Algorithms Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 233 240
Rank change year-on-year +132 +7 -78
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 453 455 595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.03% 1.34% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.75% 3.78% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 313 272 442
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £56,052
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.62% -13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £121,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +7.14%

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 5,843 12,025 16,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.07% 35.54% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,833 9,250 11,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Algorithms
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Algorithms trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Algorithms
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Algorithms.

Algorithms salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Algorithms salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.08%) Jupyter
2 6 (1.32%) CMS
3 4 (0.88%) WordPress
4 3 (0.66%) Apache
4 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 3 (0.66%) GemFire
5 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.44%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (1.10%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.66%) InDesign
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.44%) Simulink
5 1 (0.22%) Blender
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.91%) AWS
2 47 (10.38%) Azure
3 26 (5.74%) SaaS
4 21 (4.64%) GCP
5 16 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.99%) Amazon SageMaker
7 8 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (1.77%) Serverless
8 7 (1.55%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (1.32%) GitHub
9 6 (1.32%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.44%) Canva
10 2 (0.44%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.44%) IaaS
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.22%) MailChimp
11 1 (0.22%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.55%) WAN
2 6 (1.32%) Bluetooth
3 5 (1.10%) 5G
3 5 (1.10%) HTTP
3 5 (1.10%) Internet
3 5 (1.10%) RS-485
3 5 (1.10%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.10%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.88%) DNS
4 4 (0.88%) Multicast
4 4 (0.88%) SMTP
5 2 (0.44%) MQTT
6 1 (0.22%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.22%) SMS
6 1 (0.22%) SSL
6 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.82%) Big Data
2 44 (9.71%) NoSQL
3 19 (4.19%) Tableau
4 16 (3.53%) Power BI
5 9 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.99%) Redis
6 8 (1.77%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.55%) Data Mining
7 7 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.66%) Apache Ignite
10 3 (0.66%) InterSystems Cache
10 3 (0.66%) QGIS
11 2 (0.44%) GIS
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.22%) Metadata
12 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 144 (31.79%) Rational DOORS
2 34 (7.51%) Git
3 22 (4.86%) Eclipse
3 22 (4.86%) IntelliJ
3 22 (4.86%) Jasmine
3 22 (4.86%) JUnit
3 22 (4.86%) Karma Test Runner
3 22 (4.86%) Mockito
3 22 (4.86%) Protractor
4 12 (2.65%) JIRA
5 11 (2.43%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.32%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.32%) webpack
7 5 (1.10%) Subversion
7 5 (1.10%) Vite
8 4 (0.88%) Bazaar
9 1 (0.22%) Babel
9 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.22%) GitLab
9 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 167 (36.87%) Electronics
2 89 (19.65%) Finance
3 58 (12.80%) Social Skills
4 54 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (7.06%) Banking
6 32 (7.06%) Legal
7 24 (5.30%) Games
8 22 (4.86%) Marketing
9 16 (3.53%) Law
10 14 (3.09%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.21%) Automotive
13 9 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.99%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.55%) Retail
15 6 (1.32%) Tech for Good
16 5 (1.10%) Advertising
17 4 (0.88%) Front Office
18 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 148 (32.67%) Principal Engineer
2 145 (32.01%) Systems Engineer
3 144 (31.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 95 (20.97%) Senior
5 73 (16.11%) Software Engineer
6 68 (15.01%) Data Scientist
7 53 (11.70%) Developer
8 36 (7.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 34 (7.51%) Senior Data Scientist
10 30 (6.62%) Lead
11 29 (6.40%) Java Developer
12 20 (4.42%) Graduate
13 19 (4.19%) SaaS Developer
14 17 (3.75%) Backend Developer
14 17 (3.75%) Embedded Engineer
15 16 (3.53%) Data Science Graduate
16 14 (3.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
17 13 (2.87%) C++ Software Engineer
18 12 (2.65%) Senior Developer
18 12 (2.65%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.05%) React
2 30 (6.62%) AngularJS
3 26 (5.74%) RabbitMQ
3 26 (5.74%) TensorFlow
4 23 (5.08%) scikit-learn
5 22 (4.86%) Hibernate
5 22 (4.86%) JPA
6 17 (3.75%) PyTorch
7 16 (3.53%) .NET
8 13 (2.87%) Kafka
8 13 (2.87%) NumPy
8 13 (2.87%) Pandas
9 12 (2.65%) CSS
9 12 (2.65%) Keras
9 12 (2.65%) WebSockets
10 11 (2.43%) HTML
10 11 (2.43%) Node.js
11 10 (2.21%) ASP.NET
11 10 (2.21%) REST
12 9 (1.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.26%) Data Structures
2 46 (10.15%) Cyberattack
3 25 (5.52%) Credit Risk
4 16 (3.53%) Learning Management System
5 11 (2.43%) Client/Server
5 11 (2.43%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.43%) FPGA
6 10 (2.21%) IoT
7 9 (1.99%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.99%) Social Media
8 8 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.55%) Blog
9 7 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.32%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (16.56%) Linux
2 21 (4.64%) Windows
3 17 (3.75%) Unix
4 14 (3.09%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.32%) Android
5 6 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.66%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (36.64%) Technical Leadership
2 161 (35.54%) Signal Processing
3 153 (33.77%) Systems Engineering
4 144 (31.79%) Test Planning
5 138 (30.46%) Software Engineering
6 123 (27.15%) Machine Learning
7 119 (26.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 114 (25.17%) Computer Science
9 111 (24.50%) Data Science
10 105 (23.18%) Mathematics
11 102 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
12 99 (21.85%) Analytics
13 98 (21.63%) Visualisation
14 82 (18.10%) Agile
15 76 (16.78%) Statistics
16 65 (14.35%) Data Analysis
17 64 (14.13%) Decision-Making
18 61 (13.47%) Microservices
19 51 (11.26%) Data Analytics
19 51 (11.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 154 (34.00%) Python
2 96 (21.19%) SQL
3 82 (18.10%) Java
4 62 (13.69%) C++
5 55 (12.14%) JavaScript
6 45 (9.93%) C
7 32 (7.06%) C#
8 20 (4.42%) TypeScript
9 19 (4.19%) Go
10 10 (2.21%) Embedded C
11 9 (1.99%) Bash
12 8 (1.77%) Fortran
13 6 (1.32%) Ladder Logic
13 6 (1.32%) R
14 5 (1.10%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.88%) Ruby
16 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.44%) Rust
17 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.22%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 166 (36.64%) Degree
2 151 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 67 (14.79%) Security Cleared
4 60 (13.25%) DV Cleared
5 52 (11.48%) Master's Degree
6 46 (10.15%) PhD
7 40 (8.83%) Numerate Degree
8 39 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (4.42%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.99%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.44%) MBA
12 1 (0.22%) CISM
12 1 (0.22%) CISSP
12 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 22 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.65%) QA
4 5 (1.10%) GDPR
5 3 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 68 (15.01%) Docker
2 4 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (0.88%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 52 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.44%) Terraform
3 1 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 166 (36.64%) IBM
2 16 (3.53%) Databricks
3 14 (3.09%) Microsoft
4 12 (2.65%) Google
5 10 (2.21%) SAP
6 6 (1.32%) Siemens
7 5 (1.10%) Adobe
7 5 (1.10%) EMC
7 5 (1.10%) Oracle
8 3 (0.66%) Solace
8 3 (0.66%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.44%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.44%) F5
10 1 (0.22%) Thales
10 1 (0.22%) Xilinx