Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the North East

Computer Science Degree
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 62 71
Rank change year-on-year -42 +9 -18
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 33 16 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.97% 1.70% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.81% 5.03% 8.94%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 18
10th Percentile £53,750 - £33,025
25th Percentile £66,563 £25,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +113.59% +14.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £120,000 £65,000 £55,250
90th Percentile - £87,000 £90,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 568 318 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 16.69% 33.79% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 340 124 132
10th Percentile £34,250 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £44,396 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +13.48% -22.33%
75th Percentile £78,421 £65,000 £62,241
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,731 £79,960
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.23% -6.25%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the North East

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North East over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the North East

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Tyne and Wear -53 32 £110,000 +106.57% 18
Northumberland - 1 - -
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (3.03%) Anypoint
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (3.03%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (3.03%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) IaaS
2 3 (9.09%) PaaS
3 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.06%) GitHub
3 2 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (6.06%) Serverless
4 1 (3.03%) Azure AI
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics
5 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Developer
2 12 (36.36%) Software Engineer
3 11 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 11 (33.33%) Rust Engineer
3 11 (33.33%) Rust Software Engineer
4 9 (27.27%) C++ Developer
4 9 (27.27%) C++ Software Developer
4 9 (27.27%) Rust Developer
4 9 (27.27%) Software Developer
5 8 (24.24%) Principal Engineer
5 8 (24.24%) Principal Software Engineer
6 6 (18.18%) Principal Developer
6 6 (18.18%) Principal Software Developer
6 6 (18.18%) Senior
7 4 (12.12%) Architect
7 4 (12.12%) Graduate
8 3 (9.09%) Senior C++ Developer
8 3 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 3 (9.09%) Senior Software Developer
8 3 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) React
1 3 (9.09%) SignalR
1 3 (9.09%) WebSockets
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) EDI
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) RAML
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) SOAP
2 1 (3.03%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
1 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) FMCG
2 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 23 (69.70%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (72.73%) AI
3 22 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 20 (60.61%) Mathematics
4 20 (60.61%) Physics
4 20 (60.61%) Requirements Management
5 14 (42.42%) Technical Debt
5 14 (42.42%) Workflow
6 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
8 5 (15.15%) Containerisation
8 5 (15.15%) DevOps
9 4 (12.12%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (9.09%) Analytics
10 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (9.09%) Fintech
10 3 (9.09%) Front End Development
10 3 (9.09%) Presales
10 3 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (63.64%) C++
2 20 (60.61%) Rust
3 3 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.06%) SQL
5 1 (3.03%) C#
5 1 (3.03%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Def Stans
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Sage
3 2 (6.06%) Infor
3 2 (6.06%) MuleSoft
3 2 (6.06%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) ION Trading
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle