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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 207 126
Rank change year-on-year +88 -81 +89
Permanent jobs citing Algorithms 2,323 1,742 5,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.26% 1.79% 3.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.57% 4.18% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 752 796 1,168
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +4.90% +10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,875 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

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 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +107 1,950 £60,000 - 442
England +13 1,431 £65,000 -13.33% 660
Scotland +121 860 £65,000 +32.65% 20
South East +85 490 £58,000 -3.33% 249
Work from Home +17 468 £62,847 -16.20% 247
London -35 339 £85,000 - 361
Midlands +6 159 £62,500 +19.05% 46
North of England -54 153 £55,000 -12.00% 48
East of England +2 141 £65,000 - 51
South West +5 139 £60,000 -8.37% 26
North West -36 131 £60,000 -7.69% 26
West Midlands -17 86 £57,500 -4.17% 36
East Midlands +20 73 £75,250 +58.42% 9
Yorkshire +4 20 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Wales +8 6 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Northern Ireland +21 2 £58,750 -41.25% 7
North East -8 2 £91,200 +40.31% 8

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
1 247 (10.63%) Apache Spark
2 72 (3.10%) Apache
3 21 (0.90%) FileNet
4 9 (0.39%) SAS
5 7 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.30%) Confluence
5 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.22%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.17%) ColdFusion
7 4 (0.17%) IIS
7 4 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.086%) CMS
10 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.043%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.043%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.043%) Luigi
10 1 (0.043%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.043%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (3.79%) Simulink
2 42 (1.81%) Stateflow
3 24 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 13 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.43%) GNU Octave
7 7 (0.30%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.043%) Blender
10 1 (0.043%) CapCut
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 1 (0.043%) Data Workbench
3 1 (0.043%) Endur
3 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.043%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 569 (24.49%) AWS
2 435 (18.73%) Azure
3 238 (10.25%) IBM Cloud
4 205 (8.82%) Serverless
5 135 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
6 132 (5.68%) Azure Functions
7 129 (5.55%) GCP
8 125 (5.38%) Azure API Management
8 125 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 125 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 73 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
10 67 (2.88%) Amazon SQS
11 65 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
12 55 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
13 53 (2.28%) Amazon EMR
14 50 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
14 50 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
15 49 (2.11%) SaaS
16 43 (1.85%) Power Platform
17 40 (1.72%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 22 (0.95%) Wireless
2 18 (0.77%) J1939
3 14 (0.60%) Ethernet
4 11 (0.47%) OFDM
5 9 (0.39%) Internet
6 8 (0.34%) Firewall
7 7 (0.30%) HTTP
7 7 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.22%) BGP
8 5 (0.22%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.22%) IPsec
8 5 (0.22%) LAN
8 5 (0.22%) Network Security
8 5 (0.22%) NGFW
8 5 (0.22%) OSPF
8 5 (0.22%) SSL
8 5 (0.22%) VLAN
8 5 (0.22%) VPN
8 5 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 518 (22.30%) NoSQL
2 266 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
3 244 (10.50%) MongoDB
4 238 (10.25%) DB2
5 229 (9.86%) Relational Database
6 215 (9.26%) Big Data
7 191 (8.22%) Hadoop
8 100 (4.30%) Apache Hive
9 85 (3.66%) HBase
10 80 (3.44%) Data Lake
11 75 (3.23%) Tableau
12 70 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
13 58 (2.50%) Redis
14 53 (2.28%) SQL Server
15 52 (2.24%) MySQL
16 50 (2.15%) Electronic Patient Records
17 43 (1.85%) Power BI
18 42 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
19 39 (1.68%) Qlik Sense
20 23 (0.99%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 220 (9.47%) Git
2 125 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 85 (3.66%) Bitbucket Server
4 73 (3.14%) JUnit
5 41 (1.76%) JIRA
6 25 (1.08%) Android Studio
7 24 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 22 (0.95%) GitLab
9 21 (0.90%) Jasmine
9 21 (0.90%) Karma Test Runner
9 21 (0.90%) Protractor
9 21 (0.90%) Selenium
9 21 (0.90%) WebDriver
10 19 (0.82%) ClearCase
11 18 (0.77%) Plastic SCM
12 16 (0.69%) CMake
12 16 (0.69%) Maven
12 16 (0.69%) Subversion
13 14 (0.60%) ClearQuest
14 7 (0.30%) Moq
General
1 1,080 (46.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 934 (40.21%) Finance
3 817 (35.17%) Law
4 551 (23.72%) Legal
5 412 (17.74%) Social Skills
6 244 (10.50%) Public Sector
7 239 (10.29%) Marketing
8 198 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
9 154 (6.63%) Banking
10 118 (5.08%) Investment Banking
11 86 (3.70%) Electronics
12 52 (2.24%) Automotive
13 49 (2.11%) Retail
14 46 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
15 43 (1.85%) Military
16 41 (1.76%) Manufacturing
17 39 (1.68%) Games
18 27 (1.16%) Front Office
19 24 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
20 23 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,000 (43.05%) Software Engineer
2 410 (17.65%) Developer
3 296 (12.74%) Senior
4 277 (11.92%) Data Scientist
5 269 (11.58%) Java Engineer
5 269 (11.58%) Java Software Engineer
6 257 (11.06%) Full Stack Engineer
7 200 (8.61%) AWS Engineer
8 197 (8.48%) AWS Software Engineer
9 176 (7.58%) Data Engineer
10 170 (7.32%) Python Engineer
11 153 (6.59%) Python Software Engineer
12 144 (6.20%) Full Stack Developer
13 136 (5.85%) Azure Developer
13 136 (5.85%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 130 (5.60%) Big Data Engineer
14 130 (5.60%) Big Data Software Engineer
15 126 (5.42%) Lead
16 122 (5.25%) Azure Engineer
17 95 (4.09%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 449 (19.33%) React
2 413 (17.78%) AngularJS
3 371 (15.97%) HTML
4 345 (14.85%) CSS
5 330 (14.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 329 (14.16%) .NET
7 324 (13.95%) Web Services
8 311 (13.39%) jQuery
9 278 (11.97%) REST
10 265 (11.41%) Vue
11 256 (11.02%) Node.js
12 251 (10.80%) ASP.NET
13 239 (10.29%) ASP.NET Core
14 238 (10.25%) Backbone.js
14 238 (10.25%) Ember.js
15 220 (9.47%) Spring
16 151 (6.50%) Kafka
17 130 (5.60%) TensorFlow
18 106 (4.56%) J2EE
19 100 (4.30%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 560 (24.11%) Data Structures
2 271 (11.67%) Blockchain
3 244 (10.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 167 (7.19%) Onboarding
5 136 (5.85%) Cloud Native
6 113 (4.86%) e-Learning
7 49 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
8 47 (2.02%) Client/Server
9 42 (1.81%) Legacy Code
10 38 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 35 (1.51%) CUDA
12 34 (1.46%) FPGA
12 34 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (1.42%) Product Ownership
14 32 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
14 32 (1.38%) Public Cloud
14 32 (1.38%) VHDL
15 31 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
16 27 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
17 24 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 415 (17.86%) Linux
2 289 (12.44%) Windows
3 281 (12.10%) Android
4 250 (10.76%) Apple iOS
5 149 (6.41%) Unix
6 10 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.043%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,201 (51.70%) Software Engineering
2 1,150 (49.50%) Agile
3 1,124 (48.39%) Artificial Intelligence
4 965 (41.54%) Machine Learning
5 931 (40.08%) Visualisation
6 843 (36.29%) CI/CD
7 792 (34.09%) SDLC
8 786 (33.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 681 (29.32%) Community of Practice
10 672 (28.93%) Operational Stability
11 569 (24.49%) Computer Science
12 516 (22.21%) Risk Management
13 511 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
14 485 (20.88%) Mathematics
15 422 (18.17%) Data Science
16 415 (17.86%) Full Stack Development
17 385 (16.57%) OO
18 334 (14.38%) Design Patterns
18 334 (14.38%) User Experience
19 332 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,074 (46.23%) Python
2 845 (36.38%) Java
3 842 (36.25%) SQL
4 439 (18.90%) JavaScript
5 411 (17.69%) C#
6 230 (9.90%) C
7 224 (9.64%) C++
8 141 (6.07%) MATLAB
9 133 (5.73%) TypeScript
10 124 (5.34%) PL/SQL
11 88 (3.79%) Scala
12 77 (3.31%) Fortran
13 74 (3.19%) Go
14 72 (3.10%) R
15 43 (1.85%) Bash
16 37 (1.59%) Embedded C
17 30 (1.29%) Kotlin
18 24 (1.03%) Perl
19 22 (0.95%) Haskell
20 18 (0.77%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 761 (32.76%) Degree
2 273 (11.75%) Master's Degree
3 207 (8.91%) PhD
4 198 (8.52%) Security Cleared
5 118 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (2.37%) SC Cleared
7 52 (2.24%) DBS Check
8 47 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 35 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (0.56%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.47%) HND
12 11 (0.47%) MBA
13 5 (0.22%) CCIE
13 5 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.22%) JNCIE
14 4 (0.17%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (0.17%) Postgraduate
15 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.51%) QA
2 32 (1.38%) Data Quality
3 19 (0.82%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.82%) MISRA
4 18 (0.77%) Automotive SPICE
4 18 (0.77%) GDPR
4 18 (0.77%) ISO 26262
5 12 (0.52%) AUTOSAR
6 7 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (0.22%) IEC 61508
8 4 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.043%) MISRA C
System Software
1 85 (3.66%) HDFS
2 73 (3.14%) 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
7 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.043%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 175 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 131 (5.64%) Terraform
3 45 (1.94%) Grafana
4 34 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.65%) Functional Safety
6 7 (0.30%) Ansible
7 3 (0.13%) Istio
7 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.086%) SCCM
9 1 (0.043%) FTK
9 1 (0.043%) SCOM
Vendors
1 263 (11.32%) IBM
2 252 (10.85%) Databricks
3 238 (10.25%) Red Hat
4 116 (4.99%) Oracle
5 109 (4.69%) Microsoft
6 97 (4.18%) Google
7 90 (3.87%) Informatica
8 55 (2.37%) Cloudera
9 47 (2.02%) Alteryx
10 46 (1.98%) Dynatrace
11 45 (1.94%) Splunk
12 24 (1.03%) OpenAI
13 18 (0.77%) Lauterbach
14 17 (0.73%) Dell
15 13 (0.56%) NVIDIA
16 12 (0.52%) Facebook
16 12 (0.52%) SAP
17 10 (0.43%) Instagram
18 8 (0.34%) Teradata
18 8 (0.34%) Xilinx