Fortran
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Fortran skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 611 772
Rank change year-on-year - +161 +196
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 0 19 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.046% 0.099%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.14% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 17 79
10th Percentile - - £39,500
25th Percentile - £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% +27.17%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £52,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year - -3.26% +24.28%

All Programming Languages
UK

Fortran 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 15,044 13,610 32,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 33.11% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,325 10,242 24,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

Fortran
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Fortran job vacancy trend in the UK

Fortran
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fortran.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fortran