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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 78 79
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 +86
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 39 89 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.38% 3.31% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 3.53% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 29 55 41
10th Percentile £24,500 £38,100 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,750 £82,060 £71,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £51,238 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.22% -2.40% +9.52%

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 2,268 2,518 2,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.34% 93.54% 91.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,174 1,715
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,879
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.42% -4.09%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 (7.69%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) AWS
2 7 (17.95%) GCP
2 7 (17.95%) SaaS
3 6 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.13%) OCI
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.56%) Collibra
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Firebase
5 1 (2.56%) Google App Engine
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.56%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (12.82%) Power BI
2 4 (10.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.26%) MongoDB
2 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
2 4 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (7.69%) Hadoop
4 2 (5.13%) Big Data
5 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.56%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Marketing
5 4 (10.26%) Retail
6 2 (5.13%) Banking
6 2 (5.13%) General Ledger
6 2 (5.13%) Law
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Senior
2 7 (17.95%) Software Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Consultant
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (12.82%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Delphi Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Python Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Oracle Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Help Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) Django
1 5 (12.82%) React
1 5 (12.82%) RESTful
2 4 (10.26%) Celery
2 4 (10.26%) FastAPI
2 4 (10.26%) Flask
2 4 (10.26%) Vue
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (2.56%) .NET
4 1 (2.56%) Middleware
4 1 (2.56%) Node.js
4 1 (2.56%) Pandas
4 1 (2.56%) Redux
4 1 (2.56%) REST
4 1 (2.56%) Spring
4 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.56%) SwiftUI
4 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.56%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.56%) iPad
2 1 (2.56%) iPhone
2 1 (2.56%) Life Science
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.56%) Multi-touch
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
2 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) CI/CD
1 11 (28.21%) DevOps
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
2 10 (25.64%) AI
3 7 (17.95%) Data Pipeline
3 7 (17.95%) Data Science
3 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (15.38%) Agile
4 6 (15.38%) Analytics
4 6 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (15.38%) CRM
5 5 (12.82%) B2B
5 5 (12.82%) B2C
5 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
5 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.26%) Asynchronous Programming
6 4 (10.26%) Business Transformation
6 4 (10.26%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 10 (25.64%) Python
3 5 (12.82%) Java
4 4 (10.26%) Delphi
5 2 (5.13%) Scala
6 1 (2.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.56%) Go
6 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.56%) R
6 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.56%) Swift
6 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (84.62%) Degree
2 22 (56.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) MBA
5 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (2.56%) PhD
5 1 (2.56%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
1 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle
2 2 (5.13%) UiPath
3 1 (2.56%) AppDynamics
3 1 (2.56%) Concur
3 1 (2.56%) Dell
3 1 (2.56%) IBM
3 1 (2.56%) Moogsoft
3 1 (2.56%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Splunk