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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 799 921
Rank change year-on-year +271 +122 +240
Permanent jobs citing Ada 176 108 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.10% 0.049%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.05% 0.32% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 167 103 25
10th Percentile £37,574 £46,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £54,125 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -20.69%
75th Percentile £67,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £66,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16,692 33,778 40,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 32.58% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,847 25,159 26,741
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,500 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.21% -2.16% +4.76%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +249 174 £55,000 -8.33% 54
England +216 153 £55,000 -8.33% 64
South East +182 111 £60,000 +62.16% 11
North of England +45 19 £50,055 -12.95% 10
Wales - 17 £62,500 - 2
North West +13 16 £50,055 -16.58% 8
East of England +29 15 £67,000 +9.39% 12
South West +69 5 £40,101 -33.17% 18
Scotland - 5 £40,101 - 2
Yorkshire +52 3 £40,101 -30.26% 2
Midlands +66 2 £40,101 -19.80%
East Midlands +44 2 £40,101 -19.80%
London +102 1 £46,500 -16.43% 14
Work from Home +75 1 £46,500 -22.50% 30

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 (13.07%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.57%) npm
1 1 (0.57%) Yarn
Development Applications
1 23 (13.07%) Eclipse
1 23 (13.07%) Eclipse RCP
2 15 (8.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 15 (8.52%) Bitbucket
2 15 (8.52%) JIRA
2 15 (8.52%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.57%) Babel
3 1 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 6 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (3.41%) Social Skills
2 5 (2.84%) Electronics
3 4 (2.27%) Aerospace
4 3 (1.70%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.70%) Military
5 2 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.14%) Aviation
6 1 (0.57%) Automotive
6 1 (0.57%) Avionics
6 1 (0.57%) Finance
6 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (80.11%) Software Engineer
2 82 (46.59%) Senior
3 67 (38.07%) Senior Software Engineer
4 46 (26.14%) Principal Engineer
4 46 (26.14%) Principal Software Engineer
5 23 (13.07%) Junior
5 23 (13.07%) Junior Software Engineer
6 20 (11.36%) Lead
7 15 (8.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 14 (7.95%) Senior Software Test Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) Senior Test Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) Software Team Leader
8 14 (7.95%) Software Test Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) Team Leader
8 14 (7.95%) Test Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) Project Leader
9 6 (3.41%) Software Project Leader
10 2 (1.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 2 (1.14%) Graduate
10 2 (1.14%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (13.64%) CSS
2 23 (13.07%) HTML
2 23 (13.07%) JSP
2 23 (13.07%) Middleware
3 14 (7.95%) XML
4 1 (0.57%) CSS3
4 1 (0.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.95%) Acoustics
1 14 (7.95%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (0.57%) Device Driver
2 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.64%) Linux
2 23 (13.07%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.57%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (91.48%) Software Engineering
2 139 (78.98%) UML
3 114 (64.77%) Agile
4 112 (63.64%) Computer Science
5 106 (60.23%) Configuration Management
6 98 (55.68%) Waterfall
7 51 (28.98%) SDLC
8 38 (21.59%) OO
9 37 (21.02%) OOD
10 30 (17.05%) Software Testing
11 29 (16.48%) Mentoring
12 27 (15.34%) Mathematics
13 25 (14.20%) Physics
14 24 (13.64%) Validation
15 23 (13.07%) Analytics
15 23 (13.07%) Business Analytics
15 23 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (13.07%) ETL
15 23 (13.07%) Unit Testing
16 22 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (32.95%) C#
2 46 (26.14%) Ada 95
2 46 (26.14%) C
3 38 (21.59%) Java
4 24 (13.64%) Rust
5 23 (13.07%) Python
5 23 (13.07%) SQL
6 15 (8.52%) C++
6 15 (8.52%) VB
7 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (85.80%) Degree
2 121 (68.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 46 (26.14%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (1.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (51.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (1.14%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.57%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.57%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.57%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (3.41%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (3.41%) Firmware