Computer Science Jobs in Bristol

Computer Science
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 41 60
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 47 158 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 3.82% 5.03% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 5.75% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27 126 90
10th Percentile £32,200 £37,500 £38,050
25th Percentile £37,574 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,500 £66,728
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -10.83% +11.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £97,500 £87,750
South West median annual salary £40,101 £50,000 £59,191
% change year-on-year -19.80% -15.53% +18.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,159 2,750 2,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 94.23% 87.52% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 756 2,068 1,461
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,675 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,373 £57,500 £59,098
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.70% +8.93%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,433 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.14% -3.77% +6.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (4.26%) NServiceBus
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Simulink
2 2 (4.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) SaaS
3 3 (6.38%) Serverless
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.13%) Boomi
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
1 2 (4.26%) Internet
1 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.13%) DHCP
2 1 (2.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (6.38%) GitLab
2 3 (6.38%) Xcode
2 3 (6.38%) XCTest
3 2 (4.26%) Burp Suite
3 2 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) Metasploit
4 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 23 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.17%) Electronics
3 12 (25.53%) Finance
4 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (19.15%) Aerospace
6 3 (6.38%) Banking
6 3 (6.38%) Private Banking
6 3 (6.38%) Retail
6 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.13%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Marketing
8 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Software Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Junior
3 8 (17.02%) Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Lead
4 7 (14.89%) Junior Systems Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Software Developer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
6 4 (8.51%) Software Team Leader
6 4 (8.51%) Team Leader
7 3 (6.38%) iOS Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Junior Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) SaaS Software Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
8 2 (4.26%) Junior Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) .NET
2 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET
3 5 (10.64%) .NET Core
3 5 (10.64%) REST
4 4 (8.51%) .NET Framework
4 4 (8.51%) Entity Framework
4 4 (8.51%) React
4 4 (8.51%) RESTful
5 3 (6.38%) AngularJS
5 3 (6.38%) CSS
5 3 (6.38%) LAMP
5 3 (6.38%) Laravel
5 3 (6.38%) React Native
5 3 (6.38%) SwiftUI
6 2 (4.26%) HTML
6 2 (4.26%) Hugging Face
6 2 (4.26%) PyTorch
6 2 (4.26%) TensorFlow
7 1 (2.13%) Spring
7 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Algorithms
2 8 (17.02%) Data Structures
3 6 (12.77%) Product Ownership
4 4 (8.51%) Reinsurance
4 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.38%) W3C
6 2 (4.26%) IoT
7 1 (2.13%) Blockchain
7 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (2.13%) FMCG
7 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
7 1 (2.13%) N-Tier
7 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.13%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Apple iOS
2 9 (19.15%) Windows
3 5 (10.64%) Linux
4 3 (6.38%) Android
5 1 (2.13%) Unix
5 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (51.06%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (46.81%) Software Engineering
3 21 (44.68%) Agile
4 15 (31.91%) Mathematics
5 11 (23.40%) Mentoring
5 11 (23.40%) Physics
5 11 (23.40%) Test Automation
5 11 (23.40%) User Experience
6 10 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (21.28%) Project Management
6 10 (21.28%) Scrum
7 9 (19.15%) Analytical Thinking
7 9 (19.15%) CI/CD
8 8 (17.02%) Complexity Analysis
8 8 (17.02%) Refactoring
8 8 (17.02%) System Integration Testing
8 8 (17.02%) UX Design
9 7 (14.89%) PLM
9 7 (14.89%) SysML
9 7 (14.89%) UML
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) Java
2 14 (29.79%) Python
3 13 (27.66%) C#
4 11 (23.40%) C++
5 7 (14.89%) JavaScript
5 7 (14.89%) MATLAB
6 6 (12.77%) SQL
7 4 (8.51%) Bash
8 3 (6.38%) Clojure
8 3 (6.38%) PHP
8 3 (6.38%) Swift
9 2 (4.26%) Rust
9 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (2.13%) C
10 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Degree
2 17 (36.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (17.02%) Master's Degree
4 7 (14.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (8.51%) PhD
6 2 (4.26%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (4.26%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.13%) MBA
7 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.13%) PMP
7 1 (2.13%) Postgraduate
7 1 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.26%) GDPR
4 1 (2.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) IBM
2 2 (4.26%) PayPal
2 2 (4.26%) SAP
3 1 (2.13%) Ariba
3 1 (2.13%) Databricks
3 1 (2.13%) Graphcore
3 1 (2.13%) Informatica
3 1 (2.13%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) SnapLogic
3 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.13%) Sparx
3 1 (2.13%) Splunk
3 1 (2.13%) Veeam
3 1 (2.13%) Zscaler