Computer Science Jobs in London

Computer Science
England > London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 34 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 +4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,526 2,281 5,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.30% 7.12% 7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.01% 7.47% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 1,422 1,796
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,784 30,521 71,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.99% 95.21% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,935 22,372 34,275
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in London.

Salary trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Central London +30 295 £80,000 -5.88% 55
South London -4 20 £72,500 +19.24% 10
West London -31 19 £64,000 +5.09% 37
East London +20 9 £93,750 +70.45% 16
North London -7 2 £76,250 +8.93% 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 79 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (4.19%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.62%) SharePoint
4 34 (2.23%) CMS
5 33 (2.16%) Apache
6 25 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (1.38%) Confluence
8 12 (0.79%) Jupyter
8 12 (0.79%) SAS
9 9 (0.59%) IIS
10 6 (0.39%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.26%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.13%) Drupal
12 2 (0.13%) Luigi
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
13 1 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.066%) Hyperledger
13 1 (0.066%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.18%) Photoshop
3 10 (0.66%) SPSS
4 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) Sketch
8 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) InVision
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 31 (2.03%) SDL Web 8
2 17 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.46%) Ripple
4 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 5 (0.33%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.066%) MetaTrader
7 1 (0.066%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.066%) Primavera
7 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.066%) Ripple XRP
7 1 (0.066%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 383 (25.10%) AWS
2 382 (25.03%) Azure
3 143 (9.37%) GCP
4 136 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (7.80%) Power Platform
6 70 (4.59%) SaaS
7 57 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
8 49 (3.21%) Serverless
9 40 (2.62%) PowerApps
10 31 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
10 31 (2.03%) GitHub
11 29 (1.90%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.44%) WhatsApp
14 18 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 18 (1.18%) IaaS
14 18 (1.18%) NuGet
14 18 (1.18%) PaaS
15 16 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 73 (4.78%) WAN
2 66 (4.33%) Wireless
3 63 (4.13%) WebEx
4 62 (4.06%) Cisco IOS
4 62 (4.06%) SD-WAN
5 57 (3.74%) Network Security
6 31 (2.03%) Firewall
6 31 (2.03%) TCP/IP
7 21 (1.38%) VPN
8 20 (1.31%) Internet
9 18 (1.18%) DNS
10 16 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.79%) LAN
12 9 (0.59%) DHCP
12 9 (0.59%) HTTP
13 8 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.39%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.33%) BGP
15 5 (0.33%) DKIM
15 5 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 108 (7.08%) Power BI
3 62 (4.06%) Relational Database
4 61 (4.00%) Big Data
4 61 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
5 57 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (3.74%) MySQL
6 54 (3.54%) Redis
7 46 (3.01%) NoSQL
7 46 (3.01%) Tableau
8 37 (2.42%) Hadoop
9 29 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.70%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 22 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 20 (1.31%) Apache Hive
14 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.85%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 160 (10.48%) Git
2 74 (4.85%) JIRA
3 56 (3.67%) GitLab
4 39 (2.56%) Jenkins
5 38 (2.49%) Moq
6 35 (2.29%) Visual Studio
7 34 (2.23%) TeamCity
8 33 (2.16%) NUnit
9 28 (1.83%) Burp Suite
9 28 (1.83%) Metasploit
10 21 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
10 21 (1.38%) Sourcetree
11 19 (1.25%) SpecFlow
12 18 (1.18%) git-flow
13 16 (1.05%) JUnit
14 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.52%) CMake
15 8 (0.52%) Maven
16 7 (0.46%) MSTest
General
1 769 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 410 (26.87%) Finance
3 358 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (6.75%) Marketing
5 91 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (4.59%) Banking
7 56 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.67%) Retail
8 53 (3.47%) Legal
9 52 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (3.01%) Law
11 44 (2.88%) Front Office
12 35 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.23%) Games
14 31 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.83%) Electronics
17 26 (1.70%) Back Office
18 24 (1.57%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 401 (26.28%) Developer
2 292 (19.13%) Senior
3 167 (10.94%) Lead
4 137 (8.98%) Software Engineer
5 122 (7.99%) Analyst
6 115 (7.54%) Senior Developer
7 112 (7.34%) Architect
8 71 (4.65%) IT Support
9 65 (4.26%) Support Specialist
10 64 (4.19%) IT Support Specialist
11 61 (4.00%) C# Developer
12 58 (3.80%) Full Stack Developer
13 53 (3.47%) Data Scientist
13 53 (3.47%) Java Developer
14 52 (3.41%) .NET Developer
15 50 (3.28%) Data Engineer
16 47 (3.08%) Senior Software Engineer
16 47 (3.08%) Software Developer
17 38 (2.49%) Python Developer
18 33 (2.16%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (15.07%) .NET
2 159 (10.42%) HTML
3 158 (10.35%) CSS
4 133 (8.72%) React
5 87 (5.70%) ASP.NET
6 72 (4.72%) Web Services
7 64 (4.19%) RESTful
8 62 (4.06%) .NET Framework
8 62 (4.06%) AngularJS
9 56 (3.67%) REST
10 55 (3.60%) Kafka
11 54 (3.54%) jQuery
11 54 (3.54%) Spring
12 53 (3.47%) XML
13 51 (3.34%) ASP.NET MVC
14 49 (3.21%) Entity Framework
15 48 (3.15%) SOAP
16 44 (2.88%) HTML5
17 40 (2.62%) Node.js
18 39 (2.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.57%) Algorithms
2 138 (9.04%) Management Information System
3 102 (6.68%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.77%) Client/Server
5 87 (5.70%) Greenfield Project
6 69 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
7 65 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
8 62 (4.06%) Wiki
9 57 (3.74%) Onboarding
10 42 (2.75%) Hedge funds
11 41 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 39 (2.56%) Product Ownership
13 33 (2.16%) Virtual Team
14 32 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
14 32 (2.10%) Legacy Code
15 29 (1.90%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.83%) Blockchain
16 28 (1.83%) IoT
16 28 (1.83%) Life Science
17 26 (1.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 171 (11.21%) Windows
2 136 (8.91%) Linux
3 78 (5.11%) Android
4 71 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 35 (2.29%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.83%) Kali Linux
7 21 (1.38%) Unix
8 17 (1.11%) Apple iOS
9 15 (0.98%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.066%) Debian
13 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (36.50%) Problem-Solving
2 395 (25.88%) Agile
3 390 (25.56%) Software Engineering
4 227 (14.88%) Machine Learning
5 225 (14.74%) Mathematics
6 215 (14.09%) Data Science
7 197 (12.91%) Analytics
8 173 (11.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 170 (11.14%) DevOps
10 161 (10.55%) Statistics
11 159 (10.42%) Mentoring
12 138 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
13 136 (8.91%) CI/CD
14 134 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
15 128 (8.39%) Full Stack Development
16 122 (7.99%) Data Modelling
16 122 (7.99%) Roadmaps
17 119 (7.80%) Data Analysis
18 115 (7.54%) Microservices
19 109 (7.14%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 446 (29.23%) Python
2 400 (26.21%) SQL
3 315 (20.64%) C#
4 235 (15.40%) JavaScript
5 223 (14.61%) Java
6 78 (5.11%) C++
6 78 (5.11%) TypeScript
7 60 (3.93%) R
8 55 (3.60%) PowerShell
9 54 (3.54%) T-SQL
10 48 (3.15%) C
11 36 (2.36%) PHP
11 36 (2.36%) Scala
12 29 (1.90%) Go
13 28 (1.83%) Kotlin
14 25 (1.64%) XPath
15 20 (1.31%) MATLAB
15 20 (1.31%) Rust
16 17 (1.11%) Bash
17 16 (1.05%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,351 (88.53%) Degree
2 809 (53.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 363 (23.79%) Master's Degree
4 83 (5.44%) PhD
5 74 (4.85%) CISSP
6 65 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 58 (3.80%) CISM
8 50 (3.28%) Security Cleared
9 43 (2.82%) SC Cleared
10 31 (2.03%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.77%) CISA
12 25 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
15 18 (1.18%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.85%) PMP
17 11 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (0.72%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.72%) GIAC
17 11 (0.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.11%) QA
2 53 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.29%) GDPR
5 25 (1.64%) NIST
6 21 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.46%) SLA
9 6 (0.39%) COBIT
9 6 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.39%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.20%) CDISC
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.20%) NCSC
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 128 (8.39%) Docker
2 98 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 64 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
4 62 (4.06%) Microsoft App-V
4 62 (4.06%) XenApp
4 62 (4.06%) XenDesktop
5 25 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (0.52%) HDFS
8 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.20%) Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.13%) LXC
12 1 (0.066%) NFS
12 1 (0.066%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.066%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.85%) Terraform
3 65 (4.26%) SCCM
4 62 (4.06%) AirWatch
5 23 (1.51%) Ansible
6 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.52%) Grafana
8 7 (0.46%) CASB
8 7 (0.46%) QRadar
8 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
9 6 (0.39%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.26%) Argo
11 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.20%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 299 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.64%) Cisco
3 79 (5.18%) Google
4 64 (4.19%) Citrix
5 40 (2.62%) Oracle
6 30 (1.97%) Adobe
7 25 (1.64%) Databricks
8 24 (1.57%) SAP
9 18 (1.18%) Cognizant
9 18 (1.18%) VMware
10 16 (1.05%) Splunk
11 13 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.59%) Apple
12 9 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.52%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.52%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.46%) Charles River
14 7 (0.46%) Kenna