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 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 108 104
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +103
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 24 44 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.80% 1.66% 2.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 4.76% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 18 33 37
10th Percentile £24,500 £38,500 -
25th Percentile £30,777 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £91,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £53,750 £51,238 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% +2.48% -

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 987 924 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 32.70% 34.89% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 344 391 482
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £32,525
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,382 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,820
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,100 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £51,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% -2.81% -6.36%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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
Wigan +5 2 £33,302 -29.89% 1
Altrincham - 1 £31,500 -
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 2 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) AWS
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
1 8 (33.33%) GCP
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon S3
4 1 (4.17%) Firebase
4 1 (4.17%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) MongoDB
1 5 (20.83%) NoSQL
1 5 (20.83%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (12.50%) Power BI
3 2 (8.33%) Big Data
3 2 (8.33%) Hadoop
4 1 (4.17%) BigQuery
4 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Python Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Python Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 3 (12.50%) Delphi Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Lecturer
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Backend Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Finance Systems Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.17%) Linux Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Backend Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Django
1 6 (25.00%) React
1 6 (25.00%) RESTful
2 5 (20.83%) Celery
2 5 (20.83%) FastAPI
2 5 (20.83%) Flask
2 5 (20.83%) Vue
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (4.17%) Node.js
3 1 (4.17%) Redux
3 1 (4.17%) Spring
3 1 (4.17%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (33.33%) AI
3 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 8 (33.33%) DevOps
3 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 6 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 5 (20.83%) Agile
5 5 (20.83%) Asynchronous Programming
5 5 (20.83%) B2B
5 5 (20.83%) B2C
5 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (20.83%) Data Science
5 5 (20.83%) TDD
6 4 (16.67%) CRM
6 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (12.50%) OO
7 3 (12.50%) OOP
7 3 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
1 8 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Java
3 3 (12.50%) Delphi
4 2 (8.33%) Scala
5 1 (4.17%) Bash
5 1 (4.17%) Go
5 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.17%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Postgraduate
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Certification
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) UiPath
3 1 (4.17%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.17%) Concur
3 1 (4.17%) Dell
3 1 (4.17%) IBM
3 1 (4.17%) Moogsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) VMware