Computer Science Job Trends in Bradford

Computer Science
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 11 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 +23
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 7 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Bradford 4.12% 5.56% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.86% 7.69% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £52,625 - £53,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £52,500 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -18.52% -
75th Percentile £60,313 £57,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £60,875 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -7.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bradford

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bradford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 144 52 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bradford 84.71% 72.22% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 53 20 118
10th Percentile £29,200 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +4.50% -2.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,525 £71,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Bradford

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Development Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
1 1 (14.29%) GraphQL
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Change Management
3 5 (71.43%) Asset Management
3 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
3 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 5 (71.43%) ITSM
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
5 1 (14.29%) API Design
5 1 (14.29%) API Integration
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) People Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft