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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 186 142
Rank change year-on-year -171 -44 +17
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 178 525 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.55% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 4.52% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 87 285 414
10th Percentile £33,750 £44,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £40,015 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £83,550 £85,000
UK median annual salary £75,900 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +16.77% -3.70% -6.90%

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 requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,049 11,607 16,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.68% 34.32% 34.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,551 4,984 12,155
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,914 £65,603
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,701
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £57,291
% change year-on-year -10.57% +7.35% -11.86%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -102 51 £67,500 +8.00% 99
East of England -37 38 £55,000 -27.63% 30
South West -47 28 £51,646 -20.54% 44
Midlands -13 22 £73,000 +21.67% 26
North of England -36 22 £37,500 -33.64% 49
North West -4 17 £41,250 -34.00% 24
West Midlands +15 11 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East Midlands -12 9 £75,000 +25.00% 16
Scotland -39 9 £75,900 +68.67% 17
Wales -7 8 £57,500 -1.71% 11
Yorkshire -28 4 £56,700 +26.00% 17
North East -8 1 £37,500 -37.50% 8
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 12 (6.74%) Kinematics
2 10 (5.62%) Jupyter
3 7 (3.93%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.81%) IIS
5 3 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.12%) WordPress
7 1 (0.56%) Apache
7 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (5.62%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.93%) Simulink
3 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.04%) AWS
2 13 (7.30%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (5.62%) Azure
3 10 (5.62%) GCP
4 9 (5.06%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.81%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.81%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.25%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.12%) Google Docs
8 2 (1.12%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Slack
9 1 (0.56%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.56%) Firebase
9 1 (0.56%) GitHub
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 3 (1.69%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.12%) Broadband
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.55%) Metadata
2 14 (7.87%) Big Data
3 11 (6.18%) Tableau
4 10 (5.62%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.49%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.81%) Data Mining
6 5 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.25%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.69%) Power BI
9 2 (1.12%) Looker
10 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.56%) GIS
10 1 (0.56%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 33 (18.54%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (6.74%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (3.93%) Git
4 2 (1.12%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) JIRA
5 1 (0.56%) MLflow
5 1 (0.56%) TestRail
General
1 55 (30.90%) Electronics
2 44 (24.72%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (15.73%) Finance
5 24 (13.48%) Marketing
6 16 (8.99%) Manufacturing
6 16 (8.99%) Retail
7 8 (4.49%) Automotive
7 8 (4.49%) Aviation
8 6 (3.37%) Aeronautics
8 6 (3.37%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.81%) Banking
9 5 (2.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.25%) Games
11 3 (1.69%) Avionics
11 3 (1.69%) French Language
11 3 (1.69%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.69%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (17.42%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (16.29%) Lead
2 29 (16.29%) Principal Engineer
3 28 (15.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 21 (11.80%) Senior
5 19 (10.67%) Software Engineer
6 14 (7.87%) Robotics Engineer
7 11 (6.18%) Developer
8 10 (5.62%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 10 (5.62%) Programmer
8 10 (5.62%) Trainee
8 10 (5.62%) Trainee Programmer
9 8 (4.49%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Algorithm Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) FPGA Engineer
11 6 (3.37%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.37%) SEO Executive
12 5 (2.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (2.81%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.99%) NumPy
1 16 (8.99%) Pandas
2 15 (8.43%) scikit-learn
3 13 (7.30%) Matplotlib
3 13 (7.30%) TensorFlow
4 12 (6.74%) Middleware
5 11 (6.18%) PyTorch
6 10 (5.62%) FHIR
6 10 (5.62%) Hugging Face
6 10 (5.62%) Streamlit
7 9 (5.06%) HTML
8 8 (4.49%) .NET
8 8 (4.49%) CSS
9 5 (2.81%) Play Framework
10 4 (2.25%) .NET Core
10 4 (2.25%) DirectX
10 4 (2.25%) OpenGL
11 3 (1.69%) Seaborn
12 2 (1.12%) Keras
12 2 (1.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.43%) Robotics
2 12 (6.74%) FPGA
2 12 (6.74%) Life Science
3 10 (5.62%) Omics
4 9 (5.06%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (4.49%) 3D Graphics
6 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.93%) PCIe
7 6 (3.37%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.81%) CUDA
8 5 (2.81%) Social Media
8 5 (2.81%) VHDL
9 4 (2.25%) NVMe
9 4 (2.25%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.06%) Linux
2 4 (2.25%) Android
2 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.25%) Unix
3 2 (1.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.64%) AI
2 58 (32.58%) Machine Learning
3 51 (28.65%) Software Engineering
4 45 (25.28%) Computer Science
4 45 (25.28%) Signal Processing
5 44 (24.72%) Analytics
6 35 (19.66%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (19.10%) Mathematics
8 33 (18.54%) Data Science
8 33 (18.54%) Systems Engineering
9 28 (15.73%) Test Planning
10 26 (14.61%) OO
10 26 (14.61%) Physics
11 25 (14.04%) Visualisation
12 23 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (12.36%) Agile
13 22 (12.36%) Decision-Making
14 21 (11.80%) LLM
15 20 (11.24%) Statistics
16 18 (10.11%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (40.45%) Python
2 50 (28.09%) C++
3 43 (24.16%) C
4 22 (12.36%) C#
5 20 (11.24%) SQL
6 14 (7.87%) Java
6 14 (7.87%) MATLAB
6 14 (7.87%) R
7 11 (6.18%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.93%) Assembly Language
9 5 (2.81%) Bash
9 5 (2.81%) Scala
10 4 (2.25%) Fortran
10 4 (2.25%) Rust
10 4 (2.25%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.69%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.69%) Swift
11 3 (1.69%) Tcl
12 1 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 65 (36.52%) Degree
2 42 (23.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (14.61%) Master's Degree
3 26 (14.61%) Security Cleared
4 25 (14.04%) PhD
5 22 (12.36%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.62%) AWS Certification
6 10 (5.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.37%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.81%) MBA
9 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.56%) CEH
11 1 (0.56%) CISM
11 1 (0.56%) CISSP
11 1 (0.56%) GIAC
11 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.62%) CDISC
3 10 (5.62%) GxP
3 10 (5.62%) HL7
4 7 (3.93%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.81%) ISO 26262
7 4 (2.25%) IEC 61508
8 2 (1.12%) NIST
9 1 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.56%) GDPR
9 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (9.55%) Firmware
2 8 (4.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (16.29%) IBM
2 21 (11.80%) Google
3 16 (8.99%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.49%) Screaming Frog
5 7 (3.93%) Altera
5 7 (3.93%) Databricks
6 5 (2.81%) Ahrefs
6 5 (2.81%) BT
7 4 (2.25%) Xilinx
8 2 (1.12%) Adobe
8 2 (1.12%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.56%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.56%) Foundry
9 1 (0.56%) Huawei
9 1 (0.56%) SAP
9 1 (0.56%) Thales
9 1 (0.56%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.56%) YouTube