Computer Science Degree Jobs

Computer Science Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 156 119
Rank change year-on-year +50 -37 +41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2,488 2,288 5,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.47% 2.32% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.03% 7.01% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 1,434 1,516
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +57 2,213 £60,000 -1.56% 1,007
UK excluding London +38 1,557 £52,500 -12.50% 672
London +58 823 £75,000 -3.23% 569
Work from Home +109 775 £60,000 -4.00% 432
South East +31 533 £60,000 -1.32% 312
North of England +101 371 £50,000 -16.67% 105
Midlands +6 203 £50,000 -17.76% 84
North West +40 190 £50,000 -16.67% 56
Yorkshire +138 160 £46,000 -20.55% 31
South West -4 153 £47,500 -21.88% 51
West Midlands +43 132 £54,500 -12.80% 47
Scotland -57 129 £57,500 - 32
East of England +16 118 £40,000 -34.21% 77
East Midlands -26 69 £46,844 -1.38% 35
Wales -22 22 £34,000 -24.44% 9
North East -8 21 £52,500 +11.70% 21
Northern Ireland +15 19 £40,500 -7.43% 12
Isle of Man - 9 £37,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

Computer Science Degree
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
1 117 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.17%) FileNet
5 28 (1.13%) Apache
6 26 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (0.84%) Confluence
8 15 (0.60%) IIS
8 15 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 15 (0.60%) WordPress
9 8 (0.32%) CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Luigi
11 4 (0.16%) Appian
11 4 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WildFly
13 2 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.080%) Drupal
13 2 (0.080%) Moodle
Applications
1 62 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.81%) Simulink
3 44 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.32%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.080%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.080%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.040%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.040%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.040%) Revit
8 1 (0.040%) Sketch
8 1 (0.040%) Trello
8 1 (0.040%) UXPin
8 1 (0.040%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.32%) Shopify
4 5 (0.20%) Odoo
5 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.16%) Magento
5 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.12%) Relativity
6 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.080%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.040%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.040%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.040%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.040%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.040%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 519 (20.86%) Azure
2 491 (19.73%) AWS
3 196 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
4 169 (6.79%) GCP
5 129 (5.18%) Power Platform
6 107 (4.30%) Amazon S3
7 95 (3.82%) SaaS
8 93 (3.74%) GitHub
9 87 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
10 83 (3.34%) Serverless
11 66 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 60 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
13 59 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
14 55 (2.21%) PowerApps
15 44 (1.77%) Amazon Kinesis
16 43 (1.73%) Power Automate
17 31 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
17 31 (1.25%) Snowflake
18 28 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
19 26 (1.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 136 (5.47%) WAN
2 133 (5.35%) Network Security
3 117 (4.70%) Firewall
4 108 (4.34%) Wireless
5 91 (3.66%) Cisco IOS
5 91 (3.66%) SD-WAN
6 84 (3.38%) WebEx
7 57 (2.29%) TCP/IP
8 56 (2.25%) DNS
9 50 (2.01%) LAN
10 42 (1.69%) VPN
11 39 (1.57%) DHCP
12 35 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (1.33%) HTTP
14 32 (1.29%) VLAN
15 27 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
15 27 (1.09%) SAN
16 26 (1.05%) Internet
17 17 (0.68%) NAS
18 12 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 195 (7.84%) NoSQL
3 117 (4.70%) MySQL
3 117 (4.70%) Relational Database
4 114 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (4.46%) Power BI
6 92 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
7 69 (2.77%) Redis
8 66 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
9 56 (2.25%) Big Data
10 49 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 47 (1.89%) MongoDB
12 44 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
13 40 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 36 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
15 34 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
16 33 (1.33%) RDBMS
17 28 (1.13%) Hadoop
17 28 (1.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 340 (13.67%) Git
2 91 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 77 (3.09%) JIRA
4 54 (2.17%) GitLab
5 36 (1.45%) JUnit
6 35 (1.41%) Jasmine
7 32 (1.29%) Subversion
7 32 (1.29%) Visual Studio
8 30 (1.21%) Postman
9 29 (1.17%) Mockito
10 28 (1.13%) Burp Suite
10 28 (1.13%) Metasploit
11 21 (0.84%) CMake
12 18 (0.72%) Selenium
13 17 (0.68%) Vagrant
14 16 (0.64%) Appium
15 14 (0.56%) Moq
16 13 (0.52%) NUnit
17 12 (0.48%) Bitbucket
18 11 (0.44%) LabVIEW
General
1 1,237 (49.72%) Social Skills
2 448 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
3 427 (17.16%) Finance
4 144 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (5.10%) Manufacturing
6 124 (4.98%) Marketing
7 96 (3.86%) Electronics
8 91 (3.66%) Law
9 85 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 80 (3.22%) Retail
11 73 (2.93%) Legal
12 56 (2.25%) Banking
13 53 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
15 49 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 45 (1.81%) Games
17 36 (1.45%) Billing
18 34 (1.37%) Military
19 29 (1.17%) Back Office
20 26 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 680 (27.33%) Developer
2 358 (14.39%) Senior
3 327 (13.14%) Software Engineer
4 229 (9.20%) Lead
5 209 (8.40%) Architect
6 161 (6.47%) Software Developer
7 124 (4.98%) Senior Developer
8 122 (4.90%) Analyst
9 105 (4.22%) IT Support
10 96 (3.86%) Junior
11 89 (3.58%) IT Support Specialist
11 89 (3.58%) Support Specialist
12 80 (3.22%) .NET Developer
13 73 (2.93%) Full Stack Developer
13 73 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
14 72 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
15 68 (2.73%) Data Engineer
16 65 (2.61%) Support Engineer
17 61 (2.45%) Graduate
18 53 (2.13%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (14.55%) .NET
2 295 (11.86%) React
3 230 (9.24%) HTML
4 211 (8.48%) CSS
5 170 (6.83%) AngularJS
6 114 (4.58%) Spring
7 97 (3.90%) Node.js
8 95 (3.82%) REST
9 90 (3.62%) .NET Framework
10 87 (3.50%) ASP.NET
11 83 (3.34%) JSON
12 78 (3.14%) Web Services
13 76 (3.05%) Kafka
14 74 (2.97%) Vue
15 72 (2.89%) RESTful
16 70 (2.81%) .NET Core
17 56 (2.25%) XML
18 53 (2.13%) GraphQL
19 51 (2.05%) HTML5
20 49 (1.97%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 273 (10.97%) Management Information System
2 140 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 119 (4.78%) Algorithms
4 91 (3.66%) Cloud Native
5 85 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
6 82 (3.30%) Wiki
7 72 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 69 (2.77%) Data Centre
8 69 (2.77%) Mobile App
9 64 (2.57%) Product Ownership
10 52 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
11 47 (1.89%) Data Structures
12 44 (1.77%) IoT
13 42 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
14 40 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
15 37 (1.49%) Driving Licence
16 36 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
17 28 (1.13%) Life Science
17 28 (1.13%) Security Posture
18 25 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 384 (15.43%) Windows
2 338 (13.59%) Linux
3 154 (6.19%) Android
4 108 (4.34%) Windows 10
5 79 (3.18%) Windows Server
6 49 (1.97%) Mac OS
7 39 (1.57%) Unix
8 38 (1.53%) Apple iOS
9 29 (1.17%) Kali Linux
9 29 (1.17%) Ubuntu
10 23 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
11 18 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (0.64%) CentOS
13 14 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
14 10 (0.40%) Debian
15 6 (0.24%) VMS
16 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
18 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,424 (97.43%) Computer Science
2 1,079 (43.37%) Problem-Solving
3 688 (27.65%) Agile
4 640 (25.72%) Software Engineering
5 411 (16.52%) DevOps
6 307 (12.34%) Artificial Intelligence
7 303 (12.18%) CI/CD
8 274 (11.01%) Mentoring
9 261 (10.49%) Machine Learning
10 219 (8.80%) Cybersecurity
11 213 (8.56%) Mathematics
12 207 (8.32%) Analytics
13 202 (8.12%) SDLC
14 193 (7.76%) Project Management
15 185 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 184 (7.40%) Data Modelling
17 181 (7.27%) Microservices
18 179 (7.19%) Roadmaps
19 174 (6.99%) Test Automation
20 172 (6.91%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 559 (22.47%) Python
2 557 (22.39%) SQL
3 484 (19.45%) C#
4 474 (19.05%) JavaScript
5 377 (15.15%) Java
6 190 (7.64%) TypeScript
7 182 (7.32%) C++
8 126 (5.06%) C
9 99 (3.98%) PHP
10 78 (3.14%) PowerShell
11 50 (2.01%) Bash
11 50 (2.01%) Scala
12 45 (1.81%) Kotlin
13 40 (1.61%) R
14 38 (1.53%) Go
14 38 (1.53%) T-SQL
15 17 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.68%) Rust
16 16 (0.64%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2,488 (100.00%) Degree
2 437 (17.56%) Master's Degree
3 180 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 133 (5.35%) SC Cleared
5 124 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 91 (3.66%) CISSP
7 89 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
8 78 (3.14%) AWS Certification
9 69 (2.77%) Azure Certification
10 59 (2.37%) CCNA
11 52 (2.09%) CCNP
12 51 (2.05%) PhD
13 47 (1.89%) CISM
14 40 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 40 (1.61%) DBS Check
15 36 (1.45%) MCP
16 33 (1.33%) A+ Certification
16 33 (1.33%) PMI Certification
17 28 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 28 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (7.07%) QA
2 79 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.01%) GDPR
4 44 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.33%) NIST
6 30 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 22 (0.88%) SLA
8 18 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 12 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 12 (0.48%) PMO
12 10 (0.40%) COBIT
13 7 (0.28%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.24%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.080%) WAI
System Software
1 308 (12.38%) Docker
2 179 (7.19%) Active Directory
3 87 (3.50%) VMware ESXi
4 85 (3.42%) XenApp
5 82 (3.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 82 (3.30%) XenDesktop
6 37 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
7 30 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.68%) Firmware
9 16 (0.64%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.36%) vSphere
11 6 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 5 (0.20%) pfSense
13 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.080%) HDFS
14 2 (0.080%) LXC
15 1 (0.040%) OpenAM
15 1 (0.040%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 277 (11.13%) Kubernetes
2 144 (5.79%) Terraform
3 97 (3.90%) SCCM
4 82 (3.30%) AirWatch
5 57 (2.29%) Ansible
6 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.76%) Puppet
7 13 (0.52%) Grafana
8 12 (0.48%) ZABBIX
9 10 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.32%) Nagios
12 7 (0.28%) SCOM
12 7 (0.28%) WSUS
13 6 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 5 (0.20%) Argo
14 5 (0.20%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.20%) Kubeflow
14 5 (0.20%) Nessus
14 5 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 509 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.39%) Cisco
3 132 (5.31%) Google
4 93 (3.74%) Oracle
5 88 (3.54%) Citrix
6 55 (2.21%) SAP
7 50 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 48 (1.93%) VMware
9 39 (1.57%) Databricks
10 38 (1.53%) IBM
11 36 (1.45%) Xilinx
12 26 (1.05%) Splunk
13 24 (0.96%) Juniper
14 22 (0.88%) Apple
15 20 (0.80%) Facebook
16 16 (0.64%) F5
17 15 (0.60%) Sony
18 14 (0.56%) Atlassian
18 14 (0.56%) Fortinet
18 14 (0.56%) Xamarin