Computer Science Job Trends in Coventry

Computer Science
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 22 38
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 3 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.59% 4.79% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 5.38% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £54,344 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.39% +8.69% -17.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 335 130 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 66.21% 89.04% 97.71%
Number of salaries quoted 215 55 130
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,050 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,082
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,387 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.99% +4.77% -4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Coventry

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lecturer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Ergonomics
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (33.33%) Human Factors
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Pedagogy
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft