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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 35 37
Rank change year-on-year -31 +2 -21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 133 199 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.93% 4.52% 6.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 6.13% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 80 104 89
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £34,300
25th Percentile £29,125 £43,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -17.76% +21.60%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £60,925 £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 2,933 3,246 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.67% 73.71% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,799 1,400
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,312 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% -1.27% +2.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science 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 September 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 September 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 +7 40 £27,500 -46.86% 28
Cambridgeshire -12 38 £42,500 -39.29% 66
Hertfordshire -12 28 £44,000 -7.37% 30
Suffolk -14 21 £46,750 -25.20% 9
Bedfordshire -22 6 £45,000 -5.26% 20
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) Apache
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.26%) Simulink
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.56%) Azure
2 16 (12.03%) AWS
3 10 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.01%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.01%) Serverless
6 3 (2.26%) dbt
6 3 (2.26%) GCP
6 3 (2.26%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.75%) Cloud Composer
8 1 (0.75%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.75%) GitHub
8 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) SAN
1 4 (3.01%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.50%) Firewall
2 2 (1.50%) FTP
2 2 (1.50%) SSL
3 1 (0.75%) BGP
3 1 (0.75%) DHCP
3 1 (0.75%) DNS
3 1 (0.75%) Internet
3 1 (0.75%) Intranet
3 1 (0.75%) LAN
3 1 (0.75%) Network Security
3 1 (0.75%) NGFW
3 1 (0.75%) VPN
3 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.03%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.77%) MySQL
3 10 (7.52%) Power BI
4 5 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.01%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.26%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.26%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.26%) Redis
7 1 (0.75%) Big Data
7 1 (0.75%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Git
2 2 (1.50%) GitLab
2 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.75%) Moq
3 1 (0.75%) Postman
3 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.75%) SpecFlow
General
1 56 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.78%) Finance
4 14 (10.53%) Electronics
5 6 (4.51%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.76%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.01%) Law
7 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.26%) Legal
8 3 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.26%) Retail
9 2 (1.50%) Marketing
9 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.75%) Automotive
10 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Military
10 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 25 (18.80%) Graduate
2 18 (13.53%) IT Graduate
3 17 (12.78%) Developer
4 15 (11.28%) Analyst
4 15 (11.28%) Technical Support
5 14 (10.53%) Architect
5 14 (10.53%) Technical Manager
6 13 (9.77%) Graduate Developer
7 11 (8.27%) Trainer
8 10 (7.52%) Implementation Manager
8 10 (7.52%) Managed Services Architect
8 10 (7.52%) Platform Architect
8 10 (7.52%) Support Manager
8 10 (7.52%) Technical Implementation Manager
8 10 (7.52%) Technical Support Manager
9 9 (6.77%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.51%) IT Support
10 6 (4.51%) Senior
10 6 (4.51%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.78%) .NET
2 15 (11.28%) ASP.NET
3 14 (10.53%) CSS
4 13 (9.77%) jQuery
5 5 (3.76%) Node.js
5 5 (3.76%) PyTorch
5 5 (3.76%) TensorFlow
6 4 (3.01%) Google JAX
6 4 (3.01%) JAX
6 4 (3.01%) REST
7 2 (1.50%) EDI
7 2 (1.50%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.50%) HTML
7 2 (1.50%) React
7 2 (1.50%) SOAP
8 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (0.75%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.75%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.75%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.78%) Algorithms
2 15 (11.28%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.02%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.76%) Life Science
6 5 (3.76%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.26%) Arduino
8 3 (2.26%) CUDA
8 3 (2.26%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.26%) Robotics
8 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.75%) IoT
10 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.53%) Linux
1 14 (10.53%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Mac OS
2 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (54.14%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
3 30 (22.56%) Agile
4 29 (21.80%) Mathematics
5 23 (17.29%) Software Engineering
6 20 (15.04%) Physics
7 16 (12.03%) User Experience
8 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (10.53%) OO
10 13 (9.77%) MVC
10 13 (9.77%) OOP
11 12 (9.02%) Statistics
11 12 (9.02%) Task Automation
12 11 (8.27%) Conversational UI
13 10 (7.52%) Architectural Design
13 10 (7.52%) Business Enablement
13 10 (7.52%) DevOps
13 10 (7.52%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 49 (36.84%) Python
2 34 (25.56%) Java
3 23 (17.29%) C++
4 16 (12.03%) C#
5 15 (11.28%) SQL
6 14 (10.53%) PHP
7 10 (7.52%) C
8 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.76%) PowerShell
10 4 (3.01%) Bash
11 3 (2.26%) Assembly Language
11 3 (2.26%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.26%) Objective-C
11 3 (2.26%) Swift
12 1 (0.75%) R
12 1 (0.75%) Rust
12 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.75%) VC++
Qualifications
1 120 (90.23%) Degree
2 72 (54.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (12.78%) Master's Degree
4 14 (10.53%) PhD
5 13 (9.77%) Security Cleared
6 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
7 8 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.75%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.75%) CEH
11 1 (0.75%) CISA
11 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.75%) CSPO
11 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.75%) MCP
11 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) GDPR
2 5 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (2.26%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.50%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) CDISC
5 1 (0.75%) DICOM
5 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.75%) HL7
5 1 (0.75%) NIST
5 1 (0.75%) SLA
5 1 (0.75%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 6 (4.51%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.51%) Firmware
2 5 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.01%) Docker
3 4 (3.01%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.75%) Ansible
4 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.27%) PayPal
3 5 (3.76%) Fortinet
3 5 (3.76%) VMware
4 4 (3.01%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.01%) Dell
4 4 (3.01%) Oracle
4 4 (3.01%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.01%) Veeam
5 3 (2.26%) StreamSets
6 2 (1.50%) Google
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.50%) SAP
6 2 (1.50%) Veritas
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco
7 1 (0.75%) Citrix