Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the East of England

Computer Science Degree
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 80 114
Rank change year-on-year -50 +34 +23
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 41 79 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.76% 2.93% 2.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.77% 6.58% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36 56 87
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +17.78% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,875 £73,125
90th Percentile £69,375 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +6.56% +0.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,482 1,201 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.30% 44.50% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 530 559 1,049
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £33,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the East of England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the East of England

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Cambridgeshire -11 16 £59,450 +8.09% 11
Hertfordshire -20 13 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Essex -24 12 £25,000 - 19
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (17.07%) SAS
2 6 (14.63%) Confluence
2 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.44%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (53.66%) AWS
2 13 (31.71%) Azure
3 9 (21.95%) Serverless
4 5 (12.20%) SaaS
5 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.76%) OneDrive
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.88%) GCP
7 2 (4.88%) GitHub
7 2 (4.88%) H2O.ai
7 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.44%) Datadog
8 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) SSL
2 1 (2.44%) AMQP
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.95%) MySQL
3 8 (19.51%) Big Data
4 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.88%) Metadata
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Law
3 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.88%) Electronics
4 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Games
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Developer
2 10 (24.39%) Software Developer
2 10 (24.39%) SQL Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Graduate
3 9 (21.95%) Technical Manager
4 8 (19.51%) C# Developer
4 8 (19.51%) C# Software Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Graduate C# Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Graduate C# Software Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Graduate Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Graduate Software Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Azure Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (17.07%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Lead
5 7 (17.07%) PHP Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 7 (17.07%) Technical Leader
6 5 (12.20%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) CSS
2 10 (24.39%) REST
3 8 (19.51%) jQuery
4 6 (14.63%) .NET
4 6 (14.63%) React
5 5 (12.20%) .NET Core
5 5 (12.20%) SOAP
6 4 (9.76%) ASP.NET
6 4 (9.76%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (7.32%) Node.js
8 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
8 2 (4.88%) HTML
8 2 (4.88%) JSON
8 2 (4.88%) Keras
8 2 (4.88%) NestJS
8 2 (4.88%) Next.js
8 2 (4.88%) OAuth
8 2 (4.88%) PyTorch
8 2 (4.88%) TensorFlow
8 2 (4.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Low-Code
1 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 22 (53.66%) Agile
3 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (29.27%) MVC
5 11 (26.83%) DevOps
6 10 (24.39%) Data Engineering
7 9 (21.95%) Data Integration
7 9 (21.95%) Data Management
8 8 (19.51%) OOP
9 7 (17.07%) Change Control
9 7 (17.07%) CI/CD
9 7 (17.07%) Code Quality
9 7 (17.07%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
9 7 (17.07%) Server Management
9 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (17.07%) Storage Management
10 6 (14.63%) SDLC
10 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
11 5 (12.20%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) C#
1 12 (29.27%) SQL
2 9 (21.95%) C++
2 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
3 8 (19.51%) Java
3 8 (19.51%) PHP
4 7 (17.07%) Python
5 3 (7.32%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.44%) Rust
6 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (24.39%) Master's Degree
3 7 (17.07%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.32%) PMP
4 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.44%) CCNA
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) ISEB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.44%) Grafana
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) MuleSoft
2 3 (7.32%) Pega
2 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.32%) Splunk
3 2 (4.88%) Databricks
3 2 (4.88%) Dell
3 2 (4.88%) NVIDIA
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.44%) Jitterbit
4 1 (2.44%) SnapLogic