Computer Science Degree Job Trends in London

Computer Science Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 96 112
Rank change year-on-year -23 +16 -10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 456 424 598
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.90% 3.50% 3.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.51% 11.99% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 267 194 418
10th Percentile £43,903 £50,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £106,000 £130,875 £112,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,794 3,535 5,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.99% 29.14% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,848 1,956 2,835
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,731 £49,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,625 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Central London -38 47 £80,000 +14.29% 31
West London -8 21 £68,718 +83.25% 9
South London +8 8 - - 3
East London - 3 £45,204 - 2
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 13 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.19%) SAS
3 9 (1.97%) Confluence
4 8 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.88%) Apache
5 4 (0.88%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Maya
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Summit
3 2 (0.44%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.22%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 151 (33.11%) AWS
2 131 (28.73%) Azure
3 61 (13.38%) GCP
4 47 (10.31%) Cloud Computing
5 37 (8.11%) GitHub
6 35 (7.68%) SaaS
7 26 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (4.39%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.95%) Serverless
11 16 (3.51%) Entra ID
12 14 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.85%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.85%) GitHub Copilot
13 13 (2.85%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.97%) Datadog
14 9 (1.97%) Power Automate
15 8 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.75%) PaaS
15 8 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.02%) Firewall
1 32 (7.02%) Internet
2 21 (4.61%) Network Security
3 19 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 16 (3.51%) VPN
5 15 (3.29%) DNS
6 12 (2.63%) DHCP
7 11 (2.41%) WAN
8 8 (1.75%) Wireshark
9 7 (1.54%) 3GPP
9 7 (1.54%) GSM
9 7 (1.54%) Kerberos
9 7 (1.54%) LAN
9 7 (1.54%) LTE
9 7 (1.54%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (1.54%) RANAP
9 7 (1.54%) SS7
9 7 (1.54%) UMTS
10 6 (1.32%) BGP
10 6 (1.32%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 15 (3.29%) Big Data
5 14 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (3.07%) Power BI
6 12 (2.63%) BigQuery
6 12 (2.63%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.97%) Metadata
7 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.54%) Redis
8 7 (1.54%) SAP HANA
9 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.32%) MySQL
9 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.10%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 42 (9.21%) Git
2 29 (6.36%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.85%) JIRA
4 8 (1.75%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.54%) GCC
5 7 (1.54%) GDB
6 6 (1.32%) Maven
7 5 (1.10%) Gradle
8 3 (0.66%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.66%) MLflow
8 3 (0.66%) NUnit
8 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.44%) GitLab
9 2 (0.44%) JUnit
10 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.22%) Plastic SCM
10 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.22%) webpack
10 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 178 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 144 (31.58%) Finance
3 85 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (17.76%) Law
5 69 (15.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (11.40%) Public Sector
7 46 (10.09%) Banking
8 30 (6.58%) Military
9 22 (4.82%) Front Office
10 21 (4.61%) Public Speaking
11 20 (4.39%) Marketing
12 18 (3.95%) Legal
13 15 (3.29%) Telecoms
14 14 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.85%) Financial Institution
16 12 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (2.41%) Advertising
18 10 (2.19%) Investment Banking
18 10 (2.19%) Retail
19 9 (1.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 116 (25.44%) Senior
2 73 (16.01%) Developer
3 61 (13.38%) Architect
4 50 (10.96%) Software Engineer
5 42 (9.21%) Analyst
6 31 (6.80%) Business Analyst
7 29 (6.36%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (5.70%) Lead
9 24 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 24 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (4.61%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
10 21 (4.61%) Senior Business Analyst
11 18 (3.95%) Consultant
11 18 (3.95%) Senior Architect
12 17 (3.73%) Python Engineer
13 16 (3.51%) React Developer
