Hybrid/Remote Algorithms Job Trends

Algorithms
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 200 237
Rank change year-on-year -100 +37 +27
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 136 254 435
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 1.54% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 3.60% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 90 126 223
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -9.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £125,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,049 7,052 11,048
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.69% 42.72% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,972 3,642 8,375
10th Percentile £34,535 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,250 £112,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -14.60%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Algorithms and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Algorithms job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Algorithms
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Algorithms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Algorithms salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.41%) SAS
2 5 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.47%) CMS
3 2 (1.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Blender
1 3 (2.21%) Maya
1 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.50%) Azure
1 17 (12.50%) Google Analytics
2 16 (11.76%) AWS
3 10 (7.35%) Google Ads
4 9 (6.62%) SaaS
5 8 (5.88%) Slack
6 5 (3.68%) GCP
6 5 (3.68%) Prefect
7 3 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.21%) Azure Machine Learning
7 3 (2.21%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.21%) Vertex AI
8 2 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.47%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.74%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.74%) GitHub
9 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.18%) Broadband
2 6 (4.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.74%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.91%) Metadata
2 11 (8.09%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (5.15%) Big Data
3 7 (5.15%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.21%) Power BI
5 2 (1.47%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.74%) GIS
6 1 (0.74%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.74%) Parquet
6 1 (0.74%) Presto
6 1 (0.74%) QGIS
6 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (8.82%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.74%) CMake
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) MLflow
4 1 (0.74%) Valgrind
General
1 35 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 24 (17.65%) Marketing
4 17 (12.50%) Finance
5 10 (7.35%) Automotive
6 9 (6.62%) Electronics
6 9 (6.62%) Retail
7 7 (5.15%) Games
8 4 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Humanities
9 3 (2.21%) Social Science
9 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.47%) Advertising
10 2 (1.47%) Front Office
11 1 (0.74%) Billing
11 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (25.00%) Senior
2 32 (23.53%) Developer
3 18 (13.24%) Senior Developer
4 17 (12.50%) SEO Specialist
5 16 (11.76%) Lead
6 15 (11.03%) Backend Developer
6 15 (11.03%) Senior Backend Developer
7 14 (10.29%) Software Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Python Developer
9 7 (5.15%) Data Scientist
9 7 (5.15%) Research Scientist
9 7 (5.15%) SEO Executive
10 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (2.94%) Analyst
11 4 (2.94%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 4 (2.94%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (2.94%) Software Developer
12 3 (2.21%) Research Engineer
12 3 (2.21%) Research Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.50%) PyTorch
2 16 (11.76%) TensorFlow
3 11 (8.09%) CSS
3 11 (8.09%) HTML
4 8 (5.88%) OpenCV
4 8 (5.88%) REST
4 8 (5.88%) TFX
5 7 (5.15%) SciPy
6 6 (4.41%) NumPy
6 6 (4.41%) Pandas
6 6 (4.41%) Streamlit
7 5 (3.68%) Google JAX
7 5 (3.68%) JAX
8 4 (2.94%) .NET
8 4 (2.94%) Django
8 4 (2.94%) Yocto
9 3 (2.21%) Express.js
9 3 (2.21%) Node.js
9 3 (2.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 3 (2.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.85%) Data Structures
2 20 (14.71%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (11.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (8.09%) Product Ownership
5 9 (6.62%) Over-the-Top Content
6 8 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (5.15%) Low-Code
8 6 (4.41%) Clustering
8 6 (4.41%) IoT
8 6 (4.41%) Robotics
9 5 (3.68%) Device Driver
9 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.94%) Client/Server
11 3 (2.21%) Blog
11 3 (2.21%) Credit Risk
11 3 (2.21%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (2.21%) Equities
11 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.47%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.35%) Linux
2 4 (2.94%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.47%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (43.38%) AI
2 55 (40.44%) Software Engineering
3 42 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (30.15%) Analytics
5 40 (29.41%) Machine Learning
6 34 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (23.53%) Data Science
8 29 (21.32%) SEO
9 27 (19.85%) Clean Code
9 27 (19.85%) Data Analysis
10 24 (17.65%) Generative AI
11 22 (16.18%) Link Building
12 21 (15.44%) Signal Processing
13 20 (14.71%) Computer Science
13 20 (14.71%) Validation
14 19 (13.97%) Decision-Making
15 18 (13.24%) Mentoring
16 17 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (12.50%) Deep Learning
17 16 (11.76%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 78 (57.35%) Python
2 18 (13.24%) SQL
3 14 (10.29%) C++
4 12 (8.82%) C
5 8 (5.88%) C#
5 8 (5.88%) Go
6 6 (4.41%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.68%) Java
7 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.68%) Rust
8 4 (2.94%) Embedded C
8 4 (2.94%) Embedded C++
9 3 (2.21%) VBA
10 2 (1.47%) R
11 1 (0.74%) VC++
Qualifications
1 37 (27.21%) Degree
2 11 (8.09%) PhD
3 9 (6.62%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.35%) GDPR
2 8 (5.88%) QA
3 4 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.21%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.74%) EMIR
5 1 (0.74%) MiFID
System Software
1 8 (5.88%) Firmware
2 7 (5.15%) Docker
3 6 (4.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (5.88%) Kubeflow
2 3 (2.21%) Terraform
3 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (19.12%) Google
2 8 (5.88%) Databricks
3 6 (4.41%) Screaming Frog
4 5 (3.68%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.21%) Foundry
5 3 (2.21%) IBM
6 2 (1.47%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) Adobe
7 1 (0.74%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.74%) Instagram
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle
7 1 (0.74%) TikTok
7 1 (0.74%) YouTube