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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 189 116
Rank change year-on-year -46 -73 -20
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 126 114 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.52% 1.21% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.95% 3.13% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 84 78 137
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,813 £31,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £120,000 £76,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%

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 3,193 3,637 3,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.29% 38.57% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,947 1,036 1,187
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,344 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £63,900
90th Percentile £90,563 £75,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 14 October 2026.

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 14 October 2026. 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
North West -23 56 £55,000 - 62
Yorkshire -45 35 £62,500 +13.64% 32
North East -54 35 £110,000 +113.59% 25
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 4 (3.17%) CMS
1 4 (3.17%) WordPress
2 3 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.38%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
2 3 (2.38%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.59%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.79%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) SAP CRM
1 2 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.79%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.79%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.71%) Azure
2 25 (19.84%) AWS
3 14 (11.11%) GCP
4 8 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.35%) SaaS
5 7 (5.56%) Serverless
6 6 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.97%) Azure AI
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Functions
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.17%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.17%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.38%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (2.38%) Azure Databricks
9 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.38%) IaaS
9 3 (2.38%) PaaS
10 2 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) Network Security
2 2 (1.59%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.94%) Spark SQL
3 7 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.17%) Metadata
4 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.38%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.38%) Power BI
5 3 (2.38%) Redis
6 2 (1.59%) ClickHouse
6 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.59%) MySQL
7 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.79%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.79%) Chroma
7 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.79%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.79%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Git
2 4 (3.17%) GitLab
3 3 (2.38%) JIRA
4 2 (1.59%) Postman
5 1 (0.79%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.22%) Finance
3 18 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.35%) Marketing
5 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.76%) Banking
6 6 (4.76%) Legal
7 5 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Advertising
9 3 (2.38%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.38%) Retail
10 2 (1.59%) Games
11 1 (0.79%) Electronics
11 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Military
11 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (29.37%) Developer
2 22 (17.46%) Senior
2 22 (17.46%) Software Engineer
3 18 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 15 (11.90%) Architect
5 13 (10.32%) Data Engineer
6 12 (9.52%) Graduate
6 12 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (8.73%) C++ Software Engineer
7 11 (8.73%) Rust Engineer
7 11 (8.73%) Rust Software Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Lead
8 10 (7.94%) Principal Software Engineer
9 9 (7.14%) C++ Developer
9 9 (7.14%) C++ Software Developer
9 9 (7.14%) Rust Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Principal Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Principal Software Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (18.25%) .NET
2 16 (12.70%) REST
3 13 (10.32%) PySpark
4 11 (8.73%) React
5 6 (4.76%) CSS
5 6 (4.76%) RESTful
6 5 (3.97%) ARM Templates
6 5 (3.97%) Kafka
6 5 (3.97%) Terraform
7 4 (3.17%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.38%) Node.js
8 3 (2.38%) SignalR
8 3 (2.38%) Vue
8 3 (2.38%) WebSockets
8 3 (2.38%) WPF
9 2 (1.59%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.59%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.59%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.59%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.59%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.97%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.17%) AI Agents
3 4 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.17%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.59%) CMDB
5 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.79%) FMCG
6 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.79%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.05%) Linux
2 7 (5.56%) Windows
3 2 (1.59%) macOS
3 2 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (98.41%) Computer Science
2 72 (57.14%) AI
3 47 (37.30%) Software Engineering
4 40 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (24.60%) Mathematics
6 28 (22.22%) CI/CD
7 27 (21.43%) DevOps
8 23 (18.25%) Technical Debt
8 23 (18.25%) Workflow
9 22 (17.46%) Agile
9 22 (17.46%) Physics
10 20 (15.87%) Data Science
10 20 (15.87%) Requirements Management
11 19 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (13.49%) Analytics
12 17 (13.49%) Data Modelling
12 17 (13.49%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (12.70%) Observability
14 15 (11.90%) Roadmaps
14 15 (11.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.78%) Python
2 27 (21.43%) SQL
3 22 (17.46%) C#
3 22 (17.46%) C++
4 21 (16.67%) Rust
5 18 (14.29%) Java
6 15 (11.90%) JavaScript
7 13 (10.32%) TypeScript
8 7 (5.56%) PHP
9 4 (3.17%) Delphi
10 3 (2.38%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.79%) C
11 1 (0.79%) Go
11 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.79%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 126 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.17%) CCSP
3 4 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.17%) CISSP
3 4 (3.17%) MBA
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.59%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.79%) ACCA
6 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CIMA
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
2 5 (3.97%) QA
3 4 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.17%) NIST
4 2 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.79%) Def Stans
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.38%) SCCM
3 2 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.79%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 17 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Databricks
3 5 (3.97%) Oracle
4 4 (3.17%) Adobe
4 4 (3.17%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.38%) Sage
6 2 (1.59%) Foundry
6 2 (1.59%) Infor
6 2 (1.59%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.59%) Palantir
6 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.59%) SAP
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco
7 1 (0.79%) Google
7 1 (0.79%) IBM
7 1 (0.79%) ION Trading