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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 85 102
Rank change year-on-year -24 +17 +96
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 48 109 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.00% 2.67% 2.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.43% 12.14% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 41 67 52
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £86,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,238 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.34% -14.60% +20.00%

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 746 898 787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 31.06% 22.04% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 329 445 468
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £38,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £66,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,750 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +20.42%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025. 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
Stockport +15 4 £55,000 -18.52% 2
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
3 6 (12.50%) SaaS
4 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.17%) GCP
6 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.33%) Data Lake
2 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 4 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.17%) Big Data
3 2 (4.17%) Power BI
4 1 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.08%) GIS
4 1 (2.08%) MySQL
4 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Git
2 2 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 27 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (37.50%) Finance
3 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.50%) Retail
5 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.33%) Law
6 2 (4.17%) Advertising
6 2 (4.17%) Banking
6 2 (4.17%) Cantonese Language
6 2 (4.17%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.08%) Games
7 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Developer
2 10 (20.83%) Senior
3 6 (12.50%) Lead
3 6 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 5 (10.42%) Technical Support
5 4 (8.33%) Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Applications Support
5 4 (8.33%) Applications Support Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Backend Developer
5 4 (8.33%) Senior Backend Developer
5 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Delphi Developer
6 3 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) PHP Developer
6 3 (6.25%) SQL Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) RESTful
2 4 (8.33%) .NET
2 4 (8.33%) Spring
2 4 (8.33%) Spring Boot
2 4 (8.33%) Web Services
3 3 (6.25%) Kafka
3 3 (6.25%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (4.17%) CSS
4 2 (4.17%) React
4 2 (4.17%) Vue
4 2 (4.17%) WinForms
5 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.08%) Django
5 1 (2.08%) HTML
5 1 (2.08%) jQuery
5 1 (2.08%) Middleware
5 1 (2.08%) React Native
5 1 (2.08%) scikit-learn
5 1 (2.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 4 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (4.17%) Tandem
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.08%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.08%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.08%) Online Games
3 1 (2.08%) PropTech
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.75%) Linux
2 2 (4.17%) Windows
3 1 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (97.92%) Computer Science
2 19 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 13 (27.08%) Agile
5 12 (25.00%) DevOps
6 9 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 8 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (14.58%) Scrum
9 6 (12.50%) CRM
9 6 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 6 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
10 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
10 5 (10.42%) OO
10 5 (10.42%) OOP
11 4 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
11 4 (8.33%) Mathematics
11 4 (8.33%) Unit Testing
11 4 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.17%) SQL
2 10 (20.83%) C#
3 9 (18.75%) Java
4 7 (14.58%) Shell Script
5 6 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 5 (10.42%) Python
7 4 (8.33%) C-shell
7 4 (8.33%) Korn
7 4 (8.33%) PL/SQL
8 3 (6.25%) Delphi
8 3 (6.25%) PHP
9 2 (4.17%) C++
10 1 (2.08%) Bash
10 1 (2.08%) C
10 1 (2.08%) Perl
10 1 (2.08%) Ruby
10 1 (2.08%) X++
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) PhD
4 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) AppDynamics
2 4 (8.33%) IBM
2 4 (8.33%) Moogsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Oracle
2 4 (8.33%) Splunk
3 3 (6.25%) Bloomberg
4 2 (4.17%) UiPath
5 1 (2.08%) Dell
5 1 (2.08%) Google
5 1 (2.08%) Red Hat