Fortran Job Trends

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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 622 778
Rank change year-on-year - +156 +174
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 0 26 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.061% 0.085%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 18 62
10th Percentile - £35,750 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.96% +30.64%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -5.45% +27.17%

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 13,778 14,448 30,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.02% 34.07% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,646 10,243 24,384
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -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