Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Manchester

Computer Science Degree
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 111 80
Rank change year-on-year -41 -31 +17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 37 50 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.51% 2.09% 2.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.94% 6.67% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 23 42 67
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £24,500 £39,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £70,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £107,600 £86,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £51,238
% change year-on-year -27.27% +7.34% -14.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 938 750 872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.98% 31.37% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 645 343 444
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,480 £26,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,250 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £66,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,400 £80,875
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,027 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.94% +0.05% -13.04%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Manchester

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Manchester

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Cheadle - 2 £34,500 -
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.70%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 20 (54.05%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) AWS
3 8 (21.62%) GCP
4 4 (10.81%) Azure AI
4 4 (10.81%) Azure Databricks
5 3 (8.11%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.41%) Redis
4 1 (2.70%) Chroma
4 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.70%) Pinecone
4 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.70%) Spark SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Claude Code
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Architect
3 8 (21.62%) Graduate
3 8 (21.62%) Graduate Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Graduate Software Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Software Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Azure Architect
4 4 (10.81%) Azure Consultant
4 4 (10.81%) Consultant
4 4 (10.81%) Delphi Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.11%) C# Developer
5 3 (8.11%) C# Software Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Graduate C# Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) .NET
2 4 (10.81%) Kafka
2 4 (10.81%) React
2 4 (10.81%) Vue
3 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.41%) Celery
3 2 (5.41%) Django
3 2 (5.41%) FastAPI
3 2 (5.41%) Flask
3 2 (5.41%) Node.js
3 2 (5.41%) PySpark
3 2 (5.41%) RESTful
4 1 (2.70%) CrewAI
4 1 (2.70%) CSS
4 1 (2.70%) Faiss
4 1 (2.70%) jQuery
4 1 (2.70%) LangChain
4 1 (2.70%) LangGraph
4 1 (2.70%) Software Packaging
4 1 (2.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.81%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (8.11%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.41%) CMDB
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Online Gambling
4 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
2 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 19 (51.35%) AI
3 11 (29.73%) DevOps
3 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.03%) Microservices
5 8 (21.62%) Agile
5 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
6 7 (18.92%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (18.92%) Software Engineering
7 6 (16.22%) Data Science
7 6 (16.22%) OO
7 6 (16.22%) OOP
7 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
8 5 (13.51%) Fintech
8 5 (13.51%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (13.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 5 (13.51%) Test Automation
9 4 (10.81%) API Design
9 4 (10.81%) Data Transformation
9 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) Python
2 10 (27.03%) Java
3 9 (24.32%) C#
4 8 (21.62%) PHP
5 7 (18.92%) SQL
6 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
7 4 (10.81%) Delphi
8 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.70%) C++
9 1 (2.70%) Go
9 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.70%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
2 4 (10.81%) MBA
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) SCCM
3 2 (5.41%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Databricks
3 4 (10.81%) Adobe
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle