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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 47 56
Rank change year-on-year -67 +9 +101
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 39 118 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.89% 5.82% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 6.10% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 27 91 141
10th Percentile £25,450 £40,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +36.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £61,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.74% +22.00% -4.76%

All Process & 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 3,219 1,935 4,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.53% 95.37% 87.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,182 1,247 3,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,579 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 1 April 2026.

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 1 April 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 -4 1 - -
Bolton -5 1 £90,000 +20.00% 1
Salford -10 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 3 (7.69%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.21%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) AWS
2 8 (20.51%) GCP
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.13%) OCI
4 2 (5.13%) SaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Collibra
5 1 (2.56%) Firebase
5 1 (2.56%) Google App Engine
5 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) Internet
2 2 (5.13%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.56%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) MongoDB
1 5 (12.82%) NoSQL
1 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.69%) Hadoop
2 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.13%) Big Data
4 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.56%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
4 1 (2.56%) Tableau
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Finance
4 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.69%) French Language
5 3 (7.69%) Italian Language
5 3 (7.69%) Portuguese Language
5 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.69%) Spanish Language
6 2 (5.13%) General Ledger
6 2 (5.13%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.56%) Law
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Senior
2 8 (20.51%) Software Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Graduate
4 5 (12.82%) Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Python Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Consultant
5 4 (10.26%) Help Desk Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
6 3 (7.69%) C# Software Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Delphi Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Graduate C# Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Graduate Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Graduate Software Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Django
1 6 (15.38%) React
2 5 (12.82%) Celery
2 5 (12.82%) FastAPI
2 5 (12.82%) Flask
2 5 (12.82%) RESTful
2 5 (12.82%) Vue
3 4 (10.26%) .NET
3 4 (10.26%) CSS
4 3 (7.69%) HTML
5 2 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.56%) jQuery
6 1 (2.56%) Node.js
6 1 (2.56%) Pandas
6 1 (2.56%) Redux
6 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
2 5 (12.82%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) Social Media
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.13%) Housing Association
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.56%) Cybercrime
5 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Life Science
5 1 (2.56%) Market Risk
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Android
1 3 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (35.90%) AI
3 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
4 10 (25.64%) CI/CD
5 9 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (20.51%) Collaborative Culture
6 8 (20.51%) Data Science
7 7 (17.95%) Analytics
7 7 (17.95%) DevOps
8 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 5 (12.82%) Asynchronous Programming
9 5 (12.82%) B2B
9 5 (12.82%) B2C
9 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
9 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (12.82%) Data Analytics
9 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
9 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
9 5 (12.82%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) Python
2 13 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) Java
4 3 (7.69%) C#
4 3 (7.69%) Delphi
4 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.69%) PHP
5 2 (5.13%) Scala
6 1 (2.56%) C++
6 1 (2.56%) Go
6 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.56%) R
6 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (82.05%) Degree
2 15 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.26%) DBS Check
3 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.69%) CISSP
5 2 (5.13%) CCNP
5 2 (5.13%) CEH
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.13%) CISM
5 2 (5.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (5.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.56%) MBA
6 1 (2.56%) PhD
6 1 (2.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle
2 1 (2.56%) Alteryx