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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 72 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 -33 +58
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 18 21 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.68% 1.63% 3.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.90% 8.90% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 18
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,700 £47,088
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -25.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £60,800
90th Percentile £103,000 £105,000 £67,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +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 367 236 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 34.27% 18.31% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 145 104 112
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,400 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,375 £37,086
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,404 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -8.36% +29.41%
75th Percentile £60,750 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,274 £95,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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 +15 17 £51,500 +14.44% 16
Durham 0 1 £28,500 -45.71%
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (11.11%) GitHub
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 9 (50.00%) JIRA
2 7 (38.89%) Git
3 3 (16.67%) Artifactory
3 3 (16.67%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (16.67%) SonarQube
3 3 (16.67%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Advertising
3 2 (11.11%) Back Office
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 6 (33.33%) Applications Support Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Developer
1 6 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Graduate
2 3 (16.67%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (16.67%) IT Graduate
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Graduate C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Head of Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Head of IT
3 2 (11.11%) Head of IT Security
3 2 (11.11%) Head of Security
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS Developer
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
2 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 3 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (16.67%) jQuery
3 2 (11.11%) HTML
3 2 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (5.56%) CSS3
4 1 (5.56%) HTML5
4 1 (5.56%) RESTful
4 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.11%) NHS
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Linux
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 8 (44.44%) Business Continuity
3 8 (44.44%) ITIL
4 6 (33.33%) Change Management
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) DevOps
5 5 (27.78%) OOP
6 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Agile
7 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (16.67%) Data Privacy
7 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (16.67%) MVC
7 3 (16.67%) OO
8 2 (11.11%) Migration
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C#
1 9 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (27.78%) PHP
3 4 (22.22%) C++
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) C
4 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.56%) Dart
6 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
6 1 (5.56%) R
6 1 (5.56%) Ruby
6 1 (5.56%) Rust
6 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) Control-M
1 9 (50.00%) Grafana
1 9 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (33.33%) Prometheus
3 3 (16.67%) Ansible
3 3 (16.67%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 3 (16.67%) Google
2 3 (16.67%) VMware