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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 54 78
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 +56
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 112 155 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.75% 3.84% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 4.66% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 88 93 70
10th Percentile £33,025 £31,250 £38,625
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.52% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,875 £88,500 £75,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £51,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -15.00% +41.18%

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 2,111 3,327 2,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 89.49% 82.41% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 1,788 2,110
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £41,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £83,575 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science 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 15 September 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 15 September 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
Wigan - 17 £34,500 - 1
Bolton +19 14 £34,500 +23.21% 6
Stockport +13 8 £55,000 - 6
Rochdale - 4 - -
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (14.29%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.07%) Azure
2 11 (9.82%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.04%) AWS
3 9 (8.04%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (4.46%) SaaS
6 4 (3.57%) GCP
7 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.89%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.89%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.89%) dbt
8 1 (0.89%) GitHub
8 1 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.46%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.57%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.57%) Power BI
4 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.79%) Big Data
6 1 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.89%) GIS
6 1 (0.89%) MySQL
6 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Git
2 2 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.89%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) JIRA
3 1 (0.89%) MLflow
General
1 31 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.54%) Finance
3 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.04%) Law
4 9 (8.04%) Retail
5 7 (6.25%) Marketing
6 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.79%) Advertising
8 2 (1.79%) Banking
8 2 (1.79%) Cantonese Language
8 2 (1.79%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.89%) Games
9 1 (0.89%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (16.96%) Developer
2 18 (16.07%) Senior
3 16 (14.29%) Trainer
4 7 (6.25%) Lead
4 7 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 5 (4.46%) Analyst
5 5 (4.46%) Consultant
5 5 (4.46%) Data Engineer
5 5 (4.46%) Technical Support
6 4 (3.57%) Backend Developer
6 4 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Backend Developer
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (3.57%) Software Engineer
7 3 (2.68%) Applications Support
7 3 (2.68%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 3 (2.68%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (2.68%) Support Analyst
7 3 (2.68%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.46%) RESTful
2 4 (3.57%) .NET
2 4 (3.57%) Spring
2 4 (3.57%) Spring Boot
2 4 (3.57%) Web Services
3 3 (2.68%) Kafka
3 3 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.79%) CSS
4 2 (1.79%) Middleware
4 2 (1.79%) React
4 2 (1.79%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.79%) Vue
4 2 (1.79%) WinForms
5 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.89%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.89%) Django
5 1 (0.89%) EDI
5 1 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.89%) HTML
5 1 (0.89%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 35 (31.25%) Social Media
2 3 (2.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (2.68%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.79%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.79%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.79%) Tandem
4 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.89%) iPad
4 1 (0.89%) iPhone
4 1 (0.89%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.89%) Online Games
4 1 (0.89%) PropTech
4 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (33.04%) Windows
2 8 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.64%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
2 21 (18.75%) Mathematics
3 20 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.96%) Statistics
5 18 (16.07%) Agile
6 16 (14.29%) Conversational UI
6 16 (14.29%) DevOps
7 13 (11.61%) CI/CD
8 10 (8.93%) CRM
9 9 (8.04%) Data Science
10 8 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (7.14%) Visualisation
11 7 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.25%) Project Delivery
11 7 (6.25%) Scrum
12 6 (5.36%) Analytics
12 6 (5.36%) Customer Service
12 6 (5.36%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.86%) SQL
2 10 (8.93%) C#
2 10 (8.93%) Python
3 9 (8.04%) Java
4 6 (5.36%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.36%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.68%) C-shell
5 3 (2.68%) Delphi
5 3 (2.68%) Korn
5 3 (2.68%) PHP
5 3 (2.68%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.79%) Bash
6 2 (1.79%) C++
7 1 (0.89%) C
7 1 (0.89%) Perl
7 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.89%) R
7 1 (0.89%) Ruby
7 1 (0.89%) Swift
7 1 (0.89%) X++
Qualifications
1 108 (96.43%) Degree
2 46 (41.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (31.25%) DBS Check
4 25 (22.32%) Master's Degree
5 21 (18.75%) PhD
6 9 (8.04%) Security Cleared
7 8 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.89%) CISA
11 1 (0.89%) CISM
11 1 (0.89%) CISSP
11 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.79%) GDPR
1 2 (1.79%) QA
2 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.89%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.79%) Terraform
3 1 (0.89%) Grafana
3 1 (0.89%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (14.29%) PayPal
2 13 (11.61%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.57%) AppDynamics
3 4 (3.57%) IBM
3 4 (3.57%) Moogsoft
3 4 (3.57%) Splunk
4 3 (2.68%) Bloomberg
4 3 (2.68%) Oracle
5 2 (1.79%) UiPath
6 1 (0.89%) Dell
6 1 (0.89%) Google
6 1 (0.89%) Red Hat