Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the North of England

Computer Science Degree
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 130 106
Rank change year-on-year -32 -24 +143
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 102 216 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 1.83% 2.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.84% 6.07% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 80 133 164
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,594 3,561 1,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.21% 30.15% 25.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 1,255 1,206
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £39,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.68%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the North of England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the North of England

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Yorkshire +2 48 £55,000 +19.18% 12
North West -41 36 £60,000 +20.00% 19
North East +3 18 £51,500 +14.44% 3
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) AutoCAD
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (5.88%) MS Visio
1 6 (5.88%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (50.98%) Azure
2 33 (32.35%) AWS
3 17 (16.67%) Serverless
4 11 (10.78%) SaaS
5 10 (9.80%) GCP
6 5 (4.90%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.96%) GitHub
8 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.98%) Firebase
9 1 (0.98%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) SAN
2 3 (2.94%) Firewall
3 2 (1.96%) Network Security
4 1 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.82%) MySQL
3 6 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 5 (4.90%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.94%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.94%) Power BI
6 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.98%) Big Data
8 1 (0.98%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.98%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (10.78%) JIRA
2 10 (9.80%) Bitbucket
2 10 (9.80%) Git
3 3 (2.94%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.94%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (2.94%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.94%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 35 (34.31%) Finance
3 14 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.76%) Retail
5 7 (6.86%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.86%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (5.88%) Advertising
7 4 (3.92%) Banking
8 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.94%) Marketing
9 2 (1.96%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.96%) Back Office
9 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Games
10 1 (0.98%) Law
10 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Developer
2 20 (19.61%) Architect
3 16 (15.69%) Graduate
4 12 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 10 (9.80%) Applications Architect
6 9 (8.82%) Analyst
6 9 (8.82%) Graduate Developer
6 9 (8.82%) IT Graduate
7 7 (6.86%) Applications Support
7 7 (6.86%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Logistics Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Software Architect
7 7 (6.86%) Software Engineering Graduate
7 7 (6.86%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Delphi Developer
8 6 (5.88%) Senior
9 5 (4.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (17.65%) CSS
2 12 (11.76%) .NET
3 10 (9.80%) ASP.NET
4 9 (8.82%) jQuery
5 8 (7.84%) React
6 6 (5.88%) RESTful
7 5 (4.90%) Django
8 4 (3.92%) Celery
8 4 (3.92%) FastAPI
8 4 (3.92%) Flask
8 4 (3.92%) Vue
8 4 (3.92%) Web Services
9 3 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (2.94%) HTML
9 3 (2.94%) Micronaut
9 3 (2.94%) REST
10 2 (1.96%) Kafka
10 2 (1.96%) Spring
10 2 (1.96%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (9.80%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.86%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) FMCG
5 2 (1.96%) NHS
5 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.63%) Linux
2 12 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.98%) Unix
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (95.10%) Computer Science
2 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (21.57%) DevOps
6 21 (20.59%) Agile
6 21 (20.59%) Mentoring
7 20 (19.61%) OOP
8 19 (18.63%) Migration
9 18 (17.65%) Application Security
9 18 (17.65%) Microservices
9 18 (17.65%) OO
9 18 (17.65%) Software Engineering
10 17 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
10 17 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
10 17 (16.67%) TOGAF
11 16 (15.69%) CI/CD
11 16 (15.69%) Data Modelling
11 16 (15.69%) EAI
12 15 (14.71%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (43.14%) Java
2 35 (34.31%) C#
3 27 (26.47%) Python
4 21 (20.59%) SQL
5 20 (19.61%) JavaScript
6 18 (17.65%) TypeScript
7 16 (15.69%) C++
8 9 (8.82%) C
8 9 (8.82%) PHP
9 7 (6.86%) PL/SQL
10 6 (5.88%) Delphi
11 5 (4.90%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.98%) Bash
12 1 (0.98%) Go
12 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (100.00%) Degree
2 20 (19.61%) Azure Certification
2 20 (19.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (18.63%) AWS Certification
3 19 (18.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 17 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.96%) MBA
6 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.98%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.98%) CISSP
7 1 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.98%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) IEC 61131
2 4 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.94%) GDPR
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.96%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.96%) NCSC
5 1 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Docker
2 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.94%) vSphere
3 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (15.69%) Kubernetes
2 10 (9.80%) Control-M
2 10 (9.80%) Grafana
3 7 (6.86%) Prometheus
4 4 (3.92%) Terraform
5 3 (2.94%) Ansible
5 3 (2.94%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 37 (36.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.92%) VMware
3 3 (2.94%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.94%) Google
4 2 (1.96%) AppDynamics
4 2 (1.96%) IBM
4 2 (1.96%) Moogsoft
4 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.96%) Splunk
4 2 (1.96%) UiPath
5 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.98%) Concur
5 1 (0.98%) Dell
5 1 (0.98%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (0.98%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.98%) SAP