Computer Science Jobs in Central London

Computer Science
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 58 59
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 -14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 274 260 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 7.26% 4.92% 4.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 5.19% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 219 237 308
10th Percentile £42,263 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £52,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +25.93% -3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £96,563
90th Percentile £122,500 £137,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,491 5,010 7,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 92.48% 94.76% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,728 4,155 6,366
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +31 260 £80,000 -5.88% 58
City of Westminster +5 10 £62,500 - 1
Camden - 4 £40,000 - 5
West End of London +17 1 £52,500 -19.23%
Lambeth +4 1 £85,000 - 2
Southwark - 1 £35,000 -
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 12 (4.38%) CMS
2 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.55%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.09%) SAS
5 2 (0.73%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.73%) Moodle
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.92%) Photoshop
2 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.09%) SPSS
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.38%) SDL Web 8
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (26.64%) Azure
2 48 (17.52%) AWS
3 23 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.57%) Power Platform
5 17 (6.20%) SaaS
6 16 (5.84%) GCP
7 12 (4.38%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.38%) WhatsApp
8 8 (2.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 8 (2.92%) NuGet
8 8 (2.92%) Serverless
9 6 (2.19%) Azure App Service
9 6 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.46%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.09%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.19%) Firewall
2 5 (1.82%) Network Security
3 4 (1.46%) DKIM
3 4 (1.46%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.73%) DHCP
5 2 (0.73%) HTTP
5 2 (0.73%) Internet
5 2 (0.73%) LAN
5 2 (0.73%) VPN
6 1 (0.36%) WAN
6 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.36%) Wireless
6 1 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (21.17%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.93%) Redis
3 16 (5.84%) Power BI
4 14 (5.11%) MySQL
5 13 (4.74%) Tableau
6 9 (3.28%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.92%) Big Data
7 8 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.92%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.55%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.82%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.46%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.09%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.36%) Kdb+
13 1 (0.36%) Metadata
13 1 (0.36%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 32 (11.68%) Git
2 14 (5.11%) Moq
3 13 (4.74%) JIRA
3 13 (4.74%) NUnit
3 13 (4.74%) TeamCity
4 10 (3.65%) GitLab
5 9 (3.28%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.92%) git-flow
6 8 (2.92%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (2.92%) Sourcetree
6 8 (2.92%) SpecFlow
7 7 (2.55%) Maven
8 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.73%) MSTest
9 2 (0.73%) RStudio
10 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
General
1 135 (49.27%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.26%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (18.25%) Finance
4 21 (7.66%) Marketing
5 14 (5.11%) Games
6 13 (4.74%) Front Office
7 11 (4.01%) Banking
8 8 (2.92%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.92%) Retail
9 7 (2.55%) Advertising
9 7 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.46%) Law
12 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Digital Economy
13 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (33.21%) Developer
2 71 (25.91%) Senior
3 36 (13.14%) Software Engineer
4 34 (12.41%) Lead
5 32 (11.68%) Senior Developer
6 25 (9.12%) Software Developer
7 21 (7.66%) Data Scientist
8 20 (7.30%) Analyst
9 18 (6.57%) C# Developer
9 18 (6.57%) Senior Software Developer
10 16 (5.84%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (5.47%) Full Stack Developer
12 14 (5.11%) Junior
13 12 (4.38%) Information Manager
13 12 (4.38%) Information Security Manager
13 12 (4.38%) Java Developer
13 12 (4.38%) Security Manager
14 9 (3.28%) Messaging Engineer
14 9 (3.28%) Quantitative Analyst
14 9 (3.28%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (25.55%) .NET
2 60 (21.90%) HTML
3 59 (21.53%) CSS
4 32 (11.68%) React
5 30 (10.95%) ASP.NET
6 24 (8.76%) HTML5
7 22 (8.03%) .NET Framework
8 21 (7.66%) ASP.NET MVC
8 21 (7.66%) RESTful
8 21 (7.66%) WPF
9 20 (7.30%) Entity Framework
9 20 (7.30%) Spring
10 18 (6.57%) Web Services
11 17 (6.20%) jQuery
12 13 (4.74%) XML
13 12 (4.38%) ASP.NET MVC 5
13 12 (4.38%) Semantic HTML
13 12 (4.38%) SOAP
14 11 (4.01%) Kafka
15 10 (3.65%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.85%) Algorithms
2 26 (9.49%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (4.38%) Legacy Code
3 12 (4.38%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.01%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.65%) Fixed Income
5 10 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.65%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.28%) Life Science
6 9 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.19%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.19%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.09%) Equities
10 2 (0.73%) CUDA
10 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.73%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.41%) Windows
2 10 (3.65%) Linux
3 5 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.09%) Unix
5 2 (0.73%) Android
5 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Debian
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.48%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (27.74%) Software Engineering
3 66 (24.09%) Agile
4 51 (18.61%) Data Science
5 45 (16.42%) Analytics
6 43 (15.69%) Mathematics
7 42 (15.33%) Collaborative Working
8 41 (14.96%) Machine Learning
9 40 (14.60%) Statistics
10 33 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
11 31 (11.31%) Mentoring
12 30 (10.95%) Multithreading
13 28 (10.22%) Artificial Intelligence
14 26 (9.49%) Microservices
14 26 (9.49%) OO
15 24 (8.76%) DevOps
16 23 (8.39%) Multithreaded Programming
16 23 (8.39%) MVC
17 22 (8.03%) Risk Management
18 21 (7.66%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (31.75%) SQL
2 86 (31.39%) C#
3 79 (28.83%) Python
4 66 (24.09%) JavaScript
5 49 (17.88%) Java
6 34 (12.41%) C++
7 17 (6.20%) R
8 16 (5.84%) T-SQL
9 13 (4.74%) PowerShell
10 12 (4.38%) Scala
10 12 (4.38%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.92%) F#
11 8 (2.92%) XPath
12 7 (2.55%) Clojure
12 7 (2.55%) Haskell
12 7 (2.55%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.82%) C
13 5 (1.82%) Go
13 5 (1.82%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 255 (93.07%) Degree
2 140 (51.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (22.99%) Master's Degree
4 24 (8.76%) PhD
5 15 (5.47%) CISSP
6 14 (5.11%) CISM
7 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.46%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.09%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.73%) CEH
11 2 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.36%) CCNP
12 1 (0.36%) CISA
12 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.36%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.19%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.19%) QA
2 2 (0.73%) GDPR
2 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.73%) NIST
2 2 (0.73%) SLA
2 2 (0.73%) SNOMED CT
3 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.36%) COBIT
3 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.28%) Docker
2 4 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) KVM
4 1 (0.36%) LXC
4 1 (0.36%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.65%) Terraform
3 4 (1.46%) CASB
3 4 (1.46%) DatAdvantage
3 4 (1.46%) QRadar
4 1 (0.36%) cPanel
4 1 (0.36%) Juju
Vendors
1 45 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.20%) Google
3 8 (2.92%) Adobe
3 8 (2.92%) Cognizant
4 6 (2.19%) Cisco
5 5 (1.82%) Oracle
6 4 (1.46%) Apple
6 4 (1.46%) Darktrace
6 4 (1.46%) Kenna
6 4 (1.46%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.46%) Varonis
7 3 (1.09%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.73%) Splunk
9 1 (0.36%) Aruba
9 1 (0.36%) F5
9 1 (0.36%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.36%) Meraki
9 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.36%) Riverbed
9 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds