Ada
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Ada skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 730 639 783
Rank change year-on-year -91 +144 +80
Permanent jobs citing Ada 6 29 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.065% 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.036% 0.21% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 26 104
10th Percentile - £41,662 £46,250
25th Percentile - £53,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +4.17% +12.15%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% +4.17% +7.72%

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 16,632 13,955 34,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.31% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,725 9,194 25,745
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

Ada
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ada relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ada job vacancy trend in the UK

Ada
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ada.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ada

Ada
Top 7 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 16 June 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
England -101 6 £80,000 +28.00% 29
Work from Home +5 4 - - 18
London -27 4 - - 2
UK excluding London -74 2 £80,000 +28.00% 24
East of England -25 1 £80,000 +14.29% 9
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 2

Ada
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DSL
General
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Business Development
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Development
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Sales
1 1 (16.67%) Software Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Focus Group
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Sociology
4 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) DBS Check
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Capita
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce