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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 37 26
Rank change year-on-year -35 -11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 100 212 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.79% 5.02% 6.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 6.31% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 69 96 72
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £26,250 £46,250 £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £53,750 £77,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £85,750
England median annual salary £58,650 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.25% -7.69% +7.44%

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 2,918 3,360 1,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 81.30% 79.56% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 1,425 1,310
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.92% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,300 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 +1 36 £27,500 -51.54% 24
Cambridgeshire -27 25 £50,000 -31.03% 73
Hertfordshire -21 22 £47,500 +5.56% 48
Suffolk -9 12 £46,750 -23.05% 3
Bedfordshire +7 4 £45,000 -10.00% 17
Norfolk +10 1 - -
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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.00%) Confluence
3 1 (1.00%) IIS
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.00%) Chatbot
3 3 (3.00%) InDesign
3 3 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.00%) Simulink
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.00%) Azure
2 15 (15.00%) AWS
3 13 (13.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.00%) SaaS
6 3 (3.00%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.00%) Serverless
7 2 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.00%) dbt
7 2 (2.00%) GCP
7 2 (2.00%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.00%) BigCommerce
8 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.00%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.00%) H2O.ai
8 1 (1.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) SAN
2 3 (3.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.00%) FTP
3 2 (2.00%) Internet
3 2 (2.00%) SSL
4 1 (1.00%) DHCP
4 1 (1.00%) DNS
4 1 (1.00%) Firewall
4 1 (1.00%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.00%) Network Security
4 1 (1.00%) NGFW
4 1 (1.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (15.00%) MySQL
3 13 (13.00%) Power BI
4 4 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.00%) Metadata
6 2 (2.00%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.00%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.00%) Redis
7 1 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.00%) Big Data
7 1 (1.00%) Cognos Connection
7 1 (1.00%) Cognos Event Studio
7 1 (1.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 1 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) GitLab
1 2 (2.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.00%) Git
2 1 (1.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.00%) Postman
2 1 (1.00%) SoapUI
General
1 37 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.00%) Finance
3 16 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.00%) Marketing
4 6 (6.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.00%) Electronics
6 4 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.00%) Retail
8 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.00%) Law
8 2 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.00%) Automotive
9 1 (1.00%) Legal
9 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (22.00%) Developer
1 22 (22.00%) Graduate
2 19 (19.00%) Analyst
3 15 (15.00%) IT Graduate
4 14 (14.00%) Graduate Developer
5 12 (12.00%) Business Analyst
6 9 (9.00%) Technical Manager
7 8 (8.00%) Senior
8 7 (7.00%) C# Developer
8 7 (7.00%) Graduate C# Developer
8 7 (7.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 7 (7.00%) PHP Developer
9 6 (6.00%) Azure Developer
9 6 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (6.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 6 (6.00%) SQL Developer
10 5 (5.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 5 (5.00%) Graduate IT Support
10 5 (5.00%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
10 5 (5.00%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (19.00%) CSS
2 15 (15.00%) .NET
3 14 (14.00%) ASP.NET
4 13 (13.00%) jQuery
5 7 (7.00%) REST
6 6 (6.00%) React
6 6 (6.00%) TensorFlow
7 5 (5.00%) .NET Core
7 5 (5.00%) PyTorch
8 4 (4.00%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (4.00%) Node.js
9 3 (3.00%) Google JAX
9 3 (3.00%) HTML
9 3 (3.00%) JAX
10 2 (2.00%) EDI
10 2 (2.00%) Keras
10 2 (2.00%) SOAP
10 2 (2.00%) XML
11 1 (1.00%) FastAPI
11 1 (1.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.00%) Algorithms
2 12 (12.00%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.00%) Data Structures
4 6 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (5.00%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.00%) Social Media
7 3 (3.00%) Arduino
7 3 (3.00%) CUDA
7 3 (3.00%) Life Science
7 3 (3.00%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (3.00%) Virtual Team
7 3 (3.00%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.00%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (1.00%) MISP
9 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.00%) Linux
2 8 (8.00%) Windows
3 5 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.00%) Android
4 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.00%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (24.00%) AI
3 23 (23.00%) Agile
4 21 (21.00%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (19.00%) Mathematics
6 17 (17.00%) MVC
7 16 (16.00%) Software Engineering
8 14 (14.00%) Physics
9 13 (13.00%) OOP
10 12 (12.00%) OO
11 10 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (9.00%) Machine Learning
12 9 (9.00%) SDLC
13 7 (7.00%) Customer Service
13 7 (7.00%) Innovative Thinking
13 7 (7.00%) Mentoring
14 6 (6.00%) Collaborative Culture
14 6 (6.00%) Full-Stack Development
14 6 (6.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.00%) Python
2 24 (24.00%) Java
3 22 (22.00%) C++
4 19 (19.00%) C#
5 15 (15.00%) PHP
5 15 (15.00%) SQL
6 11 (11.00%) C
6 11 (11.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.00%) Assembly Language
7 3 (3.00%) MATLAB
7 3 (3.00%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.00%) Swift
8 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.00%) Bash
9 1 (1.00%) R
9 1 (1.00%) Rust
9 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 86 (86.00%) Degree
2 45 (45.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (13.00%) Security Cleared
4 10 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (9.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (8.00%) Master's Degree
7 6 (6.00%) PhD
8 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.00%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.00%) CEH
9 1 (1.00%) CISA
9 1 (1.00%) CISM
9 1 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.00%) CSPO
9 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.00%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.00%) GDPR
3 2 (2.00%) QA
4 1 (1.00%) CDISC
4 1 (1.00%) DICOM
4 1 (1.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.00%) HL7
4 1 (1.00%) NIST
4 1 (1.00%) SLA
4 1 (1.00%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 6 (6.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.00%) Firmware
2 5 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.00%) Docker
3 4 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.00%) Ansible
3 1 (1.00%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.00%) Dell
2 5 (5.00%) VMware
3 4 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (4.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (4.00%) Veeam
4 3 (3.00%) Adobe
4 3 (3.00%) Cisco
4 3 (3.00%) Oracle
4 3 (3.00%) PayPal
4 3 (3.00%) Zoho
5 2 (2.00%) Google
5 2 (2.00%) SAP
5 2 (2.00%) StreamSets
6 1 (1.00%) Databricks
6 1 (1.00%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.00%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.00%) Splunk
6 1 (1.00%) TikTok