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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 72 50
Rank change year-on-year +10 -22 +50
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 13 22 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.38% 1.56% 2.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.14% 9.09% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 17
10th Percentile - £33,025 £47,850
25th Percentile £25,000 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £63,125 £55,250 £60,800
90th Percentile £69,500 £90,875 £68,480
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +18.18%

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 314 242 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.37% 17.18% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 122 130 125
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £43,536 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% -22.26% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,082 £80,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,180 £59,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.78% +7.27%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +13 12 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Durham +3 1 £28,500 -45.71% 3
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (15.38%) SAN
1 2 (15.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 5 (38.46%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Artifactory
1 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
1 2 (15.38%) Octopus Deploy
1 2 (15.38%) SonarQube
1 2 (15.38%) TeamCity
2 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Back Office
3 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Graduate
2 4 (30.77%) Graduate Developer
2 4 (30.77%) IT Graduate
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Developer
3 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Graduate C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 2 (15.38%) PHP Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.69%) Head of IT Security
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Security
4 1 (7.69%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
2 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET
2 4 (30.77%) jQuery
3 2 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (15.38%) HTML
3 2 (15.38%) XML
4 1 (7.69%) CSS3
4 1 (7.69%) HTML5
4 1 (7.69%) RESTful
4 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (46.15%) OOP
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) MVC
3 4 (30.77%) OO
4 3 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C#
1 9 (69.23%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) PHP
3 5 (38.46%) C++
4 3 (23.08%) C
4 3 (23.08%) Python
4 3 (23.08%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (7.69%) Dart
6 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
6 1 (7.69%) R
6 1 (7.69%) Ruby
6 1 (7.69%) Rust
6 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Def Stans
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) Control-M
1 2 (15.38%) Docker Swarm
1 2 (15.38%) Grafana
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Atlassian
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) VMware