Algorithms
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Algorithms over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 209 135
Rank change year-on-year +91 -74 +80
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 2,329 1,881 4,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.36% 1.81% 2.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.66% 4.24% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 755 847 1,193
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,779 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £103,474 £121,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Generic Skills
UK

Algorithms is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,988 44,314 74,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.70% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,940 34,254
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Algorithms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Algorithms.

Salary trend for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Algorithms over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Algorithms in the UK

Algorithms
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +96 1,972 £60,000 - 278
England +18 1,386 £65,000 -13.33% 501
Scotland +103 908 £65,000 +30.00% 24
South East +72 479 £58,000 -3.33% 92
Work from Home +20 459 £65,000 -13.33% 258
London -44 319 £85,000 - 238
Midlands +7 156 £62,500 +13.64% 36
North of England -66 150 £55,000 -8.33% 35
East of England +10 136 £65,000 - 63
South West +2 135 £60,000 -5.88% 30
North West -44 126 £60,000 -9.09% 24
West Midlands -21 81 £62,500 - 32
East Midlands +29 75 £56,245 +18.41% 4
Yorkshire -4 22 £50,000 -1.93% 10
Wales +12 6 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Northern Ireland +30 2 £67,500 -32.50% 1
North East -7 2 £91,200 +40.31% 1

