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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 50 133
Rank change year-on-year +7 +83 -17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 153 221 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.98% 4.20% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 4.88% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 121 169 71
10th Percentile - £34,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +17.07%

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 2,092 4,527 4,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.48% 85.97% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 3,443 2,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £33,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,325 £82,500 £82,500
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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +11 41 £75,000 +6.38% 8
Wigan - 17 £34,500 -
Stockport +13 7 £55,000 - 14
Rochdale +9 2 - - 2
Salford - 2 £39,500 - 5
Cheadle - 1 £75,000 - 1
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 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.31%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.31%) CMS
2 2 (1.31%) Confluence
2 2 (1.31%) WordPress
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) GemFire
3 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (9.15%) Trello
2 12 (7.84%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.99%) AWS
2 17 (11.11%) Azure
3 8 (5.23%) GCP
4 6 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.31%) GitHub
7 2 (1.31%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.31%) Serverless
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.65%) Boomi
8 1 (0.65%) dbt
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.65%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.50%) Firewall
2 12 (7.84%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.61%) Internet
4 3 (1.96%) DNS
4 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.65%) DHCP
5 1 (0.65%) LAN
5 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.58%) MySQL
2 6 (3.92%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.27%) Big Data
4 4 (2.61%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.61%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.31%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.65%) Apache Ignite
7 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.65%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.65%) Power BI
7 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.65%) Redis
7 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (11.11%) JIRA
2 5 (3.27%) Git
3 3 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) GitLab
4 1 (0.65%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.65%) MLflow
General
1 69 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.26%) Finance
3 25 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.19%) Retail
5 10 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.54%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.27%) Law
7 4 (2.61%) Marketing
8 2 (1.31%) Automotive
8 2 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.31%) Electronics
8 2 (1.31%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.65%) Advertising
9 1 (0.65%) Banking
9 1 (0.65%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (0.65%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (11.11%) Developer
2 15 (9.80%) Lead
2 15 (9.80%) Software Engineer
3 14 (9.15%) Analyst
3 14 (9.15%) Head of Delivery
3 14 (9.15%) Head of IT
4 13 (8.50%) Architect
5 12 (7.84%) Security Architect
5 12 (7.84%) Senior
5 12 (7.84%) Trainer
6 10 (6.54%) Lead Software Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Applications Support
7 9 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.27%) Data Scientist
8 5 (3.27%) PHP Developer
8 5 (3.27%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.27%) SQL Developer
8 5 (3.27%) Web Developer
9 4 (2.61%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.84%) .NET
2 11 (7.19%) React
3 9 (5.88%) CSS
4 7 (4.58%) RESTful
5 6 (3.92%) HTML
6 5 (3.27%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.27%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.27%) Node.js
7 4 (2.61%) Web Services
8 3 (1.96%) Django
8 3 (1.96%) Next.js
8 3 (1.96%) React Native
8 3 (1.96%) Vue
9 2 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.31%) JSON
9 2 (1.31%) Kafka
9 2 (1.31%) Redux
9 2 (1.31%) REST
9 2 (1.31%) Spring
9 2 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 61 (39.87%) Social Media
2 15 (9.80%) Security Posture
3 14 (9.15%) Management Information System
4 13 (8.50%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (8.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 9 (5.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (3.27%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.31%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.31%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.65%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.65%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 48 (31.37%) Windows
2 47 (30.72%) Windows Vista
3 13 (8.50%) Linux
4 2 (1.31%) Android
5 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (39.22%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (27.45%) Agile
4 37 (24.18%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
6 25 (16.34%) Scrum
7 18 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 18 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 17 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (10.46%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (10.46%) Information Security
9 16 (10.46%) Project Management
9 16 (10.46%) Statistics
9 16 (10.46%) Systems Engineering
10 15 (9.80%) Data Protection
10 15 (9.80%) Incident Response
10 15 (9.80%) Mathematics
10 15 (9.80%) Risk Management
11 14 (9.15%) Cloud Security
11 14 (9.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.03%) JavaScript
2 22 (14.38%) SQL
3 20 (13.07%) Java
4 16 (10.46%) C#
4 16 (10.46%) Python
5 10 (6.54%) Shell Script
6 9 (5.88%) C-shell
6 9 (5.88%) Korn
7 8 (5.23%) PHP
8 7 (4.58%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.61%) C++
10 3 (1.96%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.96%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.65%) Bash
11 1 (0.65%) Delphi
11 1 (0.65%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.65%) Perl
11 1 (0.65%) R
11 1 (0.65%) Ruby
11 1 (0.65%) X++
Qualifications
1 150 (98.04%) Degree
2 72 (47.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (39.87%) DBS Check
4 34 (22.22%) Master's Degree
5 23 (15.03%) PhD
6 14 (9.15%) CISA
6 14 (9.15%) CISM
6 14 (9.15%) CISSP
6 14 (9.15%) PMI Certification
6 14 (9.15%) PMP
7 12 (7.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (7.84%) CEH
7 12 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.27%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.61%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.31%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 1 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) GDPR
1 14 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (9.15%) NIST
2 4 (2.61%) QA
3 3 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.65%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 4 (2.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) RHEV
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.27%) Grafana
2 4 (2.61%) Kibana
3 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.65%) logstash
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.65%) SCCM
4 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (7.84%) PayPal
2 10 (6.54%) Oracle
3 6 (3.92%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.61%) Google
5 1 (0.65%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.65%) Apple
5 1 (0.65%) Aruba
5 1 (0.65%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco
5 1 (0.65%) Dell
5 1 (0.65%) IBM
5 1 (0.65%) Informatica
5 1 (0.65%) Intel
5 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.65%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.65%) Solace
5 1 (0.65%) Splunk
5 1 (0.65%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.65%) Veeam
5 1 (0.65%) VMware