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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 35 27
Rank change year-on-year -36 -8 -12
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 119 210 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.59% 4.98% 6.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 6.54% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 78 94 85
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £32,900
25th Percentile £30,313 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% -9.54% +21.60%
75th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £63,250 £78,750 £85,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and 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 2,853 3,209 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.04% 76.15% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,482 1,333
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025. 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 38 £30,250 -46.70% 23
Cambridgeshire -16 33 £42,500 -39.29% 29
Hertfordshire -17 25 £45,750 -1.08% 35
Suffolk -18 15 £46,750 -10.95% 3
Bedfordshire -7 7 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Norfolk +11 1 - - 3
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 4 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.84%) Apache
2 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.52%) Simulink
4 1 (0.84%) InDesign
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (23.53%) Azure
2 15 (12.61%) AWS
3 13 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.36%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.36%) Serverless
6 3 (2.52%) dbt
6 3 (2.52%) GCP
6 3 (2.52%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.68%) SaaS
8 1 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.84%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.84%) Cloud Composer
8 1 (0.84%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.84%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) SAN
2 2 (1.68%) FTP
2 2 (1.68%) SSL
3 1 (0.84%) DHCP
3 1 (0.84%) DNS
3 1 (0.84%) Firewall
3 1 (0.84%) Internet
3 1 (0.84%) Intranet
3 1 (0.84%) Network Security
3 1 (0.84%) NGFW
3 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) Power BI
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.08%) MySQL
3 5 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (3.36%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.52%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.52%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.68%) Redis
7 1 (0.84%) Big Data
7 1 (0.84%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Git
1 2 (1.68%) GitLab
1 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.84%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Moq
2 1 (0.84%) Postman
2 1 (0.84%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.84%) SpecFlow
General
1 47 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.92%) Finance
4 7 (5.88%) Electronics
5 6 (5.04%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.20%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.36%) Marketing
7 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.52%) Law
8 3 (2.52%) Legal
8 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.52%) Retail
9 2 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.84%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (18.49%) Graduate
2 19 (15.97%) Analyst
3 16 (13.45%) Developer
3 16 (13.45%) IT Graduate
4 13 (10.92%) Technical Manager
4 13 (10.92%) Technical Support
5 12 (10.08%) Business Analyst
6 10 (8.40%) Graduate Developer
7 9 (7.56%) Implementation Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Support Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Technical Implementation Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Technical Support Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Trainer
8 8 (6.72%) Architect
9 7 (5.88%) Senior
10 5 (4.20%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (4.20%) Graduate Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Graduate IT Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Graduate IT Support
10 5 (4.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.61%) .NET
1 15 (12.61%) ASP.NET
2 14 (11.76%) CSS
3 10 (8.40%) jQuery
4 7 (5.88%) REST
5 5 (4.20%) TensorFlow
6 4 (3.36%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (3.36%) Node.js
6 4 (3.36%) PyTorch
6 4 (3.36%) React
7 3 (2.52%) Google JAX
7 3 (2.52%) JAX
8 2 (1.68%) EDI
8 2 (1.68%) HTML
8 2 (1.68%) SOAP
9 1 (0.84%) Laravel
9 1 (0.84%) MFC
9 1 (0.84%) RESTful
9 1 (0.84%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 16 (13.45%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.04%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.36%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.36%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.52%) Arduino
7 3 (2.52%) CUDA
7 3 (2.52%) Life Science
7 3 (2.52%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.68%) Robotics
8 2 (1.68%) Social Media
9 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.84%) IoT
9 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.92%) Linux
2 12 (10.08%) Windows
3 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (48.74%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.05%) AI
3 25 (21.01%) Mathematics
4 21 (17.65%) Agile
4 21 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 18 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (15.13%) Physics
6 13 (10.92%) MVC
7 12 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (10.08%) User Experience
8 11 (9.24%) OO
8 11 (9.24%) Task Automation
9 10 (8.40%) OOP
9 10 (8.40%) Statistics
10 9 (7.56%) Conversational UI
10 9 (7.56%) DevOps
10 9 (7.56%) Machine Learning
10 9 (7.56%) System Testing
11 8 (6.72%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 42 (35.29%) Python
2 29 (24.37%) Java
3 18 (15.13%) C++
4 14 (11.76%) C#
5 12 (10.08%) SQL
6 11 (9.24%) PHP
7 9 (7.56%) C
7 9 (7.56%) JavaScript
8 5 (4.20%) PowerShell
9 4 (3.36%) Bash
10 3 (2.52%) Assembly Language
10 3 (2.52%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.52%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.52%) Swift
11 1 (0.84%) R
11 1 (0.84%) Rust
11 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (89.08%) Degree
2 60 (50.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (12.61%) Master's Degree
4 13 (10.92%) Security Cleared
5 12 (10.08%) PhD
6 9 (7.56%) SC Cleared
7 8 (6.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.84%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.84%) CEH
11 1 (0.84%) CISA
11 1 (0.84%) CISM
11 1 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.84%) CSPO
11 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.84%) MCP
11 1 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.84%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.52%) GDPR
3 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.68%) QA
4 1 (0.84%) CDISC
4 1 (0.84%) DICOM
4 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.84%) HL7
4 1 (0.84%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.84%) NIST
4 1 (0.84%) SLA
4 1 (0.84%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 6 (5.04%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.04%) Firmware
2 5 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.36%) Docker
3 4 (3.36%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.84%) Ansible
3 1 (0.84%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) PayPal
3 5 (4.20%) VMware
4 4 (3.36%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.36%) Dell
4 4 (3.36%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.36%) Oracle
4 4 (3.36%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.36%) Veeam
5 3 (2.52%) Google
5 3 (2.52%) StreamSets
6 2 (1.68%) SAP
6 2 (1.68%) Veritas
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco
7 1 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.84%) TikTok
7 1 (0.84%) Zoho