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 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 54 82
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 21 21 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.61% 2.74% 1.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.43% 8.68% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 12 18 18
10th Percentile - £27,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,780 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +1.90% +23.53%
75th Percentile £110,000 £70,000 £59,688
90th Percentile - £81,625 £67,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +8.33%

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 387 242 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 29.68% 31.59% 21.44%
Number of salaries quoted 181 99 234
10th Percentile - £30,050 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,430 £49,117
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +21.00% +3.40%
75th Percentile £60,750 £74,145 £62,425
90th Percentile £74,066 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -19 15 £51,500 -8.85% 7
Durham - 6 - - 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:

Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Azure
2 12 (57.14%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) BGP
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco Wireless
1 6 (28.57%) EIGRP
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
1 6 (28.57%) LAN
1 6 (28.57%) Network Security
1 6 (28.57%) OSPF
1 6 (28.57%) SNMP
1 6 (28.57%) VLAN
1 6 (28.57%) VPN
1 6 (28.57%) WAAS
1 6 (28.57%) WAN
1 6 (28.57%) Wireless
1 6 (28.57%) Wireless Security
2 3 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (47.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) Bitbucket
1 9 (42.86%) JIRA
2 7 (33.33%) Git
3 2 (9.52%) Artifactory
3 2 (9.52%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (9.52%) SonarQube
3 2 (9.52%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Advertising
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
1 7 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 7 (33.33%) Applications Support Analyst
1 7 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Head of IT
3 4 (19.05%) Head of IT Security
3 4 (19.05%) Head of Security
4 3 (14.29%) Head of Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Graduate
6 1 (4.76%) DBA
6 1 (4.76%) Graduate
6 1 (4.76%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) SQL DBA
6 1 (4.76%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Linux
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 12 (57.14%) ITIL
3 11 (52.38%) Business Continuity
4 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (42.86%) Containerisation
6 7 (33.33%) Change Management
7 6 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
7 6 (28.57%) Load Balancing
7 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
7 6 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (28.57%) WAN Optimisation
8 5 (23.81%) High Availability
9 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
9 4 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (19.05%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.52%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) CCIE
2 6 (28.57%) CCNP
2 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (19.05%) AWS Certification
3 4 (19.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
3 4 (19.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) PMO
2 4 (19.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (19.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) ProxySG
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 2 (9.52%) vSphere
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Control-M
1 9 (42.86%) Grafana
1 9 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (33.33%) Prometheus
3 2 (9.52%) Ansible
3 2 (9.52%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (9.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Blue Coat
2 6 (28.57%) CheckPoint
2 6 (28.57%) Cisco
2 6 (28.57%) F5
2 6 (28.57%) Infoblox
2 6 (28.57%) Motorola
2 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 6 (28.57%) SolarWinds
3 2 (9.52%) Atlassian
3 2 (9.52%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) Nimble Storage