Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 44 36
Rank change year-on-year -27 -8 +55
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2 17 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.16% 2.90% 4.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 8.67% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 15
10th Percentile - - £26,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,875
90th Percentile - - £60,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £51,238 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% -2.40% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 630 196 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 49.22% 33.45% 17.70%
Number of salaries quoted 89 85 73
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,306 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +9.71% +4.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -4.55%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Warrington -2 2 £42,500 +21.43% 3
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Blazor
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree