Computer Science Job Trends in the East Midlands

Computer Science
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 75 70
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -26
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 105 72 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.62% 3.13% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 3.68% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 63 31 63
10th Percentile £24,000 - £32,100
25th Percentile £25,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £64,900 £46,585 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £53,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £59,350 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,541 1,956 3,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.13% 85.08% 76.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,042 1,075 1,478
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,400 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the East Midlands

Computer Science
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Nottinghamshire +5 34 £25,000 -16.67% 41
Leicestershire -30 30 £61,500 +47.68% 19
Derbyshire -2 18 £40,000 - 13
Northamptonshire -5 14 £62,500 +78.57% 3
Lincolnshire -19 9 £65,000 +73.33% 8
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.90%) EPLAN
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.86%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.95%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.95%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (33.33%) Azure
2 23 (21.90%) Power Platform
3 13 (12.38%) AWS
4 10 (9.52%) GCP
5 7 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.90%) AWS IoT
8 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.90%) SaaS
9 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.95%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.95%) Boomi
9 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.95%) Serverless
9 1 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.95%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.43%) Modbus
2 6 (5.71%) MQTT
2 6 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (5.71%) Wireless
2 6 (5.71%) ZigBee
3 4 (3.81%) Bluetooth
4 2 (1.90%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (1.90%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.90%) Power BI
2 8 (7.62%) Tableau
3 6 (5.71%) Power Query
3 6 (5.71%) QlikView
3 6 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 6 (5.71%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.90%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.95%) GIS
5 1 (0.95%) MySQL
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (11.43%) JIRA
2 9 (8.57%) Git
3 6 (5.71%) GDB
3 6 (5.71%) GitLab
3 6 (5.71%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.71%) LabVIEW
4 4 (3.81%) Robot Framework
5 3 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 25 (23.81%) Manufacturing
4 22 (20.95%) Electronics
5 21 (20.00%) Finance
6 12 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (8.57%) Law
8 8 (7.62%) Aerospace
8 8 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (7.62%) Retail
9 6 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.81%) Legal
11 3 (2.86%) Military
12 2 (1.90%) Advertising
12 2 (1.90%) Marketing
12 2 (1.90%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.95%) Games
13 1 (0.95%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 18 (17.14%) Graduate
3 15 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
4 12 (11.43%) Developer
4 12 (11.43%) IT Support
5 10 (9.52%) Data Scientist
6 9 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (8.57%) C# Developer
6 9 (8.57%) C# Software Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Graduate C# Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Graduate Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Graduate Software Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 9 (8.57%) Software Developer
6 9 (8.57%) SQL Developer
7 8 (7.62%) Principal Engineer
7 8 (7.62%) Principal Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.48%) PyTorch
2 8 (7.62%) scikit-learn
3 6 (5.71%) Pandas
3 6 (5.71%) Yocto
4 5 (4.76%) React
4 5 (4.76%) TensorFlow
5 4 (3.81%) pytest
5 4 (3.81%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (2.86%) CSS
6 3 (2.86%) jQuery
7 2 (1.90%) HTML
7 2 (1.90%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.90%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.90%) Web Services
8 1 (0.95%) .NET
8 1 (0.95%) JSON
8 1 (0.95%) Middleware
8 1 (0.95%) Playwright
8 1 (0.95%) REST
8 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) SCADA
2 8 (7.62%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.71%) ARM Cortex
3 6 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 6 (5.71%) Device Driver
3 6 (5.71%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (5.71%) IoT
4 5 (4.76%) FMCG
4 5 (4.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.86%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.95%) CMDB
8 1 (0.95%) FPGA
8 1 (0.95%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.95%) Robotics
8 1 (0.95%) Verilog
8 1 (0.95%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Linux
2 5 (4.76%) OpenVMS
2 5 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.86%) Unix
4 2 (1.90%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.90%) Solaris
4 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.57%) Agile
2 27 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (25.71%) Validation
3 23 (21.90%) ERP
3 23 (21.90%) Software Engineering
4 22 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (17.14%) Analytics
6 18 (17.14%) Visualisation
7 17 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (15.24%) Data Visualisation
8 16 (15.24%) Mathematics
9 15 (14.29%) Data Science
9 15 (14.29%) Machine Learning
9 15 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 14 (13.33%) Data Management
10 14 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (12.38%) Project Management
12 12 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (11.43%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 37 (35.24%) SQL
2 17 (16.19%) Python
3 13 (12.38%) C#
4 12 (11.43%) C++
5 9 (8.57%) PHP
6 8 (7.62%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.71%) C
7 6 (5.71%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.81%) Bash
8 4 (3.81%) Java
9 2 (1.90%) Ladder Logic
9 2 (1.90%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (81.90%) Degree
2 36 (34.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (22.86%) Security Cleared
4 21 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (12.38%) Master's Degree
6 8 (7.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (7.62%) DV Cleared
7 7 (6.67%) DBS Check
8 5 (4.76%) PMI Certification
8 5 (4.76%) PMP
9 1 (0.95%) HNC
9 1 (0.95%) ISEB
9 1 (0.95%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 8 (7.62%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.71%) JTAG
4 3 (2.86%) GDPR
5 2 (1.90%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.95%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.90%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.62%) Cisco
2 8 (7.62%) Google
2 8 (7.62%) Meraki
2 8 (7.62%) SYSPRO
3 7 (6.67%) Databricks
3 7 (6.67%) Infor
4 5 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.81%) Oracle
6 3 (2.86%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.90%) SAP
7 2 (1.90%) Siemens
7 2 (1.90%) Sybase
8 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow