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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 650 724
Rank change year-on-year -13 +74 +240
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 5 50 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.098% 0.092%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.041% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 26 58
10th Percentile - £37,185 -
25th Percentile £40,015 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £52,147 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -11.24% +35.84%
75th Percentile £60,715 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,486 £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,430 £54,254 £54,130
% change year-on-year +4.01% +0.23% +25.16%

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 12,191 17,354 27,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.83% 33.95% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8,809 10,204 22,597
10th Percentile £33,350 £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +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

Fortran
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortran over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Top 5 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 5 February 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
Work from Home +36 5 £56,430 +34.36% 3
England +21 5 £56,430 +8.52% 3
UK excluding London -12 5 £56,430 +4.01% 3
South East -15 4 £49,220 -5.35%
East of England - 1 £72,500 -

Fortran
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 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Development Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) OpenCL
1 1 (20.00%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Physics
2 4 (80.00%) SDLC
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) LLM
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Bash
2 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (80.00%) PhD
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check