Computer Science
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 57 44
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 5,014 5,383 11,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.09% 5.20% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.93% 5.44% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,409 3,016 3,752
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £32,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +18 4,181 £60,000 -7.69% 1,760
UK excluding London +19 3,318 £52,500 -4.55% 937
London +6 1,531 £77,500 -3.13% 842
Work from Home +10 1,396 £60,000 -11.11% 817
South East +6 1,027 £60,000 +9.09% 238
North of England +88 633 £48,000 -8.57% 215
Scotland +10 598 £52,500 -0.94% 38
Midlands +23 369 £50,000 -4.76% 151
North West +84 352 £50,000 -9.09% 122
South West +21 349 £50,000 -9.09% 108
West Midlands +33 253 £52,500 -4.55% 80
East of England -1 249 £45,000 -3.23% 158
Yorkshire +97 221 £45,000 -14.29% 60
East Midlands -7 110 £42,500 -5.56% 71
North East +10 60 £48,734 +18.14% 35
Northern Ireland +23 41 £40,000 -20.00% 21
Wales -49 40 £34,000 -40.87% 22
Isle of Man - 13 £37,000 - 3

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 144 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (1.93%) Apache Spark
2 97 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 45 (0.90%) FileNet
4 42 (0.84%) Apache
5 39 (0.78%) CMS
5 39 (0.78%) Confluence
6 31 (0.62%) IIS
7 30 (0.60%) SAS
8 23 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 23 (0.46%) WordPress
9 19 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
10 15 (0.30%) OpenStack
11 12 (0.24%) Jupyter
11 12 (0.24%) Tomcat
12 8 (0.16%) Apache Pig
12 8 (0.16%) nginx
12 8 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
13 6 (0.12%) Moodle
14 4 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 109 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 103 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (0.90%) Simulink
4 35 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 14 (0.28%) Trello
7 10 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.18%) SPSS
9 7 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 7 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.060%) Sketch
12 2 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.040%) InVision
12 2 (0.040%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.040%) TargetLink
12 2 (0.040%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.020%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.020%) GNU Octave
13 1 (0.020%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 51 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.52%) SDL Web 8
3 22 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 18 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.18%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.16%) Shopify
8 5 (0.100%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.100%) Odoo
9 4 (0.080%) Magento
9 4 (0.080%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.080%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.080%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.060%) Endur
10 3 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
10 3 (0.060%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.040%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 937 (18.69%) AWS
2 860 (17.15%) Azure
3 281 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
4 266 (5.31%) GCP
5 263 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 184 (3.67%) SaaS
7 160 (3.19%) GitHub
8 145 (2.89%) Serverless
9 135 (2.69%) Amazon S3
10 124 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
11 112 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
12 109 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
13 62 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 60 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
15 53 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 48 (0.96%) IaaS
17 44 (0.88%) PaaS
18 39 (0.78%) Entra ID
19 35 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
19 35 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 185 (3.69%) Wireless
2 184 (3.67%) WAN
3 173 (3.45%) Network Security
4 161 (3.21%) Firewall
5 128 (2.55%) SD-WAN
6 107 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 100 (1.99%) Cisco IOS
8 99 (1.97%) WebEx
9 90 (1.79%) DNS
10 86 (1.72%) VPN
11 66 (1.32%) HTTP
12 62 (1.24%) Internet
13 61 (1.22%) LAN
14 51 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
15 47 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
16 45 (0.90%) DHCP
17 32 (0.64%) SAN
18 29 (0.58%) VLAN
19 28 (0.56%) Ethernet
20 24 (0.48%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 440 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 281 (5.60%) NoSQL
3 243 (4.85%) Power BI
4 190 (3.79%) MySQL
4 190 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 172 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
6 148 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
7 116 (2.31%) Big Data
8 107 (2.13%) Redis
9 86 (1.72%) Tableau
10 79 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 76 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
12 67 (1.34%) Hadoop
13 66 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
14 62 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 53 (1.06%) Apache Cassandra
16 50 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
17 49 (0.98%) MongoDB
18 45 (0.90%) Data Lake
19 42 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 524 (10.45%) Git
2 177 (3.53%) JIRA
3 142 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 81 (1.62%) Visual Studio
5 79 (1.58%) GitLab
6 74 (1.48%) JUnit
7 60 (1.20%) Selenium
8 53 (1.06%) Mockito
9 52 (1.04%) Jasmine
10 46 (0.92%) Cypress.io
11 42 (0.84%) Subversion
11 42 (0.84%) TeamCity
12 41 (0.82%) NUnit
13 39 (0.78%) Moq
14 33 (0.66%) CMake
15 32 (0.64%) Postman
16 31 (0.62%) Burp Suite
17 29 (0.58%) Metasploit
18 26 (0.52%) Bitbucket
19 25 (0.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,034 (40.57%) Social Skills
2 1,060 (21.14%) Finance
3 857 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
4 762 (15.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 461 (9.19%) Marketing
6 446 (8.90%) Law
7 253 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 234 (4.67%) Electronics
9 188 (3.75%) Legal
10 181 (3.61%) Financial Institution
11 169 (3.37%) Banking
12 144 (2.87%) Games
13 141 (2.81%) Retail
14 140 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
15 129 (2.57%) Public Sector
16 124 (2.47%) Telecoms
17 92 (1.83%) Investment Banking
18 91 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
19 77 (1.54%) Automotive
20 68 (1.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,192 (23.77%) Developer
2 866 (17.27%) Senior
3 745 (14.86%) Software Engineer
4 440 (8.78%) Lead
5 294 (5.86%) Software Developer
6 287 (5.72%) Architect
7 283 (5.64%) Analyst
8 271 (5.40%) Senior Developer
9 211 (4.21%) Senior Software Engineer
10 210 (4.19%) Data Scientist
11 188 (3.75%) Engineering Manager
12 181 (3.61%) Junior
13 169 (3.37%) Graduate
13 169 (3.37%) Software Engineering Manager
14 142 (2.83%) IT Support
15 136 (2.71%) Full Stack Developer
16 124 (2.47%) .NET Developer
17 121 (2.41%) Support Specialist
18 107 (2.13%) IT Support Specialist
19 106 (2.11%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 682 (13.60%) .NET
2 535 (10.67%) React
3 454 (9.05%) HTML
4 398 (7.94%) CSS
5 366 (7.30%) AngularJS
6 247 (4.93%) Spring
7 214 (4.27%) RESTful
8 207 (4.13%) Node.js
9 188 (3.75%) Kafka
10 182 (3.63%) ASP.NET
11 174 (3.47%) .NET Core
12 168 (3.35%) HTML5
13 166 (3.31%) REST
14 140 (2.79%) Web Services
15 138 (2.75%) .NET Framework
16 111 (2.21%) Spring Boot
17 110 (2.19%) JSON
18 99 (1.97%) Vue
19 98 (1.95%) XML
20 97 (1.93%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 552 (11.01%) Algorithms
2 439 (8.76%) Management Information System
3 367 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 257 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 219 (4.37%) Data Structures
6 146 (2.91%) Client/Server
7 138 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 133 (2.65%) Onboarding
9 118 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
10 101 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
11 97 (1.93%) Mobile App
11 97 (1.93%) Wiki
12 90 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 85 (1.70%) IoT
14 72 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
15 71 (1.42%) Market Risk
16 70 (1.40%) Virtual Team
17 65 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
18 56 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
19 55 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 573 (11.43%) Windows
2 539 (10.75%) Linux
3 181 (3.61%) Android
4 145 (2.89%) Windows 10
5 105 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 90 (1.79%) Unix
7 65 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 59 (1.18%) Mac OS
9 33 (0.66%) Kali Linux
10 29 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
10 29 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 23 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 20 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (0.38%) CentOS
14 12 (0.24%) Debian
15 9 (0.18%) VMS
16 6 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
17 5 (0.100%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.100%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,857 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 1,617 (32.25%) Software Engineering
3 1,433 (28.58%) Agile
4 1,041 (20.76%) Mathematics
5 690 (13.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 623 (12.43%) Machine Learning
7 585 (11.67%) CI/CD
8 567 (11.31%) Mentoring
9 553 (11.03%) SDLC
10 536 (10.69%) DevOps
11 531 (10.59%) Decision-Making
12 524 (10.45%) Analytics
13 508 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
14 471 (9.39%) Data Science
15 421 (8.40%) Project Management
16 396 (7.90%) Data Analysis
17 359 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
18 356 (7.10%) Full Stack Development
19 351 (7.00%) Microservices
20 350 (6.98%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,175 (23.43%) Python
2 1,116 (22.26%) SQL
3 954 (19.03%) C#
4 822 (16.39%) JavaScript
5 750 (14.96%) Java
6 400 (7.98%) C++
7 395 (7.88%) C
8 366 (7.30%) TypeScript
9 159 (3.17%) PHP
10 137 (2.73%) PowerShell
11 104 (2.07%) R
12 101 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 96 (1.91%) Bash
14 79 (1.58%) Embedded C
15 78 (1.56%) Go
16 74 (1.48%) Fortran
17 60 (1.20%) Kotlin
18 59 (1.18%) MATLAB
19 56 (1.12%) Scala
20 51 (1.02%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4,257 (84.90%) Degree
2 2,393 (47.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 800 (15.96%) Master's Degree
4 278 (5.54%) Security Cleared
5 243 (4.85%) PhD
6 168 (3.35%) CISSP
7 166 (3.31%) SC Cleared
8 142 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 106 (2.11%) CISM
10 103 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
11 89 (1.78%) AWS Certification
12 75 (1.50%) Azure Certification
13 67 (1.34%) PMI Certification
14 60 (1.20%) PMP
15 57 (1.14%) CCNA
16 56 (1.12%) CCNP
16 56 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
17 46 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 45 (0.90%) A+ Certification
18 45 (0.90%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (5.70%) QA
2 106 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 106 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (1.97%) GDPR
4 85 (1.70%) NIST
5 80 (1.60%) Accessibility
6 43 (0.86%) PMO
7 37 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 35 (0.70%) WCAG
9 29 (0.58%) SLA
10 28 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.46%) ISO 13485
12 22 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 18 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 15 (0.30%) GRC
15 14 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 14 (0.28%) COBIT
15 14 (0.28%) NCSC
15 14 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 453 (9.03%) Docker
2 243 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 141 (2.81%) Firmware
4 104 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
5 101 (2.01%) XenApp
6 97 (1.93%) Microsoft App-V
6 97 (1.93%) XenDesktop
7 78 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 48 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
9 38 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
10 34 (0.68%) Hyper-V
11 12 (0.24%) HDFS
12 9 (0.18%) vSphere
13 8 (0.16%) KVM
13 8 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.080%) pfSense
15 2 (0.040%) LXC
15 2 (0.040%) NFS
16 1 (0.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 409 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 179 (3.57%) Terraform
3 113 (2.25%) SCCM
4 97 (1.93%) AirWatch
5 63 (1.26%) Ansible
6 22 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.40%) Grafana
8 18 (0.36%) Puppet
9 14 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 11 (0.22%) WSUS
12 10 (0.20%) Nagios
12 10 (0.20%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.16%) Nessus
13 8 (0.16%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
14 7 (0.14%) SCOM
15 6 (0.12%) CASB
15 6 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 759 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 198 (3.95%) Google
3 191 (3.81%) Cisco
4 165 (3.29%) Oracle
5 105 (2.09%) SAP
6 104 (2.07%) Citrix
7 93 (1.85%) VMware
8 76 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 47 (0.94%) IBM
10 39 (0.78%) Databricks
11 34 (0.68%) Xilinx
12 32 (0.64%) Splunk
13 31 (0.62%) Adobe
14 29 (0.58%) Juniper
15 28 (0.56%) Apple
16 24 (0.48%) Atlassian
16 24 (0.48%) Facebook
16 24 (0.48%) ServiceNow
17 19 (0.38%) F5
17 19 (0.38%) Xamarin