Complexity Analysis Job Trends

Complexity Analysis (Analysis of Algorithms)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Complexity Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 682 700
Rank change year-on-year +34 +18 +255
Permanent jobs citing Complexity Analysis 5 17 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.032% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.035% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 18
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £111,250 £35,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £36,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +208.22% -47.44% -26.90%
75th Percentile £113,750 £37,250 £96,539
90th Percentile - - £111,746
UK excluding London median annual salary - £36,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -45.93% -3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Complexity Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Complexity Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Complexity Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Complexity Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Complexity Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Complexity Analysis

Complexity Analysis
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Complexity Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
London +58 5 £112,500 - 2
England +50 5 £112,500 +208.22% 7

Complexity Analysis
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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 5 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Applied Mathematics
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 5 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 5 (100.00%) Order Management
1 5 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 5 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 5 (100.00%) Quantitative Trading
1 5 (100.00%) Statistics
1 5 (100.00%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 5 (100.00%) PhD