Computer Science Degree Jobs in England

Computer Science Degree
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 106 160
Rank change year-on-year +37 +54 -20
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,844 2,224 1,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.80% 2.50% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.52% 9.01% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 656 1,695 1,286
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,313 £81,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,875 £95,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.48% +1.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,505 24,690 28,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.48% 27.79% 33.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 15,746 13,110
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +9.09%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
London +24 597 £75,000 - 1,024
South East +13 370 £70,000 +16.67% 400
North of England -34 222 £57,500 +15.00% 183
Midlands +40 197 £35,000 -30.00% 137
West Midlands +56 143 £35,000 -34.88% 91
East of England +41 126 £52,000 +30.00% 126
Yorkshire +15 105 £60,000 +30.43% 52
North West -80 96 £56,500 +13.00% 101
South West +39 67 £55,000 +15.79% 64
East Midlands +15 51 £35,000 -25.28% 41
North East +46 21 £56,500 +7.62% 34
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 25 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.25%) Jupyter
3 19 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.81%) CMS
6 13 (0.70%) Apache
6 13 (0.70%) WordPress
7 9 (0.49%) IIS
7 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.33%) SAS
9 5 (0.27%) Luigi
10 4 (0.22%) Confluence
11 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
11 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 22 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.38%) Revit
4 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) Blender
6 2 (0.11%) Maya
7 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.054%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.054%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (0.60%) Shopify
2 8 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.43%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.11%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.054%) Adaptiv
8 1 (0.054%) Endur
8 1 (0.054%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.054%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.054%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.054%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 310 (16.81%) Azure
2 213 (11.55%) AWS
3 89 (4.83%) GCP
4 62 (3.36%) SaaS
5 56 (3.04%) Power Platform
6 50 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (2.71%) Serverless
7 46 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (2.17%) GitHub
9 33 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.30%) PaaS
10 24 (1.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 22 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 20 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
13 18 (0.98%) Amazon S3
13 18 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 636 (34.49%) Broadband
2 85 (4.61%) Firewall
3 79 (4.28%) Network Security
4 41 (2.22%) WLAN
5 39 (2.11%) Internet
6 37 (2.01%) DNS
7 36 (1.95%) TCP/IP
8 25 (1.36%) SAN
9 20 (1.08%) DHCP
10 19 (1.03%) VPN
11 17 (0.92%) BGP
12 16 (0.87%) OSPF
12 16 (0.87%) WAN
13 13 (0.70%) VLAN
14 11 (0.60%) HTTP
14 11 (0.60%) LAN
14 11 (0.60%) VoIP
15 10 (0.54%) NAS
16 9 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
17 7 (0.38%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.31%) SQL Server
2 59 (3.20%) MySQL
3 47 (2.55%) NoSQL
4 44 (2.39%) Big Data
5 42 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (2.17%) Power BI
7 35 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.52%) Data Lake
9 26 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (0.92%) MongoDB
12 13 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.65%) Hadoop
13 12 (0.65%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.49%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (4.72%) Git
2 26 (1.41%) JIRA
3 18 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.76%) Gradle
5 11 (0.60%) Moq
5 11 (0.60%) SpecFlow
6 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.38%) Maven
8 6 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.27%) GitLab
9 5 (0.27%) Vite
10 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.16%) JMeter
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.16%) Selenium
11 3 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 1,090 (59.11%) Social Skills
2 239 (12.96%) Finance
3 157 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (7.32%) Law
5 105 (5.69%) Games
6 83 (4.50%) Multimedia
7 60 (3.25%) Retail
8 55 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 44 (2.39%) Marketing
10 39 (2.11%) Legal
11 22 (1.19%) Electronics
12 18 (0.98%) Advertising
13 17 (0.92%) Automotive
13 17 (0.92%) Front Office
14 16 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.81%) Banking
15 15 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 364 (19.74%) Lead
2 237 (12.85%) Senior
3 207 (11.23%) Developer
4 193 (10.47%) Architect
5 175 (9.49%) Systems Engineer
6 174 (9.44%) Engineering Manager
7 153 (8.30%) IT Manager
8 96 (5.21%) Senior Manager
9 86 (4.66%) Software Engineer
9 86 (4.66%) Team Leader
10 79 (4.28%) ServiceNow Manager
11 78 (4.23%) Senior Service Manager
12 66 (3.58%) Analyst
13 64 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
14 58 (3.15%) Graduate
15 52 (2.82%) Software Architect
16 50 (2.71%) IT Engineer
