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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 166 103
Rank change year-on-year -65 -63 +69
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 123 150 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.59% 1.60% 2.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.69% 3.93% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 95 109 274
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,800 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,501
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 3,337 3,818 3,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.98% 40.60% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,707 1,223 2,343
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,835 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,525 £63,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -47 47 £40,000 -31.03% 8
Yorkshire -26 41 £75,000 +25.00% 7
North East -35 35 £98,750 +136.53% 2
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 (3.25%) CMS
1 4 (3.25%) WordPress
2 3 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.81%) Apache
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.81%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (0.81%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 56 (45.53%) Azure
2 27 (21.95%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) GCP
4 12 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (7.32%) Azure Functions
6 9 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (7.32%) Serverless
7 8 (6.50%) SaaS
8 5 (4.07%) Azure AI
9 4 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (2.44%) IaaS
10 3 (2.44%) PaaS
10 3 (2.44%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) Network Security
2 5 (4.07%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) LAN
2 5 (4.07%) VLAN
2 5 (4.07%) WAN
2 5 (4.07%) Wireless
3 4 (3.25%) BGP
3 4 (3.25%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (3.25%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (3.25%) Cisco Wireless
3 4 (3.25%) EIGRP
3 4 (3.25%) OSPF
3 4 (3.25%) SNMP
3 4 (3.25%) VPN
3 4 (3.25%) WAAS
3 4 (3.25%) Wireless Security
4 1 (0.81%) HTTP
4 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.76%) Spark SQL
3 11 (8.94%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.25%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.44%) ClickHouse
6 3 (2.44%) Power BI
6 3 (2.44%) Redis
7 2 (1.63%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.63%) Metadata
7 2 (1.63%) MySQL
8 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.81%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.81%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Git
2 3 (2.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.81%) GitLab
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (26.02%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.20%) Finance
4 10 (8.13%) Marketing
5 7 (5.69%) Retail
6 6 (4.88%) Legal
7 5 (4.07%) Banking
8 4 (3.25%) Advertising
8 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.63%) Electronics
10 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (30.08%) Developer
2 27 (21.95%) Software Engineer
3 18 (14.63%) Software Developer
4 16 (13.01%) Senior
5 15 (12.20%) Architect
6 14 (11.38%) Data Engineer
6 14 (11.38%) Lead
7 13 (10.57%) Graduate
7 13 (10.57%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) Rust Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) Rust Software Engineer
9 10 (8.13%) Lead Data Engineer
9 10 (8.13%) Principal Software Engineer
10 9 (7.32%) C++ Developer
10 9 (7.32%) C++ Software Developer
10 9 (7.32%) Graduate Developer
10 9 (7.32%) Graduate Software Developer
10 9 (7.32%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (7.32%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.45%) .NET
2 16 (13.01%) REST
3 12 (9.76%) PySpark
4 10 (8.13%) React
5 9 (7.32%) ARM Templates
5 9 (7.32%) RESTful
6 7 (5.69%) CSS
7 6 (4.88%) Vue
8 5 (4.07%) Kafka
9 4 (3.25%) AngularJS
9 4 (3.25%) Celery
9 4 (3.25%) Django
9 4 (3.25%) FastAPI
9 4 (3.25%) Flask
10 3 (2.44%) SignalR
10 3 (2.44%) WebSockets
11 2 (1.63%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.63%) jQuery
11 2 (1.63%) Node.js
11 2 (1.63%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.25%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.25%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.44%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.44%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.63%) CMDB
4 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.63%) Robotics
4 2 (1.63%) Taxonomies
4 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.70%) Linux
2 6 (4.88%) Windows
3 2 (1.63%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (97.56%) Computer Science
2 54 (43.90%) AI
3 44 (35.77%) Software Engineering
4 34 (27.64%) DevOps
5 32 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (24.39%) CI/CD
7 23 (18.70%) Agile
7 23 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (17.07%) Technical Debt
9 20 (16.26%) Mathematics
9 20 (16.26%) Physics
9 20 (16.26%) Requirements Management
10 19 (15.45%) Workflow
11 16 (13.01%) Data Modelling
12 15 (12.20%) Roadmaps
12 15 (12.20%) Test Automation
13 14 (11.38%) Analytics
13 14 (11.38%) Data Engineering
13 14 (11.38%) ETL
13 14 (11.38%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.27%) Python
2 27 (21.95%) SQL
3 26 (21.14%) C++
4 21 (17.07%) C#
5 20 (16.26%) Rust
6 12 (9.76%) Java
7 11 (8.94%) PHP
8 8 (6.50%) JavaScript
8 8 (6.50%) TypeScript
9 4 (3.25%) Delphi
10 3 (2.44%) C
11 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.88%) CISSP
3 6 (4.88%) Master's Degree
3 6 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (3.25%) CCIE
5 4 (3.25%) CCNP
5 4 (3.25%) CCSP
5 4 (3.25%) MBA
6 3 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.63%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.63%) CISM
7 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.81%) CCNA
8 1 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) GDPR
2 7 (5.69%) QA
3 6 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.88%) NIST
4 4 (3.25%) PMO
5 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (4.88%) Docker
2 4 (3.25%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) Terraform
2 6 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.63%) SCCM
4 1 (0.81%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 16 (13.01%) Databricks
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.07%) CheckPoint
3 4 (3.25%) Adobe
3 4 (3.25%) Blue Coat
3 4 (3.25%) Cisco
3 4 (3.25%) F5
3 4 (3.25%) Infoblox
3 4 (3.25%) Motorola
3 4 (3.25%) OpenAI
3 4 (3.25%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.25%) SolarWinds
4 2 (1.63%) Infor
4 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.81%) Aruba
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) IBM
5 1 (0.81%) ION Trading
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle