Computer Science Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 50 71 44
Rank change year-on-year +21 -27 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 3,439 2,615 4,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.61% 4.51% 5.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 4.72% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,256 1,367 1,599
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,416 55,447 69,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.37% 95.57% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,187 28,710 41,237
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +10 1,054 £60,000 +1.79% 229
North of England +75 665 £47,500 -13.64% 188
Scotland +6 591 £52,500 -4.55% 62
Midlands +20 408 £50,000 -4.76% 173
North West +66 378 £50,000 -16.67% 107
South West +11 364 £52,500 -11.30% 105
West Midlands +38 275 £50,000 -9.09% 82
East of England 0 256 £45,000 -10.00% 140
Yorkshire +89 227 £45,000 -14.29% 54
East Midlands -13 127 £42,500 -15.00% 91
North East +9 60 £48,734 +14.67% 30
Northern Ireland +16 46 £40,000 -20.00% 23
Wales -60 41 £34,000 -40.87% 15
Isle of Man - 14 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 62 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.31%) FileNet
3 34 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 31 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.61%) Confluence
6 18 (0.52%) IIS
7 17 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
8 16 (0.47%) OpenStack
9 15 (0.44%) Apache
9 15 (0.44%) SAS
9 15 (0.44%) WordPress
10 13 (0.38%) CMS
11 10 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 6 (0.17%) nginx
13 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
13 5 (0.15%) Luigi
13 5 (0.15%) Moodle
14 4 (0.12%) OpenEdge
15 3 (0.087%) WildFly
16 2 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 99 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (1.72%) Simulink
4 32 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.41%) Trello
6 8 (0.23%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.087%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.058%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.058%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.029%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.029%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.029%) Fusion 360
9 1 (0.029%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.029%) Mathematica
9 1 (0.029%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.029%) Revit
9 1 (0.029%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.26%) SAP CX
6 8 (0.23%) Shopify
7 5 (0.15%) Odoo
8 4 (0.12%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.12%) Magento
8 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
9 3 (0.087%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.087%) Sage 300 ERP
9 3 (0.087%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.058%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.029%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.029%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 563 (16.37%) AWS
2 493 (14.34%) Azure
3 155 (4.51%) Power Platform
4 126 (3.66%) GCP
5 119 (3.46%) GitHub
6 116 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
7 110 (3.20%) Amazon S3
8 92 (2.68%) SaaS
9 80 (2.33%) Serverless
10 72 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
12 66 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
13 48 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (1.19%) Amazon Kinesis
15 25 (0.73%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.70%) PowerApps
17 22 (0.64%) Snowflake
18 21 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
19 20 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
20 19 (0.55%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 138 (4.01%) Network Security
2 134 (3.90%) Firewall
3 86 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 80 (2.33%) Wireless
5 76 (2.21%) WAN
6 71 (2.06%) VPN
7 68 (1.98%) DNS
8 61 (1.77%) HTTP
9 51 (1.48%) LAN
10 43 (1.25%) Internet
11 36 (1.05%) DHCP
12 35 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
14 29 (0.84%) SD-WAN
14 29 (0.84%) VLAN
15 26 (0.76%) Ethernet
16 23 (0.67%) MQTT
17 21 (0.61%) 5G
18 20 (0.58%) RS-232
