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 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 248 128
Rank change year-on-year -84 -120 +155
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 375 361 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 1.05% 1.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.97% 2.70% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 264 158 290
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,600 £70,938
90th Percentile £83,375 £84,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -10.34%

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 19,068 13,355 16,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.31% 38.99% 29.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12,332 6,164 8,010
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,975 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,908 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 -40 131 £67,500 +8.87% 148
East of England +14 103 £62,500 +13.64% 119
North of England -36 47 £52,000 +15.56% 76
South West -69 44 £60,000 +20.91% 86
Midlands -27 28 £67,500 +12.50% 52
West Midlands -21 22 £67,500 +17.39% 30
Yorkshire -23 21 £32,500 -7.14% 20
Scotland -58 18 £39,500 -31.30% 72
North West -22 13 £60,000 +26.32% 42
North East -52 13 £60,000 -47.83% 17
East Midlands -35 5 £67,500 +150.00% 22
Wales -75 2 £39,500 -43.00% 11
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 7
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 9 (2.40%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.60%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.47%) Simulink
2 4 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.80%) CATIA
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.40%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.00%) AWS
2 24 (6.40%) Azure
3 13 (3.47%) Google Ads
3 13 (3.47%) Google Analytics
4 10 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
5 9 (2.40%) GCP
5 9 (2.40%) GitHub
6 8 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.60%) SaaS
8 5 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.07%) Prefect
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.80%) Datadog
10 3 (0.80%) dbt
10 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.80%) Serverless
10 3 (0.80%) Slack
11 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.13%) Broadband
2 4 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (1.07%) Wireless
3 3 (0.80%) Internet
3 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.53%) 5G
4 2 (0.53%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.27%) IPsec
5 1 (0.27%) LTE
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) RS-422
5 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.53%) Metadata
2 14 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.87%) Big Data
5 6 (1.60%) GIS
5 6 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.07%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.07%) MySQL
7 4 (1.07%) Redis
8 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.53%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 49 (13.07%) Git
2 24 (6.40%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (5.07%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.27%) GitLab
5 6 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.80%) CMake
6 3 (0.80%) JIRA
6 3 (0.80%) PetaLinux
6 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.53%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.27%) MLflow
8 1 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 53 (14.13%) Finance
2 48 (12.80%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.13%) Marketing
4 30 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (7.20%) Electronics
6 23 (6.13%) Aerospace
6 23 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (4.27%) Advertising
8 12 (3.20%) Games
9 11 (2.93%) Banking
10 10 (2.67%) Law
11 8 (2.13%) Automotive
11 8 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.60%) Retail
13 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.07%) Private Banking
14 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Aviation
15 2 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 108 (28.80%) Software Engineer
2 56 (14.93%) Senior
3 54 (14.40%) Developer
4 52 (13.87%) Lead
5 37 (9.87%) Embedded Engineer
6 27 (7.20%) Senior Software Engineer
7 24 (6.40%) Python Developer
8 20 (5.33%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (5.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 19 (5.07%) FPGA Engineer
9 19 (5.07%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 16 (4.27%) SEO Specialist
11 13 (3.47%) C++ Software Engineer
11 13 (3.47%) Data Scientist
12 12 (3.20%) Design Engineer
13 10 (2.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
13 10 (2.67%) Lead Software Engineer
13 10 (2.67%) Python Engineer
13 10 (2.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 9 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.67%) PyTorch
2 22 (5.87%) NumPy
2 22 (5.87%) Pandas
3 20 (5.33%) HTML
4 18 (4.80%) .NET
5 16 (4.27%) CSS
5 16 (4.27%) TensorFlow
6 13 (3.47%) React
7 10 (2.67%) Google JAX
7 10 (2.67%) JAX
7 10 (2.67%) Terraform
7 10 (2.67%) Yocto
8 9 (2.40%) REST
9 8 (2.13%) Hugging Face
10 7 (1.87%) .NET Core
10 7 (1.87%) Flask
10 7 (1.87%) scikit-learn
11 6 (1.60%) Node.js
11 6 (1.60%) STL
12 5 (1.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.33%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 26 (6.93%) FPGA
4 25 (6.67%) Robotics
5 19 (5.07%) VHDL
6 17 (4.53%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.27%) PCIe
8 10 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (2.67%) Verilog
9 9 (2.40%) NVMe
10 8 (2.13%) SCADA
11 7 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.87%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.87%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.60%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.60%) IoT
13 5 (1.33%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.33%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.67%) Linux
2 13 (3.47%) Windows
3 10 (2.67%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.07%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (41.07%) Software Engineering
2 89 (23.73%) AI
3 78 (20.80%) Computer Science
4 72 (19.20%) Machine Learning
5 49 (13.07%) Agile
6 47 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (12.27%) CI/CD
8 45 (12.00%) Signal Processing
9 44 (11.73%) Mentoring
10 43 (11.47%) Deep Learning
11 42 (11.20%) Validation
12 39 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (10.13%) Data Science
14 34 (9.07%) Decision-Making
14 34 (9.07%) Mathematics
15 33 (8.80%) Analytics
15 33 (8.80%) Test Automation
16 31 (8.27%) Systems Engineering
17 28 (7.47%) SEO
18 27 (7.20%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 168 (44.80%) Python
2 100 (26.67%) C++
3 47 (12.53%) C
4 46 (12.27%) C#
5 24 (6.40%) MATLAB
6 22 (5.87%) Java
7 17 (4.53%) SQL
8 15 (4.00%) Embedded C++
9 14 (3.73%) Go
10 13 (3.47%) TypeScript
11 12 (3.20%) Embedded C
11 12 (3.20%) JavaScript
11 12 (3.20%) Rust
12 9 (2.40%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Fortran
14 1 (0.27%) Julia
14 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 93 (24.80%) Degree
2 61 (16.27%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.67%) Master's Degree
5 23 (6.13%) DV Cleared
6 20 (5.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.53%) PhD
9 10 (2.67%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.20%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.93%) GDPR
3 10 (2.67%) QA
4 9 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 6 (1.60%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.60%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.60%) MISRA
5 6 (1.60%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 44 (11.73%) Docker
2 41 (10.93%) Firmware
3 21 (5.60%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.33%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.33%) Ansible
2 5 (1.33%) SCCM
2 5 (1.33%) SCOM
2 5 (1.33%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (0.80%) Argo
3 3 (0.80%) Grafana
3 3 (0.80%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (6.13%) Google
2 14 (3.73%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.93%) IBM
4 10 (2.67%) Xilinx
5 9 (2.40%) Altera
6 7 (1.87%) Databricks
7 6 (1.60%) Screaming Frog
8 5 (1.33%) Dell
8 5 (1.33%) HP
8 5 (1.33%) McAfee
8 5 (1.33%) VMware
9 4 (1.07%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.07%) TikTok
10 3 (0.80%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.80%) Rockwell
10 3 (0.80%) Splunk
11 2 (0.53%) MathWorks
12 1 (0.27%) Ahrefs
12 1 (0.27%) Intel