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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 92 108
Rank change year-on-year -60 +16 +77
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 19 75 118
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.34% 3.32% 2.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.97% 9.26% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 17 64 97
10th Percentile - £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.89% +22.73% -9.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £120,000 £80,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.20% +13.00% -16.67%

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 963 810 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.09% 35.89% 21.24%
Number of salaries quoted 477 431 803
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £35,625 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £83,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,055 £48,500
% change year-on-year +4.89% +3.21% -13.81%

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 19 May 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 19 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
Cheadle +2 2 £34,500 -54.00%
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 2 (10.53%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 17 (89.47%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) AWS
3 5 (26.32%) GCP
4 4 (21.05%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) MongoDB
2 3 (15.79%) NoSQL
2 3 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (10.53%) Big Data
3 2 (10.53%) Hadoop
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Graduate
2 8 (42.11%) Graduate Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Graduate Software Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Software Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Azure Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Azure Consultant
4 4 (21.05%) Consultant
5 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
5 3 (15.79%) C# Software Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Graduate C# Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Python Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Python Software Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Cloud Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Celery
1 3 (15.79%) Django
1 3 (15.79%) FastAPI
1 3 (15.79%) Flask
1 3 (15.79%) React
1 3 (15.79%) RESTful
1 3 (15.79%) Vue
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (47.37%) AI
2 9 (47.37%) DevOps
3 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 5 (26.32%) Fintech
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Data Transformation
5 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (15.79%) Asynchronous Programming
6 3 (15.79%) B2B
6 3 (15.79%) B2C
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (15.79%) Containerisation
6 3 (15.79%) Data Science
6 3 (15.79%) MVC
6 3 (15.79%) TDD
7 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
7 2 (10.53%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C#
1 8 (42.11%) PHP
2 7 (36.84%) Python
2 7 (36.84%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) Scala
5 1 (5.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Databricks