Computer Science Degree Job Trends 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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 87 95
Rank change year-on-year -86 +8 +99
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 799 1,532 1,907
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.33% 3.46% 2.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.44% 8.90% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 514 723 1,371
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £45,000 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,125 £112,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +2.36% +5.83%

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 18,005 17,215 19,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.08% 38.88% 28.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,385 6,829 13,641
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

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 18 February 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
London -15 422 £82,250 +9.67% 136
South East -38 136 £62,500 -3.85% 92
North of England -104 99 £57,500 +9.52% 31
Yorkshire -65 59 £55,000 +26.07% 7
Midlands -133 52 £50,000 +42.86% 33
South West -23 43 £63,750 -12.07% 24
West Midlands -109 35 £41,250 +17.86% 22
East of England -58 28 £50,000 -5.66% 28
North East -7 21 £51,500 -3.74% 8
East Midlands -81 20 £55,000 +57.14% 11
North West -62 19 £60,000 +2.38% 17
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 36 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.63%) IIS
3 19 (2.38%) Confluence
4 14 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.63%) Apache
6 5 (0.63%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.38%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.25%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (3.25%) MS Visio
2 20 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.63%) Maya
4 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (1.00%) AutoCAD
5 8 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
6 6 (0.75%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.38%) Sketch
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.25%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Endur
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 387 (48.44%) Azure
2 283 (35.42%) AWS
3 129 (16.15%) GCP
4 61 (7.63%) Power Platform
5 59 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (7.38%) Serverless
6 57 (7.13%) SaaS
7 50 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (6.01%) GitHub
9 43 (5.38%) PaaS
10 29 (3.63%) IaaS
11 28 (3.50%) Power Automate
12 25 (3.13%) PowerApps
13 24 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (3.00%) Azure AI
13 24 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (2.75%) Amazon SageMaker
14 22 (2.75%) Vertex AI
15 21 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (2.50%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.76%) Firewall
2 37 (4.63%) VPN
3 36 (4.51%) LAN
3 36 (4.51%) WAN
4 33 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (4.01%) Cisco ASA
6 26 (3.25%) VLAN
7 23 (2.88%) Network Security
8 22 (2.75%) Wireless
9 21 (2.63%) BGP
9 21 (2.63%) OSPF
10 18 (2.25%) TCP/IP
11 16 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
11 16 (2.00%) EIGRP
12 15 (1.88%) DHCP
12 15 (1.88%) DNS
13 14 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (1.75%) WAAS
14 13 (1.63%) SAN
15 12 (1.50%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 51 (6.38%) Power BI
3 37 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (3.75%) Metadata
4 30 (3.75%) NoSQL
5 29 (3.63%) BigQuery
5 29 (3.63%) MySQL
6 27 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (2.75%) Data Lake
8 21 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.88%) Big Data
11 14 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.63%) MongoDB
12 13 (1.63%) Tableau
13 10 (1.25%) Hadoop
14 9 (1.13%) Redis
15 7 (0.88%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 52 (6.51%) JIRA
2 46 (5.76%) Git
3 29 (3.63%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.63%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.75%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.50%) GitLab
7 11 (1.38%) Selenium
8 9 (1.13%) Chocolatey
9 7 (0.88%) ERwin
9 7 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.88%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.75%) Gradle
11 5 (0.63%) Maven
12 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.50%) Postman
12 4 (0.50%) Vite
13 3 (0.38%) JMeter
13 3 (0.38%) JUnit
13 3 (0.38%) LoadRunner
13 3 (0.38%) MLflow
General
1 329 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 245 (30.66%) Finance
3 177 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (9.26%) Banking
5 67 (8.39%) Law
6 57 (7.13%) Retail
7 52 (6.51%) Public Sector
8 44 (5.51%) Marketing
9 42 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (5.01%) Manufacturing
11 39 (4.88%) Telecoms
12 36 (4.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 26 (3.25%) Legal
14 23 (2.88%) Front Office
14 23 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.13%) Games
16 15 (1.88%) Advertising
17 14 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (1.63%) Electronics
18 13 (1.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 165 (20.65%) Senior
2 134 (16.77%) Developer
3 104 (13.02%) Software Engineer
4 101 (12.64%) Architect
5 63 (7.88%) Lead
6 55 (6.88%) Analyst
7 46 (5.76%) Azure Engineer
8 42 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 35 (4.38%) Python Engineer
9 35 (4.38%) Support Engineer
