Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the Midlands

Computer Science Degree
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 171 40 151
Rank change year-on-year -131 +111 +17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 53 350 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.68% 5.49% 1.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.95% 14.52% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 38 90 75
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,868 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.48% -36.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,438 £64,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £78,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,716 2,410 1,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.72% 37.77% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 743 718 1,132
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,299
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the Midlands

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -104 35 £40,000 +14.29% 26
East Midlands -72 21 £55,000 +57.14% 20
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (11.32%) IIS
2 1 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.89%) SAS
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.66%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.77%) AutoCAD
3 2 (3.77%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.89%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) AWS
2 15 (28.30%) Azure
3 9 (16.98%) SaaS
4 6 (11.32%) Amazon S3
4 6 (11.32%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 6 (11.32%) Serverless
5 3 (5.66%) Firebase
5 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.77%) GCP
6 2 (3.77%) GitHub
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) VPN
2 2 (3.77%) Firewall
2 2 (3.77%) Modbus
3 1 (1.89%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) MySQL
3 6 (11.32%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (7.55%) Power BI
5 3 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (5.66%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.77%) Data Mining
6 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.77%) MariaDB
6 2 (3.77%) Tableau
7 1 (1.89%) Big Data
7 1 (1.89%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.89%) Pentaho
7 1 (1.89%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (18.87%) JIRA
2 5 (9.43%) Git
3 3 (5.66%) TestRail
4 2 (3.77%) GitLab
4 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.77%) Selenium
5 1 (1.89%) Maven
5 1 (1.89%) MLflow
5 1 (1.89%) PHPUnit
5 1 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 23 (43.40%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (9.43%) Finance
5 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Marketing
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Advertising
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Developer
2 9 (16.98%) Support Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Technical Support
2 9 (16.98%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Senior
4 6 (11.32%) Architect
4 6 (11.32%) Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (11.32%) Lead
4 6 (11.32%) Software Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Junior
6 4 (7.55%) Software Architect
7 3 (5.66%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Software Tester
7 3 (5.66%) SQL Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (26.42%) CSS
2 13 (24.53%) HTML
3 10 (18.87%) React
4 9 (16.98%) .NET
4 9 (16.98%) Node.js
5 4 (7.55%) Laravel
5 4 (7.55%) Middleware
6 3 (5.66%) Next.js
6 3 (5.66%) Playwright
6 3 (5.66%) React Native
6 3 (5.66%) REST
6 3 (5.66%) Vue
7 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
7 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (3.77%) CSS3
7 2 (3.77%) EDI
7 2 (3.77%) HTML5
7 2 (3.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.66%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.77%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.77%) SCADA
4 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Linux
1 5 (9.43%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 31 (58.49%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (24.53%) Mentoring
4 10 (18.87%) Agile
4 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.87%) Full-Stack Development
5 9 (16.98%) Analytics
5 9 (16.98%) CRM
5 9 (16.98%) Software Engineering
6 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (15.09%) DevOps
6 8 (15.09%) SDLC
7 6 (11.32%) API Development
7 6 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.32%) Design Patterns
7 6 (11.32%) Machine Learning
8 5 (9.43%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.43%) Clean Code
8 5 (9.43%) ITIL
8 5 (9.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.74%) SQL
2 19 (35.85%) Python
3 18 (33.96%) JavaScript
4 14 (26.42%) PHP
5 10 (18.87%) C#
5 10 (18.87%) Java
6 3 (5.66%) VBA
7 2 (3.77%) C++
7 2 (3.77%) R
7 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 53 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) Master's Degree
4 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.55%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.66%) CISSP
6 3 (5.66%) MCP
6 3 (5.66%) MCSA
6 3 (5.66%) MCSE
7 2 (3.77%) CISM
7 2 (3.77%) CITP
7 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.89%) CCSP
8 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.89%) MySQL Certification
8 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (7.55%) NIST
3 3 (5.66%) QA
4 2 (3.77%) IEC 61131
4 2 (3.77%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.89%) GDPR
5 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.87%) Oracle
3 3 (5.66%) VMware
4 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.89%) Denodo
5 1 (1.89%) Meraki
5 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.89%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.89%) Pegasus
5 1 (1.89%) Talend
5 1 (1.89%) WatchGuard
5 1 (1.89%) Zend