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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 35 49
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,516 2,319 5,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.32% 7.07% 7.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 7.42% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,431 1,801
10th Percentile £41,289 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,688 £56,375 £53,000
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 £121,250 £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 21,652 31,243 69,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.32% 95.32% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,871 22,511 34,163
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,789 £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 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,055 £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 29 May 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 29 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
Central London +29 291 £80,000 -5.88% 65
South London +1 22 £81,500 +34.05% 9
West London -29 19 £64,000 +5.09% 37
East London +21 9 £93,750 +70.45% 14
North London -9 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 87 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (4.22%) Apache Spark
3 39 (2.57%) SharePoint
4 34 (2.24%) CMS
5 33 (2.18%) Apache
6 25 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (1.39%) Confluence
8 12 (0.79%) Jupyter
8 12 (0.79%) SAS
9 8 (0.53%) IIS
10 6 (0.40%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.26%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
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%) Hyperledger
13 1 (0.066%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.12%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.66%) SPSS
5 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) Sketch
9 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.066%) InVision
10 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.066%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 30 (1.98%) SDL Web 8
2 16 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
3 5 (0.33%) Endur
4 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.066%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.066%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.066%) Primavera
6 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.066%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 380 (25.07%) AWS
2 377 (24.87%) Azure
3 143 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 140 (9.23%) GCP
5 115 (7.59%) Power Platform
6 72 (4.75%) SaaS
7 58 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
8 50 (3.30%) Serverless
9 39 (2.57%) PowerApps
10 32 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (2.11%) GitHub
11 29 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.85%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.45%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.45%) WhatsApp
14 19 (1.25%) IaaS
14 19 (1.25%) PaaS
15 17 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 17 (1.12%) NuGet
16 15 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 81 (5.34%) WAN
2 74 (4.88%) Wireless
3 71 (4.68%) WebEx
4 70 (4.62%) Cisco IOS
4 70 (4.62%) SD-WAN
5 57 (3.76%) Network Security
6 31 (2.04%) Firewall
7 29 (1.91%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.25%) VPN
9 18 (1.19%) DNS
10 16 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.99%) Internet
12 12 (0.79%) LAN
13 9 (0.59%) DHCP
14 8 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.46%) HTTP
16 5 (0.33%) DKIM
16 5 (0.33%) SAN
17 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
18 3 (0.20%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 104 (6.86%) Power BI
3 62 (4.09%) Big Data
3 62 (4.09%) Relational Database
4 60 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
5 55 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
5 55 (3.63%) MySQL
5 55 (3.63%) Redis
6 47 (3.10%) NoSQL
7 46 (3.03%) Tableau
8 37 (2.44%) Hadoop
9 29 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.72%) Data Lake
10 26 (1.72%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 20 (1.32%) Apache Hive
13 16 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.86%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 157 (10.36%) Git
2 73 (4.82%) JIRA
3 55 (3.63%) GitLab
4 39 (2.57%) Jenkins
5 37 (2.44%) Moq
6 34 (2.24%) Visual Studio
7 33 (2.18%) TeamCity
8 32 (2.11%) NUnit
9 28 (1.85%) Burp Suite
9 28 (1.85%) Metasploit
10 20 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
10 20 (1.32%) Sourcetree
11 18 (1.19%) SpecFlow
12 17 (1.12%) git-flow
13 16 (1.06%) JUnit
14 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.53%) CMake
15 8 (0.53%) Maven
16 7 (0.46%) MSTest
General
1 769 (50.73%) Social Skills
2 399 (26.32%) Finance
3 351 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (6.79%) Marketing
5 92 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (4.22%) Banking
7 56 (3.69%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.69%) Retail
8 52 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
9 46 (3.03%) Legal
10 45 (2.97%) Front Office
11 38 (2.51%) Law
12 35 (2.31%) Games
13 34 (2.24%) Manufacturing
14 31 (2.04%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.85%) Back Office
16 28 (1.85%) Electronics
17 22 (1.45%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.25%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 399 (26.32%) Developer
2 282 (18.60%) Senior
3 167 (11.02%) Lead
4 129 (8.51%) Software Engineer
5 121 (7.98%) Analyst
6 113 (7.45%) Architect
7 111 (7.32%) Senior Developer
8 79 (5.21%) IT Support
9 73 (4.82%) Support Specialist
10 72 (4.75%) IT Support Specialist
11 60 (3.96%) C# Developer
12 57 (3.76%) Full Stack Developer
13 55 (3.63%) Java Developer
14 54 (3.56%) Data Scientist
15 50 (3.30%) .NET Developer
15 50 (3.30%) Data Engineer
16 47 (3.10%) Software Developer
17 42 (2.77%) Senior Software Engineer
18 38 (2.51%) Python Developer
19 35 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (14.97%) .NET
2 157 (10.36%) HTML
3 156 (10.29%) CSS
4 127 (8.38%) React
5 86 (5.67%) ASP.NET
6 71 (4.68%) Web Services
7 62 (4.09%) RESTful
8 60 (3.96%) .NET Framework
8 60 (3.96%) AngularJS
9 55 (3.63%) Kafka
9 55 (3.63%) REST
10 53 (3.50%) jQuery
10 53 (3.50%) XML
11 51 (3.36%) Spring
12 50 (3.30%) ASP.NET MVC
13 48 (3.17%) Entity Framework
14 47 (3.10%) SOAP
15 43 (2.84%) HTML5
16 40 (2.64%) Node.js
17 39 (2.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 147 (9.70%) Algorithms
2 138 (9.10%) Management Information System
3 102 (6.73%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.80%) Client/Server
5 87 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
6 73 (4.82%) Video Conferencing
7 70 (4.62%) Wiki
8 69 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
9 55 (3.63%) Onboarding
10 41 (2.70%) Hedge funds
11 39 (2.57%) Product Ownership
12 38 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 33 (2.18%) Virtual Team
14 31 (2.04%) Legacy Code
15 29 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
16 28 (1.85%) IoT
16 28 (1.85%) Life Science
16 28 (1.85%) Security Posture
17 25 (1.65%) Mobile App
18 23 (1.52%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 175 (11.54%) Windows
2 135 (8.91%) Linux
3 85 (5.61%) Android
4 79 (5.21%) Windows 10
5 34 (2.24%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.85%) Kali Linux
7 20 (1.32%) Unix
8 16 (1.06%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.86%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.53%) 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
1 549 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
2 388 (25.59%) Agile
3 382 (25.20%) Software Engineering
4 227 (14.97%) Machine Learning
5 222 (14.64%) Mathematics
6 216 (14.25%) Data Science
7 191 (12.60%) Analytics
8 172 (11.35%) Artificial Intelligence
9 170 (11.21%) DevOps
10 157 (10.36%) Statistics
11 156 (10.29%) Mentoring
12 138 (9.10%) CI/CD
13 135 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
14 134 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
15 126 (8.31%) Full Stack Development
16 124 (8.18%) Roadmaps
17 122 (8.05%) Data Modelling
18 119 (7.85%) Data Analysis
19 114 (7.52%) Microservices
20 109 (7.19%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 441 (29.09%) Python
2 396 (26.12%) SQL
3 312 (20.58%) C#
4 228 (15.04%) JavaScript
5 217 (14.31%) Java
6 77 (5.08%) C++
7 76 (5.01%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.96%) R
9 55 (3.63%) PowerShell
10 52 (3.43%) T-SQL
11 47 (3.10%) C
12 36 (2.37%) PHP
13 34 (2.24%) Scala
14 29 (1.91%) Kotlin
15 27 (1.78%) Go
16 24 (1.58%) XPath
17 19 (1.25%) MATLAB
18 16 (1.06%) Bash
18 16 (1.06%) VBA
19 15 (0.99%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,349 (88.98%) Degree
2 811 (53.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 369 (24.34%) Master's Degree
4 80 (5.28%) PhD
5 75 (4.95%) CISSP
6 63 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (3.89%) CISM
8 52 (3.43%) Security Cleared
9 44 (2.90%) SC Cleared
10 27 (1.78%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.78%) CISA
11 26 (1.72%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
13 18 (1.19%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.86%) PMP
15 11 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.73%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.73%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.28%) QA
2 56 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.31%) GDPR
3 35 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.58%) NIST
5 21 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.46%) SLA
8 6 (0.40%) COBIT
8 6 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.40%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.33%) GRC
10 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
10 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.20%) CDISC
11 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.20%) NCSC
11 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 124 (8.18%) Docker
2 106 (6.99%) Active Directory
3 72 (4.75%) VMware ESXi
4 70 (4.62%) Microsoft App-V
4 70 (4.62%) XenApp
4 70 (4.62%) XenDesktop
5 23 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (0.53%) 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 83 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 73 (4.82%) SCCM
3 72 (4.75%) Terraform
4 70 (4.62%) AirWatch
5 22 (1.45%) Ansible
6 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.53%) Grafana
8 7 (0.46%) CASB
8 7 (0.46%) QRadar
8 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.40%) CloudHub
9 6 (0.40%) 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%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 303 (19.99%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.20%) Cisco
3 80 (5.28%) Google
4 72 (4.75%) Citrix
5 41 (2.70%) Oracle
6 30 (1.98%) Adobe
7 26 (1.72%) SAP
8 25 (1.65%) Databricks
9 18 (1.19%) VMware
10 17 (1.12%) Cognizant
11 16 (1.06%) Splunk
12 13 (0.86%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.59%) Apple
13 9 (0.59%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.53%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.46%) Charles River
15 7 (0.46%) Kenna