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

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	356	272	244
Rank change year-on-year	-84	-28	+37
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms	379	315	471
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.42%	0.92%	0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.67%	2.50%	3.34%
Number of salaries quoted	237	128	239
10^th Percentile	£34,250	£33,000	£45,000
25^th Percentile	£52,000	£39,831	£50,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£55,000	£61,000
Median % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-9.84%	+10.91%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£71,075	£75,625
90^th Percentile	£91,450	£80,000	£85,000
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£70,600	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.39%	+8.62%	-7.90%

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 citing generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	22,735	12,592	14,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	25.42%	36.60%	29.39%
Number of salaries quoted	14,029	6,359	6,197
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,750	£31,500	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,500	£45,000	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+14.44%	-16.67%	-1.82%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£63,750	£68,000
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£78,750	£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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-16	137	£70,000	+9.25%	40
East of England	+6	123	£70,000	+27.27%	35
Midlands	-51	37	£67,500	-	9
North of England	-55	36	£50,000	+42.86%	24
South West	-92	31	£56,000	+37.28%	40
East Midlands	-28	19	£76,250	+0.46%	5
West Midlands	-41	18	£55,000	-4.35%	4
Yorkshire	-23	16	£42,991	+22.83%	4
Scotland	-53	15	£51,000	-32.81%	12
North East	-	11	£59,750	-	5
North West	-40	9	£50,000	+19.76%	15
Wales	-73	1	£39,500	-46.08%
Northern Ireland	-	1	£39,500	-
Algorithms UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 citing Algorithms.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	45.6%	173
2	Software Engineering	34.6%	131
3	AI	30.6%	116
4	C++	30.1%	114
5	Degree	28.0%	106
6	Machine Learning	24.3%	92
7	Computer Science	19.3%	73
8	Security Cleared	18.5%	70
9	C	17.4%	66
10	MATLAB	16.4%	62
11	Problem-Solving	14.8%	56
12	Mathematics	14.5%	55
13	Data Science	13.2%	50
13	Signal Processing	13.2%	50
15	Mentoring	12.1%	46
16	Agile	11.9%	45
17	Validation	11.1%	42
18	Firmware	10.8%	41
19	CI/CD	10.6%	40
20	AWS	10.3%	39
21	SC Cleared	9.8%	37
22	C#	9.0%	34
22	Continuous Improvement	9.0%	34
24	Analytics	8.7%	33
25	Systems Engineering	8.4%	32
26	FPGA Design	8.2%	31
26	Master's Degree	8.2%	31
26	Technical Leadership	8.2%	31
26	Test Automation	8.2%	31
30	Deep Learning	7.9%	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	12.9%	49
2	Embedded Systems	11.6%	44
3	Robotics	10.3%	39
4	Data Structures	8.4%	32
5	VHDL	7.1%	27
6	PCIe	6.3%	24
7	Verilog	4.5%	17
8	ASIC	3.4%	13
9	Renewable Energy	3.2%	12
10	Acoustics	2.4%	9
10	Device Driver	2.4%	9
10	IoT	2.4%	9
10	NVMe	2.4%	9
14	Product Ownership	2.1%	8
14	Synthetic Data	2.1%	8
16	Educational Technology	1.8%	7
17	Hackathon	1.6%	6
18	AI Agents	1.3%	5
18	Cloud Native	1.3%	5
18	Distributed Systems	1.3%	5