Computer Science Jobs in the North West

Computer Science
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 117 87
Rank change year-on-year +61 -30 +21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 395 217 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.52% 2.97% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.11% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 300 138 102
10th Percentile £28,900 £37,500 £29,450
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,025 £77,250
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
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,970 6,987 9,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.02% 95.58% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,539 3,850 5,342
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 the North West

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the North West.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester +82 241 £55,000 -9.54% 63
Cheshire +27 67 £40,000 -34.26% 24
Lancashire -4 51 £44,500 -6.32% 10
Merseyside -1 34 £41,235 -31.28% 9
Cumbria -18 2 £39,750 -34.62%
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.27%) SAS
3 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.76%) Trello
4 1 (0.25%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.28%) SAP CX
3 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.01%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.01%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.01%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.01%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 86 (21.77%) AWS
2 47 (11.90%) Azure
3 38 (9.62%) Amazon Kinesis
4 23 (5.82%) GCP
5 14 (3.54%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.78%) GitHub
8 10 (2.53%) Google Play
8 10 (2.53%) SaaS
9 9 (2.28%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.01%) Facebook Ads
11 4 (1.01%) Google Ads
11 4 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.01%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon MSK
12 2 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.51%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.56%) Firewall
2 14 (3.54%) Network Security
2 14 (3.54%) VPN
3 13 (3.29%) DNS
4 12 (3.04%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.53%) Ethernet
5 10 (2.53%) RS-232
6 7 (1.77%) DHCP
6 7 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.52%) VLAN
8 5 (1.27%) IPsec
8 5 (1.27%) SSL
9 4 (1.01%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.76%) Internet
10 3 (0.76%) VoIP
10 3 (0.76%) Wireless
11 2 (0.51%) BGP
11 2 (0.51%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.51%) LAN
11 2 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.10%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (7.59%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (6.58%) MySQL
4 25 (6.33%) DynamoDB
4 25 (6.33%) Redis
5 22 (5.57%) Amazon Aurora
6 20 (5.06%) Relational Database
7 18 (4.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (4.30%) SQL Server
9 16 (4.05%) MS Access
10 15 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (3.54%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.52%) Big Data
12 6 (1.52%) Data Lake
13 5 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.27%) Power BI
14 4 (1.01%) ActiveReports
14 4 (1.01%) Cognos Framework Manager
14 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (11.39%) Git
2 24 (6.08%) Gatling
3 15 (3.80%) JIRA
4 13 (3.29%) Postman
5 10 (2.53%) Appium
6 7 (1.77%) Subversion
7 5 (1.27%) InstallShield
8 4 (1.01%) CMake
8 4 (1.01%) GCC
8 4 (1.01%) GDB
8 4 (1.01%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.01%) JUnit
8 4 (1.01%) Mockito
9 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.51%) Selenium
10 2 (0.51%) webpack
11 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 162 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (9.11%) Electronics
4 29 (7.34%) Manufacturing
5 28 (7.09%) Games
6 24 (6.08%) Billing
6 24 (6.08%) Finance
7 12 (3.04%) Retail
8 10 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.03%) Legal
9 8 (2.03%) Marketing
10 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.52%) Advertising
11 6 (1.52%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Banking
12 4 (1.01%) Law
12 4 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 98 (24.81%) Developer
2 82 (20.76%) Software Engineer
3 75 (18.99%) Senior
4 30 (7.59%) Lead
5 24 (6.08%) Analyst
6 21 (5.32%) .NET Developer
7 19 (4.81%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (4.05%) Network Engineer
