Computer Science Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 47 46
Rank change year-on-year -26 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 17 56 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.00% 4.66% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 5.09% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 15
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,150 £49,700
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -30.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60,625 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £63,500 £84,500 £103,000
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £58,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -19.40% -19.44% +25.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,154 1,101 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 68.16% 91.60% 86.45%
Number of salaries quoted 653 441 542
10th Percentile £28,500 £34,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +2.73%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
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 within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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 -8 8 £60,000 -4.76% 12
Hemel Hempstead +4 3 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Watford +1 1 £60,000 +100.00% 7
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (17.65%) InDesign
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (17.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) SaaS
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.88%) H2O.ai
4 1 (5.88%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
2 2 (11.76%) FTP
2 2 (11.76%) SSL
3 1 (5.88%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) MySQL
3 2 (11.76%) Metadata
4 1 (5.88%) Cognos Connection
4 1 (5.88%) Cognos Event Studio
4 1 (5.88%) Cognos Framework Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.88%) OLAP
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Postman
1 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Aerospace
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Marketing Executive
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Marketing Executive
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Support
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Cognos Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) PHP Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Report Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) REST
1 3 (17.65%) SOAP
2 2 (11.76%) EDI
3 1 (5.88%) CSS
3 1 (5.88%) jQuery
3 1 (5.88%) Keras
3 1 (5.88%) MDX
3 1 (5.88%) PyTorch
3 1 (5.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Algorithms
2 3 (17.65%) Arduino
2 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Raspberry Pi
2 3 (17.65%) Social Media
2 3 (17.65%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (5.88%) MISP
4 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) AI
2 7 (41.18%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (41.18%) Mathematics
2 7 (41.18%) Physics
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (29.41%) Analytics
4 5 (29.41%) CRM
4 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Digital Signal Processing
5 4 (23.53%) Signal Processing
5 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Business Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (17.65%) Commercial Awareness
6 3 (17.65%) Demand Generation
6 3 (17.65%) GTM Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Lead Generation
6 3 (17.65%) Line Management
6 3 (17.65%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 7 (41.18%) C
3 4 (23.53%) C++
3 4 (23.53%) Java
3 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 3 (17.65%) Assembly Language
4 3 (17.65%) MATLAB
4 3 (17.65%) Objective-C
4 3 (17.65%) Swift
5 1 (5.88%) C#
5 1 (5.88%) PHP
5 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
4 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) ISO 9001
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) Zoho
2 1 (5.88%) Cognos
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) Dell
2 1 (5.88%) IBM
2 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
2 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA
2 1 (5.88%) Pega
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow