Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Computer Science Degree
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 73 59
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 +23
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 31 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.24% 2.60% 1.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 5.35% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,050 £53,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,875 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -30.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £61,000 £80,750 -
East of England median annual salary £30,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -45.45% -24.14% +59.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 574 579 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.35% 48.49% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 207 164 190
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,775 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,125 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £53,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -11.79% -2.75% +9.00%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Hertfordshire

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Stevenage -12 1 £60,000 -29.41% 4
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - - 4
Computer Science Degree
East of England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (25.00%) H2O.ai
2 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) FTP
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Support Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate C# Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) EDI
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) Keras
2 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Presales
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (25.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (25.00%) Pega
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow