Computer Science Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Computer Science
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 27 43
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 29 39 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 5.07% 7.28% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% 8.07% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 7
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +41.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £85,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,000 £82,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +22.45% -2.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 455 483 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 79.55% 90.11% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 353 198 324
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,188 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,444 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Newcastle upon Tyne

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 20 (68.97%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.90%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Asterisk PBX
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
1 6 (20.69%) PSTN
1 6 (20.69%) VoIP
2 3 (10.34%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.45%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.45%) MySQL
3 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Bitbucket
1 9 (31.03%) JIRA
2 7 (24.14%) Git
3 2 (6.90%) Artifactory
3 2 (6.90%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (6.90%) SonarQube
3 2 (6.90%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (75.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (72.41%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Advertising
4 6 (20.69%) Telecoms
5 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (10.34%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Police
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
1 7 (24.14%) Applications Support
1 7 (24.14%) Applications Support Analyst
1 7 (24.14%) Support Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Support Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) Head of IT
3 4 (13.79%) Head of IT Security
3 4 (13.79%) Head of Security
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Head of Engineering
4 3 (10.34%) Technology Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Trainee
4 3 (10.34%) Trainee Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Developer
5 2 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (6.90%) .NET
2 2 (6.90%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) jQuery
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.34%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) EPoS
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (41.38%) ITIL
3 11 (37.93%) Business Continuity
4 9 (31.03%) Containerisation
5 8 (27.59%) Agile
6 7 (24.14%) Change Management
6 7 (24.14%) Task Automation
7 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (20.69%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (17.24%) High Availability
9 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (13.79%) DevOps
9 4 (13.79%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
9 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
9 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (13.79%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (13.79%) Threat Detection
9 4 (13.79%) Threat Management
9 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) Bash
3 4 (13.79%) C#
3 4 (13.79%) Java
3 4 (13.79%) SQL
4 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.45%) C++
5 1 (3.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) Degree
2 15 (51.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (20.69%) CCNP
3 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (20.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (20.69%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
5 4 (13.79%) AWS Certification
5 4 (13.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Azure Certification
5 4 (13.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
1 2 (6.90%) vSphere
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Control-M
1 9 (31.03%) Grafana
1 9 (31.03%) Kubernetes
2 7 (24.14%) Prometheus
3 2 (6.90%) Ansible
3 2 (6.90%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco
3 2 (6.90%) Atlassian
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle
4 1 (3.45%) UiPath