Computer Science Jobs in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 150 117
Rank change year-on-year +93 -33 -23
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 205 100 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.02% 1.98% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 2.04% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 162 65 66
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +41.01%
75th Percentile £77,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,125 £77,715 £90,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £56,700
% change year-on-year -6.98% -5.20% +26.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,425 4,890 5,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.85% 96.72% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,400 2,593 3,660
10th Percentile £30,001 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,411 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 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
Oldham +38 8 £52,500 -13.79% 3
Bolton - 6 £70,500 - 1
Stockport +30 3 £55,000 -5.94% 4
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Bury - 2 £75,000 -
Rochdale - 2 £37,500 -
Sale - 1 £29,000 -
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (1.95%) Apache Spark
1 4 (1.95%) SAS
2 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.98%) AWS
2 35 (17.07%) Azure
3 18 (8.78%) GCP
4 10 (4.88%) Google Play
5 8 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.93%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.95%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (1.95%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.98%) SaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.49%) GitHub
10 1 (0.49%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.49%) IaaS
10 1 (0.49%) PaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.34%) VPN
2 11 (5.37%) DNS
2 11 (5.37%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.88%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.88%) Firewall
3 10 (4.88%) RS-232
4 6 (2.93%) DHCP
5 5 (2.44%) IPsec
5 5 (2.44%) SSL
6 4 (1.95%) Network Security
7 2 (0.98%) Internet
7 2 (0.98%) LAN
7 2 (0.98%) WAN
8 1 (0.49%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.49%) LTE
8 1 (0.49%) VLAN
8 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.49%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.85%) MySQL
3 10 (4.88%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (3.41%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.44%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.95%) ActiveReports
7 4 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.95%) Big Data
7 4 (1.95%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 4 (1.95%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.95%) Power BI
7 4 (1.95%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.98%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.98%) Cognos Report Studio
9 2 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Git
2 10 (4.88%) Appium
3 5 (2.44%) JIRA
3 5 (2.44%) Subversion
4 4 (1.95%) CMake
4 4 (1.95%) GCC
4 4 (1.95%) GDB
4 4 (1.95%) IntelliJ
4 4 (1.95%) JUnit
4 4 (1.95%) Mockito
4 4 (1.95%) Postman
5 3 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.98%) Selenium
6 2 (0.98%) webpack
7 1 (0.49%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.49%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (42.44%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.73%) Games
4 17 (8.29%) Finance
5 9 (4.39%) Electronics
5 9 (4.39%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.41%) Legal
7 6 (2.93%) Health Technology
7 6 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.44%) Retail
9 4 (1.95%) Automotive
9 4 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.95%) Marketing
10 3 (1.46%) Banking
10 3 (1.46%) Law
10 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.98%) Cantonese Language
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (28.78%) Senior
2 49 (23.90%) Software Engineer
3 48 (23.41%) Developer
4 19 (9.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (7.80%) Senior Developer
6 15 (7.32%) Lead
7 13 (6.34%) Network Engineer
8 11 (5.37%) Software Developer
8 11 (5.37%) Software Manager
9 10 (4.88%) Android Developer
9 10 (4.88%) PHP Developer
9 10 (4.88%) Senior Android Developer
10 9 (4.39%) Analyst
10 9 (4.39%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.90%) .NET Developer
11 8 (3.90%) Architect
11 8 (3.90%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Rust Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.54%) .NET
2 24 (11.71%) JSON
3 22 (10.73%) HTML
3 22 (10.73%) Node.js
4 13 (6.34%) CSS
5 11 (5.37%) .NET Framework
6 10 (4.88%) Android SDK
6 10 (4.88%) Electron
6 10 (4.88%) REST
6 10 (4.88%) RESTful
6 10 (4.88%) Web Services
7 6 (2.93%) React
8 5 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (2.44%) Spring
9 4 (1.95%) PySpark
9 4 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.95%) SOAP
9 4 (1.95%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.95%) WCF
9 4 (1.95%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (4.88%) Management Information System
1 10 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.90%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (3.41%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.93%) Video\Live Streaming
5 5 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.44%) Social Media
6 4 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.95%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.46%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.98%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.22%) Linux
2 11 (5.37%) Windows
3 10 (4.88%) Android
4 4 (1.95%) Windows Vista
5 3 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.49%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (37.07%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (36.59%) Software Engineering
3 44 (21.46%) Agile
4 33 (16.10%) Project Management
5 31 (15.12%) Mathematics
6 29 (14.15%) Mentoring
7 26 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (12.20%) Open Source
8 25 (12.20%) SDLC
9 24 (11.71%) Software Testing
10 22 (10.73%) CI/CD
11 21 (10.24%) Design Patterns
12 19 (9.27%) Analytics
12 19 (9.27%) Scrum
13 17 (8.29%) DevOps
14 16 (7.80%) Test Automation
15 15 (7.32%) Code Quality
16 14 (6.83%) Project Delivery
16 14 (6.83%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.46%) C#
2 42 (20.49%) Python
3 34 (16.59%) SQL
4 32 (15.61%) Java
5 31 (15.12%) JavaScript
6 17 (8.29%) C
7 14 (6.83%) PHP
8 13 (6.34%) TypeScript
9 12 (5.85%) C++
10 10 (4.88%) Kotlin
11 9 (4.39%) Embedded C
12 7 (3.41%) Rust
13 5 (2.44%) R
14 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.46%) Scala
14 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.49%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 200 (97.56%) Degree
2 108 (52.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (13.17%) Master's Degree
4 19 (9.27%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (8.78%) CCNP
6 11 (5.37%) CISSP
7 10 (4.88%) CCNA
7 10 (4.88%) CISM
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.90%) CCIE
9 7 (3.41%) AWS Certification
9 7 (3.41%) PhD
9 7 (3.41%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.93%) CISA
10 6 (2.93%) PCI QSA
11 5 (2.44%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.95%) CEH
12 4 (1.95%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.95%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.78%) QA
2 16 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.88%) NIST
4 7 (3.41%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.95%) GDPR
5 4 (1.95%) PMO
6 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
8 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (3.90%) Active Directory
1 8 (3.90%) Firmware
2 3 (1.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.44%) Terraform
2 2 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.49%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (6.83%) Cisco
2 11 (5.37%) Google
3 6 (2.93%) F5
3 6 (2.93%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.44%) Juniper
5 4 (1.95%) Cognos
5 4 (1.95%) IBM
6 2 (0.98%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.98%) SAP
6 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.98%) SYSPRO
6 2 (0.98%) VMware
7 1 (0.49%) DataRobot
7 1 (0.49%) EMC
7 1 (0.49%) Renesas
7 1 (0.49%) Sage
7 1 (0.49%) Sitecore