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 3 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	355	260	250
Rank change year-on-year	-95	-10	+29
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms	382	312	453
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.42%	0.89%	0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.64%	2.55%	3.23%
Number of salaries quoted	235	125	239
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£32,750	£45,000
25^th Percentile	£50,250	£40,015	£51,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£55,000	£62,500
Median % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-12.00%	+13.64%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£72,500	£76,250
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£80,000	£85,000
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£70,600	£67,500
% change year-on-year	-4.39%	+4.59%	-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 citing generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	23,244	12,227	14,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	25.67%	34.96%	29.29%
Number of salaries quoted	14,282	6,450	6,100
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	£68,025
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£77,500	£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 3 November 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 3 November 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	-22	139	£72,500	+13.15%	82
East of England	+1	126	£67,500	+22.73%	61
Midlands	-53	39	£65,000	-5.45%	31
North of England	-56	36	£50,000	+42.86%	53
South West	-84	30	£55,000	+34.83%	50
East Midlands	-38	21	£76,250	+0.46%	22
West Midlands	-38	18	£53,500	-10.83%	9
Yorkshire	-29	16	£42,991	+22.83%	18
Scotland	-70	15	£62,500	-17.65%	16
North East	-	11	£67,500	-	13
North West	-47	9	£50,000	+19.76%	23
Algorithms UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 November 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	46.1%	176
2	Software Engineering	34.0%	130
3	AI	31.9%	122
4	C++	30.9%	118
5	Degree	30.4%	116
6	Machine Learning	25.4%	97
7	Computer Science	20.4%	78
8	Security Cleared	19.6%	75
9	C	17.5%	67
10	MATLAB	16.5%	63
11	Mathematics	15.7%	60
12	Problem-Solving	15.4%	59
13	Data Science	13.1%	50
13	Signal Processing	13.1%	50
15	Mentoring	12.0%	46
16	Agile	11.8%	45
17	SC Cleared	11.3%	43
17	Validation	11.3%	43
19	CI/CD	10.5%	40
20	AWS	10.2%	39
20	Firmware	10.2%	39
22	Analytics	9.2%	35
23	C#	8.9%	34
23	Continuous Improvement	8.9%	34
23	Master's Degree	8.9%	34
26	Physics	8.6%	33
27	Technical Leadership	8.4%	32
27	Test Automation	8.4%	32
29	Linux	8.1%	31
29	PhD	8.1%	31

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	12.6%	48
2	Embedded Systems	11.5%	44
3	Robotics	10.7%	41
4	Data Structures	8.9%	34
5	VHDL	6.8%	26
6	PCIe	5.5%	21
7	Verilog	4.2%	16
8	ASIC	3.7%	14
9	Renewable Energy	3.1%	12
10	Product Ownership	2.6%	10
10	Synthetic Data	2.6%	10
12	Acoustics	2.4%	9
12	Device Driver	2.4%	9
12	IoT	2.4%	9
15	Educational Technology	2.1%	8
15	NVMe	2.1%	8
17	Hackathon	1.8%	7
18	CUDA	1.6%	6
19	AI Agents	1.3%	5
19	Cloud Native	1.3%	5