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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 65 73
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 +85
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 44 108 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.79% 3.39% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 3.77% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 34 66 45
10th Percentile £24,500 £38,250 £37,270
25th Percentile £52,813 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £56,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -1.09% +21.05%
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £97,375 £81,625 £72,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -11.30% +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 2,097 2,866 2,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.31% 89.96% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 1,381 1,698
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.60% +5.53%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,369 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.60% +2.33%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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
Rochdale - 2 - - 2
Wigan +2 1 - - 1
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 (2.27%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Chatbot
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Azure
2 8 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 7 (15.91%) SaaS
4 5 (11.36%) AWS
4 5 (11.36%) GCP
5 3 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (4.55%) OCI
7 1 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.27%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.27%) Collibra
7 1 (2.27%) Firebase
7 1 (2.27%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Firewall
1 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.27%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (11.36%) MongoDB
1 5 (11.36%) NoSQL
1 5 (11.36%) Power BI
2 4 (9.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.27%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.27%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.27%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Marketing
4 4 (9.09%) Law
4 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Senior
2 8 (18.18%) Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Delphi Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Data Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior Data Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Software Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Technical Support
5 4 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (4.55%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Oracle Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) Django
1 5 (11.36%) React
1 5 (11.36%) RESTful
2 4 (9.09%) Celery
2 4 (9.09%) FastAPI
2 4 (9.09%) Flask
2 4 (9.09%) Vue
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (2.27%) .NET
4 1 (2.27%) Kafka
4 1 (2.27%) Middleware
4 1 (2.27%) Node.js
4 1 (2.27%) Pandas
4 1 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (2.27%) Redux
4 1 (2.27%) REST
4 1 (2.27%) Spring
4 1 (2.27%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.27%) SwiftUI
4 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.27%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.27%) iPad
2 1 (2.27%) iPhone
2 1 (2.27%) Life Science
2 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.27%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.27%) Multi-touch
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.27%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Unix
2 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (22.73%) AI
2 10 (22.73%) DevOps
2 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) CI/CD
4 8 (18.18%) Agile
4 8 (18.18%) Data Science
5 7 (15.91%) CRM
5 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (13.64%) Analytics
6 6 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (13.64%) OO
6 6 (13.64%) OOP
7 5 (11.36%) B2B
7 5 (11.36%) B2C
7 5 (11.36%) Containerisation
7 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
7 5 (11.36%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) SQL
2 8 (18.18%) Python
3 6 (13.64%) Delphi
4 3 (6.82%) Java
5 1 (2.27%) Bash
5 1 (2.27%) C#
5 1 (2.27%) Go
5 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.27%) R
5 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.27%) Swift
5 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (88.64%) Degree
2 25 (56.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.82%) PhD
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.27%) CISSP
6 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.27%) MBA
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
6 1 (2.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.27%) GDPR
1 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle
2 2 (4.55%) PayPal
2 2 (4.55%) UiPath
3 1 (2.27%) AppDynamics
3 1 (2.27%) Concur
3 1 (2.27%) Dell
3 1 (2.27%) IBM
3 1 (2.27%) Moogsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.27%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Splunk