Algorithms
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 196 121
Rank change year-on-year -104 -75 +83
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 559 777 2,293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.76% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% 4.08% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 363 290 764
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £37,449 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £62,847
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +2.63% -16.20%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,875 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,300 £122,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,223 19,060 36,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.14% 43.11% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14,743 8,942 23,441
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% - -9.09%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the UK

Algorithms
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -91 510 £66,000 +1.54% 280
UK excluding London -104 320 £60,000 - 228
London -56 209 £95,000 -13.64% 89
Work from Home -98 128 £58,000 -3.33% 115
South East -50 112 £67,500 +8.87% 64
North of England -10 67 £37,500 -56.01% 43
East of England -20 51 £65,000 +19.27% 52
South West -83 42 £60,000 +29.73% 35
North West +2 31 £37,500 -56.88% 18
Midlands -16 31 £40,250 -32.92% 22
West Midlands -12 23 £37,500 -37.50% 11
Yorkshire -28 21 £37,500 -47.91% 13
North East -31 15 £52,000 -54.78% 12
Scotland -56 13 £39,500 -31.30% 15
East Midlands -29 7 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Wales -55 2 £39,500 -39.23% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £39,500 - 2

Algorithms
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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (10.02%) Jupyter
2 20 (3.58%) ArcGIS
3 10 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.61%) CMS
5 8 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.07%) SAS
7 4 (0.72%) IIS
8 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.36%) Confluence
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (9.84%) Chatbot
2 12 (2.15%) Simulink
3 3 (0.54%) Blender
3 3 (0.54%) CATIA
3 3 (0.54%) Maya
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.36%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 2 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 148 (26.48%) AWS
2 76 (13.60%) Azure
3 61 (10.91%) Cloud Computing
4 34 (6.08%) GCP
5 17 (3.04%) GitHub
5 17 (3.04%) Google Analytics
6 15 (2.68%) SaaS
7 9 (1.61%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.43%) Slack
9 7 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
10 6 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.89%) Google Ads
11 5 (0.89%) Prefect
11 5 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.72%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.54%) Serverless
13 3 (0.54%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.11%) Broadband
2 17 (3.04%) Multicast
3 6 (1.07%) 5G
3 6 (1.07%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.72%) Internet
5 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.36%) Firewall
6 2 (0.36%) Network Security
7 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.18%) IPsec
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
7 1 (0.18%) RS-422
7 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.18%) Wireless
7 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.83%) GIS
2 22 (3.94%) BigQuery
3 21 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
3 21 (3.76%) QGIS
3 21 (3.76%) Spatial Data
4 20 (3.58%) Metadata
4 20 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.22%) Big Data
6 12 (2.15%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.97%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.43%) Hadoop
8 8 (1.43%) Tableau
9 7 (1.25%) Power BI
10 6 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.89%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.54%) MySQL
12 3 (0.54%) Redis
12 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 75 (13.42%) Visual Studio Code
2 69 (12.34%) Git
3 24 (4.29%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (3.40%) JIRA
5 16 (2.86%) GitLab
6 3 (0.54%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) CMake
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 154 (27.55%) Finance
2 82 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 72 (12.88%) Retail
5 61 (10.91%) Manufacturing
6 39 (6.98%) Marketing
7 29 (5.19%) Electronics
8 26 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (4.29%) Front Office
10 20 (3.58%) Banking
11 16 (2.86%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.86%) Automotive
12 13 (2.33%) Advertising
12 13 (2.33%) Games
13 7 (1.25%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.25%) Legal
14 6 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.72%) French Language
