Computer Science Jobs in the North of England

Computer Science
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 60 150 81
Rank change year-on-year +90 -69 +27
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 630 417 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.65% 2.39% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 2.46% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 491 264 316
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,442 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,899 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,481 16,932 16,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.82% 96.89% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,125 8,063 10,818
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,163
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West +74 349 £50,000 -9.09% 141
Yorkshire +89 222 £45,000 -14.29% 57
North East +9 59 £50,617 +22.71% 36
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 16 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.11%) Confluence
3 7 (1.11%) IIS
4 6 (0.95%) SAS
5 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) CMS
7 3 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.48%) WordPress
8 2 (0.32%) Resin
9 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 26 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.63%) Trello
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.43%) SAP CX
2 9 (1.43%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.48%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.41%) AWS
2 97 (15.40%) Azure
3 31 (4.92%) GCP
4 28 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.17%) GitHub
6 19 (3.02%) Amazon S3
7 18 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (2.70%) Amazon Kinesis
9 16 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (2.54%) SaaS
10 15 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 15 (2.38%) Serverless
11 14 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (1.59%) Google Play
13 8 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.27%) OCI
14 7 (1.11%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.79%) Firebase
15 5 (0.79%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.56%) Firewall
2 27 (4.29%) VPN
3 26 (4.13%) DNS
3 26 (4.13%) Network Security
4 25 (3.97%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.02%) DHCP
6 14 (2.22%) RS-232
7 12 (1.90%) Internet
8 10 (1.59%) Ethernet
8 10 (1.59%) VLAN
8 10 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.43%) SSL
9 9 (1.43%) VoIP
10 8 (1.27%) NAS
10 8 (1.27%) SAN
11 7 (1.11%) WAN
12 6 (0.95%) LAN
13 5 (0.79%) IPsec
13 5 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.63%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.32%) MySQL
2 54 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (5.24%) Relational Database
5 29 (4.60%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 18 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.86%) RDBMS
7 18 (2.86%) Redis
8 17 (2.70%) MS Access
9 13 (2.06%) Power BI
10 12 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.27%) Big Data
11 8 (1.27%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.79%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.63%) ActiveReports
14 4 (0.63%) Cognos Framework Manager
Development Applications
1 75 (11.90%) Git
2 31 (4.92%) JIRA
3 18 (2.86%) Postman
4 12 (1.90%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.59%) Appium
6 8 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.27%) Selenium
7 7 (1.11%) Subversion
8 6 (0.95%) LoadRunner
8 6 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.79%) HP UFT
9 5 (0.79%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.79%) JMeter
9 5 (0.79%) MSTest
9 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.63%) CMake
10 4 (0.63%) GCC
10 4 (0.63%) GDB
10 4 (0.63%) JUnit
10 4 (0.63%) Mockito
General
1 299 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 111 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (9.21%) Finance
4 56 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 45 (7.14%) Games
6 30 (4.76%) Electronics
6 30 (4.76%) Legal
7 28 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.97%) Retail
9 24 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (3.65%) Marketing
11 12 (1.90%) Banking
12 10 (1.59%) Law
13 7 (1.11%) Front Office
13 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.95%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.79%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.79%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.63%) Automotive
16 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 154 (24.44%) Developer
2 98 (15.56%) Software Engineer
3 95 (15.08%) Senior
4 44 (6.98%) Lead
5 36 (5.71%) Analyst
6 34 (5.40%) .NET Developer
6 34 (5.40%) Architect
7 26 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (3.97%) IT Manager
9 23 (3.65%) Junior
10 22 (3.49%) Graduate
10 22 (3.49%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.33%) Senior Developer
