Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Merseyside

Computer Science Degree
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 46 44
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +43
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1 9 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.16% 1.76% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 4.05% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 8
10th Percentile - £45,125 £37,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,625 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £48,750 £77,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - - £55,625
North West median annual salary £45,000 £51,238 £52,000
% change year-on-year -12.17% -1.47% +4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 197 222 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.14% 43.53% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 85 71 64
10th Percentile - - £26,400
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £44,063
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -9.22% -11.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,250 £80,750
North West median annual salary £48,979 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.15% -4.66% -4.55%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 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
Liverpool -8 1 £47,500 -32.14% 3
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree