Computer Science Jobs in England

Computer Science
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 56 45
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 4,171 4,807 8,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.91% 5.15% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.72% 5.38% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,034 2,684 3,447
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,956 89,282 125,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.89% 95.65% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,883 52,696 73,771
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in England

Computer Science
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +6 1,540 £77,500 -3.13% 838
South East +7 1,019 £60,000 +9.09% 233
North of England +95 633 £47,750 +0.53% 207
Midlands +19 371 £50,000 -1.96% 121
North West +89 348 £50,000 -4.76% 117
South West +11 338 £48,750 -7.14% 101
West Midlands +35 252 £50,362 -5.87% 65
East of England 0 249 £46,000 -1.08% 164
Yorkshire +100 224 £45,000 -12.62% 56
East Midlands -5 113 £42,500 -5.56% 56
North East +16 61 £52,500 +31.25% 35
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
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
1 145 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 79 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.01%) Apache
4 39 (0.94%) CMS
5 38 (0.91%) Confluence
6 32 (0.77%) SAS
7 24 (0.58%) IIS
8 23 (0.55%) WordPress
9 20 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 13 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 12 (0.29%) Jupyter
12 10 (0.24%) OpenStack
13 8 (0.19%) Apache Pig
13 8 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
14 7 (0.17%) nginx
15 6 (0.14%) Moodle
16 4 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
17 3 (0.072%) WildFly
18 2 (0.048%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 99 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (0.84%) Simulink
4 23 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 14 (0.34%) Trello
7 9 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.22%) SPSS
8 4 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.072%) Sketch
9 3 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.048%) InVision
10 2 (0.048%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.048%) TargetLink
10 2 (0.048%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.024%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.024%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.024%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 52 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.62%) SDL Web 8
3 22 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 18 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.22%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.19%) Shopify
8 5 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.12%) Odoo
9 4 (0.096%) Magento
9 4 (0.096%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.096%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.096%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.072%) Endur
10 3 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.072%) Sage 300 ERP
10 3 (0.072%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.048%) CA PPM
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 769 (18.44%) AWS
2 755 (18.10%) Azure
3 268 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
4 225 (5.39%) Power Platform
5 223 (5.35%) GCP
6 171 (4.10%) SaaS
7 138 (3.31%) Serverless
8 111 (2.66%) GitHub
9 105 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
10 102 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
11 88 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
12 84 (2.01%) Amazon S3
13 57 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 55 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
15 48 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 43 (1.03%) IaaS
17 39 (0.94%) PaaS
18 34 (0.82%) Amazon Kinesis
19 32 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
20 30 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 176 (4.22%) WAN
2 149 (3.57%) Network Security
3 148 (3.55%) Firewall
4 143 (3.43%) Wireless
5 133 (3.19%) SD-WAN
6 109 (2.61%) WebEx
7 107 (2.57%) Cisco IOS
8 86 (2.06%) TCP/IP
9 82 (1.97%) DNS
10 77 (1.85%) VPN
11 57 (1.37%) Internet
12 47 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
13 46 (1.10%) LAN
14 44 (1.05%) HTTP
15 41 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
16 39 (0.94%) DHCP
17 28 (0.67%) VLAN
18 27 (0.65%) SAN
19 23 (0.55%) Ethernet
20 22 (0.53%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (9.49%) SQL Server
2 207 (4.96%) Power BI
3 179 (4.29%) MySQL
4 171 (4.10%) NoSQL
5 164 (3.93%) Relational Database
6 138 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 129 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 105 (2.52%) Redis
9 99 (2.37%) Big Data
10 77 (1.85%) Tableau
11 63 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 62 (1.49%) Hadoop
13 57 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
14 51 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 48 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
15 48 (1.15%) MongoDB
16 41 (0.98%) RDBMS
17 37 (0.89%) Data Lake
18 32 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
19 29 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 484 (11.60%) Git
2 159 (3.81%) JIRA
3 80 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 74 (1.77%) Visual Studio
5 69 (1.65%) GitLab
6 55 (1.32%) Selenium
7 47 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 42 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 41 (0.98%) NUnit
9 41 (0.98%) Subversion
10 38 (0.91%) Moq
11 33 (0.79%) CMake
12 32 (0.77%) Burp Suite
13 30 (0.72%) Metasploit
13 30 (0.72%) Postman
14 26 (0.62%) Maven
15 23 (0.55%) Bitbucket
15 23 (0.55%) JUnit
16 19 (0.46%) Sourcetree
17 17 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1,741 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 782 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 639 (15.32%) Finance
4 287 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 202 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 201 (4.82%) Marketing
7 184 (4.41%) Electronics
8 126 (3.02%) Retail
9 110 (2.64%) Games
9 110 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 109 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 107 (2.57%) Legal
12 94 (2.25%) Telecoms
13 82 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 77 (1.85%) Banking
15 75 (1.80%) Law
16 69 (1.65%) Automotive
17 66 (1.58%) Aerospace
18 65 (1.56%) Front Office
19 63 (1.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,082 (25.94%) Developer
2 688 (16.49%) Senior
3 493 (11.82%) Software Engineer
4 387 (9.28%) Lead
5 259 (6.21%) Software Developer
6 258 (6.19%) Analyst
7 241 (5.78%) Senior Developer
8 234 (5.61%) Architect
9 204 (4.89%) Data Scientist
10 148 (3.55%) Junior
11 143 (3.43%) IT Support
12 136 (3.26%) Senior Software Engineer
13 133 (3.19%) Graduate
14 122 (2.92%) .NET Developer
15 115 (2.76%) Support Specialist
16 111 (2.66%) Full Stack Developer
17 109 (2.61%) IT Support Specialist
18 93 (2.23%) C# Developer
18 93 (2.23%) Data Engineer
18 93 (2.23%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 631 (15.13%) .NET
2 414 (9.93%) React
3 391 (9.37%) HTML
4 374 (8.97%) CSS
5 259 (6.21%) AngularJS
6 166 (3.98%) .NET Core
7 160 (3.84%) ASP.NET
8 158 (3.79%) Node.js
9 148 (3.55%) RESTful
10 131 (3.14%) REST
11 130 (3.12%) .NET Framework
12 129 (3.09%) HTML5
13 115 (2.76%) Kafka
14 110 (2.64%) Web Services
15 104 (2.49%) Spring
16 100 (2.40%) JSON
17 93 (2.23%) Vue
18 87 (2.09%) XML
19 82 (1.97%) jQuery
20 78 (1.87%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 471 (11.29%) Algorithms
2 386 (9.25%) Management Information System
3 239 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
4 199 (4.77%) Data Structures
5 145 (3.48%) Client/Server
6 122 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 111 (2.66%) Video Conferencing
8 107 (2.57%) Wiki
9 103 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
10 97 (2.33%) Mobile App
11 94 (2.25%) Onboarding
12 74 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 72 (1.73%) Cloud Native
14 69 (1.65%) IoT
15 68 (1.63%) Virtual Team
16 62 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
17 57 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
18 51 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
18 51 (1.22%) Hedge funds
18 51 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 546 (13.09%) Windows
2 474 (11.36%) Linux
3 187 (4.48%) Android
4 153 (3.67%) Windows 10
5 101 (2.42%) Windows Server
6 79 (1.89%) Unix
7 64 (1.53%) Apple iOS
8 56 (1.34%) Mac OS
9 33 (0.79%) Kali Linux
10 26 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 21 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
11 21 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 17 (0.41%) CentOS
14 15 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
15 11 (0.26%) Debian
16 10 (0.24%) VMS
17 8 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
18 5 (0.12%) Mac OS X
19 4 (0.096%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,628 (39.03%) Problem-Solving
2 1,080 (25.89%) Agile
3 1,048 (25.13%) Software Engineering
4 695 (16.66%) Mathematics
5 520 (12.47%) Mentoring
6 497 (11.92%) DevOps
7 485 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 465 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
9 437 (10.48%) Data Science
10 428 (10.26%) Machine Learning
11 371 (8.89%) Analytics
11 371 (8.89%) Project Management
12 368 (8.82%) Decision-Making
13 349 (8.37%) Data Analysis
14 318 (7.62%) CI/CD
15 301 (7.22%) Roadmaps
16 284 (6.81%) Full Stack Development
17 268 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
18 264 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
19 260 (6.23%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 970 (23.26%) Python
2 884 (21.19%) SQL
3 871 (20.88%) C#
4 780 (18.70%) JavaScript
5 481 (11.53%) Java
6 333 (7.98%) TypeScript
7 327 (7.84%) C++
8 281 (6.74%) C
9 156 (3.74%) PHP
10 116 (2.78%) PowerShell
11 96 (2.30%) R
12 78 (1.87%) Bash
13 77 (1.85%) T-SQL
14 74 (1.77%) Fortran
15 71 (1.70%) Go
16 57 (1.37%) Kotlin
17 53 (1.27%) Scala
18 51 (1.22%) MATLAB
19 34 (0.82%) Perl
20 31 (0.74%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3,784 (90.72%) Degree
2 2,151 (51.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 713 (17.09%) Master's Degree
4 259 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 209 (5.01%) PhD
6 157 (3.76%) SC Cleared
7 155 (3.72%) CISSP
8 132 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 97 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 93 (2.23%) CISM
11 78 (1.87%) AWS Certification
12 73 (1.75%) Azure Certification
13 63 (1.51%) PMI Certification
14 56 (1.34%) PMP
15 52 (1.25%) CCNP
16 51 (1.22%) CCNA
17 43 (1.03%) A+ Certification
18 42 (1.01%) CISA
19 41 (0.98%) DBS Check
19 41 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (6.02%) QA
2 105 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 96 (2.30%) GDPR
5 75 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 72 (1.73%) NIST
7 39 (0.94%) PMO
8 36 (0.86%) WCAG
9 34 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 26 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 25 (0.60%) SLA
12 22 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 18 (0.43%) SOC 2
14 15 (0.36%) ISO 13485
15 14 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
15 14 (0.34%) GRC
15 14 (0.34%) NCSC
15 14 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 11 (0.26%) CDISC
System Software
1 422 (10.12%) Docker
2 241 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 114 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
4 110 (2.64%) XenApp
5 107 (2.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 107 (2.57%) XenDesktop
6 74 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 68 (1.63%) Firmware
8 35 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
9 32 (0.77%) Hyper-V
10 24 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
11 12 (0.29%) HDFS
12 9 (0.22%) vSphere
13 8 (0.19%) KVM
13 8 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
14 7 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.096%) pfSense
16 2 (0.048%) LXC
16 2 (0.048%) NFS
17 1 (0.024%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 316 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 147 (3.52%) Terraform
3 119 (2.85%) SCCM
4 107 (2.57%) AirWatch
5 53 (1.27%) Ansible
6 20 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (0.36%) Puppet
8 14 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.29%) Grafana
9 12 (0.29%) WSUS
10 10 (0.24%) Nagios
11 9 (0.22%) Nessus
12 7 (0.17%) CASB
12 7 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 7 (0.17%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.17%) SCOM
13 6 (0.14%) CloudHub
13 6 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.14%) QRadar
13 6 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 695 (16.66%) Microsoft
2 197 (4.72%) Cisco
3 155 (3.72%) Google
4 113 (2.71%) Citrix
5 105 (2.52%) Oracle
6 92 (2.21%) SAP
7 91 (2.18%) VMware
8 60 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 33 (0.79%) Databricks
10 31 (0.74%) Adobe
11 29 (0.70%) Xilinx
12 28 (0.67%) Juniper
13 25 (0.60%) Apple
14 22 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 22 (0.53%) ServiceNow
15 21 (0.50%) IBM
16 20 (0.48%) F5
17 19 (0.46%) Xamarin
18 15 (0.36%) Red Hat
18 15 (0.36%) Veeam