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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 113 96
Rank change year-on-year -42 -17 -5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 43 42 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.56% 1.77% 2.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.13% 5.41% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 45
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,775 £31,679 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,750 £85,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -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 1,042 776 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.60% 32.72% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 677 311 401
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,625 £66,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £86,250 £79,225
North West median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 3 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (6.98%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 18 (41.86%) Azure
2 10 (23.26%) AWS
3 9 (20.93%) GCP
4 4 (9.30%) Azure AI
4 4 (9.30%) Azure Databricks
5 3 (6.98%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.65%) SaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.98%) NoSQL
2 3 (6.98%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.65%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.65%) Redis
4 1 (2.33%) Chroma
4 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.33%) Pinecone
4 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.33%) Spark SQL
4 1 (2.33%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Claude Code
2 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 15 (34.88%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Developer
2 9 (20.93%) Architect
2 9 (20.93%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Graduate
4 5 (11.63%) Graduate Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Graduate Software Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Azure Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (9.30%) Consultant
5 4 (9.30%) Delphi Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Software Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Deskside Support
7 2 (4.65%) Principal Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) .NET
2 4 (9.30%) Kafka
2 4 (9.30%) PySpark
2 4 (9.30%) React
2 4 (9.30%) Vue
3 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.65%) Celery
3 2 (4.65%) Django
3 2 (4.65%) FastAPI
3 2 (4.65%) Flask
3 2 (4.65%) Node.js
3 2 (4.65%) REST
3 2 (4.65%) RESTful
4 1 (2.33%) CrewAI
4 1 (2.33%) LangChain
4 1 (2.33%) LangGraph
4 1 (2.33%) LlamaIndex
4 1 (2.33%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (2.33%) Software Packaging
4 1 (2.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) AI Agents
1 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.30%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (6.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.65%) CMDB
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Online Gambling
4 1 (2.33%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
2 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
2 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 28 (65.12%) AI
3 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (27.91%) DevOps
5 11 (25.58%) Data Science
6 10 (23.26%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (23.26%) Microservices
6 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
7 8 (18.60%) Agile
7 8 (18.60%) CI/CD
8 6 (13.95%) Containerisation
8 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
9 5 (11.63%) Fintech
9 5 (11.63%) OOP
9 5 (11.63%) Product Roadmap
9 5 (11.63%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
9 5 (11.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (11.63%) SDLC
9 5 (11.63%) Semantic Search
9 5 (11.63%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) Python
2 14 (32.56%) Java
3 9 (20.93%) SQL
4 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
5 7 (16.28%) C#
6 6 (13.95%) TypeScript
7 5 (11.63%) PHP
8 4 (9.30%) Delphi
9 1 (2.33%) Go
9 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.33%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree
2 4 (9.30%) MBA
2 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.65%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.98%) SCCM
3 2 (4.65%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Databricks
3 4 (9.30%) Adobe
3 4 (9.30%) Oracle