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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

algorithms

464 live US technical postings name algorithms in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 464 postings naming algorithms that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer82.1%
  2. 2Machine Learning Engineer5.4%
  3. 3Data Scientist2.6%
  4. 4Backend Engineer2.4%
  5. 5DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.4%
  6. 6Full-Stack Engineer2.2%
  7. 7AI Engineer1.1%
  8. 8Frontend Engineer1.1%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where algorithms is named
n = 324
10th
$119k
25th
$150k
Median
$191k
75th
$219k
90th
$250k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA16.4%
  2. 2New York, NY10.3%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA8.6%
  4. 4Remote7.5%
  5. 5Seattle, WA6%
  6. 6Chicago, IL4.7%
  7. 7Boston, MA3.7%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.4%

How we counted

668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.