Computer Science Jobs in England

Computer Science
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 57 45
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +12
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 4,179 4,927 8,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.96% 5.17% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 5.40% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,029 2,707 3,470
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,526 91,222 123,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.13% 95.69% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,873 53,659 74,247
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
London +8 1,535 £77,500 -3.13% 820
South East +3 1,016 £60,000 +9.09% 239
North of England +101 637 £48,000 +1.05% 189
Midlands +25 372 £50,000 - 124
South West +17 346 £50,000 - 96
North West +90 344 £50,000 -4.76% 118
West Midlands +41 251 £50,000 -6.54% 66
East of England +2 251 £46,000 -1.08% 143
Yorkshire +102 232 £45,000 -14.29% 48
East Midlands -5 115 £42,500 -5.56% 58
North East +11 61 £52,500 +31.25% 24
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 146 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 77 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 40 (0.96%) Apache
5 37 (0.89%) CMS
6 36 (0.86%) Confluence
7 35 (0.84%) SAS
8 24 (0.57%) IIS
9 23 (0.55%) WordPress
10 19 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
11 17 (0.41%) Jupyter
12 15 (0.36%) Tomcat
13 10 (0.24%) OpenStack
14 8 (0.19%) Apache Pig
14 8 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
15 7 (0.17%) nginx
16 6 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
17 5 (0.12%) Moodle
18 3 (0.072%) Drupal
18 3 (0.072%) WildFly
Applications
1 98 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (0.72%) Simulink
4 22 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.36%) Photoshop
6 14 (0.34%) Trello
7 10 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.24%) SPSS
8 4 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.072%) Sketch
9 3 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.048%) InVision
10 2 (0.048%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.048%) TargetLink
10 2 (0.048%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.024%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.024%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.024%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 51 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 21 (0.50%) SDL Web 8
4 18 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.22%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.19%) Shopify
8 5 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.12%) Magento
8 5 (0.12%) Odoo
9 4 (0.096%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.096%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.096%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.072%) Endur
10 3 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.072%) Sage 300 ERP
10 3 (0.072%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 765 (18.31%) AWS
2 750 (17.95%) Azure
3 268 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
4 220 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 219 (5.24%) GCP
6 175 (4.19%) SaaS
7 138 (3.30%) Serverless
8 113 (2.70%) GitHub
9 107 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 105 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
11 86 (2.06%) Amazon S3
11 86 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
12 56 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
13 54 (1.29%) PowerApps
14 46 (1.10%) IaaS
14 46 (1.10%) Power Automate
15 41 (0.98%) PaaS
16 35 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
17 30 (0.72%) Snowflake
18 29 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 179 (4.28%) WAN
2 148 (3.54%) Firewall
2 148 (3.54%) Network Security
3 142 (3.40%) Wireless
4 136 (3.25%) SD-WAN
5 111 (2.66%) WebEx
6 109 (2.61%) Cisco IOS
7 83 (1.99%) DNS
7 83 (1.99%) TCP/IP
8 75 (1.79%) VPN
9 62 (1.48%) Internet
10 47 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (1.10%) LAN
12 44 (1.05%) HTTP
13 42 (1.01%) DHCP
14 40 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
15 31 (0.74%) SAN
16 29 (0.69%) VLAN
17 23 (0.55%) Ethernet
17 23 (0.55%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 386 (9.24%) SQL Server
2 203 (4.86%) Power BI