11 21 (3.33%) Software Developer
12 19 (3.02%) Service Manager
13 18 (2.86%) Applications Manager
13 18 (2.86%) PHP Developer
13 18 (2.86%) Software Manager
13 18 (2.86%) Technical Leader
14 17 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (17.62%) .NET
2 53 (8.41%) HTML
3 51 (8.10%) CSS
4 49 (7.78%) Node.js
5 37 (5.87%) JSON
6 35 (5.56%) Vue
7 32 (5.08%) React
7 32 (5.08%) RESTful
8 29 (4.60%) .NET Framework
9 26 (4.13%) Web Services
10 25 (3.97%) AngularJS
11 20 (3.17%) .NET Core
11 20 (3.17%) REST
12 19 (3.02%) ASP.NET
12 19 (3.02%) Spring
13 18 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
13 18 (2.86%) EDI
14 17 (2.70%) Spring Boot
14 17 (2.70%) WCF
15 14 (2.22%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 89 (14.13%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.81%) Driving Licence
4 21 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 20 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.70%) Cloud Native
7 16 (2.54%) Client/Server
8 14 (2.22%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.06%) Embedded Systems
10 11 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.75%) Online Games
11 10 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.43%) Life Science
12 9 (1.43%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.27%) Animation
13 8 (1.27%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.27%) Social Media
14 7 (1.11%) IoT
14 7 (1.11%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 67 (10.63%) Windows
2 54 (8.57%) Linux
3 22 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.59%) Android
6 8 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.63%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (47.30%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (29.37%) Software Engineering
3 150 (23.81%) Agile
4 107 (16.98%) Project Management
5 75 (11.90%) DevOps
6 65 (10.32%) ITIL
7 62 (9.84%) Mathematics
8 61 (9.68%) Analytics
9 60 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (9.52%) Design Patterns
9 60 (9.52%) ERP
10 57 (9.05%) SDLC
11 55 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
12 50 (7.94%) Mentoring
13 48 (7.62%) Roadmaps
14 46 (7.30%) CI/CD
15 42 (6.67%) Data Modelling
15 42 (6.67%) MVC
15 42 (6.67%) Software Testing
16 40 (6.35%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 148 (23.49%) SQL
2 128 (20.32%) C#
3 106 (16.83%) JavaScript
4 74 (11.75%) Java
5 70 (11.11%) Python
6 47 (7.46%) C
7 38 (6.03%) PHP
8 32 (5.08%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.02%) Embedded C
10 15 (2.38%) C++
11 13 (2.06%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.59%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.59%) VB
14 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.11%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.11%) R
15 7 (1.11%) Rust
15 7 (1.11%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.95%) VBA
Qualifications
1 584 (92.70%) Degree
2 346 (54.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (6.83%) Master's Degree
4 35 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.13%) CCNP
7 25 (3.97%) CISSP
8 23 (3.65%) CCNA
9 21 (3.33%) PMP
10 20 (3.17%) PMI Certification
11 18 (2.86%) PhD
12 17 (2.70%) Security Cleared
13 16 (2.54%) Azure Certification
14 15 (2.38%) A+ Certification
14 15 (2.38%) MCP
15 14 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (2.06%) DBS Check
17 12 (1.90%) AWS Certification
17 12 (1.90%) HNC
17 12 (1.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.40%) QA
2 21 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.90%) NIST
4 11 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.43%) GDPR
6 9 (1.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.11%) SLA
8 6 (0.95%) PMO
9 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.32%) COBIT
11 2 (0.32%) GLBA
12 1 (0.16%) CDISC
12 1 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.16%) NCSC
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.81%) Docker
3 18 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.22%) Firmware
5 7 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.95%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (5.24%) Terraform
2 16 (2.54%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.79%) Grafana
3 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.79%) SCOM
4 4 (0.63%) SCCM
4 4 (0.63%) WSUS
5 3 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
6 2 (0.32%) CASB
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 83 (13.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.44%) SAP
3 27 (4.29%) Oracle
4 25 (3.97%) Cisco
4 25 (3.97%) Google
5 21 (3.33%) VMware
6 16 (2.54%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.90%) F5
8 7 (1.11%) Juniper
9 6 (0.95%) IBM
10 5 (0.79%) Autodesk
10 5 (0.79%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.63%) Adobe
11 4 (0.63%) Cognos
11 4 (0.63%) Veeam
12 3 (0.48%) Epicor
12 3 (0.48%) Meraki
12 3 (0.48%) Sophos
12 3 (0.48%) Twitter
13 2 (0.32%) Verint