14 15 (3.29%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 14 (3.07%) Senior Developer
16 12 (2.63%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.84%) React
2 39 (8.55%) Node.js
3 28 (6.14%) REST
4 21 (4.61%) .NET
4 21 (4.61%) Django
5 18 (3.95%) CSS
5 18 (3.95%) RESTful
6 17 (3.73%) FIX Protocol
6 17 (3.73%) HTML
6 17 (3.73%) Next.js
7 16 (3.51%) Kafka
8 11 (2.41%) GraphQL
8 11 (2.41%) Spring
9 10 (2.19%) OAuth
9 10 (2.19%) Vue
10 9 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (1.97%) LDAP
10 9 (1.97%) Model Context Protocol
10 9 (1.97%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.40%) Onboarding
2 44 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.65%) Management Information System
3 30 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 29 (6.36%) Algorithms
5 26 (5.70%) Blog
6 25 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (5.26%) AI Agents
8 20 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (3.95%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.51%) Equities
11 14 (3.07%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.97%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.75%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.75%) Derivative
16 7 (1.54%) CUDA
16 7 (1.54%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.77%) Linux
2 30 (6.58%) Windows
3 8 (1.75%) Unix
4 6 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.88%) Android
6 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.22%) AIX
7 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (99.56%) Computer Science
2 133 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (26.10%) AI
4 115 (25.22%) Software Engineering
5 114 (25.00%) Agile
6 92 (20.18%) Mentoring
7 87 (19.08%) CI/CD
8 85 (18.64%) Roadmaps
9 79 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (16.89%) DevOps
11 76 (16.67%) Analytics
12 70 (15.35%) Mathematics
13 56 (12.28%) Full-Stack Development
14 55 (12.06%) Project Delivery
15 51 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
15 51 (11.18%) Scrum
16 48 (10.53%) Machine Learning
17 45 (9.87%) Technology Strategy
18 43 (9.43%) Coaching
18 43 (9.43%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 127 (27.85%) Python
2 58 (12.72%) Java
3 55 (12.06%) SQL
4 52 (11.40%) JavaScript
5 43 (9.43%) TypeScript
6 29 (6.36%) C#
7 25 (5.48%) PowerShell
8 24 (5.26%) C++
9 22 (4.82%) Bash
10 15 (3.29%) Go
11 13 (2.85%) Rust
12 8 (1.75%) C
13 7 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.54%) VBA
14 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.88%) Scala
15 3 (0.66%) Bicep
16 2 (0.44%) Fortran
16 2 (0.44%) RPG
16 2 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 456 (100.00%) Degree
2 52 (11.40%) Master's Degree
3 43 (9.43%) CISSP
4 40 (8.77%) Security Cleared
5 34 (7.46%) SC Cleared
6 28 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (4.82%) CISM
8 21 (4.61%) AWS Certification
9 20 (4.39%) Azure Certification
9 20 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (3.95%) CCNP
11 16 (3.51%) CCNA
12 11 (2.41%) PMI Certification
12 11 (2.41%) PMP
13 9 (1.97%) CISA
14 8 (1.75%) CCIE
14 8 (1.75%) MBA
15 7 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.54%) OSCP
16 6 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.14%) QA
2 18 (3.95%) GDPR
3 14 (3.07%) NIST
3 14 (3.07%) SLA
4 10 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.19%) GRC
5 9 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.54%) PMO
7 6 (1.32%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.88%) COBIT
8 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.66%) GxP
9 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.66%) WCAG
10 2 (0.44%) EMIR
10 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.44%) MiFID
10 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (8.11%) Docker
2 26 (5.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (1.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.66%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (8.99%) Kubernetes
2 38 (8.33%) Terraform
3 12 (2.63%) Ansible
3 12 (2.63%) Grafana
3 12 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.88%) SCCM
7 3 (0.66%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.44%) Argo
8 2 (0.44%) Istio
8 2 (0.44%) kaniko
8 2 (0.44%) linkerd
8 2 (0.44%) OpenView
8 2 (0.44%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 75 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.82%) Databricks
3 21 (4.61%) Google
4 16 (3.51%) OpenAI
5 14 (3.07%) Cisco
6 13 (2.85%) VMware
7 11 (2.41%) F5
7 11 (2.41%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.19%) SAP
9 9 (1.97%) Splunk
10 8 (1.75%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.75%) Oracle
11 6 (1.32%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.32%) Informatica
12 5 (1.10%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.10%) Arista
12 5 (1.10%) Facebook
12 5 (1.10%) HP
13 4 (0.88%) Solace