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 24 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 99 185
Rank change year-on-year +3 +86 -37
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,362 2,105 1,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.03% 2.69% 2.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.32% 9.37% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 719 1,553 1,168
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,900 £62,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% +1.81% +1.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £98,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £63,900 £60,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +6.50% -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 21,548 22,468 31,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.87% 28.66% 32.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,515 15,085 14,170
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,734 £41,374
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,433 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -15 495 £80,000 +6.67% 541
Midlands +89 315 £35,000 -30.00% 60
West Midlands +78 230 £35,000 -30.00% 45
North of England +9 224 £58,250 +16.50% 109
South East -31 189 £60,000 -4.00% 174
North West -18 104 £63,900 +27.80% 57
Yorkshire +28 101 £46,148 -2.85% 36
East Midlands +60 84 £35,000 -30.00% 14
East of England +25 75 £53,000 +26.19% 86
South West +22 51 £67,500 +42.11% 51
North East +42 19 £56,500 +7.62% 17
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 26 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.69%) Jupyter
2 23 (1.69%) WordPress
3 22 (1.62%) CMS
4 16 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.81%) Apache
7 10 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.66%) IIS
8 9 (0.66%) SAS
9 5 (0.37%) Confluence
9 5 (0.37%) Luigi
10 3 (0.22%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.15%) Appian
12 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.073%) Liferay
12 1 (0.073%) Magnolia
12 1 (0.073%) nginx
12 1 (0.073%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 40 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.59%) Revit
4 6 (0.44%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.29%) Simulink
6 4 (0.29%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Blender
7 2 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.073%) TargetLink
8 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.40%) Shopify
2 7 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.073%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 304 (22.32%) Azure
2 227 (16.67%) AWS
3 93 (6.83%) GCP
4 83 (6.09%) SaaS
5 64 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (4.48%) Serverless
7 57 (4.19%) GitHub
8 47 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (3.16%) Power Platform
10 31 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
11 29 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (1.91%) Entra ID
13 23 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.62%) Google Workspace
15 21 (1.54%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.54%) PaaS
15 21 (1.54%) Slack
16 19 (1.40%) Zapier
17 18 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 218 (16.01%) Network Security
2 183 (13.44%) WLAN
3 176 (12.92%) Internet
4 107 (7.86%) Firewall
5 54 (3.96%) DNS
6 46 (3.38%) TCP/IP
7 36 (2.64%) DHCP
8 29 (2.13%) VLAN
9 27 (1.98%) BGP
10 25 (1.84%) OSPF
11 24 (1.76%) Broadband
12 19 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
13 18 (1.32%) SAN
14 17 (1.25%) HTTP
15 13 (0.95%) VPN
16 10 (0.73%) WAN
17 8 (0.59%) Wireless
18 6 (0.44%) Bluetooth
18 6 (0.44%) LAN
19 5 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 74 (5.43%) MySQL
3 66 (4.85%) NoSQL
4 53 (3.89%) Big Data
5 40 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 33 (2.42%) Power BI
7 32 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.10%) MongoDB
12 14 (1.03%) Tableau
13 12 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.88%) BigQuery
14 11 (0.81%) DTS
15 10 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (0.66%) Data Mining
16 9 (0.66%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 135 (9.91%) Git
2 24 (1.76%) Jenkins
2 24 (1.76%) JIRA
3 16 (1.17%) Gradle
4 12 (0.88%) Selenium
5 9 (0.66%) GitLab
5 9 (0.66%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.51%) Maven
6 7 (0.51%) Moq
6 7 (0.51%) SpecFlow
6 7 (0.51%) TestRail
7 5 (0.37%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) webpack
8 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.29%) JUnit
8 4 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.29%) Subversion
8 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.22%) Babel
9 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 516 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 249 (18.28%) Finance
3 202 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (5.95%) Retail
5 74 (5.43%) Law
6 60 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 43 (3.16%) Banking
9 38 (2.79%) Marketing
10 37 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (2.35%) Automotive
12 31 (2.28%) Legal
13 30 (2.20%) Games
14 27 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.91%) Front Office
16 21 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (1.47%) Public Sector
18 19 (1.40%) Advertising
19 15 (1.10%) Electronics
20 12 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 241 (17.69%) Developer
2 186 (13.66%) IT Engineer
3 172 (12.63%) Support Engineer
4 169 (12.41%) Senior
5 168 (12.33%) IT Support
6 163 (11.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 159 (11.67%) IT Manager
8 136 (9.99%) Lead
9 126 (9.25%) Architect
10 122 (8.96%) Software Engineer
11 86 (6.31%) Analyst
12 59 (4.33%) Graduate
13 56 (4.11%) Software Developer
14 55 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (3.08%) Graduate Developer
16 40 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
17 37 (2.72%) Data Engineer
17 37 (2.72%) Junior
18 33 (2.42%) Senior Developer
19 32 (2.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (11.45%) .NET
2 115 (8.44%) CSS
3 96 (7.05%) React
4 91 (6.68%) HTML
5 53 (3.89%) Elastic Stack
5 53 (3.89%) RESTful
6 44 (3.23%) ASP.NET
6 44 (3.23%) REST
7 41 (3.01%) jQuery
8 33 (2.42%) .NET Framework
8 33 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 32 (2.35%) Laravel
10 31 (2.28%) Kafka
11 28 (2.06%) JSON
12 26 (1.91%) .NET Core
13 25 (1.84%) Node.js
14 23 (1.69%) SOAP
15 20 (1.47%) React Native
16 18 (1.32%) Pandas
16 18 (1.32%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 162 (11.89%) Driving Licence
2 140 (10.28%) Management Information System
3 64 (4.70%) Algorithms
4 51 (3.74%) Mobile App
5 44 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 36 (2.64%) Security Posture
7 34 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.13%) Hedge funds
10 27 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.76%) Cyberattack
12 24 (1.76%) Private Cloud
13 21 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.54%) Smartphone
14 20 (1.47%) Mobile Games
15 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
16 17 (1.25%) Data Centre
16 17 (1.25%) Robotics
17 15 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 293 (21.51%) Linux
2 282 (20.70%) Windows
3 54 (3.96%) Windows Server
4 31 (2.28%) Ubuntu
4 31 (2.28%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.76%) Android
5 24 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (1.54%) Mac OS X
7 19 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.32%) Unix
9 14 (1.03%) Windows Vista
10 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.22%) Rocky
12 2 (0.15%) CentOS
12 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.073%) Debian
13 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,336 (98.09%) Computer Science
2 632 (46.40%) Problem-Solving
3 335 (24.60%) Mentoring
4 272 (19.97%) Agile
5 241 (17.69%) Software Engineering
6 226 (16.59%) DevOps
7 225 (16.52%) ITIL
8 193 (14.17%) CI/CD
9 173 (12.70%) Asset Management
10 167 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 167 (12.26%) IT Asset Management
11 166 (12.19%) Network Management
12 140 (10.28%) Artificial Intelligence
13 133 (9.77%) Microservices
14 129 (9.47%) Roadmaps
15 128 (9.40%) Customer-Centricity
16 124 (9.10%) Analytics
17 115 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
18 112 (8.22%) Project Management
19 103 (7.56%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 341 (25.04%) Python
2 262 (19.24%) SQL
3 214 (15.71%) Java
4 177 (13.00%) C#
5 172 (12.63%) JavaScript
6 100 (7.34%) PowerShell
7 88 (6.46%) C++
7 88 (6.46%) TypeScript
8 73 (5.36%) PHP
9 52 (3.82%) Bash
10 39 (2.86%) C
11 37 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 29 (2.13%) Kotlin
13 27 (1.98%) R
14 22 (1.62%) Apex Code
15 19 (1.40%) Scala
16 18 (1.32%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.95%) Go
17 13 (0.95%) T-SQL
18 11 (0.81%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,362 (100.00%) Degree
2 216 (15.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 202 (14.83%) Cisco Certification
4 189 (13.88%) MCSE
5 186 (13.66%) LPIC
6 181 (13.29%) CCNP
7 176 (12.92%) CCNA
8 164 (12.04%) Master's Degree
9 162 (11.89%) MCP
10 85 (6.24%) CISSP
11 72 (5.29%) Security Cleared
12 51 (3.74%) Azure Certification
13 40 (2.94%) SC Cleared
14 33 (2.42%) AWS Certification
14 33 (2.42%) CISM
14 33 (2.42%) DV Cleared
15 32 (2.35%) CEH
15 32 (2.35%) HNC
16 31 (2.28%) PMI Certification
16 31 (2.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.07%) NIST
2 68 (4.99%) QA
3 65 (4.77%) GDPR
4 56 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.64%) Data Quality
6 25 (1.84%) SOC 2
7 19 (1.40%) HIPAA
8 18 (1.32%) SLA
9 17 (1.25%) Accessibility
10 15 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (1.03%) NCSC
12 10 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.59%) GRC
14 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.44%) COBIT
16 4 (0.29%) CDISC
17 3 (0.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
18 2 (0.15%) GMP
18 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 153 (11.23%) Docker
2 77 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.10%) vSphere
5 6 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.15%) HDFS
7 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.073%) KVM
Systems Management
1 129 (9.47%) Kubernetes
2 68 (4.99%) Terraform
3 55 (4.04%) Prometheus
4 53 (3.89%) Grafana
5 46 (3.38%) Ansible
6 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.44%) Argo
7 6 (0.44%) SCCM
8 5 (0.37%) Kibana
8 5 (0.37%) Puppet
9 4 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (0.29%) Nagios
10 3 (0.22%) vRealize
10 3 (0.22%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.15%) logstash
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 362 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 208 (15.27%) Cisco
3 92 (6.75%) Google
4 53 (3.89%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.42%) VMware
6 28 (2.06%) Dell
6 28 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 27 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 27 (1.98%) Oracle
8 24 (1.76%) SAP
9 21 (1.54%) Apple
9 21 (1.54%) Ubiquiti
10 20 (1.47%) WooCommerce
11 17 (1.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 16 (1.17%) Databricks
13 14 (1.03%) New Relic
14 11 (0.81%) Splunk
15 10 (0.73%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
15 10 (0.73%) Veeam