Computer Science Job Trends in the North East

Computer Science
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Computer Science skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 51 44
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 -24
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 45 44 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.77% 3.11% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.94% 3.93% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 25
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,950 £41,700
25th Percentile £27,938 £33,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £77,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 757 1,120 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 80.19% 79.04% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 481 664 466
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North East

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North East

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

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

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North East

Computer Science
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 within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 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 +21 42 £37,500 -6.25% 21
Durham +5 3 £28,500 -45.71% 2
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Apache
1 1 (2.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Azure
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (8.89%) GCP
5 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.44%) GitHub
5 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) VoIP
2 5 (11.11%) DNS
2 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 5 (11.11%) VPN
2 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (8.89%) Asterisk PBX
3 4 (8.89%) Firewall
3 4 (8.89%) PSTN
4 3 (6.67%) SAN
5 2 (4.44%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.11%) MySQL
3 2 (4.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.22%) Metadata
4 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Artifactory
1 3 (6.67%) Bitbucket
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
1 3 (6.67%) Octopus Deploy
1 3 (6.67%) SonarQube
1 3 (6.67%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Marketing
4 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.67%) Electronics
6 2 (4.44%) Back Office
6 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Military
7 1 (2.22%) Advertising
7 1 (2.22%) Front Office
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Police
7 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Developer
2 9 (20.00%) Trainer
3 5 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 5 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 5 (11.11%) Graduate
3 5 (11.11%) Instructor
3 5 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Graduate Developer
4 4 (8.89%) IT Graduate
4 4 (8.89%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Statistician
4 4 (8.89%) Support Specialist
5 3 (6.67%) .NET Developer - Fintech
5 3 (6.67%) C# Software Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Senior C# Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.56%) .NET
2 5 (11.11%) CSS
3 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.89%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (8.89%) jQuery
4 3 (6.67%) .NET Core
4 3 (6.67%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (4.44%) HTML
5 2 (4.44%) XML
6 1 (2.22%) CSS3
6 1 (2.22%) HTML5
6 1 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.22%) RESTful
6 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) LIMS
2 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 3 (6.67%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (6.67%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Linux
2 8 (17.78%) Windows
3 5 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
2 10 (22.22%) Mathematics
3 9 (20.00%) Conversational UI
3 9 (20.00%) OOP
3 9 (20.00%) Statistics
4 8 (17.78%) Agile
5 6 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (11.11%) DevOps
6 5 (11.11%) Task Automation
7 4 (8.89%) Data Integration
7 4 (8.89%) MVC
7 4 (8.89%) OO
7 4 (8.89%) SDLC
7 4 (8.89%) Software Engineering
8 3 (6.67%) Fintech
8 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) C#
2 12 (26.67%) Python
3 11 (24.44%) SQL
4 10 (22.22%) Java
5 6 (13.33%) PHP
6 5 (11.11%) C++
7 4 (8.89%) Bash
8 3 (6.67%) C
8 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
9 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
10 1 (2.22%) Dart
10 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
10 1 (2.22%) R
10 1 (2.22%) Ruby
10 1 (2.22%) Rust
10 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (86.67%) Degree
2 14 (31.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 9 (20.00%) PhD
5 5 (11.11%) HNC
5 5 (11.11%) HND
6 4 (8.89%) CCNP
6 4 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (8.89%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.44%) Def Stans
1 2 (4.44%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.67%) Docker
2 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Ansible
1 3 (6.67%) Control-M
1 3 (6.67%) Docker Swarm
1 3 (6.67%) Grafana
1 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 3 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) PayPal
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco
4 3 (6.67%) Atlassian
4 3 (6.67%) Google
4 3 (6.67%) VMware
5 2 (4.44%) Databricks
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle
6 1 (2.22%) Epicor
6 1 (2.22%) SAP
6 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.22%) UiPath