Computer Science Jobs in Central London

Computer Science
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 53
Rank change year-on-year +5 +27 +9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 243 289 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.33% 7.65% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.69% 8.33% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 121 220 231
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,315 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £137,500
London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 3,471 4,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.64% 91.83% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,546 2,651 3,984
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
City of London -2 152 £70,000 -12.50% 90
City of Westminster +19 53 £62,500 - 4
Camden +14 32 £65,000 +62.50%
West End of London +15 11 £102,500 +95.24% 17
Kensington and Chelsea - 5 - -
Southwark -5 3 - - 3
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 17 (7.00%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) nginx
4 2 (0.82%) Liferay
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Blender
3 1 (0.41%) Maya
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 60 (24.69%) Azure
2 47 (19.34%) AWS
3 29 (11.93%) GCP
4 24 (9.88%) SaaS
5 15 (6.17%) GitHub
6 12 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (4.53%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (4.12%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.47%) Azure AI
13 5 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.06%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.65%) Serverless
15 3 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (1.23%) npm
15 3 (1.23%) PaaS
16 2 (0.82%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.47%) HTTP
2 18 (7.41%) Broadband
3 8 (3.29%) Firewall
4 3 (1.23%) Multicast
4 3 (1.23%) WAN
5 2 (0.82%) SAN
5 2 (0.82%) Telnet
5 2 (0.82%) Wireless
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) VoIP
6 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.23%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.88%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.88%) MySQL
3 7 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.47%) Power BI
5 5 (2.06%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (1.65%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.23%) Metadata
7 3 (1.23%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.23%) Tableau
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.82%) Big Data
8 2 (0.82%) Power Query
8 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.41%) KDB
Development Applications
1 22 (9.05%) Git
2 12 (4.94%) Gradle
3 9 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.70%) JIRA
4 7 (2.88%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.06%) Maven
6 3 (1.23%) Babel
6 3 (1.23%) gulp
6 3 (1.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.23%) webpack
7 1 (0.41%) Moq
7 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 131 (53.91%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.81%) Finance
3 37 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (14.81%) Games
5 31 (12.76%) Law
6 24 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (9.88%) Retail
7 18 (7.41%) Advertising
7 18 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (5.76%) Banking
9 4 (1.65%) Back Office
9 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.23%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.82%) Automotive
11 2 (0.82%) Electronics
11 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 79 (32.51%) Senior
2 45 (18.52%) Developer
3 42 (17.28%) Software Engineer
4 41 (16.87%) Analyst
5 35 (14.40%) Lead
6 32 (13.17%) Architect
7 31 (12.76%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (9.05%) Senior Developer
8 22 (9.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (8.64%) Senior Architect
9 21 (8.64%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 17 (7.00%) Software Developer
11 16 (6.58%) ServiceNow Architect
12 15 (6.17%) Senior Software Developer
13 13 (5.35%) Qualitative Analyst
13 13 (5.35%) Quantitative Analyst
14 12 (4.94%) Data Engineer
15 11 (4.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 9 (3.70%) Lead Data Engineer
16 9 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.70%) Kafka
2 14 (5.76%) .NET
2 14 (5.76%) CSS
2 14 (5.76%) HTML
3 12 (4.94%) React
4 11 (4.53%) REST
5 10 (4.12%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (3.29%) ARM Templates
6 8 (3.29%) JSON
6 8 (3.29%) Node.js
6 8 (3.29%) OAuth
7 7 (2.88%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 6 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (2.47%) HTML5
8 6 (2.47%) Pandas
8 6 (2.47%) RESTful
8 6 (2.47%) WPF
9 5 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (2.06%) Scrapy
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 20 (8.23%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (7.41%) Life Science
4 17 (7.00%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (7.00%) Mobile Games
5 16 (6.58%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.94%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.94%) Mobile App
7 10 (4.12%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (3.29%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.88%) Robotics
10 6 (2.47%) Derivative
11 5 (2.06%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (2.06%) Fixed Income
11 5 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.65%) Hedge funds
13 3 (1.23%) Equities
13 3 (1.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.88%) Windows
2 20 (8.23%) Linux
3 7 (2.88%) Android
3 7 (2.88%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.06%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.23%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (1.23%) Unix
7 2 (0.82%) Rocky
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (36.63%) Software Engineering
2 66 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (23.87%) Agile
4 57 (23.46%) Data Science
5 55 (22.63%) Roadmaps
6 48 (19.75%) Analytics
7 45 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 38 (15.64%) Mathematics
9 37 (15.23%) Machine Learning
9 37 (15.23%) Mentoring
10 34 (13.99%) Statistics
11 32 (13.17%) DevOps
12 29 (11.93%) User Experience
13 28 (11.52%) Product Management
14 27 (11.11%) Data Modelling
15 25 (10.29%) Process Improvement
15 25 (10.29%) Visualisation
16 23 (9.47%) Data Visualisation
16 23 (9.47%) Product Roadmap
16 23 (9.47%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 90 (37.04%) Python
2 45 (18.52%) SQL
3 39 (16.05%) Java
4 33 (13.58%) C#
5 31 (12.76%) JavaScript
6 24 (9.88%) Scala
7 22 (9.05%) C++
8 14 (5.76%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.53%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.88%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.88%) Objective-C
10 7 (2.88%) Swift
11 6 (2.47%) R
12 4 (1.65%) Rust
13 3 (1.23%) F#
14 2 (0.82%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.82%) Bash
14 2 (0.82%) C
14 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.82%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 231 (95.06%) Degree
2 132 (54.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 64 (26.34%) Master's Degree
4 32 (13.17%) PhD
5 22 (9.05%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.47%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (1.23%) PMP
10 2 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.82%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 1 (0.41%) CISA
11 1 (0.41%) CISM
11 1 (0.41%) CISSP
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
11 1 (0.41%) VCAP
11 1 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.11%) QA
2 6 (2.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (2.47%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.47%) GDPR
3 4 (1.65%) SLA
4 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.82%) NIST
4 2 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.41%) CDISC
5 1 (0.41%) COBIT
5 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (5.76%) Docker
2 6 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.76%) Terraform
3 10 (4.12%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.88%) Grafana
5 5 (2.06%) Argo
6 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.93%) Google
3 24 (9.88%) ServiceNow
4 16 (6.58%) Apple
5 12 (4.94%) New Relic
6 9 (3.70%) SAP
7 8 (3.29%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.47%) Oracle
8 6 (2.47%) Workday
9 5 (2.06%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.65%) Databricks
11 3 (1.23%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.23%) VMware
12 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.82%) Cisco
13 1 (0.41%) FactSet
13 1 (0.41%) HP
13 1 (0.41%) ION Trading
13 1 (0.41%) Refinitiv