3 180 (4.31%) MySQL
4 168 (4.02%) NoSQL
5 163 (3.90%) Relational Database
6 139 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
7 132 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
8 121 (2.90%) Big Data
9 106 (2.54%) Redis
10 78 (1.87%) Tableau
11 64 (1.53%) Hadoop
12 62 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 58 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
14 50 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 50 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 47 (1.12%) MongoDB
16 41 (0.98%) RDBMS
17 40 (0.96%) Data Lake
18 32 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
19 30 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 478 (11.44%) Git
2 153 (3.66%) JIRA
3 83 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 74 (1.77%) Visual Studio
5 65 (1.56%) GitLab
6 53 (1.27%) Selenium
7 43 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 41 (0.98%) Subversion
9 37 (0.89%) TeamCity
10 36 (0.86%) NUnit
11 33 (0.79%) Burp Suite
11 33 (0.79%) CMake
11 33 (0.79%) Moq
12 31 (0.74%) Postman
13 30 (0.72%) Metasploit
14 28 (0.67%) Maven
15 24 (0.57%) Bitbucket
16 23 (0.55%) JUnit
17 18 (0.43%) Sourcetree
18 17 (0.41%) Appium
General
1 1,729 (41.37%) Social Skills
2 773 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
3 652 (15.60%) Finance
4 312 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (4.71%) Manufacturing
5 197 (4.71%) Marketing
6 178 (4.26%) Electronics
7 131 (3.13%) Retail
8 111 (2.66%) Games
9 109 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 107 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 104 (2.49%) Legal
12 96 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 81 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
14 71 (1.70%) Banking
15 70 (1.68%) Automotive
15 70 (1.68%) Law
16 68 (1.63%) Aerospace
17 65 (1.56%) Front Office
18 63 (1.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,065 (25.48%) Developer
2 683 (16.34%) Senior
3 489 (11.70%) Software Engineer
4 395 (9.45%) Lead
5 263 (6.29%) Analyst
6 253 (6.05%) Software Developer
7 241 (5.77%) Senior Developer
8 236 (5.65%) Architect
9 216 (5.17%) Data Scientist
10 147 (3.52%) Junior
11 144 (3.45%) IT Support
12 136 (3.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 133 (3.18%) Graduate
14 123 (2.94%) .NET Developer
15 117 (2.80%) Support Specialist
16 111 (2.66%) IT Support Specialist
17 110 (2.63%) Data Engineer
18 106 (2.54%) Full Stack Developer
19 94 (2.25%) Java Developer
20 91 (2.18%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 621 (14.86%) .NET
2 408 (9.76%) React
3 403 (9.64%) HTML
4 365 (8.73%) CSS
5 261 (6.25%) AngularJS
6 167 (4.00%) .NET Core
7 155 (3.71%) Node.js
8 154 (3.69%) ASP.NET
9 150 (3.59%) RESTful
10 128 (3.06%) HTML5
10 128 (3.06%) REST
11 124 (2.97%) .NET Framework
12 115 (2.75%) Kafka
13 104 (2.49%) JSON
13 104 (2.49%) Web Services
14 102 (2.44%) Spring
15 93 (2.23%) Vue
16 86 (2.06%) XML
17 77 (1.84%) SOAP
18 76 (1.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 491 (11.75%) Algorithms
2 383 (9.16%) Management Information System
3 236 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
4 203 (4.86%) Data Structures
5 144 (3.45%) Client/Server
6 119 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 113 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
8 109 (2.61%) Wiki
9 103 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
10 98 (2.35%) Mobile App
11 94 (2.25%) Onboarding
12 77 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 74 (1.77%) Virtual Team
14 71 (1.70%) IoT
15 66 (1.58%) Cloud Native
16 60 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
17 57 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
18 53 (1.27%) Security Posture
19 52 (1.24%) Hedge funds
20 51 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 543 (12.99%) Windows
2 462 (11.06%) Linux
3 188 (4.50%) Android
4 158 (3.78%) Windows 10
5 103 (2.46%) Windows Server
6 76 (1.82%) Unix
7 64 (1.53%) Apple iOS
8 57 (1.36%) Mac OS
9 32 (0.77%) Kali Linux
10 24 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 24 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (0.36%) CentOS
13 12 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
14 11 (0.26%) Debian
14 11 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
15 10 (0.24%) VMS
16 7 (0.17%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.096%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,635 (39.12%) Problem-Solving
2 1,073 (25.68%) Agile
3 1,053 (25.20%) Software Engineering
4 714 (17.09%) Mathematics
5 529 (12.66%) Mentoring
6 510 (12.20%) DevOps
7 491 (11.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 474 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
9 459 (10.98%) Data Science
10 440 (10.53%) Machine Learning
11 380 (9.09%) Project Management
12 379 (9.07%) Analytics
13 370 (8.85%) Decision-Making
14 367 (8.78%) Data Analysis
15 316 (7.56%) CI/CD
16 298 (7.13%) Roadmaps
17 280 (6.70%) Full Stack Development
18 271 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
19 260 (6.22%) Business Intelligence
19 260 (6.22%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 979 (23.43%) Python
2 889 (21.27%) SQL
3 858 (20.53%) C#
4 780 (18.66%) JavaScript
5 484 (11.58%) Java
6 332 (7.94%) TypeScript
7 321 (7.68%) C++
8 272 (6.51%) C
9 152 (3.64%) PHP
10 115 (2.75%) PowerShell
11 109 (2.61%) R
12 80 (1.91%) Bash
13 76 (1.82%) Go
14 74 (1.77%) Fortran
15 72 (1.72%) T-SQL
16 56 (1.34%) Kotlin
17 50 (1.20%) Scala
18 47 (1.12%) MATLAB
19 33 (0.79%) Perl
20 32 (0.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3,787 (90.62%) Degree
2 2,156 (51.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 717 (17.16%) Master's Degree
4 271 (6.48%) Security Cleared
5 210 (5.03%) PhD
6 152 (3.64%) CISSP
6 152 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 135 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 96 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
9 89 (2.13%) CISM
10 78 (1.87%) AWS Certification
11 77 (1.84%) Azure Certification
12 65 (1.56%) PMI Certification
13 58 (1.39%) PMP
14 51 (1.22%) CCNP
15 50 (1.20%) CCNA
16 49 (1.17%) DV Cleared
17 47 (1.12%) CISA
18 46 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
19 43 (1.03%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (6.13%) QA
2 108 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 105 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 103 (2.46%) GDPR
5 78 (1.87%) NIST
6 74 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 38 (0.91%) PMO
8 34 (0.81%) WCAG
9 31 (0.74%) HIPAA
9 31 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 27 (0.65%) SLA
11 25 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 22 (0.53%) GRC
14 18 (0.43%) SOC 2
15 15 (0.36%) ISO 13485
16 14 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 14 (0.34%) NCSC
17 12 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 11 (0.26%) CDISC
System Software
1 435 (10.41%) Docker
2 246 (5.89%) Active Directory
3 116 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
4 112 (2.68%) XenApp
5 109 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
5 109 (2.61%) XenDesktop
6 75 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
7 65 (1.56%) Firmware
8 34 (0.81%) Hyper-V
9 33 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
10 22 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
11 12 (0.29%) HDFS
12 8 (0.19%) KVM
12 8 (0.19%) vSphere
13 7 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
13 7 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.096%) pfSense
15 2 (0.048%) LXC
15 2 (0.048%) NFS
16 1 (0.024%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 328 (7.85%) Kubernetes
2 145 (3.47%) Terraform
3 124 (2.97%) SCCM
4 109 (2.61%) AirWatch
5 50 (1.20%) Ansible
6 19 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (0.38%) Puppet
8 14 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.29%) Grafana
9 12 (0.29%) WSUS
10 10 (0.24%) Nagios
11 9 (0.22%) Nessus
12 8 (0.19%) SCOM
13 7 (0.17%) CASB
13 7 (0.17%) Kubeflow
13 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
14 6 (0.14%) CloudHub
14 6 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.14%) QRadar
14 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 700 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 198 (4.74%) Cisco
3 158 (3.78%) Google
4 116 (2.78%) Citrix
5 104 (2.49%) Oracle
6 94 (2.25%) SAP
6 94 (2.25%) VMware
7 59 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 33 (0.79%) Adobe
9 32 (0.77%) Databricks
10 27 (0.65%) Juniper
11 24 (0.57%) Apple
12 23 (0.55%) Xilinx
13 21 (0.50%) Atlassian
13 21 (0.50%) F5
13 21 (0.50%) IBM
13 21 (0.50%) ServiceNow
14 19 (0.45%) Xamarin
15 18 (0.43%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.36%) Veeam