Computer Science Job Trends in the East of England

Computer Science
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 59 44
Rank change year-on-year -19 -15 -8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 141 157 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.00% 4.54% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 5.14% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 106 101 124
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £32,150
25th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -6.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £54,761 £57,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £64,375 £74,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,991 3,053 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.64% 88.31% 74.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,536 1,650 2,310
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,529
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the East of England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
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 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Essex -5 47 £25,000 -23.08% 18
Cambridgeshire -35 36 £55,000 +29.41% 93
Hertfordshire -19 30 £49,429 -7.18% 22
Bedfordshire +2 17 £37,500 -29.25% 8
Norfolk -17 9 £32,500 -45.88% 3
Suffolk -2 2 £48,870 -2.26% 5
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 8 (5.67%) SAS
2 3 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.42%) IIS
3 2 (1.42%) Luigi
4 1 (0.71%) Apache
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.50%) Azure
2 25 (17.73%) AWS
3 10 (7.09%) Serverless
4 8 (5.67%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.84%) GCP
6 4 (2.84%) SaaS
7 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.13%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.42%) GitHub
8 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.71%) Datadog
9 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.26%) DNS
1 6 (4.26%) Firewall
2 5 (3.55%) DHCP
2 5 (3.55%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.55%) WAN
3 4 (2.84%) Wireless
4 3 (2.13%) LAN
4 3 (2.13%) SSL
4 3 (2.13%) VLAN
4 3 (2.13%) VPN
5 2 (1.42%) Network Security
5 2 (1.42%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.71%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.71%) Broadband
6 1 (0.71%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.71%) LTE
6 1 (0.71%) VoIP
6 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.18%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.80%) MySQL
3 9 (6.38%) Big Data
4 7 (4.96%) Power BI
5 4 (2.84%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.13%) SQLite
7 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Git
2 7 (4.96%) JIRA
3 3 (2.13%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (29.08%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.44%) Finance
3 15 (10.64%) Electronics
4 10 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.55%) Legal
6 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.13%) Automotive
7 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.13%) Law
8 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.71%) Games
9 1 (0.71%) Military
9 1 (0.71%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.71%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.71%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (26.24%) Developer
2 34 (24.11%) Graduate
3 28 (19.86%) Software Developer
4 25 (17.73%) Graduate Developer
5 22 (15.60%) Graduate Software Developer
6 20 (14.18%) C# Developer
6 20 (14.18%) Graduate C# Developer
7 19 (13.48%) Lead
7 19 (13.48%) SQL Developer
8 17 (12.06%) C# Software Developer
8 17 (12.06%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 17 (12.06%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 17 (12.06%) Software Engineer
9 15 (10.64%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 15 (10.64%) PHP Developer
10 12 (8.51%) IT Support
11 10 (7.09%) Analyst
11 10 (7.09%) Junior
12 9 (6.38%) Azure Developer
12 9 (6.38%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.06%) CSS
2 10 (7.09%) jQuery
3 8 (5.67%) .NET
3 8 (5.67%) HTML
4 7 (4.96%) ASP.NET
5 6 (4.26%) React
6 5 (3.55%) .NET Framework
6 5 (3.55%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (3.55%) JSON
6 5 (3.55%) PyTorch
6 5 (3.55%) REST
6 5 (3.55%) TensorFlow
7 4 (2.84%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (2.84%) Yocto
8 3 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (2.13%) Google JAX
8 3 (2.13%) JAX
8 3 (2.13%) OAuth
8 3 (2.13%) SOAP
8 3 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Algorithms
2 12 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.38%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.55%) Device Driver
4 5 (3.55%) IoT
4 5 (3.55%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.55%) Robotics
5 4 (2.84%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.84%) FMCG
5 4 (2.84%) FPGA
5 4 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.84%) PMI
5 4 (2.84%) Thin Client
5 4 (2.84%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.13%) CUDA
6 3 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.13%) Handset
7 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.18%) Windows
2 17 (12.06%) Linux
3 8 (5.67%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.71%) Android
5 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.71%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (41.13%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (24.82%) Software Engineering
3 34 (24.11%) Agile
4 22 (15.60%) Mentoring
4 22 (15.60%) MVC
5 20 (14.18%) OOP
6 17 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (11.35%) DevOps
8 14 (9.93%) OO
9 13 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (7.80%) Data Engineering
12 10 (7.09%) Clean Code
12 10 (7.09%) Mathematics
13 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (6.38%) SDLC
14 8 (5.67%) Change Control
14 8 (5.67%) Machine Learning
14 8 (5.67%) Server Management
14 8 (5.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 39 (27.66%) SQL
2 36 (25.53%) C#
3 25 (17.73%) C++
3 25 (17.73%) Python
4 24 (17.02%) PHP
5 16 (11.35%) Java
6 11 (7.80%) C
6 11 (7.80%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.26%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.55%) Embedded C
9 4 (2.84%) Embedded C++
9 4 (2.84%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.13%) Rust
11 2 (1.42%) Scala
11 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.71%) Bash
12 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.71%) Erlang
12 1 (0.71%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.71%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (75.89%) Degree
2 61 (43.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (11.35%) Master's Degree
4 13 (9.22%) DBS Check
5 9 (6.38%) Security Cleared
6 7 (4.96%) HND
7 5 (3.55%) CCNA
7 5 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.55%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.55%) HNC
8 4 (2.84%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.84%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.13%) CCNP
9 3 (2.13%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.42%) CISSP
10 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.42%) PhD
11 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) Data Quality
1 10 (7.09%) SLA
2 5 (3.55%) QA
3 3 (2.13%) GDPR
3 3 (2.13%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (6.38%) Firmware
2 8 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.13%) Docker
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.42%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.42%) FTK
3 1 (0.71%) Grafana
3 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.84%) Oracle
3 3 (2.13%) Splunk
4 2 (1.42%) Cellebrite
4 2 (1.42%) Cisco
4 2 (1.42%) Databricks
4 2 (1.42%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) MikroTik