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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 185 218
Rank change year-on-year -149 +33 -54
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 186 575 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.45% 1.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 4.38% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 101 314 168
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,004
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,188 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +8.43% -0.82% -0.60%

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 13,908 13,131 10,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.63% 33.04% 36.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,469 5,943 7,594
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.17% -4.00% -1.57%

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 14 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 14 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 -86 61 £69,525 +6.96% 207
East of England -39 44 £55,000 -27.63% 134
South West -51 26 £40,792 -37.24% 110
Midlands +4 22 £75,000 +25.00% 116
North of England -5 18 £35,000 -30.00% 157
West Midlands +13 13 £60,000 +7.14% 60
North West +15 10 £38,250 -32.31% 84
Wales +2 8 £57,500 +4.55% 23
Yorkshire -9 8 £35,000 -22.22% 59
Scotland -8 7 £75,900 +68.67% 35
East Midlands -10 7 £75,000 +22.45% 51
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 18 (9.68%) Kinematics
2 5 (2.69%) CMS
2 5 (2.69%) WordPress
3 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.54%) Apache
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
5 1 (0.54%) Kentico
5 1 (0.54%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Simulink
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.54%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.91%) Google Analytics
2 9 (4.84%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.84%) Vertex AI
3 8 (4.30%) AWS
4 6 (3.23%) Azure
4 6 (3.23%) GCP
5 5 (2.69%) Google Docs
5 5 (2.69%) Google Sheets
5 5 (2.69%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.15%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.54%) Firebase
8 1 (0.54%) GitHub
8 1 (0.54%) Google App Engine
8 1 (0.54%) PaaS
8 1 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.76%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.54%) Internet
2 1 (0.54%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.54%) VPN
2 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.60%) Metadata
2 10 (5.38%) Data Lake
2 10 (5.38%) Data Mining
3 9 (4.84%) Power BI
4 7 (3.76%) Tableau
5 5 (2.69%) Big Data
6 4 (2.15%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.61%) GIS
7 3 (1.61%) Looker
8 2 (1.08%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.54%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.54%) Parquet
9 1 (0.54%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 35 (18.82%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.76%) Git
3 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.61%) JIRA
3 3 (1.61%) TestRail
4 2 (1.08%) GitLab
4 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (35.48%) Electronics
2 50 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 33 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.90%) Marketing
5 20 (10.75%) Finance
6 11 (5.91%) Law
6 11 (5.91%) Retail
7 9 (4.84%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.30%) Aviation
9 5 (2.69%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.69%) Games
9 5 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.61%) Aeronautics
10 3 (1.61%) Automotive
10 3 (1.61%) Avionics
11 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.08%) Legal
11 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (23.66%) Lead
2 37 (19.89%) Systems Engineer
3 30 (16.13%) Principal Engineer
3 30 (16.13%) Senior
4 29 (15.59%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 19 (10.22%) Software Engineer
6 18 (9.68%) Robotics Engineer
7 11 (5.91%) SEO Manager
8 9 (4.84%) SEO Executive
9 8 (4.30%) Analyst
9 8 (4.30%) Developer
10 7 (3.76%) C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (3.76%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.69%) Account Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Firmware Engineer
12 5 (2.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 5 (2.69%) SEO Account Manager
13 4 (2.15%) C# Developer
13 4 (2.15%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.68%) Middleware
2 10 (5.38%) FHIR
2 10 (5.38%) TensorFlow
3 9 (4.84%) HTML
4 8 (4.30%) CSS
4 8 (4.30%) PyTorch
5 6 (3.23%) Qt
6 5 (2.69%) .NET
6 5 (2.69%) scikit-learn
7 4 (2.15%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.15%) DirectX
7 4 (2.15%) OpenGL
8 3 (1.61%) NumPy
8 3 (1.61%) Pandas
8 3 (1.61%) WPF
9 2 (1.08%) Keras
9 2 (1.08%) MFC
9 2 (1.08%) React
10 1 (0.54%) Django
10 1 (0.54%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.22%) Robotics
2 12 (6.45%) 3D Graphics
2 12 (6.45%) Life Science
3 10 (5.38%) Omics
4 8 (4.30%) Social Media
5 6 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (3.23%) FPGA
6 5 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.15%) Blog
7 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.61%) Arduino
8 3 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.61%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.61%) Verilog
8 3 (1.61%) VHDL
8 3 (1.61%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.84%) Linux
2 4 (2.15%) Unix
3 2 (1.08%) Windows
4 1 (0.54%) Android
4 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.26%) AI
2 54 (29.03%) Machine Learning
3 53 (28.49%) Software Engineering
4 51 (27.42%) Analytics
5 50 (26.88%) Signal Processing
6 41 (22.04%) Systems Engineering
7 40 (21.51%) Technical Leadership
8 38 (20.43%) Data Science
9 37 (19.89%) Computer Science
10 36 (19.35%) Mathematics
11 33 (17.74%) Agile
12 31 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (15.59%) Test Planning
14 26 (13.98%) Physics
15 24 (12.90%) OO
16 23 (12.37%) SEO
17 21 (11.29%) Project Management
17 21 (11.29%) Statistics
18 20 (10.75%) Visualisation
19 19 (10.22%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 51 (27.42%) Python
2 46 (24.73%) C++
3 43 (23.12%) C
4 25 (13.44%) C#
5 17 (9.14%) SQL
6 13 (6.99%) MATLAB
7 12 (6.45%) Java
8 10 (5.38%) R
9 8 (4.30%) JavaScript
10 7 (3.76%) Bash
11 4 (2.15%) Fortran
11 4 (2.15%) Rust
11 4 (2.15%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.61%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.61%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (1.61%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.61%) Swift
12 3 (1.61%) Tcl
13 2 (1.08%) VC++
14 1 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (34.41%) Degree
2 49 (26.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (13.44%) Master's Degree
3 25 (13.44%) PhD
3 25 (13.44%) Security Cleared
4 20 (10.75%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.54%) CEH
6 1 (0.54%) CISM
6 1 (0.54%) CISSP
6 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.54%) GIAC
6 1 (0.54%) MBA
6 1 (0.54%) MCP
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.38%) CDISC
3 10 (5.38%) GxP
3 10 (5.38%) HL7
4 6 (3.23%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.15%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.08%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.08%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.54%) GDPR
7 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.84%) Firmware
2 4 (2.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 35 (18.82%) IBM
2 33 (17.74%) Google
3 17 (9.14%) Microsoft
4 12 (6.45%) Screaming Frog
5 11 (5.91%) Ahrefs
6 10 (5.38%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.08%) Adobe
8 2 (1.08%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.08%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.54%) BT
9 1 (0.54%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.54%) Foundry
9 1 (0.54%) Huawei
9 1 (0.54%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.54%) SAP
9 1 (0.54%) Thales
9 1 (0.54%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.54%) YouTube