Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Leicestershire

Computer Science Degree
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 36 77
Rank change year-on-year -38 +41 -19
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 5 11 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.45% 3.20% 1.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.34% 9.24% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile £31,725 - £25,500
25th Percentile £36,563 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.37%
75th Percentile £54,563 - £78,125
90th Percentile £59,175 - £83,625
East Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £35,000 £46,188
% change year-on-year +57.14% -24.22% -2.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 214 119 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 19.19% 34.59% 25.73%
Number of salaries quoted 48 29 135
10th Percentile £28,088 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +22.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £61,500 £57,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £59,500 £77,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% -10.53%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Leicestershire

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Leicester -27 4 £61,500 - 1
Computer Science Degree
East Midlands

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (60.00%) MQTT
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
1 3 (60.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) GDB
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) GitLab
1 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (60.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) pytest
1 3 (60.00%) Unity DI Container
1 3 (60.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) ARM Cortex
1 3 (60.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
3 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) BDD
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 3 (60.00%) Software Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Physics
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Bash
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Sybase