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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 88 112
Rank change year-on-year -63 +24 +163
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 106 256 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.99% 2.67% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% 7.41% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 76 120 131
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,469 £65,625
90th Percentile £98,125 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +17.39%

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 4,288 3,457 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.91% 36.10% 24.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 1,232 1,173
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,500 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,954 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +4.27% -

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 26 December 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 26 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
Yorkshire -60 56 £55,000 +10.00% 93
North West -44 31 £60,000 +20.00% 123
North East +11 19 £51,500 +8.42% 20
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 3 (2.83%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (7.55%) MS Visio
2 6 (5.66%) AutoCAD
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.66%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (53.77%) Azure
2 44 (41.51%) AWS
3 23 (21.70%) Serverless
4 11 (10.38%) GCP
5 10 (9.43%) SaaS
6 5 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.89%) GitHub
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.94%) Firebase
9 1 (0.94%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.72%) Firewall
2 4 (3.77%) Network Security
3 3 (2.83%) SAN
4 2 (1.89%) BGP
4 2 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.89%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (1.89%) EIGRP
4 2 (1.89%) LAN
4 2 (1.89%) OSPF
4 2 (1.89%) SNMP
4 2 (1.89%) VLAN
4 2 (1.89%) VPN
4 2 (1.89%) WAAS
4 2 (1.89%) WAN
4 2 (1.89%) Wireless
4 2 (1.89%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.98%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.66%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.72%) MySQL
4 4 (3.77%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.83%) Big Data
5 3 (2.83%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.83%) Power BI
6 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.94%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.94%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) JIRA
2 9 (8.49%) Bitbucket
2 9 (8.49%) Git
3 2 (1.89%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.89%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (64.15%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.47%) Finance
3 16 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (13.21%) Retail
5 8 (7.55%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (5.66%) Advertising
7 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.83%) Marketing
8 2 (1.89%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.89%) Back Office
8 2 (1.89%) Banking
8 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Games
9 1 (0.94%) Law
9 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Architect
2 20 (18.87%) Developer
3 15 (14.15%) Software Engineer
4 13 (12.26%) Applications Architect
4 13 (12.26%) Graduate
5 10 (9.43%) Software Architect
6 9 (8.49%) Analyst
7 8 (7.55%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 8 (7.55%) Linux Engineer
7 8 (7.55%) Logistics Engineer
7 8 (7.55%) Software Engineering Graduate
8 7 (6.60%) Applications Support
8 7 (6.60%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (6.60%) Support Analyst
9 6 (5.66%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Delphi Developer
9 6 (5.66%) Senior
10 5 (4.72%) Graduate Developer
10 5 (4.72%) IT Graduate
10 5 (4.72%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.21%) CSS
2 8 (7.55%) .NET
2 8 (7.55%) React
3 6 (5.66%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.72%) Django
4 5 (4.72%) jQuery
4 5 (4.72%) RESTful
5 4 (3.77%) Celery
5 4 (3.77%) FastAPI
5 4 (3.77%) Flask
5 4 (3.77%) Vue
6 3 (2.83%) HTML
6 3 (2.83%) Micronaut
6 3 (2.83%) REST
6 3 (2.83%) Web Services
7 2 (1.89%) Blazor
7 2 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.89%) XML
8 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.70%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (12.26%) Onboarding
3 10 (9.43%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.55%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.89%) FMCG
5 2 (1.89%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.89%) NHS
5 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.94%) CMDB
6 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.92%) Linux
2 12 (11.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.94%) Unix
3 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (95.28%) Computer Science
2 35 (33.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 27 (25.47%) Migration
4 26 (24.53%) Application Security
5 25 (23.58%) Mentoring
6 24 (22.64%) Microservices
7 23 (21.70%) Architectural Patterns
7 23 (21.70%) Data Modelling
7 23 (21.70%) Enterprise Architecture
7 23 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (20.75%) EAI
8 22 (20.75%) TOGAF
9 21 (19.81%) DevOps
10 19 (17.92%) Software Engineering
11 17 (16.04%) Agile
12 16 (15.09%) CI/CD
12 16 (15.09%) OOP
13 15 (14.15%) ITIL
14 14 (13.21%) OO
Programming Languages
1 47 (44.34%) Java
2 37 (34.91%) Python
3 35 (33.02%) C#
4 26 (24.53%) JavaScript
5 24 (22.64%) TypeScript
6 20 (18.87%) SQL
7 13 (12.26%) C++
8 10 (9.43%) C
9 8 (7.55%) PL/SQL
10 6 (5.66%) Delphi
11 5 (4.72%) PHP
12 4 (3.77%) PowerShell
13 2 (1.89%) Scala
14 1 (0.94%) Bash
14 1 (0.94%) Go
14 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 106 (100.00%) Degree
2 28 (26.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (25.47%) AWS Certification
3 27 (25.47%) Azure Certification
4 26 (24.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 22 (20.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (6.60%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (6.60%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (2.83%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.83%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.89%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.89%) CCIE
9 2 (1.89%) CCNP
9 2 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.89%) MBA
10 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) IEC 61131
2 4 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.89%) NCSC
3 2 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) QA
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.60%) Docker
2 2 (1.89%) ProxySG
2 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.89%) vSphere
3 1 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (14.15%) Kubernetes
2 9 (8.49%) Control-M
2 9 (8.49%) Grafana
3 7 (6.60%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.83%) Terraform
5 2 (1.89%) Ansible
5 2 (1.89%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (42.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.83%) VMware
3 2 (1.89%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.89%) Blue Coat
3 2 (1.89%) CheckPoint
3 2 (1.89%) Cisco
3 2 (1.89%) F5
3 2 (1.89%) Google
3 2 (1.89%) Infoblox
3 2 (1.89%) Motorola
3 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds
3 2 (1.89%) UiPath
4 1 (0.94%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.94%) Concur
4 1 (0.94%) Moogsoft
4 1 (0.94%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (0.94%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.94%) Splunk