Algorithms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 257 (11.03%) Apache Spark
2 71 (3.05%) Apache
3 21 (0.90%) FileNet
4 9 (0.39%) SAS
5 7 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.21%) Confluence
7 5 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.17%) ColdFusion
8 4 (0.17%) IIS
9 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.086%) CMS
10 2 (0.086%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.043%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.043%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.043%) Luigi
11 1 (0.043%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (4.94%) Simulink
2 71 (3.05%) Stateflow
3 23 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 13 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.34%) GNU Octave
7 7 (0.30%) CANalyzer
8 5 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.043%) Blender
10 1 (0.043%) InVision
10 1 (0.043%) Sketch
10 1 (0.043%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 6 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.13%) ProductWriter
3 2 (0.086%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.043%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.043%) Endur
4 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.043%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 577 (24.77%) AWS
2 430 (18.46%) Azure
3 238 (10.22%) IBM Cloud
4 209 (8.97%) Serverless
5 139 (5.97%) GCP
6 135 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
7 132 (5.67%) Azure Functions
8 125 (5.37%) Azure API Management
8 125 (5.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 125 (5.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 75 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
10 74 (3.18%) Amazon SQS
11 67 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
12 56 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
13 54 (2.32%) Amazon EMR
13 54 (2.32%) SaaS
14 51 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
14 51 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
15 46 (1.98%) Amazon S3
16 41 (1.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (0.94%) Wireless
2 18 (0.77%) J1939
3 14 (0.60%) Ethernet
4 9 (0.39%) Internet
4 9 (0.39%) OFDM
5 8 (0.34%) Firewall
5 8 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.30%) HTTP
7 6 (0.26%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.26%) OpenFlow
8 5 (0.21%) BGP
8 5 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.21%) IPsec
8 5 (0.21%) LAN
8 5 (0.21%) Modbus
8 5 (0.21%) NGFW
8 5 (0.21%) OSPF
8 5 (0.21%) SSL
8 5 (0.21%) VPN
8 5 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 519 (22.28%) NoSQL
2 266 (11.42%) PostgreSQL
3 244 (10.48%) MongoDB
4 238 (10.22%) DB2
5 228 (9.79%) Relational Database
6 223 (9.57%) Big Data
7 201 (8.63%) Hadoop
8 104 (4.47%) Apache Hive
9 86 (3.69%) HBase
10 77 (3.31%) Data Lake
11 76 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
12 66 (2.83%) Tableau
13 62 (2.66%) Redis
14 51 (2.19%) Electronic Patient Records
14 51 (2.19%) MySQL
14 51 (2.19%) SQL Server
15 41 (1.76%) Power BI
16 40 (1.72%) Qlik Sense
17 37 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
18 23 (0.99%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 211 (9.06%) Git
2 125 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 86 (3.69%) Bitbucket Server
4 73 (3.13%) JUnit
5 39 (1.67%) JIRA
6 25 (1.07%) Android Studio
7 22 (0.94%) GitLab
8 21 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.90%) Jasmine
8 21 (0.90%) Karma Test Runner
8 21 (0.90%) Protractor
8 21 (0.90%) Selenium
8 21 (0.90%) WebDriver
9 19 (0.82%) ClearCase
9 19 (0.82%) CMake
10 18 (0.77%) Plastic SCM
10 18 (0.77%) Subversion
11 16 (0.69%) Maven
12 14 (0.60%) ClearQuest
13 7 (0.30%) Moq
General
1 1,097 (47.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 941 (40.40%) Finance
3 825 (35.42%) Law
4 553 (23.74%) Legal
5 387 (16.62%) Social Skills
6 244 (10.48%) Public Sector
7 239 (10.26%) Marketing
8 184 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
9 156 (6.70%) Banking
10 119 (5.11%) Investment Banking
11 86 (3.69%) Electronics
12 53 (2.28%) Automotive
13 49 (2.10%) Retail
14 45 (1.93%) Military
15 41 (1.76%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.63%) Games
17 36 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
18 28 (1.20%) Front Office
19 24 (1.03%) Telecoms
20 23 (0.99%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 1,014 (43.54%) Software Engineer
2 402 (17.26%) Developer
3 277 (11.89%) Senior
4 272 (11.68%) Java Engineer
4 272 (11.68%) Java Software Engineer
5 265 (11.38%) Data Scientist
6 257 (11.03%) Full Stack Engineer
7 201 (8.63%) AWS Engineer
8 198 (8.50%) AWS Software Engineer
9 176 (7.56%) Data Engineer
10 171 (7.34%) Python Engineer
11 154 (6.61%) Python Software Engineer
12 147 (6.31%) Lead
13 144 (6.18%) Full Stack Developer
14 138 (5.93%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 134 (5.75%) Azure Developer
16 133 (5.71%) Big Data Engineer
16 133 (5.71%) Big Data Software Engineer
17 119 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
18 82 (3.52%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 448 (19.24%) React
2 415 (17.82%) AngularJS
3 368 (15.80%) HTML
4 343 (14.73%) CSS
5 330 (14.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 326 (14.00%) .NET
7 324 (13.91%) Web Services
8 310 (13.31%) jQuery
9 276 (11.85%) REST
10 266 (11.42%) Vue
11 256 (10.99%) Node.js
12 251 (10.78%) ASP.NET
13 239 (10.26%) ASP.NET Core
14 238 (10.22%) Backbone.js
14 238 (10.22%) Ember.js
15 222 (9.53%) Spring
16 156 (6.70%) Kafka
17 114 (4.89%) TensorFlow
18 105 (4.51%) J2EE
19 100 (4.29%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 569 (24.43%) Data Structures
2 271 (11.64%) Blockchain
3 244 (10.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 168 (7.21%) Onboarding
5 138 (5.93%) Cloud Native
6 113 (4.85%) e-Learning
7 50 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
8 47 (2.02%) Client/Server
9 43 (1.85%) Legacy Code
10 38 (1.63%) Management Information System
11 37 (1.59%) CUDA
12 34 (1.46%) FPGA
12 34 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
12 34 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (1.42%) Public Cloud
14 32 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
14 32 (1.37%) Product Ownership
14 32 (1.37%) VHDL
15 31 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
16 28 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 405 (17.39%) Linux
2 290 (12.45%) Windows
3 280 (12.02%) Android
4 249 (10.69%) Apple iOS
5 141 (6.05%) Unix
6 10 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.043%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,205 (51.74%) Software Engineering
2 1,151 (49.42%) Agile
3 1,118 (48.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 961 (41.26%) Machine Learning
5 922 (39.59%) Visualisation
6 845 (36.28%) CI/CD
7 790 (33.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 789 (33.88%) SDLC
9 686 (29.45%) Community of Practice
10 679 (29.15%) Operational Stability
11 552 (23.70%) Computer Science
12 517 (22.20%) Risk Management
13 505 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
14 466 (20.01%) Mathematics
15 414 (17.78%) Full Stack Development
16 412 (17.69%) Data Science
17 387 (16.62%) OO
18 340 (14.60%) User Experience
19 336 (14.43%) Mentoring
20 335 (14.38%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 1,070 (45.94%) Python
2 858 (36.84%) Java
3 830 (35.64%) SQL
4 438 (18.81%) JavaScript
5 406 (17.43%) C#
6 222 (9.53%) C
7 217 (9.32%) C++
8 166 (7.13%) MATLAB
9 130 (5.58%) TypeScript
10 125 (5.37%) PL/SQL
11 95 (4.08%) Scala
12 83 (3.56%) Go
13 74 (3.18%) R
14 70 (3.01%) Fortran
15 41 (1.76%) Bash
16 37 (1.59%) Embedded C
17 30 (1.29%) Kotlin
18 23 (0.99%) Haskell
18 23 (0.99%) Perl
19 17 (0.73%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 740 (31.77%) Degree
2 243 (10.43%) Master's Degree
3 192 (8.24%) PhD
4 189 (8.12%) Security Cleared
5 117 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 47 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 42 (1.80%) DBS Check
9 33 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.47%) HND
12 11 (0.47%) MBA
13 5 (0.21%) CCIE
13 5 (0.21%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.21%) JNCIE
14 4 (0.17%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (0.17%) Postgraduate
15 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (1.42%) QA
2 28 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 19 (0.82%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.82%) MISRA
4 18 (0.77%) Automotive SPICE
4 18 (0.77%) ISO 26262
5 16 (0.69%) GDPR
6 12 (0.52%) AUTOSAR
7 7 (0.30%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 5 (0.21%) IEC 61508
9 4 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.043%) MISRA C
System Software
1 86 (3.69%) HDFS
2 77 (3.31%) Docker
3 37 (1.59%) Firmware
4 8 (0.34%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.086%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.043%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 178 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 131 (5.62%) Terraform
3 45 (1.93%) Grafana
4 34 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.64%) Functional Safety
6 7 (0.30%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Istio
7 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.043%) SCCM
Vendors
1 263 (11.29%) IBM
2 241 (10.35%) Databricks
3 238 (10.22%) Red Hat
4 118 (5.07%) Oracle
5 101 (4.34%) Google
6 95 (4.08%) Microsoft
7 91 (3.91%) Informatica
8 56 (2.40%) Cloudera
9 48 (2.06%) Alteryx
10 46 (1.98%) Dynatrace
11 45 (1.93%) Splunk
12 26 (1.12%) OpenAI
13 23 (0.99%) Dell
14 18 (0.77%) Lauterbach
15 13 (0.56%) Facebook
15 13 (0.56%) NVIDIA
15 13 (0.56%) SAP
16 11 (0.47%) Instagram
17 8 (0.34%) Teradata
18 6 (0.26%) Adobe