8 16 (4.05%) Senior Developer
9 15 (3.80%) Software Developer
10 14 (3.54%) Graduate
10 14 (3.54%) Technical Leader
11 11 (2.78%) Architect
11 11 (2.78%) Data Engineer
11 11 (2.78%) IT Manager
11 11 (2.78%) Software Manager
12 10 (2.53%) Android Developer
12 10 (2.53%) Games Developer
12 10 (2.53%) PHP Developer
12 10 (2.53%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (17.47%) .NET
2 43 (10.89%) REST
3 38 (9.62%) Web Services
4 36 (9.11%) HTML
5 33 (8.35%) JSON
6 26 (6.58%) GraphQL
7 24 (6.08%) Node.js
8 23 (5.82%) CSS
9 22 (5.57%) http4s
9 22 (5.57%) Scalaz
10 16 (4.05%) Lambda Expressions
11 14 (3.54%) .NET Framework
11 14 (3.54%) Spring
12 13 (3.29%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.29%) WinForms
13 10 (2.53%) Android SDK
13 10 (2.53%) Electron
13 10 (2.53%) React
14 9 (2.28%) RESTful
15 7 (1.77%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.08%) Blog
2 24 (6.08%) Media Streaming
3 13 (3.29%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.53%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.03%) Animation
7 8 (2.03%) AS400
7 8 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (1.77%) Life Science
8 7 (1.77%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.77%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.77%) Video\Live Streaming
9 6 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.52%) iSeries
10 5 (1.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.10%) Linux
2 22 (5.57%) Windows
3 15 (3.80%) Android
4 5 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.01%) Windows Vista
6 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (37.22%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (33.67%) Software Engineering
3 113 (28.61%) Agile
4 67 (16.96%) Analytics
5 61 (15.44%) DevOps
6 54 (13.67%) Mentoring
7 52 (13.16%) Open Source
8 50 (12.66%) Project Management
9 48 (12.15%) Design Patterns
10 45 (11.39%) Mathematics
11 44 (11.14%) SDLC
12 37 (9.37%) CI/CD
13 35 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (8.61%) Data Modelling
14 34 (8.61%) User Experience
15 30 (7.59%) OOP
15 30 (7.59%) Software Testing
16 28 (7.09%) ERP
17 27 (6.84%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.51%) C#
2 78 (19.75%) SQL
3 73 (18.48%) Java
4 50 (12.66%) Python
5 49 (12.41%) JavaScript
6 27 (6.84%) Scala
7 25 (6.33%) PHP
8 22 (5.57%) C
9 16 (4.05%) C++
10 15 (3.80%) TypeScript
11 13 (3.29%) Kotlin
12 11 (2.78%) Embedded C
13 8 (2.03%) VB
14 7 (1.77%) Rust
15 5 (1.27%) R
16 4 (1.01%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
18 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 1 (0.25%) Go
18 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 368 (93.16%) Degree
2 213 (53.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (8.35%) Master's Degree
4 27 (6.84%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (5.57%) CCNP
6 17 (4.30%) CCNA
7 15 (3.80%) CISSP
8 14 (3.54%) PhD
9 11 (2.78%) PMP
10 10 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.53%) CISM
10 10 (2.53%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.28%) CCIE
12 8 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.52%) CISA
13 6 (1.52%) PCI QSA
13 6 (1.52%) Security Cleared
14 5 (1.27%) CCNA CyberOps
14 5 (1.27%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.08%) QA
2 16 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.78%) NIST
4 8 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.52%) PMO
7 5 (1.27%) GDPR
8 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) CDISC
10 1 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.25%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.28%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.28%) Firmware
2 7 (1.77%) Docker
3 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.25%) XenApp
5 1 (0.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.30%) Terraform
2 8 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.76%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) CASB
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.82%) Google
3 17 (4.30%) SAP
4 16 (4.05%) Cisco
5 7 (1.77%) Juniper
6 6 (1.52%) F5
7 4 (1.01%) Cognos
7 4 (1.01%) Facebook
7 4 (1.01%) IBM
7 4 (1.01%) VMware
8 3 (0.76%) Databricks
8 3 (0.76%) Informatica
9 2 (0.51%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle
9 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.51%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.51%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.51%) Twitter
10 1 (0.25%) Renesas
10 1 (0.25%) Sitecore