Computer Science Jobs in the North West

Computer Science
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 128 78
Rank change year-on-year +71 -50 +24
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 356 208 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.61% 2.64% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 2.76% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 287 141 104
10th Percentile £29,800 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,485 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £80,000
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,168 7,524 8,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.81% 95.63% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,196 3,936 5,255
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,831 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +75 212 £55,000 -8.33% 70
Cheshire +35 59 £50,000 -17.83% 18
Lancashire -3 48 £45,000 -2.70% 12
Merseyside +5 31 £40,000 -27.27% 13
Cumbria -9 4 £57,500 -5.43% 1
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (1.40%) SAS
2 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.53%) SAP CX
3 4 (1.12%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.12%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.12%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.98%) AWS
2 48 (13.48%) Azure
3 22 (6.18%) GCP
4 17 (4.78%) Amazon Kinesis
5 14 (3.93%) Amazon S3
5 14 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.65%) Amazon EC2
7 10 (2.81%) Google Play
8 9 (2.53%) GitHub
8 9 (2.53%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.53%) SaaS
9 8 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.84%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.84%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.56%) Serverless
13 1 (0.28%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.78%) Firewall
2 16 (4.49%) VPN
3 14 (3.93%) DNS
4 12 (3.37%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.81%) Ethernet
5 10 (2.81%) RS-232
6 9 (2.53%) Network Security
7 7 (1.97%) DHCP
7 7 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.69%) VLAN
9 5 (1.40%) IPsec
9 5 (1.40%) SSL
9 5 (1.40%) VoIP
10 4 (1.12%) Internet
10 4 (1.12%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.84%) LAN
11 3 (0.84%) WAN
11 3 (0.84%) Wireless
12 2 (0.56%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.56%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.30%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (7.02%) MySQL
3 20 (5.62%) Relational Database
4 18 (5.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (4.78%) SQL Server
6 16 (4.49%) MS Access
7 14 (3.93%) RDBMS
8 13 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.09%) NoSQL
9 11 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.69%) Power BI
11 4 (1.12%) ActiveReports
11 4 (1.12%) Big Data
11 4 (1.12%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.12%) Cognos Framework Manager
11 4 (1.12%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.12%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.12%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.12%) Redis
12 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (12.08%) Git
2 15 (4.21%) JIRA
3 13 (3.65%) Postman
4 10 (2.81%) Appium
5 7 (1.97%) Subversion
6 5 (1.40%) InstallShield
7 4 (1.12%) CMake
7 4 (1.12%) GCC
7 4 (1.12%) GDB
7 4 (1.12%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.12%) JUnit
7 4 (1.12%) Mockito
8 3 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.84%) Gatling
8 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.56%) Selenium
9 2 (0.56%) webpack
10 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 135 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (8.71%) Manufacturing
4 27 (7.58%) Games
5 25 (7.02%) Finance
6 15 (4.21%) Electronics
7 10 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.81%) Retail
8 7 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.97%) Legal
9 6 (1.69%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Marketing
10 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.84%) Advertising
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.84%) Automotive
11 3 (0.84%) Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Billing
11 3 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 89 (25.00%) Developer
2 67 (18.82%) Software Engineer
3 64 (17.98%) Senior
4 28 (7.87%) Lead
5 24 (6.74%) Analyst
6 19 (5.34%) .NET Developer
6 19 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (4.49%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.21%) Network Engineer
8 15 (4.21%) Software Developer
9 14 (3.93%) Technical Leader
10 12 (3.37%) Graduate
11 11 (3.09%) Architect
11 11 (3.09%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.09%) Software Manager
12 10 (2.81%) Android Developer
12 10 (2.81%) Games Developer
12 10 (2.81%) IT Manager
12 10 (2.81%) PHP Developer
12 10 (2.81%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (18.26%) .NET
2 33 (9.27%) JSON
3 30 (8.43%) HTML
4 22 (6.18%) Node.js
5 21 (5.90%) CSS
5 21 (5.90%) REST
6 16 (4.49%) Web Services
7 14 (3.93%) Spring
8 13 (3.65%) .NET Framework
8 13 (3.65%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.09%) WinForms
10 10 (2.81%) Android SDK
10 10 (2.81%) Electron
11 9 (2.53%) RESTful
12 8 (2.25%) React
13 7 (1.97%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 5 (1.40%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.40%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (1.40%) GraphQL
14 5 (1.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.24%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.65%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.53%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.25%) Animation
5 8 (2.25%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.97%) Life Science
6 7 (1.97%) Video\Live Streaming
7 6 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.40%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.40%) Social Media
9 4 (1.12%) AS400
9 4 (1.12%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.71%) Linux
2 25 (7.02%) Windows
3 10 (2.81%) Android
4 8 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.12%) Windows Vista
6 3 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (39.89%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (32.02%) Software Engineering
3 87 (24.44%) Agile
4 50 (14.04%) Project Management
5 46 (12.92%) Design Patterns
5 46 (12.92%) Mathematics
5 46 (12.92%) SDLC
6 45 (12.64%) Analytics
7 43 (12.08%) Mentoring
8 36 (10.11%) CI/CD
8 36 (10.11%) DevOps
9 35 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (9.83%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (9.27%) Data Modelling
11 31 (8.71%) Open Source
12 30 (8.43%) User Experience
13 29 (8.15%) OOP
13 29 (8.15%) Software Testing
14 27 (7.58%) Roadmaps
15 25 (7.02%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.35%) C#
2 74 (20.79%) SQL
3 56 (15.73%) Java
4 46 (12.92%) JavaScript
5 44 (12.36%) Python
6 24 (6.74%) PHP
7 20 (5.62%) C
8 14 (3.93%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.37%) C++
10 10 (2.81%) Embedded C
10 10 (2.81%) Kotlin
11 9 (2.53%) VB
12 7 (1.97%) Rust
13 6 (1.69%) Scala
14 5 (1.40%) R
15 4 (1.12%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 334 (93.82%) Degree
2 182 (51.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (9.27%) Master's Degree
4 26 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.90%) CCNP
6 16 (4.49%) CCNA
7 14 (3.93%) CISSP
7 14 (3.93%) PhD
8 11 (3.09%) PMP
9 10 (2.81%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.81%) CISM
9 10 (2.81%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.53%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.53%) CCIE
11 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.69%) CISA
12 6 (1.69%) PCI QSA
12 6 (1.69%) Security Cleared
13 5 (1.40%) CCNA CyberOps
14 4 (1.12%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.74%) QA
2 18 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.81%) NIST
4 9 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.97%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.69%) PMO
7 5 (1.40%) GDPR
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) CDISC
10 1 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
10 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.25%) Firmware
3 6 (1.69%) Docker
3 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.56%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (3.93%) Terraform
2 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.56%) Ansible
3 2 (0.56%) CASB
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (9.27%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.06%) SAP
3 17 (4.78%) Google
4 16 (4.49%) Cisco
5 8 (2.25%) VMware
6 7 (1.97%) Juniper
7 6 (1.69%) F5
7 6 (1.69%) IBM
8 4 (1.12%) Cognos
9 3 (0.84%) Twitter
10 2 (0.56%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.56%) Informatica
10 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.56%) SYSPRO
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe
11 1 (0.28%) EMC
11 1 (0.28%) Peregrine
11 1 (0.28%) Sage
11 1 (0.28%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.28%) TIBCO