Computer Science Jobs in the South West

Computer Science
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 87 73
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 -7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 338 250 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.70% 3.57% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 3.78% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 228 185 190
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,625 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Bristol +34 152 £59,500 -8.46% 46
Devon +8 68 £34,500 -10.39% 15
Gloucestershire +3 47 £55,000 - 7
Wiltshire -31 25 £42,500 -15.00% 10
Dorset -5 23 £47,500 +12.71% 10
Somerset +9 14 £29,500 -34.58% 9
Cornwall -11 4 - - 1
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 10 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.18%) Confluence
2 4 (1.18%) Moodle
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.89%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.89%) WildFly
4 2 (0.59%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.79%) AWS
2 44 (13.02%) Azure
3 16 (4.73%) GCP
3 16 (4.73%) SaaS
4 15 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.44%) npm
5 13 (3.85%) GitHub
6 11 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.96%) Firebase
8 9 (2.66%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.07%) Azure Functions
9 7 (2.07%) Serverless
10 3 (0.89%) PaaS
11 2 (0.59%) dbt
12 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.30%) IaaS
12 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.69%) Network Security
2 25 (7.40%) WAN
3 20 (5.92%) SD-WAN
4 17 (5.03%) 5G
4 17 (5.03%) Firewall
5 12 (3.55%) DNS
5 12 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (2.96%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.66%) HTTP
7 9 (2.66%) Internet
8 8 (2.37%) LAN
9 7 (2.07%) SMTP
10 6 (1.78%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.78%) RS-232
11 4 (1.18%) SAN
12 3 (0.89%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.89%) GSM
12 3 (0.89%) MPLS
12 3 (0.89%) VoIP
12 3 (0.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.03%) Relational Database
3 14 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.25%) MySQL
5 10 (2.96%) Big Data
6 9 (2.66%) Hadoop
6 9 (2.66%) Power BI
7 8 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.07%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.78%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.78%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.78%) Flink
10 5 (1.48%) OLTP
10 5 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.18%) Redis
12 3 (0.89%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.59%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (12.72%) Git
2 18 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.44%) Visual Studio
4 13 (3.85%) Storybook
5 11 (3.25%) JIRA
6 5 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.48%) Selenium
7 4 (1.18%) Maven
8 3 (0.89%) GitLab
9 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.59%) JUnit
9 2 (0.59%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.30%) Subversion
10 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 133 (39.35%) Social Skills
2 91 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (14.50%) Finance
4 34 (10.06%) Electronics
5 30 (8.88%) Marketing
6 23 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.92%) Military
8 18 (5.33%) Financial Institution
9 17 (5.03%) Manufacturing
10 14 (4.14%) Aerospace
10 14 (4.14%) Aviation
10 14 (4.14%) Law
11 13 (3.85%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.66%) Games
14 9 (2.66%) Legal
15 7 (2.07%) Public Sector
16 6 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (22.78%) Developer
2 75 (22.19%) Senior
3 42 (12.43%) Software Engineer
4 32 (9.47%) Lead
5 28 (8.28%) Senior Software Engineer
6 26 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (6.21%) Software Developer
8 16 (4.73%) Architect
8 16 (4.73%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.44%) Senior Developer
10 14 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
11 13 (3.85%) Analyst
11 13 (3.85%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 13 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
11 13 (3.85%) Tester
12 12 (3.55%) Administrator
12 12 (3.55%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.25%) Senior Manager
13 11 (3.25%) Technical Leader
14 10 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.50%) AngularJS
2 33 (9.76%) React
3 30 (8.88%) .NET
4 29 (8.58%) CSS
5 27 (7.99%) HTML
6 24 (7.10%) Node.js
7 20 (5.92%) REST
8 13 (3.85%) .NET Framework
8 13 (3.85%) Sass
9 11 (3.25%) ASP.NET
10 10 (2.96%) HTML5
