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

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	343	259	229
Rank change year-on-year	-84	-30	+51
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms	383	325	529
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.43%	0.95%	1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.71%	2.54%	3.70%
Number of salaries quoted	243	136	247
10^th Percentile	£34,250	£32,750	£43,750
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£40,015	£50,060
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+22.73%	-8.33%	+9.09%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£70,600	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£85,000
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£70,600	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.39%	+8.62%	-7.14%

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	22,359	12,781	14,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	25.34%	37.55%	29.26%
Number of salaries quoted	13,904	6,286	6,286
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,750	£32,000	£40,625
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,367	£45,000	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+14.15%	-16.67%	-1.82%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£63,500	£67,968
90^th Percentile	£87,000	£77,500	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 20 October 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 20 October 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	-11	141	£72,500	+11.54%	133
East of England	+11	122	£65,000	+18.18%	125
North of England	-53	38	£50,000	+42.86%	66
Midlands	-35	35	£67,500	-	50
South West	-88	32	£56,000	+37.28%	60
West Midlands	-49	18	£67,500	+17.39%	34
Yorkshire	-25	17	£41,982	+19.95%	17
East Midlands	-31	17	£76,250	+0.46%	16
Scotland	-52	14	£39,500	-47.96%	65
North East	-	11	£59,750	-	9
North West	-48	10	£50,000	+19.76%	40
Wales	-77	1	£39,500	-46.08%	9
Northern Ireland	-	1	£39,500	-	15
Algorithms UK

Algorithms Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing Algorithms also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Algorithms.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	45.2%	173
2	Software Engineering	36.3%	139
3	C++	30.3%	116
4	AI	29.2%	112
5	Degree	28.2%	108
6	Machine Learning	23.2%	89
7	Computer Science	20.6%	79
8	Security Cleared	19.3%	74
9	C	16.7%	64
10	MATLAB	14.9%	57
11	Mathematics	14.1%	54
11	Problem-Solving	14.1%	54
13	Agile	13.3%	51
13	Data Science	13.3%	51
15	Signal Processing	12.5%	48
16	Mentoring	11.7%	45
17	CI/CD	11.2%	43
18	C#	11.0%	42
19	Firmware	10.7%	41
19	SC Cleared	10.7%	41
21	Validation	10.4%	40
22	AWS	9.9%	38
23	Git	9.4%	36
24	Continuous Improvement	9.1%	35
25	Analytics	8.9%	34
26	Docker	8.6%	33
27	Systems Engineering	8.4%	32
28	FPGA Design	8.1%	31
28	Master's Degree	8.1%	31
30	Decision-Making	7.8%	30

Algorithms Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	FPGA	12.8%	49
2	Embedded Systems	12.3%	47
3	Robotics	9.7%	37
4	Data Structures	8.1%	31
5	VHDL	7.0%	27
6	PCIe	6.3%	24
7	Verilog	4.4%	17
8	ASIC	3.1%	12
8	Product Ownership	3.1%	12
10	Renewable Energy	2.9%	11
11	Acoustics	2.3%	9
11	Device Driver	2.3%	9
11	IoT	2.3%	9
11	NVMe	2.3%	9
15	Synthetic Data	1.8%	7
16	Driving Licence	1.6%	6
16	Educational Technology	1.6%	6
18	AI Agents	1.3%	5
18	Cloud Native	1.3%	5
18	Distributed Systems	1.3%	5