Computer Science Degree Jobs 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 122 217
Rank change year-on-year -36 +95 +68
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 221 378 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.91% 2.09% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.33% 9.66% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 103 277 166
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £99,450 £80,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +8.70%

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 6,636 3,915 5,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 57.34% 21.62% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,965 2,700 1,737
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,013 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% -12.52% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the North of England

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North of England.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the North of England

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +17 105 £60,000 +30.43% 54
North West -86 95 £58,500 +17.00% 106
North East +48 21 £56,500 +7.62% 42
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (1.81%) SAS
2 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.36%) WordPress
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.90%) CMS
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.57%) Azure
2 29 (13.12%) AWS
3 5 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (2.26%) GCP
4 4 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (1.81%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.81%) SaaS
5 3 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (1.36%) AWS Fargate
5 3 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.36%) Serverless
6 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.45%) Boomi
7 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.45%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.33%) Firewall
2 12 (5.43%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.52%) Network Security
4 8 (3.62%) DNS
4 8 (3.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.71%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (2.71%) DWDM
5 6 (2.71%) LAN
5 6 (2.71%) VPN
5 6 (2.71%) WAN
6 5 (2.26%) Broadband
6 5 (2.26%) SAN
7 4 (1.81%) BGP
7 4 (1.81%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.81%) OSPF
8 3 (1.36%) Internet
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.90%) VoIP
10 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.45%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.43%) MySQL
3 7 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.71%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.26%) Big Data
5 5 (2.26%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.26%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.81%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.36%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.45%) Power BI
8 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (2.26%) Git
2 5 (2.26%) JIRA
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.45%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (39.82%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.65%) Finance
3 28 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.98%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.52%) Advertising
5 10 (4.52%) Retail
6 8 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.71%) Marketing
8 4 (1.81%) Automotive
8 4 (1.81%) Legal
9 3 (1.36%) Law
9 3 (1.36%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.90%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.90%) Electronics
10 2 (0.90%) Front Office
10 2 (0.90%) Military
10 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (32.13%) IT Manager
2 34 (15.38%) Developer
3 20 (9.05%) Lead
4 16 (7.24%) Software Engineer
5 14 (6.33%) Senior
6 13 (5.88%) Analyst
7 10 (4.52%) .NET Developer
7 10 (4.52%) Lead Software Engineer
7 10 (4.52%) Network Engineer
8 9 (4.07%) Architect
8 9 (4.07%) Graduate
8 9 (4.07%) WinForms Developer
9 8 (3.62%) Graduate Developer
9 8 (3.62%) IT Graduate
9 8 (3.62%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.17%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.17%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.17%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.71%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.12%) .NET
2 19 (8.60%) HTML
3 15 (6.79%) CSS
4 12 (5.43%) React
5 9 (4.07%) WinForms
6 8 (3.62%) ASP.NET
6 8 (3.62%) jQuery
6 8 (3.62%) RESTful
7 7 (3.17%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.71%) .NET Core
8 6 (2.71%) REST
9 5 (2.26%) Vue
9 5 (2.26%) Web Services
10 3 (1.36%) Django
10 3 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.36%) Kafka
10 3 (1.36%) React Native
11 2 (0.90%) GraphQL
11 2 (0.90%) Redux
11 2 (0.90%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.98%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.52%) Security Posture
2 10 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 8 (3.62%) Social Media
5 7 (3.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.26%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.90%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.90%) FMCG
9 2 (0.90%) Life Science
9 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.90%) Tandem
10 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.45%) NHS
10 1 (0.45%) PropTech
10 1 (0.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.05%) Linux
2 14 (6.33%) Windows
3 8 (3.62%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 82 (37.10%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (32.13%) Customer-Centricity
4 33 (14.93%) Software Engineering
5 32 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (13.12%) Agile
7 23 (10.41%) DevOps
8 21 (9.50%) Mentoring
9 19 (8.60%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (8.14%) CI/CD
10 18 (8.14%) OO
11 17 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (7.69%) OOP
12 16 (7.24%) Artificial Intelligence
12 16 (7.24%) Machine Learning
13 14 (6.33%) Data Privacy
13 14 (6.33%) Design Patterns
14 13 (5.88%) Code Quality
14 13 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (5.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.62%) SQL
2 47 (21.27%) C#
3 44 (19.91%) Python
4 40 (18.10%) Java
5 35 (15.84%) JavaScript
6 27 (12.22%) PHP
7 23 (10.41%) C++
8 20 (9.05%) TypeScript
9 14 (6.33%) Ruby
10 13 (5.88%) C
10 13 (5.88%) Dart
10 13 (5.88%) MATLAB
10 13 (5.88%) R
10 13 (5.88%) Rust
11 10 (4.52%) Shell Script
12 8 (3.62%) PL/SQL
13 7 (3.17%) C-shell
13 7 (3.17%) Korn
13 7 (3.17%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.45%) X++
Qualifications
1 221 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (8.14%) Master's Degree
3 14 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.07%) CISSP
5 8 (3.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (3.62%) CEH
5 8 (3.62%) CISA
5 8 (3.62%) CISM
5 8 (3.62%) DBS Check
6 7 (3.17%) PhD
7 6 (2.71%) CCNA
7 6 (2.71%) CCNP
7 6 (2.71%) JNCIA
7 6 (2.71%) JNCIS
8 5 (2.26%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.81%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.90%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
12 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.98%) NIST
2 8 (3.62%) GDPR
2 8 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.26%) QA
4 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (0.90%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.90%) GMP
6 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Docker
2 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.81%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) KVM
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.43%) Ansible
2 11 (4.98%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.62%) Terraform
4 6 (2.71%) Grafana
5 4 (1.81%) Kibana
6 2 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.45%) logstash
Vendors
1 17 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) Cisco
2 12 (5.43%) Oracle
3 6 (2.71%) Arista
3 6 (2.71%) VMware
4 5 (2.26%) Databricks
5 4 (1.81%) Google
6 3 (1.36%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (0.90%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.90%) IBM
7 2 (0.90%) Moogsoft
7 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.90%) SAP
7 2 (0.90%) Splunk
8 1 (0.45%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.45%) Dell
8 1 (0.45%) Informatica
8 1 (0.45%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow