Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Computer Science Degree
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 91 85
Rank change year-on-year +34 -6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 33 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.49% 0.21% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.52% 0.52% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 31 2 10
10th Percentile £30,500 £65,500 £43,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £59,000 £76,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 439 382 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 33.11% 40.25% 38.51%
Number of salaries quoted 215 100 142
10th Percentile £20,000 £35,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £31,875 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,386 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,375 £68,250 £62,619
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +2.42%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Buckinghamshire

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes +8 18 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Computer Science Degree
South East

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (42.42%) IIS
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.03%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 16 (48.48%) Azure
2 13 (39.39%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (18.18%) GCP
4 2 (6.06%) iPaaS
4 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
1 1 (3.03%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.06%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (6.06%) Power BI
4 1 (3.03%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (3.03%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.03%) Metadata
4 1 (3.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Cypress.io
1 4 (12.12%) Selenium
1 4 (12.12%) WebDriver
2 2 (6.06%) JIRA
3 1 (3.03%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (3.03%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) GitLab
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (12.12%) Law
4 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Finance
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Support Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) IT Support
2 12 (36.36%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Software Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Product Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Developer in Test
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Applications Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Head of IT
5 2 (6.06%) Integration Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.03%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.03%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) .NET
2 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
2 12 (36.36%) Entity Framework
2 12 (36.36%) WinForms
3 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET
4 4 (12.12%) Playwright
5 3 (9.09%) REST
6 2 (6.06%) JSON
6 2 (6.06%) Middleware
6 2 (6.06%) SOAP
6 2 (6.06%) XML
7 1 (3.03%) CSS
7 1 (3.03%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 6 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (15.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 2 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.03%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
5 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (54.55%) Agile
4 15 (45.45%) DevOps
5 13 (39.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
7 8 (24.24%) Sprint Planning
8 6 (18.18%) Analytics
8 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (15.15%) CAD
9 5 (15.15%) Data Management
9 5 (15.15%) ITIL
9 5 (15.15%) SDLC
10 4 (12.12%) PLM
10 4 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (12.12%) Strategic Planning
10 4 (12.12%) Test Scripting
10 4 (12.12%) Test Strategy
10 4 (12.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) SQL
2 17 (51.52%) C#
3 12 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 8 (24.24%) Java
5 3 (9.09%) Python
6 1 (3.03%) Bash
6 1 (3.03%) C++
6 1 (3.03%) PHP
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Ansible
1 1 (3.03%) Control-M
1 1 (3.03%) Grafana
1 1 (3.03%) Kibana
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Sage
1 12 (36.36%) Xamarin
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) Google
3 5 (15.15%) Zoho
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) Dynatrace
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Red Hat