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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 181 221
Rank change year-on-year -157 +40 -48
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 178 575 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 1.48% 1.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 4.42% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 100 315 166
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,328
25th Percentile £42,188 £53,750 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,900 £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +8.43% -0.82% -1.98%

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 13,970 12,997 10,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.43% 33.41% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,498 5,865 7,496
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.25%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 56 £69,525 +6.96% 63
East of England -32 42 £55,000 -27.63% 39
South West -54 25 £40,792 -37.24% 41
Midlands 0 22 £75,000 +25.00% 14
North of England -8 18 £35,000 -30.00% 44
West Midlands +9 13 £60,000 +3.45% 9
North West +15 10 £38,250 -32.31% 13
Wales +2 8 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Yorkshire -17 8 £35,000 -22.22% 18
East Midlands -8 7 £75,000 +25.00% 5
Scotland -18 7 £75,900 +68.67% 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 17 (9.55%) Kinematics
2 5 (2.81%) WordPress
3 4 (2.25%) CMS
4 3 (1.69%) IIS
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.56%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Simulink
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.56%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.18%) Google Analytics
2 10 (5.62%) AWS
3 9 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.37%) Azure
4 6 (3.37%) GCP
5 5 (2.81%) Google Docs
5 5 (2.81%) Google Sheets
5 5 (2.81%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.25%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (1.69%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Vertex AI
9 1 (0.56%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.56%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.56%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.56%) PaaS
9 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.56%) Internet
2 1 (0.56%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.56%) VPN
2 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.99%) Metadata
2 10 (5.62%) Data Lake
3 9 (5.06%) Power BI
3 9 (5.06%) Tableau
4 7 (3.93%) Big Data
5 5 (2.81%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.25%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.25%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.69%) GIS
8 2 (1.12%) Looker
9 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.56%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.56%) Parquet
9 1 (0.56%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 35 (19.66%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.93%) Git
3 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.69%) JIRA
3 3 (1.69%) TestRail
4 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 64 (35.96%) Electronics
2 43 (24.16%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (14.04%) Marketing
5 20 (11.24%) Finance
6 8 (4.49%) Aviation
6 8 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.81%) Games
7 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.81%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.25%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.25%) Retail
9 3 (1.69%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.69%) Avionics
9 3 (1.69%) Law
9 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.12%) Legal
10 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (20.79%) Systems Engineer
2 36 (20.22%) Lead
3 30 (16.85%) Principal Engineer
4 29 (16.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 25 (14.04%) Senior
6 19 (10.67%) Software Engineer
7 17 (9.55%) Robotics Engineer
8 10 (5.62%) SEO Manager
9 9 (5.06%) SEO Executive
10 8 (4.49%) Analyst
10 8 (4.49%) Developer
11 7 (3.93%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Embedded Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) Senior Developer
13 5 (2.81%) Account Manager
13 5 (2.81%) Firmware Engineer
13 5 (2.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 5 (2.81%) SEO Account Manager
14 4 (2.25%) C# Developer
14 4 (2.25%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.55%) Middleware
2 10 (5.62%) FHIR
2 10 (5.62%) TensorFlow
3 9 (5.06%) HTML
4 8 (4.49%) CSS
4 8 (4.49%) PyTorch
5 6 (3.37%) Qt
6 5 (2.81%) .NET
6 5 (2.81%) scikit-learn
7 4 (2.25%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.25%) DirectX
7 4 (2.25%) OpenGL
8 3 (1.69%) NumPy
8 3 (1.69%) Pandas
8 3 (1.69%) Play Framework
8 3 (1.69%) WPF
9 2 (1.12%) Keras
9 2 (1.12%) MFC
9 2 (1.12%) React
10 1 (0.56%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.11%) Robotics
2 12 (6.74%) 3D Graphics
2 12 (6.74%) Life Science
3 10 (5.62%) Omics
4 8 (4.49%) Social Media
5 6 (3.37%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.81%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.81%) FPGA
7 4 (2.25%) Blog
7 4 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.25%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.25%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.69%) Arduino
8 3 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.12%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.12%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.49%) Linux
2 4 (2.25%) Unix
3 2 (1.12%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.34%) AI
2 52 (29.21%) Software Engineering
3 49 (27.53%) Machine Learning
3 49 (27.53%) Signal Processing
4 46 (25.84%) Analytics
5 41 (23.03%) Systems Engineering
6 40 (22.47%) Technical Leadership
7 39 (21.91%) Computer Science
8 38 (21.35%) Mathematics
9 33 (18.54%) Data Science
10 29 (16.29%) Test Planning
11 28 (15.73%) Agile
12 26 (14.61%) Physics
12 26 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (12.92%) OO
13 23 (12.92%) Statistics
14 22 (12.36%) SEO
15 20 (11.24%) Project Management
16 19 (10.67%) Decision-Making
17 17 (9.55%) Control Theory
Programming Languages
1 52 (29.21%) Python
2 44 (24.72%) C++
3 41 (23.03%) C
4 24 (13.48%) C#
5 19 (10.67%) SQL
6 14 (7.87%) Java
7 13 (7.30%) MATLAB
8 12 (6.74%) R
9 8 (4.49%) JavaScript
10 7 (3.93%) Bash
11 4 (2.25%) Fortran
11 4 (2.25%) Rust
11 4 (2.25%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.69%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.69%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.69%) Scala
12 3 (1.69%) Swift
12 3 (1.69%) Tcl
13 2 (1.12%) VC++
Qualifications
1 66 (37.08%) Degree
2 49 (27.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (15.17%) Master's Degree
4 25 (14.04%) PhD
5 24 (13.48%) Security Cleared
6 20 (11.24%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.69%) MBA
9 1 (0.56%) CEH
9 1 (0.56%) CISM
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.56%) GIAC
9 1 (0.56%) MCP
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (20.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.62%) CDISC
3 10 (5.62%) GxP
3 10 (5.62%) HL7
4 6 (3.37%) ISO 26262
5 4 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.25%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.12%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.12%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.56%) GDPR
7 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (5.06%) Firmware
2 4 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 35 (19.66%) IBM
2 25 (14.04%) Google
3 11 (6.18%) Ahrefs
3 11 (6.18%) Screaming Frog
4 10 (5.62%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.25%) Databricks
5 4 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.69%) BT
6 3 (1.69%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.12%) Adobe
7 2 (1.12%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.12%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.56%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.56%) Foundry
8 1 (0.56%) Huawei
8 1 (0.56%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.56%) SAP
8 1 (0.56%) Thales
8 1 (0.56%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.56%) YouTube