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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 242 162
Rank change year-on-year -95 -80 +118
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 390 345 832
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 1.01% 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 2.59% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 260 148 277
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.11% -5.06% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 20,429 13,303 15,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.00% 38.98% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 12,974 6,138 7,447
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,733 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £38,750
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 £65,000 £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 22 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 22 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 -18 147 £70,000 +12.90% 173
East of England +15 109 £63,750 +15.91% 129
North of England -44 46 £52,000 +15.56% 95
South West -67 42 £60,000 -4.12% 100
Midlands -37 25 £67,500 +12.50% 70
Yorkshire -29 22 £32,500 -7.14% 23
West Midlands -40 18 £67,500 +22.73% 42
Scotland -56 17 £39,500 -31.30% 59
North East -53 13 £60,000 -47.83% 16
North West -40 11 £60,000 +33.33% 57
East Midlands -27 7 £81,250 +78.57% 28
Wales -79 2 £39,500 -43.00% 12
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 18
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 11 (2.82%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
4 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (4.62%) Simulink
2 3 (0.77%) CATIA
2 3 (0.77%) Mathematica
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.31%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.23%) AWS
2 26 (6.67%) Azure
3 14 (3.59%) Google Ads
3 14 (3.59%) Google Analytics
4 10 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (2.56%) GitHub
5 9 (2.31%) GCP
6 6 (1.54%) SaaS
7 5 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.77%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.77%) Datadog
9 3 (0.77%) dbt
9 3 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.77%) Serverless
9 3 (0.77%) Slack
10 2 (0.51%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.82%) Wireless
2 7 (1.79%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (1.03%) 5G
3 4 (1.03%) Broadband
4 3 (0.77%) Internet
4 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.51%) Firewall
5 2 (0.51%) LTE
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.26%) MQTT
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.36%) Metadata
2 12 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.79%) Big Data
5 6 (1.54%) GIS
6 5 (1.28%) MySQL
6 5 (1.28%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.03%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.03%) Redis
8 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.51%) Pinecone
9 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (11.54%) Git
2 20 (5.13%) Visual Studio Code
3 19 (4.87%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.10%) GitLab
5 6 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.03%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.77%) CMake
7 3 (0.77%) MLflow
7 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.51%) JIRA
8 2 (0.51%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 59 (15.13%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.56%) Finance
3 39 (10.00%) Marketing
4 32 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.69%) Aerospace
6 26 (6.67%) Electronics
7 23 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.87%) Advertising
9 11 (2.82%) Banking
10 10 (2.56%) Law
11 8 (2.05%) Games
12 7 (1.79%) Automotive
13 6 (1.54%) Military
14 5 (1.28%) Aviation
14 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.28%) Retail
15 4 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.03%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 105 (26.92%) Software Engineer
2 61 (15.64%) Senior
3 55 (14.10%) Lead
4 46 (11.79%) Developer
5 39 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 28 (7.18%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (5.64%) FPGA Engineer
8 20 (5.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 20 (5.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 20 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (4.62%) Python Developer
10 17 (4.36%) SEO Specialist
11 15 (3.85%) Data Scientist
12 14 (3.59%) C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Design Engineer
14 11 (2.82%) Architect
14 11 (2.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 10 (2.56%) FPGA Design Engineer
15 10 (2.56%) Lead Software Engineer
15 10 (2.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.41%) PyTorch
2 23 (5.90%) HTML
3 21 (5.38%) CSS
4 20 (5.13%) .NET
5 16 (4.10%) TensorFlow
6 15 (3.85%) NumPy
6 15 (3.85%) Pandas
7 14 (3.59%) React
8 12 (3.08%) Yocto
9 10 (2.56%) Terraform
10 8 (2.05%) Google JAX
10 8 (2.05%) JAX
11 7 (1.79%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.79%) Flask
11 7 (1.79%) STL
12 6 (1.54%) Hugging Face
12 6 (1.54%) Node.js
13 5 (1.28%) boto
13 5 (1.28%) REST
13 5 (1.28%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.51%) Embedded Systems
2 37 (9.49%) FPGA
3 33 (8.46%) Data Structures
4 32 (8.21%) Robotics
5 21 (5.38%) VHDL
6 19 (4.87%) PCIe
7 16 (4.10%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.08%) Verilog
9 10 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (2.31%) ASIC
10 9 (2.31%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.31%) NVMe
11 8 (2.05%) SCADA
12 7 (1.79%) IoT
12 7 (1.79%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.54%) Device Driver
13 6 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.28%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.28%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.18%) Linux
2 15 (3.85%) Windows
3 14 (3.59%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.03%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) CentOS
6 1 (0.26%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (39.23%) Software Engineering
2 95 (24.36%) AI
3 81 (20.77%) Computer Science
4 71 (18.21%) Machine Learning
5 54 (13.85%) Agile
6 51 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (12.82%) Signal Processing
8 49 (12.56%) CI/CD
9 47 (12.05%) Mentoring
10 45 (11.54%) Mathematics
11 43 (11.03%) Data Science
12 41 (10.51%) Deep Learning
12 41 (10.51%) Validation
13 38 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 37 (9.49%) Decision-Making
15 35 (8.97%) Analytics
16 31 (7.95%) Systems Engineering
17 30 (7.69%) Test Automation
18 29 (7.44%) SEO
19 27 (6.92%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 171 (43.85%) Python
2 111 (28.46%) C++
3 54 (13.85%) C
4 49 (12.56%) C#
5 38 (9.74%) MATLAB
6 23 (5.90%) Java
7 19 (4.87%) Embedded C++
7 19 (4.87%) SQL
8 16 (4.10%) Embedded C
9 13 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 13 (3.33%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.08%) Rust
11 11 (2.82%) Go
12 9 (2.31%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.77%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.51%) Fortran
14 2 (0.51%) VBA
15 1 (0.26%) Julia
15 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (26.41%) Degree
2 73 (18.72%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 32 (8.21%) Master's Degree
5 24 (6.15%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (5.38%) PhD
8 20 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.08%) Accessibility
1 12 (3.08%) GDPR
2 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 8 (2.05%) QA
4 6 (1.54%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (1.54%) ISO 26262
4 6 (1.54%) MISRA
4 6 (1.54%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 40 (10.26%) Docker
1 40 (10.26%) Firmware
2 21 (5.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Ceph
5 1 (0.26%) Lustre
5 1 (0.26%) NFS
5 1 (0.26%) Samba
5 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.28%) Ansible
2 5 (1.28%) SCCM
2 5 (1.28%) SCOM
2 5 (1.28%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
3 3 (0.77%) Grafana
3 3 (0.77%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.26%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 23 (5.90%) Google
2 11 (2.82%) IBM
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.56%) Xilinx
4 9 (2.31%) Altera
5 6 (1.54%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.28%) Dell
6 5 (1.28%) HP
6 5 (1.28%) McAfee
6 5 (1.28%) Screaming Frog
6 5 (1.28%) Thales
6 5 (1.28%) VMware
7 4 (1.03%) Databricks
7 4 (1.03%) TikTok
8 3 (0.77%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.77%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.77%) Splunk
9 2 (0.51%) Intel
9 2 (0.51%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.26%) Red Hat