Fortran
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fortran skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fortran over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 938 1202
Rank change year-on-year +135 +264 -309
Permanent jobs citing Fortran 99 34 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.034% 0.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.30% 0.078% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 84 26 20
10th Percentile £39,000 - £34,753
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,875 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £43,250 £49,729
Median % change year-on-year +24.28% -13.03% +97.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £51,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £52,188 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £43,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.39% -24.78% +128.19%

All Programming Languages
UK

Fortran is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,162 43,852 84,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.46% 43.27% 54.01%
Number of salaries quoted 24,974 27,985 43,449
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,275 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.55% +6.22%

Fortran
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortran over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Fortran in the UK

Fortran
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortran within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +166 99 £53,750 +24.28% 20
UK excluding London +68 98 £52,500 +21.39% 18
South East +69 87 £53,750 +24.28% 9
Work from Home +79 13 £38,500 - 6
North of England +52 5 - -
South West - 5 - - 5
North West - 5 - -
Midlands -10 1 £49,990 +27.30% 3
East Midlands -16 1 £49,990 +27.30%
London - 1 £175,000 -

Fortran
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:

Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Visual Studio
2 12 (12.12%) Jenkins
3 11 (11.11%) GitLab
4 8 (8.08%) CMake
5 7 (7.07%) Git
5 7 (7.07%) JIRA
5 7 (7.07%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (7.07%) TestRail
6 5 (5.05%) Clang
6 5 (5.05%) LabVIEW
6 5 (5.05%) NetBeans
General
1 37 (37.37%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (25.25%) Senior
1 25 (25.25%) Software Engineer
2 15 (15.15%) Junior
3 11 (11.11%) Architect
3 11 (11.11%) Physicist
3 11 (11.11%) Software Architect
4 9 (9.09%) Computer Scientist
4 9 (9.09%) Research Scientist
5 8 (8.08%) Research Engineer
5 8 (8.08%) Research Software Engineer
6 7 (7.07%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (6.06%) Developer
7 6 (6.06%) Scientific Software Developer
7 6 (6.06%) Senior Computer Scientist
7 6 (6.06%) Software Developer
8 5 (5.05%) Compiler Engineer
8 5 (5.05%) Software Manager
9 3 (3.03%) Graduate
9 3 (3.03%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 3 (3.03%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (21.21%) OpenMP
2 16 (16.16%) OpenACC
3 8 (8.08%) OpenCL
4 7 (7.07%) HTML
4 7 (7.07%) HTML5
4 7 (7.07%) OpenGL
4 7 (7.07%) QML
4 7 (7.07%) Qt
4 7 (7.07%) VTK
4 7 (7.07%) Vulkan
4 7 (7.07%) WinForms
4 7 (7.07%) WPF
5 5 (5.05%) JavaFX
5 5 (5.05%) LLVM
6 1 (1.01%) Keras
6 1 (1.01%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.01%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 69 (69.70%) Algorithms
2 29 (29.29%) CUDA
3 18 (18.18%) Data Structures
4 17 (17.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.03%) PMI
7 1 (1.01%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 37 (37.37%) Linux
2 33 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (86.87%) Physics
2 76 (76.77%) Computer Science
3 61 (61.62%) Mathematics
4 54 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (48.48%) Parallel Programming
6 31 (31.31%) Chemistry
7 26 (26.26%) Machine Learning
8 25 (25.25%) Software Engineering
9 24 (24.24%) Software Testing
10 18 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
11 17 (17.17%) Complexity Analysis
11 17 (17.17%) OO
11 17 (17.17%) OOD
12 16 (16.16%) Agile
12 16 (16.16%) Monte Carlo Method
13 14 (14.14%) Code Optimisation
13 14 (14.14%) Prototyping
14 13 (13.13%) Open Source
15 12 (12.12%) SDLC
16 7 (7.07%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 86 (86.87%) Python
2 66 (66.67%) C++
3 59 (59.60%) C
4 20 (20.20%) Bash
5 18 (18.18%) C#
6 16 (16.16%) SQL
7 10 (10.10%) MATLAB
8 7 (7.07%) C-shell
8 7 (7.07%) Perl
8 7 (7.07%) PowerShell
9 5 (5.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (98.99%) Degree
2 62 (62.63%) PhD
3 50 (50.51%) Master's Degree
4 41 (41.41%) Security Cleared
5 10 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) ISO 9001
1 5 (5.05%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) Ansible
1 5 (5.05%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) Atlassian