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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -51 +1 +105
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 35 99 133
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.99% 3.98% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 4.18% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23 61 96
10th Percentile £25,750 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £44,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £85,625 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £102,000 £115,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +2.56%

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 2,686 2,366 3,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.96% 95.06% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,181 2,681
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +1 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 (8.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.86%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 8 (22.86%) GCP
3 7 (20.00%) AWS
4 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.71%) OCI
6 2 (5.71%) SaaS
7 1 (2.86%) Collibra
7 1 (2.86%) Firebase
7 1 (2.86%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.86%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 5 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 5 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (14.29%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.71%) Big Data
3 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.86%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.86%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Marketing
4 4 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) French Language
5 3 (8.57%) Italian Language
5 3 (8.57%) Portuguese Language
5 3 (8.57%) Spanish Language
6 2 (5.71%) General Ledger
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Senior
2 8 (22.86%) Software Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Python Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Help Desk Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Delphi Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Graduate
7 2 (5.71%) Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Oracle Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) Django
1 6 (17.14%) React
2 5 (14.29%) Celery
2 5 (14.29%) FastAPI
2 5 (14.29%) Flask
2 5 (14.29%) RESTful
2 5 (14.29%) Vue
3 4 (11.43%) .NET
4 3 (8.57%) CSS
4 3 (8.57%) HTML
5 2 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.86%) Node.js
6 1 (2.86%) Pandas
6 1 (2.86%) Redux
6 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.43%) Algorithms
3 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.86%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.86%) Life Science
5 1 (2.86%) Market Risk
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Android
1 3 (8.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) AI
2 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
3 12 (34.29%) CI/CD
4 9 (25.71%) Analytics
4 9 (25.71%) DevOps
5 8 (22.86%) Data Science
6 7 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (17.14%) B2B
7 6 (17.14%) B2C
7 6 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (17.14%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (17.14%) Mathematics
7 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (17.14%) Visualisation
8 5 (14.29%) Asynchronous Programming
8 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (14.29%) Data Analytics
8 5 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) SQL
2 12 (34.29%) Python
3 4 (11.43%) Java
4 3 (8.57%) Delphi
4 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.71%) Scala
6 1 (2.86%) Go
6 1 (2.86%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.86%) R
6 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (82.86%) Degree
2 14 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
3 3 (8.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.86%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.86%) MBA
4 1 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.86%) PhD
4 1 (2.86%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle
2 1 (2.86%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.86%) Concur
2 1 (2.86%) SAP
2 1 (2.86%) UiPath