18 20 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (7.62%) NoSQL
2 259 (7.53%) SQL Server
3 149 (4.33%) Power BI
4 123 (3.58%) MySQL
5 122 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 116 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
7 107 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
8 78 (2.27%) Redis
9 70 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
10 60 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
10 60 (1.74%) Big Data
11 47 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
12 44 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 38 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 36 (1.05%) DynamoDB
15 35 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
16 34 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
17 32 (0.93%) Tableau
18 29 (0.84%) RDBMS
19 27 (0.79%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 371 (10.79%) Git
2 104 (3.02%) JIRA
3 102 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 58 (1.69%) JUnit
5 53 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 52 (1.51%) Selenium
7 49 (1.42%) Mockito
8 46 (1.34%) Jasmine
9 43 (1.25%) Cypress.io
10 38 (1.10%) Subversion
11 36 (1.05%) GitLab
12 26 (0.76%) CMake
12 26 (0.76%) LabVIEW
13 23 (0.67%) Postman
14 20 (0.58%) Bitbucket
15 18 (0.52%) Appium
15 18 (0.52%) Gatling
15 18 (0.52%) Vagrant
16 17 (0.49%) NUnit
16 17 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 1,248 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 657 (19.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 647 (18.81%) Finance
4 525 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
5 411 (11.95%) Law
6 342 (9.94%) Marketing
7 227 (6.60%) Electronics
8 221 (6.43%) Manufacturing
9 159 (4.62%) Financial Institution
10 141 (4.10%) Legal
11 109 (3.17%) Banking
12 105 (3.05%) Games
13 87 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
14 82 (2.38%) Retail
15 76 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 71 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
17 68 (1.98%) Automotive
17 68 (1.98%) Investment Banking
18 62 (1.80%) Public Sector
19 60 (1.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 781 (22.71%) Developer
2 632 (18.38%) Software Engineer
3 571 (16.60%) Senior
4 261 (7.59%) Lead
5 248 (7.21%) Software Developer
6 176 (5.12%) Engineering Manager
7 165 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
8 163 (4.74%) Software Engineering Manager
9 161 (4.68%) Data Scientist
9 161 (4.68%) Senior Developer
10 160 (4.65%) Analyst
11 157 (4.57%) Architect
12 148 (4.30%) Junior
13 139 (4.04%) Graduate
14 94 (2.73%) Java Engineer
15 92 (2.68%) Java Software Engineer
16 87 (2.53%) Full Stack Developer
17 84 (2.44%) Embedded Engineer
18 82 (2.38%) .NET Developer
19 71 (2.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 438 (12.74%) .NET
2 382 (11.11%) React
3 305 (8.87%) HTML
4 302 (8.78%) AngularJS
5 249 (7.24%) CSS
6 181 (5.26%) Spring
7 169 (4.91%) Node.js
8 160 (4.65%) RESTful
9 135 (3.93%) Kafka
10 132 (3.84%) .NET Core
11 126 (3.66%) HTML5
12 117 (3.40%) REST
13 95 (2.76%) Web Services
14 90 (2.62%) ASP.NET
15 87 (2.53%) .NET Framework
16 85 (2.47%) GraphQL
17 84 (2.44%) JSON
18 83 (2.41%) Spring Boot
19 78 (2.27%) NumPy
19 78 (2.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 419 (12.18%) Algorithms
2 346 (10.06%) Cloud Native
3 296 (8.61%) Management Information System
4 173 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
5 118 (3.43%) Data Structures
6 93 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 86 (2.50%) Onboarding
8 75 (2.18%) Data Centre
9 71 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 65 (1.89%) Market Risk
11 62 (1.80%) IoT
12 61 (1.77%) Client/Server
13 52 (1.51%) Distributed Applications
13 52 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
14 48 (1.40%) FPGA
15 42 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
15 42 (1.22%) Public Cloud
16 40 (1.16%) CUDA
16 40 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
16 40 (1.16%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 428 (12.45%) Linux
2 370 (10.76%) Windows
3 79 (2.30%) Unix
4 75 (2.18%) Android
5 65 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 48 (1.40%) Mac OS
7 46 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 38 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
