Computer Science Job Trends in the Midlands

Computer Science
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 67 62
Rank change year-on-year -31 -5 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 202 232 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.52% 4.13% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 4.83% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 158 136 298
10th Percentile £25,425 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,390 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% -6.89% -17.02%
75th Percentile £60,875 £66,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,100 £71,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,249 4,806 10,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.65% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,561 2,862 7,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 July 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 -34 126 £40,000 -25.50% 53
East Midlands -24 75 £29,375 -21.67% 45
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 5 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.98%) Confluence
2 4 (1.98%) IIS
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 14 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.50%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.50%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (30.20%) Azure
2 32 (15.84%) Power Platform
3 30 (14.85%) AWS
4 14 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.94%) GCP
6 7 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (3.47%) Serverless
7 6 (2.97%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.98%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.98%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.98%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.98%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.49%) SaaS
10 3 (1.49%) Siteimprove
10 3 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.47%) Wireless
2 6 (2.97%) MQTT
2 6 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.97%) ZigBee
3 5 (2.48%) Firewall
4 4 (1.98%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.98%) Network Security
4 4 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.49%) SAN
6 2 (0.99%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.50%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.50%) IPsec
7 1 (0.50%) NGFW
7 1 (0.50%) VLAN
7 1 (0.50%) VPN
7 1 (0.50%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.85%) Power BI
2 16 (7.92%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.96%) Tableau
4 7 (3.47%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (3.47%) Power Query
5 6 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.98%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.98%) QlikView
8 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.49%) MySQL
9 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.50%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (7.92%) JIRA
2 12 (5.94%) Git
3 10 (4.95%) GitLab
3 10 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.97%) GDB
4 6 (2.97%) Selenium
5 4 (1.98%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.98%) TestRail
5 4 (1.98%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.98%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.49%) Burp Suite
6 3 (1.49%) Gatling
6 3 (1.49%) HP UFT
6 3 (1.49%) JMeter
6 3 (1.49%) LabVIEW
6 3 (1.49%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.49%) Postman
6 3 (1.49%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.49%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.49%) Toad
General
1 56 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 46 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (21.78%) Finance
4 29 (14.36%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.44%) Retail
6 12 (5.94%) Law
7 11 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.96%) Banking
8 8 (3.96%) Legal
9 7 (3.47%) Digital Economy
9 7 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.48%) Electronics
11 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.49%) Advertising
13 2 (0.99%) Automotive
13 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.99%) Marketing
13 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 32 (15.84%) Developer
2 29 (14.36%) Graduate
3 23 (11.39%) Lecturer
4 20 (9.90%) Analyst
4 20 (9.90%) Lead
5 16 (7.92%) Software Developer
5 16 (7.92%) SQL Developer
6 14 (6.93%) Software Engineer
7 13 (6.44%) C# Developer
7 13 (6.44%) C# Software Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Data Scientist
7 13 (6.44%) Graduate C# Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Graduate Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Graduate Software Developer
7 13 (6.44%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 11 (5.45%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 11 (5.45%) IT Manager
8 11 (5.45%) PHP Developer
8 11 (5.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.44%) React
2 11 (5.45%) CSS
3 10 (4.95%) PyTorch
4 9 (4.46%) HTML
5 8 (3.96%) scikit-learn
6 6 (2.97%) Node.js
6 6 (2.97%) Pandas
6 6 (2.97%) Yocto
7 5 (2.48%) jQuery
7 5 (2.48%) Middleware
8 4 (1.98%) COM
8 4 (1.98%) DCOM
8 4 (1.98%) LDAP
8 4 (1.98%) Playwright
8 4 (1.98%) pytest
8 4 (1.98%) TensorFlow
8 4 (1.98%) Unity DI Container
9 3 (1.49%) EDI
9 3 (1.49%) REST
10 2 (0.99%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.93%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.95%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.46%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.97%) ARM Cortex
6 6 (2.97%) Device Driver
6 6 (2.97%) IoT
7 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (2.48%) PKI
8 4 (1.98%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.98%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.49%) Robotics
9 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.99%) CUDA
10 2 (0.99%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.99%) Lidar
10 2 (0.99%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.89%) Linux
2 6 (2.97%) Windows
3 5 (2.48%) OpenVMS
3 5 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.49%) CentOS
4 3 (1.49%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.49%) SUSE
4 3 (1.49%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.99%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.99%) Solaris
5 2 (0.99%) Unix
6 1 (0.50%) Android
6 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (24.26%) Agile
3 42 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (18.81%) Mentoring
5 34 (16.83%) Analytics
6 27 (13.37%) Validation
7 26 (12.87%) Decision-Making
7 26 (12.87%) Visualisation
8 25 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (12.38%) Mathematics
8 25 (12.38%) Test Automation
9 24 (11.88%) Data Science
9 24 (11.88%) Data Visualisation
9 24 (11.88%) DevOps
10 22 (10.89%) ERP
11 20 (9.90%) AI
11 20 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (9.41%) CI/CD
12 19 (9.41%) Coaching
12 19 (9.41%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (29.70%) SQL
2 40 (19.80%) Python
3 19 (9.41%) C++
4 17 (8.42%) C#
5 13 (6.44%) PHP
6 12 (5.94%) Java
6 12 (5.94%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.96%) C
7 8 (3.96%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.48%) Bash
9 4 (1.98%) R
10 3 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.49%) Rust
10 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.49%) VBA
11 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 148 (73.27%) Degree
2 55 (27.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (11.88%) Master's Degree
4 15 (7.43%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.46%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.46%) ISTQB
6 8 (3.96%) ISEB
7 4 (1.98%) CISSP
8 3 (1.49%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.49%) CISM
8 3 (1.49%) CITP
8 3 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.99%) HNC
9 2 (0.99%) PhD
9 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.44%) QA
3 9 (4.46%) GDPR
4 6 (2.97%) JTAG
5 5 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.98%) NIST
7 3 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.49%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.50%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.50%) COBIT
9 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.48%) Firmware
3 4 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.99%) Docker
6 1 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.98%) Grafana
2 3 (1.49%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.49%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (13.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.46%) Google
3 8 (3.96%) Cisco
3 8 (3.96%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.47%) Databricks
4 7 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.97%) Meraki
5 6 (2.97%) Oracle
5 6 (2.97%) SYSPRO
6 4 (1.98%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.98%) VMware
7 3 (1.49%) HP
7 3 (1.49%) Planon
7 3 (1.49%) Veracode
8 2 (0.99%) IFS
8 2 (0.99%) Progress
8 2 (0.99%) SAP
8 2 (0.99%) Sybase
9 1 (0.50%) Dell
9 1 (0.50%) Intel