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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 179 163
Rank change year-on-year -173 -16 +29
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 168 553 636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.53% 1.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 4.47% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 89 302 190
10th Percentile £38,424 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £74,688
90th Percentile - £84,075 £85,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +16.77% -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 13,669 12,375 11,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.29% 34.21% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,324 5,357 8,167
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,207 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £54,793 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +1.47% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,548
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 9 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 9 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 -96 54 £69,525 +6.96% 216
East of England -44 37 £55,000 -27.63% 121
South West -52 25 £49,250 -24.23% 126
Midlands -2 21 £75,000 +25.00% 105
North of England -25 15 £45,000 -12.20% 151
West Midlands +6 11 £60,000 +3.45% 20
North West -1 9 £45,000 -20.37% 56
Wales 0 8 £57,500 +4.55% 38
Scotland -15 8 £75,900 +68.67% 34
East Midlands -17 8 £75,000 +25.00% 81
Yorkshire -17 6 £35,000 -22.22% 71
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 14 (8.33%) Kinematics
2 5 (2.98%) IIS
3 4 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.19%) WordPress
6 1 (0.60%) Apache
6 1 (0.60%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.17%) Simulink
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.60%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.19%) Shopify
2 1 (0.60%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.74%) AWS
2 7 (4.17%) Azure
2 7 (4.17%) GCP
3 6 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.98%) Google Analytics
4 5 (2.98%) Google Workspace
4 5 (2.98%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.38%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (1.19%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.19%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.19%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.60%) Firebase
7 1 (0.60%) GitHub
7 1 (0.60%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.60%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.60%) PaaS
7 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.98%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.60%) Internet
2 1 (0.60%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.60%) VPN
2 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.74%) Metadata
2 11 (6.55%) Big Data
2 11 (6.55%) Tableau
3 10 (5.95%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.76%) Hadoop
5 6 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.57%) Power BI
6 5 (2.98%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.38%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.19%) GIS
8 2 (1.19%) Looker
9 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.60%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.60%) Parquet
9 1 (0.60%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 41 (24.40%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.57%) Git
3 2 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.19%) JIRA
3 2 (1.19%) TestRail
General
1 65 (38.69%) Electronics
2 37 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.90%) Marketing
4 19 (11.31%) Finance
5 18 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.76%) Aviation
7 5 (2.98%) Aeronautics
7 5 (2.98%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.98%) Games
7 5 (2.98%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.98%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.79%) Automotive
8 3 (1.79%) Avionics
9 2 (1.19%) Banking
9 2 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.19%) Legal
9 2 (1.19%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (20.83%) Principal Engineer
3 34 (20.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 31 (18.45%) Lead
5 25 (14.88%) Senior
6 17 (10.12%) Software Engineer
7 14 (8.33%) Robotics Engineer
8 10 (5.95%) Developer
9 7 (4.17%) C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Algorithm Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.57%) SEO Executive
11 5 (2.98%) Analyst
11 5 (2.98%) Data Science Manager
11 5 (2.98%) Firmware Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) SEO Manager
12 4 (2.38%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.33%) Middleware
2 10 (5.95%) FHIR
2 10 (5.95%) TensorFlow
3 8 (4.76%) PyTorch
4 6 (3.57%) HTML
5 5 (2.98%) .NET
5 5 (2.98%) CSS
5 5 (2.98%) NumPy
5 5 (2.98%) Pandas
5 5 (2.98%) Play Framework
5 5 (2.98%) scikit-learn
6 4 (2.38%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.38%) DirectX
6 4 (2.38%) OpenGL
6 4 (2.38%) Qt
7 3 (1.79%) Matplotlib
7 3 (1.79%) Seaborn
8 2 (1.19%) Keras
8 2 (1.19%) React
8 2 (1.19%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.93%) Robotics
2 12 (7.14%) Life Science
3 10 (5.95%) 3D Graphics
3 10 (5.95%) Omics
4 6 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.98%) FPGA
5 5 (2.98%) Social Media
6 4 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.79%) Arduino
7 3 (1.79%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.79%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.79%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.19%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.19%) CUDA
8 2 (1.19%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.17%) Linux
2 4 (2.38%) Unix
3 1 (0.60%) Android
3 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (31.55%) Signal Processing
2 49 (29.17%) AI
3 46 (27.38%) Machine Learning
3 46 (27.38%) Software Engineering
3 46 (27.38%) Systems Engineering
4 45 (26.79%) Technical Leadership
5 41 (24.40%) Computer Science
6 39 (23.21%) Analytics
7 36 (21.43%) Mathematics
8 34 (20.24%) Test Planning
9 33 (19.64%) Data Science
10 25 (14.88%) Agile
10 25 (14.88%) Physics
11 24 (14.29%) Statistics
12 23 (13.69%) Decision-Making
13 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (10.71%) OO
15 17 (10.12%) Project Management
15 17 (10.12%) Visualisation
16 16 (9.52%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.36%) Python
2 41 (24.40%) C++
3 38 (22.62%) C
4 20 (11.90%) C#
4 20 (11.90%) SQL
5 16 (9.52%) R
6 15 (8.93%) Java
7 13 (7.74%) MATLAB
8 8 (4.76%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.57%) Bash
10 5 (2.98%) Scala
11 4 (2.38%) Assembly Language
11 4 (2.38%) Fortran
11 4 (2.38%) Rust
11 4 (2.38%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.79%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (1.79%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.79%) Swift
12 3 (1.79%) Tcl
13 1 (0.60%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (36.90%) Degree
2 54 (32.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 23 (13.69%) Security Cleared
5 22 (13.10%) PhD
6 19 (11.31%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.57%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.98%) MBA
9 1 (0.60%) CEH
9 1 (0.60%) CISM
9 1 (0.60%) CISSP
9 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.60%) GIAC
9 1 (0.60%) MCP
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (24.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.95%) CDISC
3 10 (5.95%) GxP
3 10 (5.95%) HL7
4 6 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.57%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.38%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.38%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.19%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.60%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.95%) Firmware
2 5 (2.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (23.81%) IBM
2 17 (10.12%) Google
3 8 (4.76%) Screaming Frog
4 6 (3.57%) Microsoft
5 5 (2.98%) Ahrefs
5 5 (2.98%) BT
5 5 (2.98%) Databricks
6 4 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.19%) Adobe
7 2 (1.19%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.19%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.60%) Altera
8 1 (0.60%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.60%) Huawei
8 1 (0.60%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.60%) SAP
8 1 (0.60%) Thales
8 1 (0.60%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.60%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.60%) YouTube