Computer Science Job Trends in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 72 71
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +78
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 65 118 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.66% 3.27% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 3.82% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 45 57 61
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £80,800 £72,500
North West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,082 3,092 2,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.33% 85.75% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,399 1,835
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.65% +8.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,900 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,800 £84,901
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
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 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 November 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 +6 5 £48,750 -15.22% 7
Wigan +4 4 - - 1
Rochdale - 3 - - 1
Bolton +17 1 - - 5
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
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 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (24.62%) Azure
2 8 (12.31%) AWS
2 8 (12.31%) Power Platform
3 7 (10.77%) SaaS
4 5 (7.69%) GCP
5 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.08%) OCI
8 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.54%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.54%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
1 1 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.31%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.23%) MongoDB
2 6 (9.23%) NoSQL
3 5 (7.69%) Power BI
3 5 (7.69%) Relational Database
4 4 (6.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (6.15%) Data Lake
4 4 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (3.08%) Big Data
6 1 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.54%) GIS
6 1 (1.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Git
2 2 (3.08%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.54%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (33.85%) Finance
3 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Marketing
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 4 (6.15%) Law
7 2 (3.08%) Advertising
7 2 (3.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Cantonese Language
7 2 (3.08%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.08%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.54%) Games
8 1 (1.54%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Senior
2 17 (26.15%) Developer
3 11 (16.92%) Trainer
4 6 (9.23%) Delphi Developer
4 6 (9.23%) Senior Developer
5 5 (7.69%) Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Technical Support
6 4 (6.15%) Backend Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Python Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Python Software Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Backend Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Architect
7 3 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Lead
7 3 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.08%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) RESTful
2 4 (6.15%) Celery
2 4 (6.15%) Django
2 4 (6.15%) FastAPI
2 4 (6.15%) Flask
2 4 (6.15%) React
2 4 (6.15%) Spring
2 4 (6.15%) Spring Boot
2 4 (6.15%) Vue
2 4 (6.15%) Web Services
3 2 (3.08%) Kafka
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (3.08%) WinForms
4 1 (1.54%) .NET
4 1 (1.54%) CSS
4 1 (1.54%) D3.js
4 1 (1.54%) HTML
4 1 (1.54%) React Native
4 1 (1.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.08%) Tandem
2 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.54%) iPad
2 1 (1.54%) iPhone
2 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.54%) Life Science
2 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.54%) Multi-touch
2 1 (1.54%) Online Games
2 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.54%) Taxonomies
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows
3 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) AI
2 17 (26.15%) DevOps
2 17 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.15%) Software Engineering
3 15 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 15 (23.08%) Mathematics
4 12 (18.46%) Statistics
5 11 (16.92%) Agile
5 11 (16.92%) Conversational UI
6 9 (13.85%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (13.85%) Data Science
7 8 (12.31%) Analytics
7 8 (12.31%) CRM
8 7 (10.77%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (10.77%) OO
8 7 (10.77%) OOP
8 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.77%) Visualisation
9 6 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (9.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 16 (24.62%) SQL
2 8 (12.31%) Python
3 6 (9.23%) C#
3 6 (9.23%) Delphi
4 5 (7.69%) Java
5 3 (4.62%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.54%) Bash
6 1 (1.54%) C
6 1 (1.54%) C++
6 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.54%) Perl
6 1 (1.54%) Ruby
6 1 (1.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 60 (92.31%) Degree
2 38 (58.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (26.15%) Master's Degree
4 11 (16.92%) PhD
5 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.08%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.54%) CISSP
7 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.54%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.54%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.54%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) PayPal
2 9 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.15%) AppDynamics
3 4 (6.15%) IBM
3 4 (6.15%) Moogsoft
3 4 (6.15%) Splunk
4 3 (4.62%) Bloomberg
5 2 (3.08%) Oracle
5 2 (3.08%) UiPath
6 1 (1.54%) Concur
6 1 (1.54%) Dell
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.54%) SAP