10 10 (2.96%) Ionic Framework
11 9 (2.66%) ASP.NET Core
11 9 (2.66%) Kafka
11 9 (2.66%) Vue
12 8 (2.37%) Lambda Expressions
12 8 (2.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 7 (2.07%) .NET Core
13 7 (2.07%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (2.07%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.13%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (6.80%) GNSS
3 22 (6.51%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.73%) Mobile App
5 15 (4.44%) Algorithms
5 15 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.14%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.96%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (2.96%) FPGA
8 10 (2.96%) Robotics
9 9 (2.66%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.37%) Client/Server
11 7 (2.07%) CUDA
11 7 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (2.07%) MicroBlaze
11 7 (2.07%) Oculus
11 7 (2.07%) Replication
11 7 (2.07%) Tandem
11 7 (2.07%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.19%) Linux
2 53 (15.68%) Windows
3 22 (6.51%) Unix
4 13 (3.85%) Android
4 13 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.96%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.37%) Debian
6 8 (2.37%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.89%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.59%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (42.60%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (23.96%) Software Engineering
3 62 (18.34%) Agile
4 55 (16.27%) Project Management
5 52 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 45 (13.31%) B2B
7 42 (12.43%) CI/CD
7 42 (12.43%) Containerisation
7 42 (12.43%) Mentoring
8 41 (12.13%) Validation
9 38 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (11.24%) DevOps
10 37 (10.95%) Defect Tracking
11 35 (10.36%) Continuous Integration
12 34 (10.06%) Requirements Analysis
13 33 (9.76%) Project Delivery
14 31 (9.17%) Unit Testing
15 30 (8.88%) Machine Learning
15 30 (8.88%) Mathematics
16 29 (8.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (21.60%) SQL
2 68 (20.12%) JavaScript
3 65 (19.23%) Python
4 48 (14.20%) Java
5 47 (13.91%) TypeScript
6 36 (10.65%) C#
7 33 (9.76%) C++
8 32 (9.47%) C
9 18 (5.33%) Bash
10 16 (4.73%) Perl
11 13 (3.85%) Scala
12 10 (2.96%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.96%) Objective-C
12 10 (2.96%) Swift
13 9 (2.66%) VB
14 7 (2.07%) PHP
14 7 (2.07%) Tcl
15 5 (1.48%) Go
16 4 (1.18%) PowerShell
16 4 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 300 (88.76%) Degree
2 136 (40.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 51 (15.09%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.58%) Master's Degree
5 23 (6.80%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.55%) DBS Check
7 11 (3.25%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.96%) A+ Certification
8 10 (2.96%) MCP
8 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.96%) PMP
9 9 (2.66%) CHECK Team Member
9 9 (2.66%) OSCP
10 7 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.07%) CISSP
11 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (1.48%) CISM
12 5 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.48%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.99%) PMO
2 21 (6.21%) QA
3 11 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.37%) NIST
5 7 (2.07%) DO-254
5 7 (2.07%) IEC 61508
5 7 (2.07%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.78%) GDPR
7 5 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 5 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (1.48%) SLA
7 5 (1.48%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.89%) JTAG
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (7.10%) Docker
2 18 (5.33%) Firmware
3 16 (4.73%) Active Directory
4 15 (4.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 15 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.89%) KVM
6 3 (0.89%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.78%) Nagios
3 5 (1.48%) Rancher
3 5 (1.48%) Terraform
4 3 (0.89%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (0.89%) OfficeScan
4 3 (0.89%) WSUS
5 2 (0.59%) Nmap
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.51%) Oracle
3 15 (4.44%) VMware
4 14 (4.14%) Cisco
5 9 (2.66%) IBM
6 7 (2.07%) Altera
6 7 (2.07%) Green Hills
6 7 (2.07%) Motorola
6 7 (2.07%) Xilinx
7 6 (1.78%) Centreon
7 6 (1.78%) Google
7 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.78%) Teradata
8 3 (0.89%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 3 (0.89%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.89%) Citrix
8 3 (0.89%) Databricks
8 3 (0.89%) EMC
8 3 (0.89%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.89%) Sybase