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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 186 193
Rank change year-on-year -155 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 165 550 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.50% 1.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 4.40% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 89 301 182
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile - £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £68,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.40% -5.17% -

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 13,687 12,512 11,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.73% 34.09% 35.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,299 5,449 8,076
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £54,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% -0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,968 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,212
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 4 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 4 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 -108 51 £69,525 +6.96% 250
East of England -42 39 £55,000 -27.63% 124
South West -49 23 £45,021 -30.74% 89
Midlands -7 21 £75,000 +25.00% 73
North of England -15 15 £35,000 -31.71% 94
West Midlands +12 11 £60,000 +7.14% 32
North West +5 8 £45,000 -20.37% 41
Wales +4 8 £57,500 +4.55% 12
East Midlands -11 8 £75,000 +25.00% 37
Scotland -23 8 £75,900 +68.67% 35
Yorkshire -15 7 £35,000 -22.22% 43
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 15 (9.09%) Kinematics
2 5 (3.03%) IIS
3 4 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Simulink
2 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.88%) AWS
2 7 (4.24%) Azure
2 7 (4.24%) GCP
3 6 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.03%) Google Analytics
4 5 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.03%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.42%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (1.21%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.21%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.21%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.61%) Firebase
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.61%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.61%) Internet
2 1 (0.61%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.61%) VPN
2 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.88%) Metadata
2 11 (6.67%) Big Data
2 11 (6.67%) Tableau
3 10 (6.06%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.85%) Hadoop
5 6 (3.64%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.64%) Power BI
6 5 (3.03%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.42%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.21%) GIS
8 2 (1.21%) Looker
9 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.61%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.61%) Parquet
9 1 (0.61%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 39 (23.64%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.64%) Git
3 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.21%) JIRA
3 2 (1.21%) TestRail
General
1 65 (39.39%) Electronics
2 37 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.12%) Marketing
4 19 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.52%) Finance
5 8 (4.85%) Aviation
6 5 (3.03%) Games
6 5 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.42%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.42%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.82%) Avionics
9 2 (1.21%) Automotive
9 2 (1.21%) Banking
9 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.21%) Legal
9 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.21%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (24.85%) Systems Engineer
2 34 (20.61%) Principal Engineer
3 33 (20.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 32 (19.39%) Lead
5 25 (15.15%) Senior
6 15 (9.09%) Robotics Engineer
6 15 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 10 (6.06%) Developer
8 7 (4.24%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.64%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.64%) SEO Executive
9 6 (3.64%) SEO Manager
10 5 (3.03%) Algorithm Engineer
10 5 (3.03%) Analyst
10 5 (3.03%) C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (3.03%) Data Science Manager
10 5 (3.03%) Firmware Engineer
10 5 (3.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 4 (2.42%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.09%) Middleware
2 11 (6.67%) TensorFlow
3 10 (6.06%) FHIR
4 9 (5.45%) PyTorch
5 6 (3.64%) HTML
5 6 (3.64%) scikit-learn
6 5 (3.03%) .NET
6 5 (3.03%) CSS
6 5 (3.03%) NumPy
6 5 (3.03%) Pandas
6 5 (3.03%) Play Framework
7 4 (2.42%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.42%) DirectX
7 4 (2.42%) OpenGL
7 4 (2.42%) Qt
8 3 (1.82%) Matplotlib
8 3 (1.82%) Seaborn
9 2 (1.21%) Keras
9 2 (1.21%) React
9 2 (1.21%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.70%) Robotics
2 12 (7.27%) Life Science
3 10 (6.06%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (6.06%) Omics
4 6 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.64%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.03%) Social Media
6 4 (2.42%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.42%) FPGA
6 4 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.82%) Arduino
7 3 (1.82%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.82%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.21%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.61%) Blog
9 1 (0.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.24%) Linux
2 4 (2.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Android
3 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.52%) Signal Processing
2 49 (29.70%) AI
3 46 (27.88%) Machine Learning
3 46 (27.88%) Software Engineering
4 45 (27.27%) Systems Engineering
5 44 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
6 40 (24.24%) Computer Science
7 39 (23.64%) Analytics
8 36 (21.82%) Mathematics
9 34 (20.61%) Data Science
10 33 (20.00%) Test Planning
11 25 (15.15%) Agile
11 25 (15.15%) Physics
12 24 (14.55%) Statistics
13 23 (13.94%) Decision-Making
14 21 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (11.52%) OO
16 18 (10.91%) Project Management
17 17 (10.30%) Visualisation
18 15 (9.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.91%) Python
2 38 (23.03%) C
2 38 (23.03%) C++
3 21 (12.73%) C#
4 20 (12.12%) SQL
5 15 (9.09%) Java
5 15 (9.09%) R
6 13 (7.88%) MATLAB
7 8 (4.85%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.64%) Bash
9 5 (3.03%) Scala
10 4 (2.42%) Fortran
10 4 (2.42%) Rust
10 4 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.82%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.82%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.82%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.82%) Swift
11 3 (1.82%) Tcl
12 1 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (37.58%) Degree
2 53 (32.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (15.15%) Master's Degree
4 22 (13.33%) PhD
4 22 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 19 (11.52%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) MBA
7 1 (0.61%) CEH
7 1 (0.61%) CISM
7 1 (0.61%) CISSP
7 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.61%) GIAC
7 1 (0.61%) MCP
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (7.27%) Accessibility
3 10 (6.06%) CDISC
3 10 (6.06%) GxP
3 10 (6.06%) HL7
4 6 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.64%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.42%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.21%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.21%) NIST
7 1 (0.61%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.61%) GDPR
7 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (5.45%) Firmware
2 4 (2.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 39 (23.64%) IBM
2 17 (10.30%) Google
3 8 (4.85%) Screaming Frog
4 6 (3.64%) Microsoft
5 5 (3.03%) Ahrefs
5 5 (3.03%) BT
5 5 (3.03%) Databricks
6 4 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.21%) Adobe
7 2 (1.21%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.21%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.61%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.61%) Foundry
8 1 (0.61%) Huawei
8 1 (0.61%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.61%) SAP
8 1 (0.61%) Thales
8 1 (0.61%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.61%) YouTube