Fortran
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fortran skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fortran over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 798 933 1203
Rank change year-on-year +135 +270 -324
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 98 37 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.035% 0.019%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.30% 0.081% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 85 28 19
10th Percentile £39,000 - £34,517
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,875 £36,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% -27.92% +138.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £51,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £51,963 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £43,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.39% -27.92% +138.11%

All Programming Languages
UK

Fortran is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

Fortran
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortran over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortran within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +176 98 £52,500 +21.39% 13
UK excluding London +74 97 £52,500 +21.39% 13
South East +95 85 £53,750 +24.28% 4
Work from Home +100 14 £38,500 - 3
North of England +49 5 - -
South West - 5 - - 5
North West - 5 - -
Midlands +9 2 £49,990 +27.30% 3
East Midlands -13 2 £49,990 +27.30%
London - 1 £175,000 -

Fortran
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:

Development Applications
1 14 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 12 (12.24%) Jenkins
3 9 (9.18%) CMake
3 9 (9.18%) GitLab
4 7 (7.14%) Git
4 7 (7.14%) JIRA
4 7 (7.14%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (7.14%) TestRail
5 5 (5.10%) Clang
5 5 (5.10%) LabVIEW
5 5 (5.10%) NetBeans
General
1 37 (37.76%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (26.53%) Senior
1 26 (26.53%) Software Engineer
2 15 (15.31%) Junior
3 11 (11.22%) Physicist
4 9 (9.18%) Architect
4 9 (9.18%) Computer Scientist
4 9 (9.18%) Research Engineer
4 9 (9.18%) Research Scientist
4 9 (9.18%) Research Software Engineer
4 9 (9.18%) Software Architect
5 8 (8.16%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Developer
6 6 (6.12%) Scientific Software Developer
6 6 (6.12%) Senior Computer Scientist
6 6 (6.12%) Software Developer
7 5 (5.10%) Compiler Engineer
7 5 (5.10%) Software Manager
8 3 (3.06%) Graduate
8 3 (3.06%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (22.45%) OpenMP
2 17 (17.35%) OpenACC
3 9 (9.18%) OpenCL
4 7 (7.14%) HTML
4 7 (7.14%) HTML5
4 7 (7.14%) OpenGL
4 7 (7.14%) QML
4 7 (7.14%) Qt
4 7 (7.14%) VTK
4 7 (7.14%) Vulkan
4 7 (7.14%) WinForms
4 7 (7.14%) WPF
5 5 (5.10%) JavaFX
5 5 (5.10%) LLVM
6 1 (1.02%) Keras
6 1 (1.02%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.02%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 70 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 30 (30.61%) CUDA
3 18 (18.37%) Data Structures
4 17 (17.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.06%) PMI
7 1 (1.02%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 37 (37.76%) Linux
2 34 (34.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (85.71%) Physics
2 74 (75.51%) Computer Science
3 61 (62.24%) Mathematics
4 54 (55.10%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (50.00%) Parallel Programming
6 31 (31.63%) Chemistry
7 26 (26.53%) Machine Learning
7 26 (26.53%) Software Engineering
8 22 (22.45%) Software Testing
9 18 (18.37%) Artificial Intelligence
10 17 (17.35%) Complexity Analysis
10 17 (17.35%) OO
10 17 (17.35%) OOD
11 14 (14.29%) Agile
11 14 (14.29%) Code Optimisation
11 14 (14.29%) Monte Carlo Method
11 14 (14.29%) Open Source
11 14 (14.29%) Prototyping
12 12 (12.24%) SDLC
13 7 (7.14%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 85 (86.73%) Python
2 66 (67.35%) C++
3 59 (60.20%) C
4 20 (20.41%) Bash
5 16 (16.33%) C#
6 14 (14.29%) SQL
7 10 (10.20%) MATLAB
8 7 (7.14%) C-shell
8 7 (7.14%) Perl
8 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
9 5 (5.10%) Java
Qualifications
1 97 (98.98%) Degree
2 63 (64.29%) PhD
3 50 (51.02%) Master's Degree
4 39 (39.80%) Security Cleared
5 10 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.06%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.02%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) ISO 9001
1 5 (5.10%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Ansible
1 5 (5.10%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.10%) Atlassian