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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 184 149
Rank change year-on-year -180 -35 +41
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 158 543 890
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 1.54% 2.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 4.51% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 75 292 328
10th Percentile £36,712 £45,000 £38,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,000 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +16.77% -3.70% -6.90%

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 13,869 12,037 14,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.24% 34.15% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,470 5,161 10,789
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,820 £83,750 £81,786
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%

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 25 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 25 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 -102 47 £63,750 +2.00% 190
East of England -42 35 £55,000 -27.63% 93
South West -57 24 £51,646 -20.54% 77
Midlands -17 18 £75,000 +25.00% 55
North of England -28 18 £45,000 -14.29% 79
North West -4 13 £55,000 -2.67% 35
West Midlands +6 8 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Wales +2 8 £57,500 -1.71% 23
East Midlands -14 8 £75,000 +25.00% 39
Scotland -35 8 £75,900 +68.67% 31
Yorkshire -30 5 £35,000 -22.22% 30
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 12 (7.59%) Kinematics
2 5 (3.16%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.16%) IIS
3 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.27%) WordPress
5 1 (0.63%) Apache
5 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.63%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.43%) Simulink
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.23%) AWS
2 8 (5.06%) Azure
2 8 (5.06%) GCP
3 5 (3.16%) Google Analytics
3 5 (3.16%) Google Workspace
3 5 (3.16%) Snowflake
4 4 (2.53%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.90%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.27%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.27%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.63%) Firebase
7 1 (0.63%) GitHub
7 1 (0.63%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.63%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.63%) Serverless
7 1 (0.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (1.27%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.63%) Broadband
3 1 (0.63%) Internet
3 1 (0.63%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.23%) Metadata
2 12 (7.59%) Big Data
3 11 (6.96%) Tableau
4 10 (6.33%) Data Lake
5 8 (5.06%) Hadoop
6 5 (3.16%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.16%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.53%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.90%) Power BI
9 2 (1.27%) Looker
10 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.63%) GIS
10 1 (0.63%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 32 (20.25%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.80%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
3 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.63%) TestRail
3 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (34.81%) Electronics
2 38 (24.05%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.66%) Marketing
5 16 (10.13%) Finance
6 8 (5.06%) Aviation
7 6 (3.80%) Aeronautics
7 6 (3.80%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.16%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.53%) Automotive
9 4 (2.53%) Games
10 3 (1.90%) Avionics
10 3 (1.90%) Banking
10 3 (1.90%) French Language
10 3 (1.90%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.90%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (19.62%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (18.35%) Principal Engineer
3 28 (17.72%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 27 (17.09%) Lead
5 20 (12.66%) Senior
6 18 (11.39%) Software Engineer
7 13 (8.23%) Robotics Engineer
8 11 (6.96%) Developer
9 8 (5.06%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Algorithm Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.80%) SEO Executive
12 5 (3.16%) Data Science Manager
12 5 (3.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (3.16%) Firmware Engineer
12 5 (3.16%) FPGA Engineer
12 5 (3.16%) Senior Manager
13 4 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
13 4 (2.53%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.59%) Middleware
2 10 (6.33%) FHIR
2 10 (6.33%) TensorFlow
3 9 (5.70%) HTML
4 8 (5.06%) .NET
4 8 (5.06%) CSS
4 8 (5.06%) PyTorch
5 6 (3.80%) NumPy
5 6 (3.80%) Pandas
6 5 (3.16%) Play Framework
6 5 (3.16%) scikit-learn
7 4 (2.53%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.53%) DirectX
7 4 (2.53%) OpenGL
8 3 (1.90%) Matplotlib
8 3 (1.90%) Seaborn
9 2 (1.27%) Keras
9 2 (1.27%) Qt
9 2 (1.27%) React
10 1 (0.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.86%) Robotics
2 12 (7.59%) Life Science
3 10 (6.33%) FPGA
3 10 (6.33%) Omics
4 8 (5.06%) 3D Graphics
4 8 (5.06%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.16%) PCIe
7 5 (3.16%) Social Media
8 4 (2.53%) CUDA
8 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.53%) VHDL
9 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.90%) NVMe
9 3 (1.90%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.90%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.06%) Linux
2 4 (2.53%) Android
2 4 (2.53%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.53%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.28%) AI
2 49 (31.01%) Software Engineering
3 44 (27.85%) Signal Processing
4 43 (27.22%) Computer Science
4 43 (27.22%) Machine Learning
5 38 (24.05%) Analytics
6 34 (21.52%) Mathematics
6 34 (21.52%) Technical Leadership
7 33 (20.89%) Systems Engineering
8 29 (18.35%) Data Science
9 28 (17.72%) Test Planning
10 26 (16.46%) Physics
11 22 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (13.29%) Agile
12 21 (13.29%) Decision-Making
13 20 (12.66%) Statistics
14 16 (10.13%) OO
15 15 (9.49%) Project Management
15 15 (9.49%) Visualisation
16 14 (8.86%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (34.81%) Python
2 46 (29.11%) C++
3 41 (25.95%) C
4 20 (12.66%) C#
5 17 (10.76%) SQL
6 14 (8.86%) Java
6 14 (8.86%) MATLAB
6 14 (8.86%) R
7 11 (6.96%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.80%) Assembly Language
9 5 (3.16%) Bash
9 5 (3.16%) Scala
10 4 (2.53%) Fortran
10 4 (2.53%) Rust
10 4 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.90%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.90%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.90%) Swift
11 3 (1.90%) Tcl
12 1 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (39.87%) Degree
2 42 (26.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (15.82%) Master's Degree
3 25 (15.82%) Security Cleared
4 23 (14.56%) PhD
5 21 (13.29%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.80%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.16%) MBA
8 4 (2.53%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.63%) CEH
10 1 (0.63%) CISM
10 1 (0.63%) CISSP
10 1 (0.63%) GIAC
10 1 (0.63%) MCP
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (7.59%) Accessibility
3 10 (6.33%) CDISC
3 10 (6.33%) GxP
3 10 (6.33%) HL7
4 6 (3.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.80%) ISO 26262
5 5 (3.16%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.53%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.27%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (1.27%) NIST
8 1 (0.63%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.63%) GDPR
8 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (9.49%) Firmware
2 7 (4.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.63%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 29 (18.35%) IBM
2 17 (10.76%) Google
3 8 (5.06%) Screaming Frog
4 6 (3.80%) Microsoft
5 5 (3.16%) Ahrefs
5 5 (3.16%) Altera
5 5 (3.16%) BT
5 5 (3.16%) Databricks
6 3 (1.90%) Xilinx
7 2 (1.27%) Adobe
7 2 (1.27%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.63%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.63%) Foundry
8 1 (0.63%) Huawei
8 1 (0.63%) SAP
8 1 (0.63%) Thales
8 1 (0.63%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.63%) YouTube