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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 217 115
Rank change year-on-year -98 -102 +136
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 378 468 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.36% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 3.43% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 265 195 332
10th Percentile - £35,000 £38,633
25th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% +10.40% -10.71%

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 17,471 13,636 18,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.25% 39.62% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,437 6,310 10,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,125 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 August 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 August 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 -41 129 £70,000 +12.90% 93
East of England -10 85 £65,000 +18.18% 72
North of England -15 67 £37,500 -47.91% 46
South West -84 46 £55,000 +19.89% 48
Yorkshire -17 28 £37,500 -21.05% 9
Midlands -38 28 £37,500 -37.50% 29
North West -13 23 £50,000 -32.89% 25
West Midlands -27 22 £37,500 -37.50% 12
Scotland -50 19 £39,500 -31.30% 15
North East -39 16 £52,000 -54.78% 13
East Midlands -24 5 £47,500 +75.93% 17
Wales -62 2 £39,500 -36.29% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 11
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 37 (9.79%) Jupyter
2 8 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.06%) CMS
5 2 (0.53%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (9.26%) Chatbot
2 12 (3.17%) Simulink
3 3 (0.79%) CATIA
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.53%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 73 (19.31%) AWS
2 39 (10.32%) Cloud Computing
3 21 (5.56%) Azure
4 16 (4.23%) Google Analytics
5 13 (3.44%) Google Ads
6 9 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (2.12%) GCP
7 8 (2.12%) GitHub
8 7 (1.85%) SaaS
9 5 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Prefect
11 3 (0.79%) Slack
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.53%) Datadog
12 2 (0.53%) dbt
12 2 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.38%) Broadband
2 5 (1.32%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (1.06%) Internet
4 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.79%) Wireless
5 2 (0.53%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.53%) Firewall
6 1 (0.26%) 5G
6 1 (0.26%) IPsec
6 1 (0.26%) MQTT
6 1 (0.26%) RS-422
6 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.56%) Metadata
2 16 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.85%) Big Data
3 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.59%) GIS
4 6 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.06%) MySQL
5 4 (1.06%) Redis
6 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.53%) Pinecone
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.26%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.26%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 56 (14.81%) Visual Studio Code
2 46 (12.17%) Git
3 20 (5.29%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.23%) GitLab
5 6 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.06%) JIRA
7 3 (0.79%) CMake
7 3 (0.79%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.53%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 83 (21.96%) Finance
2 49 (12.96%) Social Skills
3 44 (11.64%) Marketing
4 43 (11.38%) Retail
5 39 (10.32%) Manufacturing
6 29 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (7.14%) Electronics
7 27 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (5.82%) Aerospace
9 16 (4.23%) Advertising
10 15 (3.97%) Games
11 12 (3.17%) Automotive
12 11 (2.91%) Banking
13 9 (2.38%) Law
14 5 (1.32%) Legal
15 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.06%) Private Banking
16 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (25.40%) Software Engineer
2 56 (14.81%) Developer
3 53 (14.02%) Senior
4 43 (11.38%) Lead
5 39 (10.32%) Embedded Engineer
6 32 (8.47%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 32 (8.47%) Programmer
6 32 (8.47%) Trainee
6 32 (8.47%) Trainee Programmer
7 26 (6.88%) Python Developer
7 26 (6.88%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (5.56%) FPGA Engineer
9 20 (5.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 19 (5.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 18 (4.76%) SEO Specialist
11 18 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.17%) Data Scientist
13 11 (2.91%) C++ Software Engineer
13 11 (2.91%) Design Engineer
14 10 (2.65%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.29%) NumPy
1 54 (14.29%) Pandas
2 39 (10.32%) Hugging Face
3 38 (10.05%) scikit-learn
4 36 (9.52%) Matplotlib
4 36 (9.52%) Streamlit
5 21 (5.56%) PyTorch
6 20 (5.29%) HTML
7 16 (4.23%) .NET
7 16 (4.23%) CSS
8 13 (3.44%) TensorFlow
9 11 (2.91%) React
10 10 (2.65%) REST
10 10 (2.65%) Yocto
11 8 (2.12%) Flask
12 7 (1.85%) .NET Core
13 6 (1.59%) Google JAX
13 6 (1.59%) JAX
13 6 (1.59%) Node.js
13 6 (1.59%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.26%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (7.67%) FPGA
3 23 (6.08%) Data Structures
4 21 (5.56%) VHDL
5 18 (4.76%) PCIe
5 18 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.50%) Robotics
7 12 (3.17%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.65%) NVMe
8 10 (2.65%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (2.38%) Verilog
10 8 (2.12%) SCADA
10 8 (2.12%) Video\Live Streaming
11 7 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.85%) IoT
11 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.59%) Device Driver
12 6 (1.59%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.32%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.32%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.67%) Linux
2 11 (2.91%) Windows
3 10 (2.65%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.06%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.53%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (34.92%) Software Engineering
2 107 (28.31%) AI
3 83 (21.96%) Machine Learning
4 72 (19.05%) Computer Science
5 52 (13.76%) OOP
6 49 (12.96%) Signal Processing
7 48 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (12.17%) LLM
8 46 (12.17%) Visualisation
9 45 (11.90%) OO
10 44 (11.64%) Agile
11 42 (11.11%) CI/CD
11 42 (11.11%) Workflow
12 41 (10.85%) Validation
13 39 (10.32%) Prompt Engineering
14 38 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (10.05%) Data Science
14 38 (10.05%) Mentoring
15 36 (9.52%) Analytics
15 36 (9.52%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 185 (48.94%) Python
2 90 (23.81%) C++
3 50 (13.23%) C
4 44 (11.64%) C#
5 22 (5.82%) MATLAB
6 18 (4.76%) Java
7 17 (4.50%) Embedded C++
7 17 (4.50%) SQL
8 14 (3.70%) Embedded C
9 13 (3.44%) Go
10 10 (2.65%) Assembly Language
10 10 (2.65%) JavaScript
10 10 (2.65%) Rust
10 10 (2.65%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.53%) Julia
11 2 (0.53%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Fortran
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 84 (22.22%) Degree
2 52 (13.76%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.32%) AWS Certification
4 35 (9.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 28 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 25 (6.61%) Master's Degree
7 22 (5.82%) DV Cleared
8 20 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (3.44%) PhD
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) HND
12 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.91%) GDPR
2 10 (2.65%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (1.85%) QA
4 6 (1.59%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (1.59%) ISO 26262
4 6 (1.59%) MISRA
4 6 (1.59%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 43 (11.38%) Firmware
2 42 (11.11%) Docker
3 22 (5.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.12%) Terraform
3 5 (1.32%) SCCM
3 5 (1.32%) SCOM
3 5 (1.32%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 4 (1.06%) Ansible
5 3 (0.79%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.53%) Argo
6 2 (0.53%) Grafana
6 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 45 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.67%) Google
3 12 (3.17%) IBM
4 11 (2.91%) Altera
4 11 (2.91%) Xilinx
5 7 (1.85%) Databricks
5 7 (1.85%) Screaming Frog
6 5 (1.32%) Dell
6 5 (1.32%) HP
6 5 (1.32%) McAfee
6 5 (1.32%) VMware
7 4 (1.06%) TikTok
8 3 (0.79%) Botify
8 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.79%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.53%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.53%) Splunk
10 1 (0.26%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.26%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.26%) Thales