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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 237 123
Rank change year-on-year -90 -114 +148
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 372 391 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 1.13% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 2.88% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 258 175 316
10th Percentile £33,600 £35,000 £38,060
25th Percentile £44,625 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +7.94% -13.10%

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 18,522 13,589 17,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.32% 39.10% 29.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,991 6,354 9,619
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,900 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.10% -8.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,850 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.36%

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 25 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 25 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 -51 128 £67,500 +8.87% 76
East of England +11 100 £63,750 +15.91% 40
North of England -30 52 £52,000 +4.00% 41
South West -55 44 £58,000 +26.43% 50
Midlands -26 26 £46,500 -19.13% 32
Yorkshire -26 23 £35,000 - 15
West Midlands -26 20 £46,500 -22.50% 11
Scotland -57 18 £39,500 -40.15% 17
North West -23 16 £60,625 +21.25% 15
North East -44 13 £60,000 -47.83% 13
East Midlands -28 5 £47,500 +75.93% 21
Wales -77 2 £39,500 -36.29% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 1
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 9 (2.42%) Apache Spark
1 9 (2.42%) Jupyter
2 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.08%) CMS
4 2 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Simulink
2 7 (1.88%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.81%) CATIA
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.27%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.69%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (12.90%) AWS
2 25 (6.72%) Azure
3 13 (3.49%) Google Ads
3 13 (3.49%) Google Analytics
4 11 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (2.42%) GCP
6 9 (2.42%) GitHub
7 7 (1.88%) SaaS
8 5 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Prefect
10 3 (0.81%) Datadog
10 3 (0.81%) dbt
10 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.81%) Slack
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.54%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.42%) Broadband
2 4 (1.08%) Internet
2 4 (1.08%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (1.08%) Wireless
3 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.54%) 5G
4 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.27%) IPsec
5 1 (0.27%) LTE
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) RS-422
5 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.84%) Metadata
2 15 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.88%) Big Data
3 7 (1.88%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.61%) GIS
5 5 (1.34%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.08%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.08%) MySQL
6 4 (1.08%) Redis
7 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.54%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.54%) Pinecone
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 47 (12.63%) Git
2 27 (7.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 20 (5.38%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (4.30%) GitLab
5 6 (1.61%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.08%) JIRA
7 3 (0.81%) CMake
7 3 (0.81%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.54%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.54%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.27%) MLflow
9 1 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 59 (15.86%) Finance
2 50 (13.44%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.29%) Marketing
4 30 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (7.26%) Electronics
6 26 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (6.18%) Aerospace
8 16 (4.30%) Advertising
8 16 (4.30%) Games
9 12 (3.23%) Retail
10 11 (2.96%) Banking
10 11 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.69%) Law
12 8 (2.15%) Automotive
13 5 (1.34%) Legal
14 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.08%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (28.23%) Software Engineer
2 56 (15.05%) Developer
2 56 (15.05%) Senior
3 47 (12.63%) Lead
4 37 (9.95%) Embedded Engineer
5 27 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
6 26 (6.99%) Python Developer
7 20 (5.38%) FPGA Engineer
7 20 (5.38%) Systems Engineer
8 19 (5.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (5.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 16 (4.30%) SEO Specialist
10 13 (3.49%) C++ Software Engineer
10 13 (3.49%) Design Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Data Scientist
12 11 (2.96%) FPGA Design Engineer
13 10 (2.69%) Lead Software Engineer
13 10 (2.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 10 (2.69%) SEO Executive
14 9 (2.42%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.99%) NumPy
1 26 (6.99%) Pandas
2 24 (6.45%) PyTorch
3 20 (5.38%) HTML
4 18 (4.84%) .NET
5 16 (4.30%) CSS
5 16 (4.30%) TensorFlow
6 12 (3.23%) React
7 11 (2.96%) Hugging Face
8 10 (2.69%) REST
8 10 (2.69%) scikit-learn
8 10 (2.69%) Yocto
9 9 (2.42%) Google JAX
9 9 (2.42%) JAX
9 9 (2.42%) Terraform
10 8 (2.15%) Flask
10 8 (2.15%) Matplotlib
10 8 (2.15%) Streamlit
11 7 (1.88%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.61%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.41%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (8.06%) Data Structures
3 28 (7.53%) FPGA
4 22 (5.91%) Robotics
5 21 (5.65%) VHDL
6 18 (4.84%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.57%) PCIe
8 12 (3.23%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.69%) NVMe
9 10 (2.69%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (2.69%) Verilog
10 8 (2.15%) SCADA
10 8 (2.15%) Video\Live Streaming
11 7 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.88%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.61%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.61%) IoT
13 5 (1.34%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.34%) Device Driver
13 5 (1.34%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.26%) Linux
2 14 (3.76%) Windows
3 10 (2.69%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.08%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (39.25%) Software Engineering
2 87 (23.39%) AI
3 78 (20.97%) Computer Science
4 66 (17.74%) Machine Learning
5 50 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (12.37%) Agile
6 46 (12.37%) Signal Processing
7 44 (11.83%) CI/CD
8 42 (11.29%) Deep Learning
8 42 (11.29%) Validation
9 41 (11.02%) Mentoring
10 38 (10.22%) Data Science
11 36 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (9.14%) Analytics
13 33 (8.87%) Test Automation
14 32 (8.60%) SEO
15 31 (8.33%) Decision-Making
15 31 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
16 29 (7.80%) Mathematics
17 28 (7.53%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 168 (45.16%) Python
2 94 (25.27%) C++
3 48 (12.90%) C
4 44 (11.83%) C#
5 23 (6.18%) MATLAB
6 22 (5.91%) Java
7 17 (4.57%) SQL
8 16 (4.30%) Embedded C++
9 15 (4.03%) Go
10 13 (3.49%) Embedded C
11 12 (3.23%) JavaScript
11 12 (3.23%) Rust
11 12 (3.23%) TypeScript
12 10 (2.69%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.54%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Bash
14 1 (0.27%) Fortran
14 1 (0.27%) Julia
14 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 91 (24.46%) Degree
2 60 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.72%) Master's Degree
5 23 (6.18%) DV Cleared
6 20 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.57%) PhD
9 12 (3.23%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.27%) HND
13 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.96%) GDPR
3 9 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 8 (2.15%) QA
5 6 (1.61%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (1.61%) ISO 26262
5 6 (1.61%) MISRA
5 6 (1.61%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 44 (11.83%) Docker
2 43 (11.56%) Firmware
3 22 (5.91%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.34%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.34%) Ansible
2 5 (1.34%) SCCM
2 5 (1.34%) SCOM
2 5 (1.34%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (0.81%) Argo
3 3 (0.81%) Grafana
3 3 (0.81%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 27 (7.26%) Google
2 17 (4.57%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.96%) IBM
3 11 (2.96%) Xilinx
4 10 (2.69%) Altera
5 7 (1.88%) Databricks
5 7 (1.88%) Screaming Frog
6 5 (1.34%) Dell
6 5 (1.34%) HP
6 5 (1.34%) McAfee
6 5 (1.34%) VMware
7 4 (1.08%) TikTok
8 3 (0.81%) Botify
8 3 (0.81%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.81%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.81%) Splunk
9 2 (0.54%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.27%) Intel
10 1 (0.27%) Thales