10 32 (4.01%) Network Engineer
11 31 (3.88%) IT Engineer
12 30 (3.75%) Security Engineer
12 30 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
13 28 (3.50%) IT Support
14 27 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
15 26 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
15 26 (3.25%) Graduate
16 25 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
17 24 (3.00%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (10.76%) CSS
2 75 (9.39%) React
3 66 (8.26%) .NET
4 65 (8.14%) HTML
5 56 (7.01%) REST
6 53 (6.63%) Middleware
7 46 (5.76%) Node.js
7 46 (5.76%) RESTful
8 39 (4.88%) Kafka
9 24 (3.00%) .NET Framework
9 24 (3.00%) Spring
10 23 (2.88%) Django
11 21 (2.63%) OAuth
11 21 (2.63%) SOAP
12 19 (2.38%) ASP.NET
12 19 (2.38%) gRPC
12 19 (2.38%) WinForms
13 18 (2.25%) WebSockets
14 17 (2.13%) HTML5 Canvas
14 17 (2.13%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 97 (12.14%) Management Information System
2 59 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 58 (7.26%) Distributed Systems
4 55 (6.88%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (5.01%) Data Centre
5 40 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (4.76%) Data Structures
7 37 (4.63%) Algorithms
8 32 (4.01%) Onboarding
9 26 (3.25%) Security Posture
10 25 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (3.13%) Life Science
11 24 (3.00%) Product Ownership
12 22 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (2.63%) Pharmacovigilance
14 16 (2.00%) NHS
15 15 (1.88%) AI Agents
16 14 (1.75%) Hedge funds
17 13 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (1.63%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 85 (10.64%) Windows
2 78 (9.76%) Linux
3 30 (3.75%) Android
4 28 (3.50%) Unix
5 22 (2.75%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) AIX
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (97.62%) Computer Science
2 248 (31.04%) Problem-Solving
3 235 (29.41%) Agile
4 194 (24.28%) DevOps
5 175 (21.90%) Software Engineering
6 173 (21.65%) AI
7 168 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 157 (19.65%) CI/CD
9 133 (16.65%) Microservices
10 113 (14.14%) Mentoring
11 111 (13.89%) Analytics
12 99 (12.39%) Machine Learning
13 94 (11.76%) Data Modelling
14 89 (11.14%) Roadmaps
14 89 (11.14%) SDLC
15 84 (10.51%) Data Science
16 78 (9.76%) Containerisation
17 73 (9.14%) ITIL
17 73 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 71 (8.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 234 (29.29%) Python
2 156 (19.52%) SQL
3 131 (16.40%) JavaScript
4 130 (16.27%) Java
5 121 (15.14%) C#
6 67 (8.39%) TypeScript
7 58 (7.26%) C++
8 42 (5.26%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.38%) PHP
10 27 (3.38%) Bash
11 22 (2.75%) C
11 22 (2.75%) Go
12 15 (1.88%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.63%) Kotlin
14 10 (1.25%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.25%) Scala
15 9 (1.13%) R
16 8 (1.00%) Rust
17 6 (0.75%) Bicep
18 5 (0.63%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 799 (100.00%) Degree
2 144 (18.02%) Master's Degree
3 65 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 64 (8.01%) Security Cleared
5 56 (7.01%) Azure Certification
6 55 (6.88%) SC Cleared
7 48 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
7 48 (6.01%) CISSP
8 43 (5.38%) AWS Certification
9 36 (4.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 36 (4.51%) CCNP
10 34 (4.26%) CCIE
11 31 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
12 27 (3.38%) CISM
13 24 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 21 (2.63%) PMI Certification
15 19 (2.38%) CCNA
15 19 (2.38%) PMP
16 18 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (2.13%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.76%) GDPR
2 52 (6.51%) QA
3 47 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (5.01%) NIST
5 37 (4.63%) Data Quality
6 30 (3.75%) Accessibility
7 26 (3.25%) HIPAA
8 24 (3.00%) EU AI Act
9 21 (2.63%) PSD2
9 21 (2.63%) Solvency II
10 14 (1.75%) PMO
11 13 (1.63%) NCSC
12 11 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 10 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (1.25%) SLA
14 8 (1.00%) EMIR
14 8 (1.00%) IEC 61131
14 8 (1.00%) ISAE 3402
15 4 (0.50%) GxP
15 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (8.64%) Docker
2 36 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.50%) ProxySG
6 7 (0.88%) KVM
7 6 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.38%) vSphere
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (8.26%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.13%) Terraform
3 28 (3.50%) Grafana
3 28 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.63%) Ansible
6 18 (2.25%) SCCM
7 14 (1.75%) FortiGate
8 10 (1.25%) Control-M
9 6 (0.75%) Data Guard
9 6 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 6 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.63%) Kibana
11 4 (0.50%) Argo
11 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.38%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.38%) logstash
12 3 (0.38%) QRadar
12 3 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 195 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.89%) Google
3 44 (5.51%) Oracle
4 41 (5.13%) Cisco
5 30 (3.75%) CheckPoint
6 26 (3.25%) VMware
7 24 (3.00%) Fortinet
8 20 (2.50%) Databricks
9 19 (2.38%) ServiceNow
10 18 (2.25%) SolarWinds
11 14 (1.75%) Dell
11 14 (1.75%) Infoblox
11 14 (1.75%) Motorola
11 14 (1.75%) Software AG
12 13 (1.63%) Dynatrace
12 13 (1.63%) F5
12 13 (1.63%) SAP
13 12 (1.50%) Sage
13 12 (1.50%) Splunk
13 12 (1.50%) Xamarin