9 36 (1.05%) Ubuntu
10 32 (0.93%) Windows 10
11 27 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (0.70%) CentOS
13 13 (0.38%) Debian
14 12 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
15 10 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
16 8 (0.23%) VMS
17 6 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
18 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
18 5 (0.15%) SUSE
19 4 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,311 (38.12%) Problem-Solving
2 1,227 (35.68%) Software Engineering
3 1,075 (31.26%) Agile
4 815 (23.70%) Mathematics
5 507 (14.74%) Artificial Intelligence
6 475 (13.81%) SDLC
7 435 (12.65%) Decision-Making
8 416 (12.10%) CI/CD
9 414 (12.04%) Mentoring
10 404 (11.75%) Machine Learning
11 376 (10.93%) DevOps
12 365 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
13 356 (10.35%) Analytics
14 319 (9.28%) Coaching
15 295 (8.58%) Project Management
16 282 (8.20%) Data Analysis
17 268 (7.79%) Data Science
18 267 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 259 (7.53%) Physics
20 251 (7.30%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 768 (22.33%) Python
2 734 (21.34%) SQL
3 629 (18.29%) C#
4 585 (17.01%) JavaScript
5 536 (15.59%) Java
6 352 (10.24%) C
7 349 (10.15%) C++
8 275 (8.00%) TypeScript
9 117 (3.40%) PHP
10 92 (2.68%) Fortran
11 90 (2.62%) Bash
12 79 (2.30%) PowerShell
13 77 (2.24%) Embedded C
14 52 (1.51%) Go
14 52 (1.51%) R
15 48 (1.40%) T-SQL
16 44 (1.28%) MATLAB
17 42 (1.22%) Kotlin
18 37 (1.08%) Rust
18 37 (1.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2,872 (83.51%) Degree
2 1,525 (44.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 391 (11.37%) Master's Degree
4 258 (7.50%) Security Cleared
5 177 (5.15%) PhD
6 131 (3.81%) SC Cleared
7 83 (2.41%) CISSP
8 82 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 79 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
10 62 (1.80%) AWS Certification
11 56 (1.63%) CCNA
12 55 (1.60%) CCNP
13 51 (1.48%) PMI Certification
14 49 (1.42%) Azure Certification
15 47 (1.37%) PMP
16 42 (1.22%) DV Cleared
17 41 (1.19%) CISM
18 40 (1.16%) A+ Certification
19 37 (1.08%) DBS Check
20 35 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (5.47%) QA
2 64 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 58 (1.69%) GDPR
4 56 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.34%) NIST
6 42 (1.22%) PMO
7 31 (0.90%) WCAG
8 22 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 21 (0.61%) ISO 13485
10 19 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (0.52%) SLA
12 16 (0.47%) HIPAA
13 11 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.29%) GRC
14 10 (0.29%) NCSC
15 9 (0.26%) JTAG
16 8 (0.23%) CDISC
System Software
1 297 (8.64%) Docker
2 142 (4.13%) Firmware
3 105 (3.05%) Active Directory
4 61 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 44 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 25 (0.73%) Hyper-V
7 23 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.20%) vSphere
10 6 (0.17%) KVM
11 4 (0.12%) pfSense
12 3 (0.087%) XenApp
13 2 (0.058%) HDFS
14 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 308 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 117 (3.40%) Terraform
3 51 (1.48%) Ansible
4 19 (0.55%) Puppet
5 16 (0.47%) Grafana
6 13 (0.38%) ZABBIX
7 12 (0.35%) SCCM
8 9 (0.26%) Nagios
8 9 (0.26%) WSUS
9 8 (0.23%) Nessus
9 8 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.20%) SCOM
11 6 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.17%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.15%) Rancher
12 5 (0.15%) Suricata
13 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.087%) Autotask
Vendors
1 440 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 126 (3.66%) Google
3 124 (3.61%) Oracle
4 77 (2.24%) Cisco
5 69 (2.01%) VMware
6 68 (1.98%) SAP
7 50 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 48 (1.40%) Xilinx
9 26 (0.76%) Juniper
10 25 (0.73%) Databricks
11 24 (0.70%) Splunk
12 20 (0.58%) Apple
13 19 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 19 (0.55%) Xamarin
14 17 (0.49%) IBM
15 16 (0.47%) F5
16 15 (0.44%) Atlassian
17 14 (0.41%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.38%) NVIDIA
18 13 (0.38%) Red Hat