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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 45 54
Rank change year-on-year -77 +9 +37
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 71 145 176
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.01% 5.80% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 6.39% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 42 118 122
10th Percentile £24,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £33,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% -2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £75,313
90th Percentile £76,750 £77,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £40,000 £46,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.51% -7.50% -16.67%

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 5,253 2,268 3,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.04% 90.76% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,113 1,318 2,293
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,857
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,238
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.42% -6.84%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 - 4 - - 1
Stockport -2 3 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Cheadle +3 2 £34,500 -54.00%
Bolton -9 1 £90,000 +64.38% 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 5 (7.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.03%) Azure
2 21 (29.58%) AWS
3 10 (14.08%) GCP
4 7 (9.86%) GitHub
5 5 (7.04%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (7.04%) Amazon S3
5 5 (7.04%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (7.04%) AWS Fargate
5 5 (7.04%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (7.04%) Serverless
6 4 (5.63%) Azure AI
6 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.23%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.82%) ChatGPT
8 2 (2.82%) Google Gemini
8 2 (2.82%) Google Sheets
8 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) Internet
2 2 (2.82%) Firewall
2 2 (2.82%) Network Security
3 1 (1.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.04%) DynamoDB
3 3 (4.23%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.82%) Data Hub
4 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.82%) Redis
5 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.41%) Pinecone
5 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.41%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.41%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (7.04%) Bitbucket
1 5 (7.04%) JIRA
2 3 (4.23%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Claude Code
General
1 26 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.58%) Finance
3 14 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Marketing
5 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.82%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.41%) Back Office
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (21.13%) Developer
1 15 (21.13%) Graduate
2 9 (12.68%) Architect
3 8 (11.27%) Graduate Developer
3 8 (11.27%) Graduate Software Developer
3 8 (11.27%) Software Developer
3 8 (11.27%) Software Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) Senior
5 5 (7.04%) Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Azure Architect
6 4 (5.63%) Azure Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Delphi Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 4 (5.63%) Junior
6 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Applications Development Manager
7 3 (4.23%) C# Developer
7 3 (4.23%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) AngularJS
1 7 (9.86%) Node.js
1 7 (9.86%) Spring
2 5 (7.04%) .NET
2 5 (7.04%) Spring Boot
3 4 (5.63%) CSS
3 4 (5.63%) Kafka
3 4 (5.63%) React
3 4 (5.63%) Vue
4 3 (4.23%) Ajax
4 3 (4.23%) CSS3
4 3 (4.23%) HTML
4 3 (4.23%) HTML5
4 3 (4.23%) JSON
5 2 (2.82%) Celery
5 2 (2.82%) Django
5 2 (2.82%) FastAPI
5 2 (2.82%) Flask
5 2 (2.82%) LDAP
5 2 (2.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Cybercrime
1 6 (8.45%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.63%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.63%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (5.63%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.23%) AI Agents
4 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.23%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) CMDB
5 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.82%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.82%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.82%) Life Science
5 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.82%) Social Media
5 2 (2.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.41%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
2 4 (5.63%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.82%) Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) AI
2 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (28.17%) Agile
4 13 (18.31%) CI/CD
4 13 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (18.31%) Data Science
4 13 (18.31%) DevOps
4 13 (18.31%) Software Engineering
5 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (14.08%) Microservices
6 10 (14.08%) Test Automation
7 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (12.68%) Information Security
7 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
8 8 (11.27%) Business Strategy
8 8 (11.27%) Machine Learning
9 7 (9.86%) Mentoring
9 7 (9.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 7 (9.86%) TDD
10 6 (8.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 24 (33.80%) Python
2 17 (23.94%) Java
3 14 (19.72%) SQL
4 12 (16.90%) C#
5 11 (15.49%) PHP
6 10 (14.08%) JavaScript
7 4 (5.63%) Delphi
8 3 (4.23%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.41%) Ada
9 1 (1.41%) C++
9 1 (1.41%) Go
9 1 (1.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (87.32%) Degree
2 35 (49.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (19.72%) Master's Degree
4 5 (7.04%) AWS Certification
4 5 (7.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (5.63%) MBA
5 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.82%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.82%) CCNP
7 2 (2.82%) CEH
7 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.82%) CISM
7 2 (2.82%) CISSP
7 2 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.82%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.82%) NIST
4 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) Nessus
2 2 (2.82%) SCCM
2 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) Databricks
2 5 (7.04%) Splunk
3 4 (5.63%) Adobe
4 2 (2.82%) Google
4 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.41%) Capita
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce