Computer Science Jobs in the Midlands

Computer Science
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 96 82
Rank change year-on-year +22 -14 +34
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 369 317 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.15% 3.32% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.44% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 282 163 187
10th Percentile £26,775 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,260 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,653 9,211 10,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.39% 96.58% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,129 4,625 6,971
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands +32 253 £52,500 -4.55% 90
East Midlands -8 110 £42,500 -5.56% 76
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 21 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.98%) WordPress
3 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.54%) Appian
4 2 (0.54%) Captiva
4 2 (0.54%) Documentum
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Mule
Applications
1 13 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.54%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.17%) Shopify
2 4 (1.08%) Magento
3 3 (0.81%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.81%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 73 (19.78%) Azure
2 36 (9.76%) AWS
3 33 (8.94%) Power Platform
4 19 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.52%) Power Automate
5 13 (3.52%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.44%) SaaS
9 7 (1.90%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.90%) GCP
10 6 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.63%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.63%) GitHub
11 5 (1.36%) Google Sheets
11 5 (1.36%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.08%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.08%) Serverless
13 3 (0.81%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.07%) Network Security
1 15 (4.07%) WAN
2 14 (3.79%) Firewall
3 10 (2.71%) LAN
4 8 (2.17%) WLAN
5 7 (1.90%) DNS
5 7 (1.90%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.90%) VPN
6 6 (1.63%) NAS
7 5 (1.36%) DHCP
7 5 (1.36%) Intranet
7 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.08%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.08%) iSCSI
8 4 (1.08%) MPLS
8 4 (1.08%) SAN
8 4 (1.08%) SNMP
9 3 (0.81%) VLAN
10 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.54%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.40%) Power BI
3 17 (4.61%) Relational Database
4 15 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (4.07%) MySQL
5 13 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.90%) Power Query
7 7 (1.90%) Tableau
8 6 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.63%) Looker
8 6 (1.63%) Redis
8 6 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.08%) GIS
10 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.08%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (6.23%) Git
2 17 (4.61%) JIRA
3 6 (1.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.63%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.08%) Postman
4 4 (1.08%) Xcode
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) CMake
6 1 (0.27%) Moq
6 1 (0.27%) NUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Sourcetree
General
1 137 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (13.55%) Finance
4 41 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 36 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (7.05%) Retail
7 20 (5.42%) Automotive
8 17 (4.61%) Electronics
9 8 (2.17%) Marketing
9 8 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.36%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (1.36%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.08%) Billing
11 4 (1.08%) Games
12 3 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Police
12 3 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 75 (20.33%) Developer
2 37 (10.03%) Software Engineer
3 34 (9.21%) Analyst
4 30 (8.13%) Architect
4 30 (8.13%) Lead
4 30 (8.13%) Senior
5 24 (6.50%) Software Developer
6 21 (5.69%) Data Scientist
7 17 (4.61%) Junior
7 17 (4.61%) Junior Developer
8 15 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.07%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.79%) Full Stack Developer
10 13 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 12 (3.25%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.25%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.98%) Graduate
13 10 (2.71%) Technical Leader
14 9 (2.44%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.11%) .NET
2 26 (7.05%) CSS
2 26 (7.05%) HTML
3 22 (5.96%) RESTful
4 21 (5.69%) AngularJS
5 17 (4.61%) .NET Core
6 11 (2.98%) Node.js
7 9 (2.44%) SOAP
8 8 (2.17%) Kafka
8 8 (2.17%) React
9 7 (1.90%) JSON
10 6 (1.63%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.63%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.63%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.63%) Vue
10 6 (1.63%) XML
11 5 (1.36%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.36%) HTML5
11 5 (1.36%) Swagger
11 5 (1.36%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.49%) Management Information System
2 33 (8.94%) Algorithms
3 25 (6.78%) Mobile App
4 18 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.52%) Virtual Team
7 12 (3.25%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.98%) Augmented Reality
8 11 (2.98%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (2.98%) Industry 4.0
8 11 (2.98%) SCADA
8 11 (2.98%) Virtual Reality
9 8 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.63%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.63%) PMI
10 6 (1.63%) Replication
11 5 (1.36%) CUDA
11 5 (1.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.74%) Windows
2 37 (10.03%) Linux
3 13 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.98%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.71%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.63%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.63%) VMS
7 5 (1.36%) Android
7 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.08%) CentOS
8 4 (1.08%) SUSE
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.54%) Debian
9 2 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (24.39%) Agile
3 80 (21.68%) Software Engineering
4 62 (16.80%) Mathematics
5 54 (14.63%) Mentoring
6 53 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (13.01%) Project Management
8 46 (12.47%) Data Analysis
9 42 (11.38%) Decision-Making
10 38 (10.30%) SDLC
11 37 (10.03%) Full Stack Development
12 36 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
13 35 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (8.40%) Data Science
15 29 (7.86%) Analytics
15 29 (7.86%) User Experience
16 28 (7.59%) DevOps
16 28 (7.59%) Digital Forensics
17 27 (7.32%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 73 (19.78%) SQL
2 58 (15.72%) C#
3 55 (14.91%) JavaScript
4 40 (10.84%) Python
5 21 (5.69%) C++
6 20 (5.42%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.34%) C
8 14 (3.79%) Java
8 14 (3.79%) PHP
9 10 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.63%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.81%) Bash
12 3 (0.81%) Groovy
12 3 (0.81%) R
12 3 (0.81%) Rust
13 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.54%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 346 (93.77%) Degree
2 179 (48.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (10.30%) Master's Degree
4 25 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (5.15%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.07%) CCNA
6 15 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.79%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.52%) CCNP
9 11 (2.98%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.44%) CISM
10 9 (2.44%) CISSP
11 7 (1.90%) PhD
12 6 (1.63%) A+ Certification
12 6 (1.63%) CISA
12 6 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.63%) MCP
12 6 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.67%) QA
2 13 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.63%) NIST
5 5 (1.36%) NCSC
5 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.08%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.81%) GDPR
7 3 (0.81%) MISRA
7 3 (0.81%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.61%) Firmware
3 16 (4.34%) Docker
4 14 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.08%) pfSense
7 3 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.36%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.36%) Terraform
3 2 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.54%) SCOM
4 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 71 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.15%) Cisco
3 16 (4.34%) VMware
4 10 (2.71%) Google
5 9 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.63%) Dell
7 6 (1.63%) Xamarin
8 5 (1.36%) BT
8 5 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.36%) HP
8 5 (1.36%) Juniper
8 5 (1.36%) NVIDIA
8 5 (1.36%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.08%) BroadSoft
9 4 (1.08%) Brocade
9 4 (1.08%) DevExpress
9 4 (1.08%) Mapbox
9 4 (1.08%) QNAP
9 4 (1.08%) Veeam