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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 45 47
Rank change year-on-year -76 +2 +81
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 60 156 250
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.97% 6.85% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 7.20% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 40 123 177
10th Percentile £24,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £33,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -9.54%
75th Percentile £60,625 £77,500 £72,750
90th Percentile £85,375 £83,500 £86,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 £51,763 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.72% +3.53% -17.76%

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 4,443 2,168 4,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.20% 95.17% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,518 1,236 3,672
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,330
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -7.75%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,625 £80,392
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 21 June 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 21 June 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
Salford -12 4 - - 2
Stockport 0 3 £50,000 -9.09%
Cheadle +1 2 £34,500 -54.00% 1
Bolton -13 1 £90,000 +20.00%
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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (35.00%) Azure
2 13 (21.67%) AWS
3 7 (11.67%) GCP
4 4 (6.67%) Azure AI
5 3 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (5.00%) Amazon S3
5 3 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (5.00%) AWS Fargate
5 3 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.00%) GitHub
5 3 (5.00%) Serverless
6 2 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.33%) SaaS
7 1 (1.67%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.33%) Internet
2 2 (3.33%) Firewall
2 2 (3.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.67%) NoSQL
3 3 (5.00%) DynamoDB
3 3 (5.00%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.33%) Redis
5 1 (1.67%) Big Data
5 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.67%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.67%) Pinecone
5 1 (1.67%) Power BI
5 1 (1.67%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.67%) Tableau
5 1 (1.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (5.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.67%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 24 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Finance
3 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Marketing
6 3 (5.00%) French Language
6 3 (5.00%) Italian Language
6 3 (5.00%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.00%) Spanish Language
7 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.33%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.67%) Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Law
8 1 (1.67%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (25.00%) Graduate
2 14 (23.33%) Developer
3 8 (13.33%) Graduate Developer
3 8 (13.33%) Graduate Software Developer
3 8 (13.33%) Software Developer
3 8 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 6 (10.00%) Architect
5 4 (6.67%) Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) Azure Architect
5 4 (6.67%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (6.67%) Consultant
6 3 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) C# Software Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Graduate C# Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Python Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Python Software Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Senior
6 3 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.67%) CSS
2 6 (10.00%) HTML
3 5 (8.33%) .NET
3 5 (8.33%) Node.js
3 5 (8.33%) Vue
4 3 (5.00%) Ajax
4 3 (5.00%) AngularJS
4 3 (5.00%) Celery
4 3 (5.00%) CSS3
4 3 (5.00%) Django
4 3 (5.00%) FastAPI
4 3 (5.00%) Flask
4 3 (5.00%) HTML5
4 3 (5.00%) JSON
4 3 (5.00%) React
4 3 (5.00%) RESTful
4 3 (5.00%) Spring
4 3 (5.00%) Spring Boot
5 2 (3.33%) Kafka
6 1 (1.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 7 (11.67%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 4 (6.67%) Cybercrime
5 3 (5.00%) AI Agents
5 3 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.00%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.00%) Social Media
6 2 (3.33%) CMDB
6 2 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.33%) Housing Association
6 2 (3.33%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.67%) Life Science
7 1 (1.67%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Android
1 3 (5.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (5.00%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) AI
2 17 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (23.33%) Software Engineering
4 13 (21.67%) CI/CD
4 13 (21.67%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (18.33%) Agile
5 11 (18.33%) DevOps
6 9 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (15.00%) Data Science
7 8 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 7 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.67%) Mentoring
9 6 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (10.00%) Machine Learning
9 6 (10.00%) TDD
9 6 (10.00%) Visualisation
10 5 (8.33%) B2B
10 5 (8.33%) OO
10 5 (8.33%) OOP
10 5 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.67%) Python
2 16 (26.67%) SQL
3 11 (18.33%) Java
4 9 (15.00%) C#
4 9 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 9 (15.00%) PHP
5 3 (5.00%) Delphi
5 3 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.67%) Ada
6 1 (1.67%) C++
6 1 (1.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (81.67%) Degree
2 29 (48.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 5 (8.33%) DBS Check
5 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.00%) AWS Certification
6 3 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.33%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.33%) CCNP
7 2 (3.33%) CEH
7 2 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.33%) CISM
7 2 (3.33%) CISSP
7 2 (3.33%) CSPO
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (3.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.33%) NIST
2 2 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Databricks
3 3 (5.00%) Splunk
4 2 (3.33%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.67%) Capita
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce