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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 671 751
Rank change year-on-year - +80 +101
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 0 10 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.020% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.069% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 84
10th Percentile - £47,593 £39,000
25th Percentile - £50,848 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,565 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year - +3.25% +31.63%
75th Percentile - £75,625 £68,750
90th Percentile - £78,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,565 £53,818
% change year-on-year - +3.25% +31.63%

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 17,684 14,432 32,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.44% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,594 24,025
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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