17 44 (2.39%) Support Engineer
18 43 (2.33%) Graduate Developer
19 42 (2.28%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.00%) .NET
2 122 (6.62%) HTML
3 100 (5.42%) CSS
4 77 (4.18%) Middleware
5 61 (3.31%) React
6 56 (3.04%) REST
7 45 (2.44%) ASP.NET
8 44 (2.39%) Kafka
9 41 (2.22%) jQuery
10 35 (1.90%) RESTful
11 31 (1.68%) AngularJS
12 26 (1.41%) .NET Framework
13 25 (1.36%) .NET Core
13 25 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
13 25 (1.36%) SOAP
14 24 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
15 22 (1.19%) Node.js
16 18 (0.98%) WinForms
17 17 (0.92%) JSON
17 17 (0.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 179 (9.71%) Management Information System
2 104 (5.64%) Product Ownership
3 79 (4.28%) Video\Live Streaming
4 59 (3.20%) Algorithms
5 41 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 39 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 36 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 29 (1.57%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.41%) Hedge funds
11 24 (1.30%) Cyberattack
11 24 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (0.98%) Mobile Games
14 16 (0.87%) Robotics
15 15 (0.81%) Onboarding
15 15 (0.81%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
17 11 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
17 11 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 136 (7.38%) Windows
2 120 (6.51%) Linux
3 33 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.98%) Android
5 17 (0.92%) Ubuntu
5 17 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.60%) Mac OS X
9 9 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.43%) Unix
10 8 (0.43%) Windows Vista
11 3 (0.16%) Rocky
11 3 (0.16%) VMS
12 2 (0.11%) CentOS
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.054%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,819 (98.64%) Computer Science
2 969 (52.55%) Problem-Solving
3 787 (42.68%) Mentoring
4 754 (40.89%) Roadmaps
5 614 (33.30%) High Availability
6 609 (33.03%) Product Management
7 557 (30.21%) Broadcast Engineering
8 312 (16.92%) Agile
9 303 (16.43%) Software Engineering
10 280 (15.18%) DevOps
11 211 (11.44%) Artificial Intelligence
11 211 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 167 (9.06%) CI/CD
13 142 (7.70%) Machine Learning
14 134 (7.27%) Customer-Centricity
15 127 (6.89%) ITSM
16 123 (6.67%) Service Delivery
17 122 (6.62%) Design Patterns
18 121 (6.56%) Microservices
19 114 (6.18%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 297 (16.11%) Python
2 273 (14.80%) SQL
3 241 (13.07%) Java
4 201 (10.90%) C#
5 188 (10.20%) JavaScript
6 119 (6.45%) C++
7 115 (6.24%) TypeScript
8 108 (5.86%) PHP
9 90 (4.88%) PowerShell
10 71 (3.85%) C
11 57 (3.09%) R
12 52 (2.82%) Rust
13 50 (2.71%) Ruby
14 49 (2.66%) Dart
14 49 (2.66%) MATLAB
15 26 (1.41%) Apex Code
16 20 (1.08%) Bash
17 19 (1.03%) Scala
18 17 (0.92%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,844 (100.00%) Degree
2 157 (8.51%) Master's Degree
3 89 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 81 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 71 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (3.52%) Azure Certification
7 64 (3.47%) Chartered Engineer
8 56 (3.04%) SC Cleared
9 52 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 52 (2.82%) CISSP
10 46 (2.49%) MCSE
11 42 (2.28%) AWS Certification
12 40 (2.17%) CCNP
13 39 (2.11%) CCNA
14 30 (1.63%) PMI Certification
15 29 (1.57%) LPIC
15 29 (1.57%) MCP
15 29 (1.57%) PMP
16 27 (1.46%) DV Cleared
17 22 (1.19%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.63%) GDPR
2 60 (3.25%) QA
3 53 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 45 (2.44%) NIST
6 27 (1.46%) HIPAA
7 21 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 17 (0.92%) NCSC
9 13 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.33%) CDISC
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.33%) SLA
12 5 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 5 (0.27%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.22%) GRC
13 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (5.59%) Docker
2 47 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.27%) vSphere
6 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.16%) HDFS
7 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.054%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.054%) Firmware
8 1 (0.054%) GPFS
8 1 (0.054%) KVM
8 1 (0.054%) Lustre
8 1 (0.054%) NFS
Systems Management
1 112 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 73 (3.96%) Terraform
3 50 (2.71%) Grafana
4 49 (2.66%) Prometheus
5 18 (0.98%) Ansible
6 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.33%) ArcSight ESM
7 6 (0.33%) Argo
7 6 (0.33%) QRadar
8 5 (0.27%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.27%) Kibana
9 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.16%) SCCM
11 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.11%) Nmap
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.11%) Puppet
11 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 223 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 127 (6.89%) ServiceNow
3 75 (4.07%) Google
4 65 (3.52%) Cisco
5 45 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 32 (1.74%) SAP
7 29 (1.57%) VMware
8 26 (1.41%) Oracle
9 23 (1.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 22 (1.19%) OpenAI
11 16 (0.87%) Databricks
12 15 (0.81%) Dell
13 13 (0.70%) Workday
14 12 (0.65%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.65%) New Relic
15 11 (0.60%) Apple
15 11 (0.60%) McAfee
15 11 (0.60%) Splunk
15 11 (0.60%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (0.60%) Veeam