Computer Science Jobs in Merseyside

Computer Science
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 63 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 -7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 16 33 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 3.60% 2.43% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 3.06% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 13
10th Percentile £30,700 £25,750 £44,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £29,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,235 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.38% -31.28% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,000 £60,899
90th Percentile £58,000 £58,050 £63,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Process and 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 424 1,080 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 95.50% 79.59% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 167 748 393
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £64,500 £60,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £70,000
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 Merseyside

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Merseyside

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Merseyside

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Merseyside over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
Liverpool +33 11 £55,000 +33.38% 9
Birkenhead +2 1 - -
Bootle - 1 - -
Prenton - 1 - -
Wallasey - 1 - - 1
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (18.75%) Apache Spark
2 2 (12.50%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Functions
2 4 (25.00%) Serverless
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) npm
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) Big Data
3 2 (12.50%) Hadoop
3 2 (12.50%) Power BI
3 2 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (6.25%) Babel
3 1 (6.25%) webpack
General
1 2 (12.50%) Advertising
1 2 (12.50%) Automotive
1 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Data Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Data Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) HTML CSS Developer
4 1 (6.25%) HTML Developer
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Junior
4 1 (6.25%) Junior Data Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Project Officer
4 1 (6.25%) React Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (6.25%) .NET
3 1 (6.25%) CSS
3 1 (6.25%) DOM
3 1 (6.25%) HTML5
3 1 (6.25%) Immutable.js
3 1 (6.25%) JSON
3 1 (6.25%) JWT
3 1 (6.25%) Kafka
3 1 (6.25%) React
3 1 (6.25%) Redux
3 1 (6.25%) RESTful
3 1 (6.25%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Analytics
1 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
3 3 (18.75%) Data Privacy
3 3 (18.75%) Data Science
3 3 (18.75%) ETL
3 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Statistics
4 2 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (12.50%) Database Security
4 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Python
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (18.75%) C
4 3 (18.75%) C#
4 3 (18.75%) C++
4 3 (18.75%) Dart
4 3 (18.75%) Java
4 3 (18.75%) MATLAB
4 3 (18.75%) PHP
4 3 (18.75%) R
4 3 (18.75%) Ruby
4 3 (18.75%) Rust
4 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Databricks
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Talend
3 1 (6.25%) PayPal