Computer Science Job Trends in Merseyside

Computer Science
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 29 37
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +40
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 10 27 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 1.63% 5.29% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 5.90% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 15
10th Percentile £49,375 £42,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,063 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £53,750
North West median annual salary £57,500 £51,238 £51,500
% change year-on-year +12.22% -0.51% +8.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 464 458 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 75.69% 89.80% 85.40%
Number of salaries quoted 272 202 369
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £29,275
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,438 £61,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Merseyside over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Merseyside

Computer Science
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 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 -20 6 £55,000 - 13
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (10.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (40.00%) BigQuery
1 4 (40.00%) Looker
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Graduate
2 4 (40.00%) IT Graduate
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technology Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (10.00%) SCADA
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) A/B Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Data Science
2 4 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
2 4 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) Economics
2 4 (40.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Statistics
2 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) AssetCenter
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
1 4 (40.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Kepware
2 1 (10.00%) Rockwell
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Siemens
2 1 (10.00%) VMware