Computer Science Jobs in the City of London

Computer Science
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 +14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 153 265 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 7.89% 7.93% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.19% 8.65% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 86 211 216
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,625 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £95,750 £100,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £137,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,867 3,062 4,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.29% 91.65% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,403 2,381 3,559
10th Percentile £42,100 £41,315 £42,950
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (11.11%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.31%) Liferay
4 1 (0.65%) Apache
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.31%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.65%) Blender
3 1 (0.65%) Maya
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 38 (24.84%) Azure
2 24 (15.69%) AWS
3 17 (11.11%) GCP
3 17 (11.11%) SaaS
4 9 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
4 9 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.92%) Azure AI
6 4 (2.61%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.31%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.31%) Asana
8 2 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.31%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.31%) Google Gemini
8 2 (1.31%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.31%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.31%) Serverless
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.03%) HTTP
2 4 (2.61%) Broadband
3 3 (1.96%) Multicast
3 3 (1.96%) WAN
4 2 (1.31%) Firewall
4 2 (1.31%) SAN
4 2 (1.31%) Telnet
4 2 (1.31%) Wireless
5 1 (0.65%) Internet
5 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.65%) VoIP
5 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.54%) NoSQL
2 8 (5.23%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.27%) Power BI
4 3 (1.96%) Big Data
4 3 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.96%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.31%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (1.31%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.31%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.31%) MySQL
5 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.31%) Power Query
5 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.31%) Tableau
6 1 (0.65%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.65%) Parquet
6 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (4.58%) JIRA
2 5 (3.27%) Git
3 2 (1.31%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.65%) Moq
4 1 (0.65%) SpecFlow
General
1 67 (43.79%) Social Skills
2 45 (29.41%) Finance
3 30 (19.61%) Law
4 24 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (13.73%) Retail
6 19 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (11.76%) Advertising
7 18 (11.76%) Games
8 10 (6.54%) Banking
9 3 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.31%) Electronics
10 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Back Office
11 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Front Office
11 1 (0.65%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 58 (37.91%) Senior
2 28 (18.30%) Software Engineer
3 27 (17.65%) Architect
4 26 (16.99%) Solutions Architect
5 25 (16.34%) Analyst
6 22 (14.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 21 (13.73%) Developer
8 16 (10.46%) Qualitative Analyst
8 16 (10.46%) Quantitative Analyst
8 16 (10.46%) Senior Architect
8 16 (10.46%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 16 (10.46%) ServiceNow Architect
9 15 (9.80%) Senior Developer
10 12 (7.84%) Data Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Lead
11 10 (6.54%) Senior Software Developer
11 10 (6.54%) Software Developer
12 9 (5.88%) Lead Data Engineer
13 8 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
14 7 (4.58%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.46%) Kafka
2 13 (8.50%) .NET
3 11 (7.19%) CSS
3 11 (7.19%) HTML
4 8 (5.23%) ARM Templates
4 8 (5.23%) JSON
5 7 (4.58%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.92%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (3.92%) HTML5
6 6 (3.92%) Pandas
6 6 (3.92%) REST
6 6 (3.92%) WPF
7 5 (3.27%) Puppeteer
7 5 (3.27%) Scrapy
8 4 (2.61%) React
9 3 (1.96%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (1.96%) LangChain
9 3 (1.96%) OAuth
9 3 (1.96%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.19%) Algorithms
4 10 (6.54%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.58%) Robotics
7 6 (3.92%) Derivative
8 5 (3.27%) Fixed Income
8 5 (3.27%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (3.27%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.96%) Equities
10 3 (1.96%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.96%) SCADA
10 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.31%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.31%) Hedge funds
11 2 (1.31%) Life Science
11 2 (1.31%) Tandem
11 2 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.15%) Linux
1 14 (9.15%) Windows
2 3 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (1.96%) Robot Operating System
2 3 (1.96%) Unix
3 2 (1.31%) Rocky
3 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.65%) CentOS
4 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.76%) Artificial Intelligence
2 40 (26.14%) Data Science
2 40 (26.14%) Roadmaps
3 39 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 38 (24.84%) Agile
5 36 (23.53%) Machine Learning
6 34 (22.22%) Mathematics
7 29 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (18.95%) User Experience
8 26 (16.99%) Analytics
9 22 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (14.38%) Product Roadmap
10 21 (13.73%) Physics
11 20 (13.07%) Service Delivery
11 20 (13.07%) Statistics
11 20 (13.07%) Workflow
12 19 (12.42%) Business Strategy
13 18 (11.76%) ITSM
14 16 (10.46%) CAD
14 16 (10.46%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 81 (52.94%) Python
2 31 (20.26%) C#
3 30 (19.61%) SQL
4 24 (15.69%) Scala
5 23 (15.03%) C++
6 18 (11.76%) Java
7 15 (9.80%) JavaScript
8 10 (6.54%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.27%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.96%) F#
10 3 (1.96%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.96%) R
11 2 (1.31%) Bash
11 2 (1.31%) C
11 2 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.65%) Go
12 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 148 (96.73%) Degree
2 70 (45.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (26.14%) Master's Degree
4 15 (9.80%) PhD
5 11 (7.19%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.96%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.96%) PMP
9 2 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.65%) CISA
10 1 (0.65%) CISM
10 1 (0.65%) CISSP
10 1 (0.65%) MCSE
10 1 (0.65%) VCAP
10 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.54%) QA
2 6 (3.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (3.92%) GDPR
3 4 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.61%) SLA
4 2 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.31%) NIST
4 2 (1.31%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.65%) CDISC
5 1 (0.65%) COBIT
5 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (5.88%) Docker
2 5 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.23%) Kubernetes
1 8 (5.23%) Terraform
2 2 (1.31%) Grafana
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (22.22%) Google
3 23 (15.03%) ServiceNow
4 16 (10.46%) Apple
5 8 (5.23%) OpenAI
6 6 (3.92%) Oracle
6 6 (3.92%) SAP
6 6 (3.92%) Workday
7 3 (1.96%) Databricks
7 3 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.96%) VMware
8 2 (1.31%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.31%) Cisco
9 1 (0.65%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.65%) FactSet
9 1 (0.65%) HP
9 1 (0.65%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.65%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.65%) WatchGuard