Computer Science Jobs in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 43 126
Rank change year-on-year 0 +83 -6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 158 249 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.40% 4.26% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.88% 5.09% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 126 178 70
10th Percentile - £35,875 £38,625
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year - -9.54% +28.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £85,750 £75,000
North West median annual salary £51,763 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -16.67% +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 2,297 4,888 4,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 93.00% 83.56% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,324 3,477 2,516
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £33,375
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,159 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% -8.20% +5.28%
75th Percentile £73,563 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,550 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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
Bolton +15 35 £75,000 +6.38% 5
Wigan - 18 £34,500 - 1
Stockport +17 10 £55,000 - 7
Rochdale +12 4 - - 1
Salford - 2 £39,500 - 6
Cheadle - 1 £75,000 -
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 3 (1.90%) Confluence
2 2 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.27%) CMS
2 2 (1.27%) WordPress
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.63%) GemFire
3 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (10.13%) Chatbot
2 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (8.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.56%) AWS
2 20 (12.66%) Azure
3 8 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.43%) GCP
5 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.27%) GitHub
7 2 (1.27%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.63%) Boomi
8 1 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.63%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.63%) PaaS
8 1 (0.63%) SaaS
8 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.43%) Firewall
2 6 (3.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (1.90%) DNS
3 3 (1.90%) Internet
3 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.63%) DHCP
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.43%) MongoDB
1 7 (4.43%) MySQL
1 7 (4.43%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.16%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.53%) Big Data
3 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.90%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Ignite
6 1 (0.63%) GIS
6 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.63%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.63%) Power BI
6 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.63%) Redis
6 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (10.76%) JIRA
2 6 (3.80%) Git
3 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.63%) GitLab
4 1 (0.63%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.63%) MLflow
General
1 62 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 38 (24.05%) Finance
3 19 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.33%) Manufacturing
4 10 (6.33%) Retail
5 8 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.43%) Law
7 5 (3.16%) Marketing
8 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.27%) Advertising
9 2 (1.27%) Automotive
9 2 (1.27%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Electronics
10 1 (0.63%) Games
10 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 23 (14.56%) Developer
2 16 (10.13%) Lead
2 16 (10.13%) Senior
2 16 (10.13%) Trainer
3 15 (9.49%) Software Engineer
4 14 (8.86%) Head of Delivery
4 14 (8.86%) Head of IT
5 11 (6.96%) Analyst
6 10 (6.33%) Lead Software Engineer
7 8 (5.06%) Architect
8 7 (4.43%) Applications Support
8 7 (4.43%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (4.43%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.80%) Security Architect
9 6 (3.80%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.16%) Graduate
10 5 (3.16%) PHP Developer
10 5 (3.16%) SQL Developer
11 4 (2.53%) Consultant
11 4 (2.53%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.59%) .NET
2 9 (5.70%) CSS
2 9 (5.70%) React
3 7 (4.43%) RESTful
4 6 (3.80%) HTML
4 6 (3.80%) Web Services
5 5 (3.16%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.53%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.53%) Kafka
6 4 (2.53%) Node.js
6 4 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.53%) React Native
6 4 (2.53%) Spring
7 3 (1.90%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.90%) Vue
8 2 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.27%) Next.js
8 2 (1.27%) Redux
8 2 (1.27%) REST
8 2 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 55 (34.81%) Social Media
2 9 (5.70%) Security Posture
3 8 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 7 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.53%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.90%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.27%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.27%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.27%) Tandem
9 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.63%) Derivative
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.63%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 44 (27.85%) Windows
2 41 (25.95%) Windows Vista
3 14 (8.86%) Linux
4 1 (0.63%) Android
4 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.63%) Unix
4 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (34.81%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (25.95%) Agile
3 35 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 35 (22.15%) Software Engineering
4 29 (18.35%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (15.82%) Scrum
6 22 (13.92%) Project Delivery
7 21 (13.29%) Mathematics
8 20 (12.66%) Artificial Intelligence
8 20 (12.66%) Statistics
9 17 (10.76%) Process Improvement
9 17 (10.76%) Project Management
10 16 (10.13%) Conversational UI
10 16 (10.13%) DevOps
11 15 (9.49%) Systems Engineering
11 15 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (8.86%) CI/CD
12 14 (8.86%) ITIL
12 14 (8.86%) PRINCE2
12 14 (8.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.56%) JavaScript
1 23 (14.56%) SQL
2 22 (13.92%) Java
3 21 (13.29%) C#
4 14 (8.86%) Python
5 9 (5.70%) Shell Script
6 8 (5.06%) PHP
7 7 (4.43%) C-shell
7 7 (4.43%) Korn
7 7 (4.43%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.16%) C++
9 3 (1.90%) Delphi
9 3 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.63%) Bash
11 1 (0.63%) C
11 1 (0.63%) Perl
11 1 (0.63%) R
11 1 (0.63%) Ruby
11 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 156 (98.73%) Degree
2 75 (47.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 55 (34.81%) DBS Check
4 34 (21.52%) Master's Degree
5 25 (15.82%) PhD
6 14 (8.86%) PMI Certification
6 14 (8.86%) PMP
7 8 (5.06%) CISA
7 8 (5.06%) CISM
7 8 (5.06%) CISSP
8 7 (4.43%) Security Cleared
9 6 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (3.80%) CEH
9 6 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.80%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.53%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) GDPR
2 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.06%) NIST
3 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.90%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.63%) RHEV
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.53%) Grafana
2 3 (1.90%) Kibana
2 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.63%) logstash
3 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.63%) SCCM
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (10.13%) PayPal
2 11 (6.96%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.06%) Oracle
4 4 (2.53%) Google
5 3 (1.90%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.90%) Bloomberg
5 3 (1.90%) IBM
5 3 (1.90%) Moogsoft
5 3 (1.90%) Splunk
6 1 (0.63%) Apple
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco
6 1 (0.63%) Dell
6 1 (0.63%) Informatica
6 1 (0.63%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.63%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.63%) Solace
6 1 (0.63%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.63%) Veeam
6 1 (0.63%) VMware