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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 47 49
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 117 161 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.84% 5.88% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 6.35% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 88 107 180
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £28,475
25th Percentile £25,000 £38,162 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £53,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +16.48% -5.70%
75th Percentile £50,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,725 £79,250 £80,001
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 4,484 2,536 4,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.43% 92.66% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,642 1,407 3,690
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,978 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,271 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,900 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -20 47 £25,000 -23.08% 9
Cambridgeshire -37 34 £46,250 -7.50% 40
Hertfordshire -34 16 £52,500 -11.02% 14
Bedfordshire -1 10 £32,500 -38.68% 3
Suffolk -1 9 £46,750 -15.00% 3
Norfolk -22 1 £32,500 -45.88% 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 (6.84%) SAS
2 5 (4.27%) Confluence
2 5 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.77%) Azure
2 28 (23.93%) AWS
3 13 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 10 (8.55%) Serverless
5 7 (5.98%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.98%) SaaS
6 4 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.42%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.56%) GCP
8 2 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.71%) GitHub
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.85%) Datadog
9 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.85%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.56%) SSL
2 2 (1.71%) Firewall
2 2 (1.71%) Network Security
2 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.71%) WAN
3 1 (0.85%) AMQP
3 1 (0.85%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.85%) Broadband
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) LTE
3 1 (0.85%) VoIP
3 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 13 (11.11%) Power BI
3 10 (8.55%) MySQL
4 9 (7.69%) Big Data
5 3 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.56%) Redis
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.85%) Metadata
6 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (10.26%) JIRA
2 4 (3.42%) Git
3 3 (2.56%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.08%) Finance
3 9 (7.69%) Law
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.27%) Electronics
5 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.85%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.85%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 32 (27.35%) Developer
2 29 (24.79%) Software Developer
3 28 (23.93%) Graduate
4 26 (22.22%) Graduate Developer
4 26 (22.22%) Graduate Software Developer
5 23 (19.66%) Analyst
6 22 (18.80%) SQL Developer
7 21 (17.95%) C# Developer
7 21 (17.95%) C# Software Developer
7 21 (17.95%) Graduate C# Developer
7 21 (17.95%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 20 (17.09%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 19 (16.24%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 19 (16.24%) PHP Developer
10 11 (9.40%) Business Analyst
11 10 (8.55%) IT Support
11 10 (8.55%) Product Analyst
11 10 (8.55%) Products Support Analyst
11 10 (8.55%) Software Engineer
11 10 (8.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.97%) CSS
2 12 (10.26%) jQuery
3 10 (8.55%) TensorFlow
4 9 (7.69%) PyTorch
5 7 (5.98%) Google JAX
5 7 (5.98%) JAX
5 7 (5.98%) REST
6 6 (5.13%) Node.js
6 6 (5.13%) React
6 6 (5.13%) SOAP
7 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.56%) HTML
7 3 (2.56%) JSON
7 3 (2.56%) Keras
7 3 (2.56%) OAuth
7 3 (2.56%) Vue
7 3 (2.56%) XML
8 2 (1.71%) NestJS
8 2 (1.71%) Next.js
9 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) Onboarding
2 13 (11.11%) Low-Code
3 11 (9.40%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.98%) CUDA
5 4 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.85%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.85%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) IoT
8 1 (0.85%) Life Science
8 1 (0.85%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.84%) Windows
2 6 (5.13%) Linux
3 3 (2.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.85%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.48%) Agile
1 38 (32.48%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (17.95%) Software Engineering
3 17 (14.53%) MVC
4 14 (11.97%) OOP
5 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 12 (10.26%) DevOps
6 12 (10.26%) Mathematics
7 11 (9.40%) Customer Service
7 11 (9.40%) ITSM
7 11 (9.40%) Physics
8 10 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.55%) Data Engineering
9 9 (7.69%) Data Integration
9 9 (7.69%) Data Management
9 9 (7.69%) SDLC
10 8 (6.84%) AI
10 8 (6.84%) Change Control
10 8 (6.84%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.50%) Python
2 30 (25.64%) SQL
3 27 (23.08%) C#
4 26 (22.22%) PHP
5 20 (17.09%) Java
6 19 (16.24%) C++
7 9 (7.69%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.42%) C
9 3 (2.56%) Ada
9 3 (2.56%) Ada 95
9 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.85%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.85%) Erlang
10 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.85%) Rust
10 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (76.92%) Degree
2 49 (41.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 8 (6.84%) DBS Check
5 6 (5.13%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.42%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.56%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.56%) PhD
7 3 (2.56%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.71%) CCNA
8 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.71%) CISSP
8 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.71%) PMP
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.85%) ISEB
9 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (2.56%) QA
2 3 (2.56%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.27%) Firmware
3 3 (2.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.27%) FTK
3 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.85%) Grafana
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.27%) Cellebrite
3 3 (2.56%) MuleSoft
3 3 (2.56%) Pega
3 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.56%) SAP
3 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.56%) Splunk
4 2 (1.71%) Cisco
4 2 (1.71%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.71%) Oracle
5 1 (0.85%) Databricks
5 1 (0.85%) Dell
5 1 (0.85%) Jitterbit
5 1 (0.85%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.85%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.85%) SnapLogic