15 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (25.22%) Software Engineer
2 128 (22.90%) Senior
3 103 (18.43%) Developer
4 54 (9.66%) Senior Software Engineer
5 53 (9.48%) Python Developer
6 52 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 52 (9.30%) Programmer
7 51 (9.12%) Trainee
7 51 (9.12%) Trainee Programmer
8 44 (7.87%) Senior Developer
9 40 (7.16%) C++ Software Engineer
10 29 (5.19%) Python Engineer
11 28 (5.01%) Lead
12 25 (4.47%) Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.29%) Consultant
13 24 (4.29%) Data Scientist
13 24 (4.29%) FPGA Engineer
13 24 (4.29%) Python Software Engineer
13 24 (4.29%) Senior Python Developer
14 22 (3.94%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (14.31%) NumPy
1 80 (14.31%) Pandas
2 61 (10.91%) scikit-learn
3 60 (10.73%) Streamlit
4 58 (10.38%) Matplotlib
5 55 (9.84%) Hugging Face
6 48 (8.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 48 (8.59%) PyTorch
7 25 (4.47%) Django
7 25 (4.47%) TensorFlow
8 20 (3.58%) FIX Protocol
9 17 (3.04%) HTML
9 17 (3.04%) pytest
10 16 (2.86%) .NET
11 15 (2.68%) React
12 13 (2.33%) CSS
12 13 (2.33%) REST
13 10 (1.79%) Flask
13 10 (1.79%) RESTful
14 8 (1.43%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.10%) Data Structures
2 52 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (7.16%) Equities
4 31 (5.55%) FPGA
5 28 (5.01%) Embedded Systems
6 27 (4.83%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.47%) Hedge funds
8 23 (4.11%) Product Ownership
9 22 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (3.76%) PCIe
10 21 (3.76%) VHDL
11 18 (3.22%) Derivative
11 18 (3.22%) Fixed Income
12 16 (2.86%) Video\Live Streaming
13 13 (2.33%) Robotics
14 12 (2.15%) NVMe
15 10 (1.79%) Onboarding
15 10 (1.79%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.61%) Over-the-Top Content
17 8 (1.43%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.63%) Linux
2 8 (1.43%) Windows
3 7 (1.25%) Robot Operating System
4 5 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.54%) Android
6 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.36%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (40.61%) Software Engineering
2 182 (32.56%) Machine Learning
3 177 (31.66%) AI
4 153 (27.37%) Computer Science
5 112 (20.04%) Data Science
6 105 (18.78%) Analytics
7 102 (18.25%) OOP
8 96 (17.17%) Visualisation
9 94 (16.82%) Agile
10 93 (16.64%) OO
11 78 (13.95%) Workflow
12 76 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
13 69 (12.34%) LLM
14 60 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 60 (10.73%) Decision-Making
14 60 (10.73%) Signal Processing
15 59 (10.55%) CI/CD
16 56 (10.02%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
17 55 (9.84%) Conversational UI
17 55 (9.84%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 355 (63.51%) Python
2 152 (27.19%) C++
3 51 (9.12%) C
4 50 (8.94%) SQL
5 44 (7.87%) C#
6 23 (4.11%) MATLAB
7 21 (3.76%) Java
7 21 (3.76%) Rust
8 18 (3.22%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.86%) Go
10 15 (2.68%) JavaScript
11 14 (2.50%) Assembly Language
12 13 (2.33%) R
13 10 (1.79%) Embedded C
13 10 (1.79%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.72%) Julia
14 4 (0.72%) Scala
15 3 (0.54%) VBA
16 2 (0.36%) Bash
17 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (22.18%) Degree
2 63 (11.27%) AWS Certification
3 54 (9.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 47 (8.41%) Security Cleared
5 44 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (6.62%) Master's Degree
7 22 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.58%) PhD
9 19 (3.40%) DV Cleared
10 16 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.72%) MBA
13 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.18%) HND
15 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.05%) QA
2 24 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 15 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.07%) GDPR
6 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.36%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.36%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.36%) MISRA
8 2 (0.36%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.18%) EMIR
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (6.44%) Docker
2 35 (6.26%) Firmware
3 13 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.97%) Terraform
3 8 (1.43%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.89%) SCCM
4 5 (0.89%) SCOM
4 5 (0.89%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 63 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.48%) Google
3 17 (3.04%) IBM
4 16 (2.86%) Altera
5 13 (2.33%) Databricks
5 13 (2.33%) Xilinx
6 9 (1.61%) Screaming Frog
7 6 (1.07%) Botify
8 5 (0.89%) Dell
8 5 (0.89%) HP
8 5 (0.89%) McAfee
8 5 (0.89%) VMware
9 4 (0.72%) BT
9 4 (0.72%) TikTok
10 3 (0.54%) Ahrefs
10 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.54%) Rockwell
11 2 (0.36%) YouTube
12 1 (0.18%) Instagram
12 1 (0.18%) Thales