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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 64 43
Rank change year-on-year +6 -21 +46
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 20 22 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.91% 2.28% 3.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.49% 10.38% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 14
10th Percentile - £30,750 £47,950
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,217 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -20.83% +26.98%
75th Percentile £110,000 £55,250 -
90th Percentile - £104,375 £68,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

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 364 212 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 34.73% 21.99% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 155 112 118
10th Percentile - £28,125 £28,925
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% -3.81% +17.54%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,144 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,274 £95,000 £79,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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 20 December 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 20 December 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 +11 18 £51,500 +14.44% 2
Durham +1 2 - -
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 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 18 (90.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (15.00%) GCP
5 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (10.00%) GitHub
5 2 (10.00%) SaaS
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (10.00%) BGP
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 2 (10.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) OSPF
2 2 (10.00%) SNMP
2 2 (10.00%) VLAN
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) WAAS
2 2 (10.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 10 (50.00%) JIRA
2 7 (35.00%) Git
3 3 (15.00%) Artifactory
3 3 (15.00%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (15.00%) SonarQube
3 3 (15.00%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Advertising
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Back Office
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
1 7 (35.00%) Applications Support
1 7 (35.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 7 (35.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Head of IT
2 4 (20.00%) Head of IT Security
2 4 (20.00%) Head of Security
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (5.00%) PHP Developer
5 1 (5.00%) SQL DBA
5 1 (5.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (5.00%) .NET
3 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.00%) NHS
4 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Linux
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 12 (60.00%) ITIL
3 11 (55.00%) Business Continuity
4 10 (50.00%) Containerisation
5 7 (35.00%) Change Management
6 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (30.00%) DevOps
6 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (25.00%) High Availability
7 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
8 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 4 (20.00%) Observability
8 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (20.00%) Threat Management
8 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C#
1 6 (30.00%) Java
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (10.00%) C
4 2 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (5.00%) C++
5 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 4 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (10.00%) CCIE
4 2 (10.00%) CCNP
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) PMO
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
1 3 (15.00%) vSphere
2 2 (10.00%) ProxySG
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) Control-M
1 10 (50.00%) Grafana
1 10 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (35.00%) Prometheus
3 3 (15.00%) Ansible
3 3 (15.00%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (15.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) F5
3 2 (10.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Infoblox
3 2 (10.00%) Motorola
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.00%) Nimble Storage