Computer Science Jobs in Cheshire

Computer Science
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 42 74
Rank change year-on-year -26 +32 -4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 26 62 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.41% 3.85% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 4.96% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 14 48 12
10th Percentile - £26,250 £55,580
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,063 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £60,850
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -26.05% +59.93%
75th Percentile £51,250 £75,625 £96,250
90th Percentile £64,500 £100,000 -
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 1,251 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.01% 77.61% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 213 940 460
10th Percentile £20,280 £25,450 £25,420
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,782 £88,875
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Warrington +12 14 £35,000 - 133
Chester +16 4 £55,000 +37.50% 95
Runcorn -1 2 £52,500 - 1
Nantwich - 2 - -
Crewe +5 1 - -
Knutsford +1 1 £80,000 - 3
Neston - 1 - -
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (15.38%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) FlexRay
1 1 (3.85%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) CircleCI
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Automotive
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) .NET Developer
1 9 (34.62%) Developer
1 9 (34.62%) WinForms Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Data Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Statistician
2 4 (15.38%) Trainer
3 2 (7.69%) IT Technician
3 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Lead
4 1 (3.85%) Master Data Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Master Data Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) .NET
2 9 (34.62%) WinForms
3 2 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.85%) Blazor
4 1 (3.85%) CSS
4 1 (3.85%) CSS3
4 1 (3.85%) HTML5
4 1 (3.85%) React
4 1 (3.85%) RESTful
4 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (38.46%) Mathematics
3 9 (34.62%) Code Quality
3 9 (34.62%) Design Patterns
3 9 (34.62%) E-Commerce
3 9 (34.62%) OO
3 9 (34.62%) OOP
4 5 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) Analytics
5 4 (15.38%) Conversational UI
5 4 (15.38%) Data Security
5 4 (15.38%) ETL
5 4 (15.38%) Statistics
6 3 (11.54%) Agile
6 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.54%) DevOps
6 3 (11.54%) SDLC
7 2 (7.69%) People Management
7 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
7 2 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) C#
2 11 (42.31%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Python
4 2 (7.69%) C++
4 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.85%) C
5 1 (3.85%) Dart
5 1 (3.85%) Java
5 1 (3.85%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.85%) PHP
5 1 (3.85%) R
5 1 (3.85%) Ruby
5 1 (3.85%) Rust
5 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.85%) XAML
Qualifications
1 23 (88.46%) Degree
2 18 (69.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 4 (15.38%) PhD
4 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle
1 4 (15.38%) PayPal
2 1 (3.85%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) VMware