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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 254 219
Rank change year-on-year -88 -35 +53
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 397 333 581
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.97% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.52% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 255 142 246
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,250 £40,199 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,600 £72,188
90th 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,689 13,235 14,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.04% 38.54% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,565 6,289 6,476
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -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 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 13 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 13 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 -3 145 £73,750 +15.10% 68
East of England +13 121 £65,000 +18.18% 66
North of England -44 42 £50,000 +42.86% 60
South West -73 36 £56,000 +37.28% 39
Midlands -36 33 £67,500 +1.89% 33
Yorkshire -22 19 £41,982 +19.95% 14
West Midlands -33 17 £67,500 +22.73% 21
Scotland -58 17 £39,500 -46.98% 51
East Midlands -21 16 £67,500 -11.07% 12
North West -36 12 £55,000 +22.22% 39
North East - 11 £59,750 - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 10
Wales -78 1 £39,500 -44.05% 5
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 11 (2.77%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
4 1 (0.25%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
4 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (7.30%) Simulink
2 5 (1.26%) Mathematica
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.25%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.57%) AWS
2 23 (5.79%) Azure
3 14 (3.53%) Google Ads
4 13 (3.27%) Google Analytics
5 10 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
5 10 (2.52%) GitHub
6 7 (1.76%) GCP
7 6 (1.51%) SaaS
8 5 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.76%) Datadog
10 3 (0.76%) dbt
10 3 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.76%) Serverless
10 3 (0.76%) Slack
11 2 (0.50%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.53%) Wireless
2 7 (1.76%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.26%) 5G
3 5 (1.26%) LTE
4 4 (1.01%) Broadband
4 4 (1.01%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.76%) Internet
6 2 (0.50%) Firewall
6 2 (0.50%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) HTTP
7 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.25%) RS-422
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.53%) Metadata
1 14 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.02%) GIS
3 7 (1.76%) Big Data
4 5 (1.26%) MySQL
4 5 (1.26%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.01%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.01%) Redis
6 3 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.50%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.50%) Pinecone
7 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (9.57%) Git
2 17 (4.28%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (3.78%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (2.77%) GitLab
5 6 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.51%) PetaLinux
6 5 (1.26%) JIRA
6 5 (1.26%) MLflow
7 3 (0.76%) CMake
7 3 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.50%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.25%) Subversion
General
1 62 (15.62%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.59%) Finance
3 36 (9.07%) Marketing
4 34 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (8.06%) Aerospace
6 31 (7.81%) Electronics
7 23 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.79%) Advertising
9 11 (2.77%) Banking
10 10 (2.52%) Law
10 10 (2.52%) Military
11 8 (2.02%) Games
12 7 (1.76%) Automotive
12 7 (1.76%) Aviation
12 7 (1.76%) Retail
13 5 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 100 (25.19%) Software Engineer
2 69 (17.38%) Senior
3 57 (14.36%) Lead
4 38 (9.57%) Embedded Engineer
5 36 (9.07%) Developer
6 29 (7.30%) FPGA Engineer
7 24 (6.05%) Senior Software Engineer
8 20 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (4.53%) Data Scientist
9 18 (4.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 18 (4.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 16 (4.03%) Design Engineer
10 16 (4.03%) SEO Specialist
11 15 (3.78%) Principal Engineer
12 14 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (3.53%) FPGA Design Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) Architect
13 12 (3.02%) DSP Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) Python Engineer
14 11 (2.77%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.05%) PyTorch
2 22 (5.54%) CSS
2 22 (5.54%) HTML
3 19 (4.79%) .NET
4 17 (4.28%) React
5 16 (4.03%) TensorFlow
6 15 (3.78%) Yocto
7 9 (2.27%) STL
7 9 (2.27%) Terraform
8 7 (1.76%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.76%) Flask
8 7 (1.76%) Google JAX
8 7 (1.76%) Hugging Face
8 7 (1.76%) JAX
8 7 (1.76%) NumPy
8 7 (1.76%) Pandas
9 6 (1.51%) Node.js
10 5 (1.26%) REST
10 5 (1.26%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.59%) Embedded Systems
1 50 (12.59%) FPGA
2 36 (9.07%) Robotics
3 31 (7.81%) Data Structures
4 27 (6.80%) VHDL
5 23 (5.79%) PCIe
6 17 (4.28%) Verilog
7 15 (3.78%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.77%) ASIC
9 10 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (2.27%) Device Driver
10 9 (2.27%) IoT
10 9 (2.27%) NVMe
11 7 (1.76%) Acoustics
11 7 (1.76%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.76%) Synthetic Data
12 6 (1.51%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.26%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.26%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.06%) Linux
2 21 (5.29%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (3.02%) Windows
4 6 (1.51%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) CentOS
5 1 (0.25%) Debian
5 1 (0.25%) macOS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (36.27%) Software Engineering
2 108 (27.20%) AI
3 85 (21.41%) Machine Learning
4 83 (20.91%) Computer Science
5 55 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (13.60%) Agile
7 52 (13.10%) Data Science
8 51 (12.85%) Mathematics
8 51 (12.85%) Signal Processing
9 47 (11.84%) CI/CD
10 45 (11.34%) Mentoring
11 40 (10.08%) Validation
12 36 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (8.56%) Analytics
14 33 (8.31%) Decision-Making
14 33 (8.31%) Deep Learning
15 32 (8.06%) Systems Engineering
16 31 (7.81%) FPGA Design
17 29 (7.30%) Technical Leadership
17 29 (7.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 176 (44.33%) Python
2 118 (29.72%) C++
3 64 (16.12%) C
4 56 (14.11%) MATLAB
5 43 (10.83%) C#
6 24 (6.05%) Embedded C++
7 22 (5.54%) Java
8 21 (5.29%) Embedded C
9 18 (4.53%) SQL
10 16 (4.03%) TypeScript
11 15 (3.78%) JavaScript
12 13 (3.27%) Go
13 11 (2.77%) Rust
14 9 (2.27%) Assembly Language
14 9 (2.27%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.50%) Fortran
15 2 (0.50%) R
15 2 (0.50%) VBA
16 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 105 (26.45%) Degree
2 78 (19.65%) Security Cleared
3 43 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.81%) Master's Degree
5 25 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (5.79%) PhD
7 20 (5.04%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.76%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.51%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.02%) Accessibility
1 12 (3.02%) GDPR
2 8 (2.02%) QA
3 6 (1.51%) Automotive SPICE
3 6 (1.51%) ISO 26262
3 6 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (1.51%) MISRA
3 6 (1.51%) MISRA C
4 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.25%) ECSS
6 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 42 (10.58%) Firmware
2 37 (9.32%) Docker
3 23 (5.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.25%) Ceph
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.25%) Lustre
5 1 (0.25%) NFS
5 1 (0.25%) Samba
5 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.26%) Ansible
3 3 (0.76%) Argo
3 3 (0.76%) Grafana
3 3 (0.76%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.50%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.25%) SCCM
5 1 (0.25%) SCOM
5 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 20 (5.04%) Google
2 16 (4.03%) Xilinx
3 11 (2.77%) Altera
4 9 (2.27%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.76%) Thales
6 6 (1.51%) Intel
6 6 (1.51%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.26%) Databricks
7 5 (1.26%) IBM
8 4 (1.01%) TikTok
9 3 (0.76%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.76%) Splunk
10 2 (0.50%) MathWorks
10 2 (0.50%) Microsemi
10 2 (0.50%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.25%) Adobe
11 1 (0.25%) Apple
11 1 (0.25%) McAfee
11 1 (0.25%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.25%) VMware