Computer Science Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 183 163
Rank change year-on-year +48 -20 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,503 1,133 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.12% 1.88% 2.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.71% 5.17% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 682 728
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £28,925
25th Percentile £37,028 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,504 21,909 22,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.49% 36.36% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 8,086 10,279
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +29 520 £60,000 - 105
North of England +133 357 £50,000 -9.09% 112
Midlands +16 186 £50,000 -16.67% 90
North West +69 181 £50,000 -9.09% 62
Yorkshire +160 156 £46,250 -15.91% 33
South West +9 147 £45,000 -18.18% 51
Scotland -44 126 £57,500 +4.55% 14
West Midlands +42 122 £53,250 -16.47% 57
East of England +23 115 £40,000 -27.93% 63
East Midlands -34 62 £45,000 - 33
Wales -8 24 £34,000 -24.44% 11
North East -2 20 £52,500 +23.53% 18
Northern Ireland +23 19 £40,500 -4.71% 15
Isle of Man - 9 £37,500 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (1.93%) FileNet
2 28 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.00%) OpenStack
5 12 (0.80%) WordPress
6 11 (0.73%) Confluence
7 9 (0.60%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.47%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) Apache
9 4 (0.27%) CMS
9 4 (0.27%) OpenEdge
10 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.20%) WildFly
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.067%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.067%) Mule
12 1 (0.067%) Site Server
Applications
1 49 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.33%) Simulink
3 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.53%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.067%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.067%) Revit
7 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.53%) Shopify
4 5 (0.33%) Odoo
5 4 (0.27%) Magento
6 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.13%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.067%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.067%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.067%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 256 (17.03%) Azure
2 252 (16.77%) AWS
3 87 (5.79%) Amazon S3
4 68 (4.52%) GitHub
5 61 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (3.99%) GCP
7 56 (3.73%) SaaS
8 55 (3.66%) Power Platform
9 51 (3.39%) Serverless
10 46 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
10 46 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
11 37 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
13 24 (1.60%) Amazon Kinesis
14 19 (1.26%) Route 53
15 18 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.20%) Snowflake
16 17 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 103 (6.85%) Firewall
2 85 (5.66%) Network Security
3 53 (3.53%) WAN
4 47 (3.13%) LAN
5 46 (3.06%) DNS
5 46 (3.06%) TCP/IP
6 37 (2.46%) VPN
7 36 (2.40%) DHCP
8 33 (2.20%) HTTP
9 29 (1.93%) VLAN
10 24 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
10 24 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (1.46%) Wireless
12 16 (1.06%) NAS
12 16 (1.06%) SAN
13 13 (0.86%) Internet
14 12 (0.80%) SSL
15 11 (0.73%) MPLS
15 11 (0.73%) MQTT
15 11 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (12.64%) SQL Server
2 145 (9.65%) NoSQL
3 97 (6.45%) MySQL
4 71 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
5 67 (4.46%) Relational Database
6 58 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
7 52 (3.46%) Power BI
8 45 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 29 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 27 (1.80%) Big Data
12 26 (1.73%) RDBMS
13 24 (1.60%) MongoDB
14 23 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 22 (1.46%) Redis
16 17 (1.13%) MS Access
16 17 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
18 14 (0.93%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 236 (15.70%) Git
2 59 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.66%) JIRA
4 31 (2.06%) JUnit
4 31 (2.06%) Subversion
5 30 (2.00%) Jasmine
6 29 (1.93%) Mockito
7 22 (1.46%) Postman
8 21 (1.40%) Visual Studio
9 20 (1.33%) CMake
10 16 (1.06%) Appium
11 13 (0.86%) GitLab
11 13 (0.86%) Selenium
12 12 (0.80%) NUnit
12 12 (0.80%) Vagrant
13 10 (0.67%) LabVIEW
13 10 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 9 (0.60%) Moq
14 9 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.40%) UI Automator
General
1 660 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
3 192 (12.77%) Finance
4 105 (6.99%) Manufacturing
5 90 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.39%) Marketing
7 69 (4.59%) Law
8 61 (4.06%) Electronics
9 49 (3.26%) Legal
10 48 (3.19%) Retail
11 44 (2.93%) Games
12 43 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.26%) Military
14 33 (2.20%) Public Sector
15 30 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.53%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.06%) Publishing
19 15 (1.00%) Automotive
19 15 (1.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 473 (31.47%) Developer
2 220 (14.64%) Software Engineer
3 217 (14.44%) Senior
4 148 (9.85%) Software Developer
5 140 (9.31%) Lead
6 87 (5.79%) Architect
7 86 (5.72%) Senior Developer
8 71 (4.72%) Analyst
9 70 (4.66%) Junior
10 57 (3.79%) .NET Developer
11 54 (3.59%) Full Stack Developer
12 53 (3.53%) Support Engineer
13 49 (3.26%) C++ Software Engineer
14 47 (3.13%) Senior Software Developer
15 46 (3.06%) Graduate
16 42 (2.79%) Network Engineer
17 40 (2.66%) Lead Developer
18 39 (2.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 39 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
19 38 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (16.10%) .NET
2 217 (14.44%) React
3 151 (10.05%) HTML
4 129 (8.58%) CSS
5 122 (8.12%) AngularJS
6 75 (4.99%) Spring
7 64 (4.26%) Node.js
8 62 (4.13%) .NET Framework
8 62 (4.13%) JSON
9 58 (3.86%) Kafka
10 50 (3.33%) .NET Core
11 48 (3.19%) Vue
12 39 (2.59%) HTML5
13 37 (2.46%) REST
13 37 (2.46%) RESTful
14 36 (2.40%) XML
15 35 (2.33%) ASP.NET
16 34 (2.26%) GraphQL
17 33 (2.20%) Hibernate
18 31 (2.06%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 169 (11.24%) Management Information System
2 94 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 86 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (5.52%) Cloud Native
5 55 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 52 (3.46%) Mobile App
7 47 (3.13%) Product Ownership
8 42 (2.79%) Onboarding
9 35 (2.33%) IoT
10 32 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
11 31 (2.06%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
13 24 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.53%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.53%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.13%) Life Science
15 17 (1.13%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.13%) Replication
15 17 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (1.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 263 (17.50%) Windows
2 225 (14.97%) Linux
3 65 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 62 (4.13%) Android
5 45 (2.99%) Mac OS
6 31 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 30 (2.00%) Unix
8 23 (1.53%) Windows 10
9 22 (1.46%) Ubuntu
10 18 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 13 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
12 12 (0.80%) CentOS
13 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (0.53%) Debian
15 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
15 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
16 6 (0.40%) VMS
17 4 (0.27%) Windows Vista
18 3 (0.20%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,446 (96.21%) Computer Science
2 646 (42.98%) Problem-Solving
3 446 (29.67%) Agile
4 407 (27.08%) Software Engineering
5 255 (16.97%) DevOps
6 207 (13.77%) Artificial Intelligence
7 176 (11.71%) CI/CD
8 167 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 158 (10.51%) Mathematics
10 153 (10.18%) SDLC
11 152 (10.11%) Machine Learning
12 131 (8.72%) Project Management
13 118 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
14 114 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 113 (7.52%) Full Stack Development
16 111 (7.39%) Analytics
16 111 (7.39%) Test Automation
17 107 (7.12%) Decision-Making
18 105 (6.99%) Data Modelling
19 103 (6.85%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 344 (22.89%) JavaScript
2 341 (22.69%) SQL
3 328 (21.82%) Python
4 313 (20.83%) C#
5 230 (15.30%) Java
6 143 (9.51%) C++
7 134 (8.92%) TypeScript
8 108 (7.19%) C
9 70 (4.66%) PHP
10 48 (3.19%) PowerShell
11 39 (2.59%) Bash
12 29 (1.93%) R
13 27 (1.80%) Go
14 23 (1.53%) Kotlin
15 19 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.93%) Scala
16 14 (0.93%) VB
17 13 (0.86%) Rust
18 12 (0.80%) MATLAB
18 12 (0.80%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,503 (100.00%) Degree
2 185 (12.31%) Master's Degree
3 123 (8.18%) Security Cleared
4 85 (5.66%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.99%) Cisco Certification
6 58 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (3.73%) CCNA
8 53 (3.53%) AWS Certification
9 50 (3.33%) CCNP
10 43 (2.86%) CISSP
11 42 (2.79%) PhD
12 38 (2.53%) Azure Certification
13 33 (2.20%) DBS Check
14 32 (2.13%) MCP
15 30 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 27 (1.80%) A+ Certification
17 26 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
18 24 (1.60%) DV Cleared
19 22 (1.46%) CCIE
20 21 (1.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (7.32%) QA
2 38 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 33 (2.20%) GDPR
4 20 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.06%) SLA
6 14 (0.93%) NIST
7 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 12 (0.80%) PMO
9 10 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.47%) ISO 13485
11 3 (0.20%) NCSC
12 2 (0.13%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.067%) Good Clinical Practice
13 1 (0.067%) HL7
System Software
1 198 (13.17%) Docker
2 82 (5.46%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.06%) Firmware
4 16 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.60%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) pfSense
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.20%) KVM
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.20%) XenApp
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) HDFS
11 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 202 (13.44%) Kubernetes
2 68 (4.52%) Terraform
3 39 (2.59%) Ansible
4 17 (1.13%) Puppet
5 12 (0.80%) ZABBIX
6 11 (0.73%) SCCM
7 8 (0.53%) Nagios
8 7 (0.47%) SCOM
8 7 (0.47%) WSUS
9 6 (0.40%) Grafana
9 6 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.33%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.33%) Nessus
10 5 (0.33%) Rancher
11 3 (0.20%) Autotask
11 3 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.20%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 240 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.79%) Oracle
3 66 (4.39%) Cisco
3 66 (4.39%) Google
4 44 (2.93%) VMware
5 37 (2.46%) SAP
6 28 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.73%) Xilinx
8 19 (1.26%) Apple
9 17 (1.13%) Juniper
10 16 (1.06%) F5
11 14 (0.93%) Databricks
11 14 (0.93%) Fortinet
11 14 (0.93%) Xamarin
12 13 (0.86%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.80%) NVIDIA
13 12 (0.80%) Veeam
14 11 (0.73%) Splunk
15 10 (0.67%) IBM
15 10 (0.67%) ServiceNow