Ada
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Ada skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ada over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 776 940
Rank change year-on-year +220 +164 +201
Permanent jobs citing Ada 128 109 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.11% 0.045%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.82% 0.33% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 126 104 25
10th Percentile £37,574 £47,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £48,869 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

All Programming Languages
UK

Ada falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,664 33,221 45,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 33.78% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,561 25,021 28,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ada as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ada in the UK

Ada
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ada.

Salary trend for Ada in the UK

Ada
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ada over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Ada in the UK

Ada
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +227 126 £55,000 -8.33% 55
England +194 112 £55,000 -8.33% 63
South East +177 69 £55,000 +48.65% 5
North of England +93 20 £50,055 -12.95% 14
North West +46 17 £50,055 -8.99% 12
East of England +34 14 £67,000 +9.39% 10
Wales - 10 £55,000 - 1
South West +71 5 £40,101 -33.17% 25
Scotland - 5 £40,101 - 1
Yorkshire +66 3 £40,101 -30.26% 2
East Midlands - 3 £40,101 - 1
Midlands - 3 £40,101 - 1
Work from Home +137 1 £46,500 -22.50% 34
London +101 1 £46,500 -16.43% 11

Ada
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (17.97%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.78%) npm
1 1 (0.78%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 23 (17.97%) Eclipse
1 23 (17.97%) Eclipse RCP
2 16 (12.50%) JIRA
2 16 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (11.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 15 (11.72%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) Babel
4 1 (0.78%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.78%) webpack
General
1 7 (5.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (3.13%) Electronics
4 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
4 3 (2.34%) Military
5 2 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.56%) Aviation
5 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.78%) Avionics
6 1 (0.78%) Finance
6 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (77.34%) Software Engineer
2 74 (57.81%) Senior
3 66 (51.56%) Senior Software Engineer
4 23 (17.97%) Junior
4 23 (17.97%) Junior Software Engineer
5 21 (16.41%) Lead
6 15 (11.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 15 (11.72%) Software Team Leader
6 15 (11.72%) Team Leader
7 7 (5.47%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Senior Test Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Software Test Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) Project Leader
8 6 (4.69%) Software Project Leader
9 4 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Principal Software Engineer
10 3 (2.34%) Embedded Engineer
10 3 (2.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 2 (1.56%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (18.75%) CSS
2 23 (17.97%) HTML
2 23 (17.97%) JSP
2 23 (17.97%) Middleware
3 14 (10.94%) XML
4 1 (0.78%) CSS3
4 1 (0.78%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.94%) Acoustics
1 14 (10.94%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
2 1 (0.78%) Device Driver
2 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.75%) Linux
1 24 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.78%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (93.75%) Software Engineering
2 91 (71.09%) UML
3 64 (50.00%) Agile
3 64 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 58 (45.31%) Configuration Management
5 52 (40.63%) SDLC
6 49 (38.28%) Waterfall
7 38 (29.69%) OO
8 37 (28.91%) OOD
9 29 (22.66%) Mentoring
10 27 (21.09%) Mathematics
11 25 (19.53%) Physics
12 24 (18.75%) Software Testing
13 23 (17.97%) Analytics
13 23 (17.97%) Business Analytics
13 23 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (17.97%) ETL
13 23 (17.97%) Unit Testing
14 17 (13.28%) Validation
15 15 (11.72%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 60 (46.88%) C#
2 47 (36.72%) C
3 39 (30.47%) Java
4 25 (19.53%) Rust
5 24 (18.75%) Python
6 23 (17.97%) SQL
7 16 (12.50%) C++
7 16 (12.50%) VB
8 4 (3.13%) Ada 95
9 1 (0.78%) Bash
9 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.78%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.78%) Groovy
9 1 (0.78%) Perl
9 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.78%) Ruby
9 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 104 (81.25%) Degree
2 77 (60.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (2.34%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) HNC
5 1 (0.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (32.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (1.56%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.56%) MISRA
3 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.78%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.78%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (4.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (4.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.78%) Parasoft