23 (6.63%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.76%) PhD
5 17 (4.90%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.44%) CDISC
3 5 (1.44%) GxP
3 5 (1.44%) HL7
4 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.58%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) JTAG
5 2 (0.58%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (4.61%) Docker
2 9 (2.59%) Firmware
3 2 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (9.51%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.19%) Terraform
3 6 (1.73%) Ansible
4 4 (1.15%) Grafana
5 2 (0.58%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (18.16%) Google
2 46 (13.26%) IBM
3 39 (11.24%) Microsoft
4 25 (7.20%) OpenAI
5 18 (5.19%) Ahrefs
5 18 (5.19%) Oracle
6 14 (4.03%) Screaming Frog
7 12 (3.46%) Splunk
8 11 (3.17%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.59%) Databricks
10 4 (1.15%) Adobe
10 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.15%) SAP
11 3 (0.86%) Facebook
11 3 (0.86%) MathWorks
12 2 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.58%) ForgeRock
12 2 (0.58%) NVIDIA
12 2 (0.58%) Ping Identity
12 2 (0.58%) Veritas