Computer Science Job Trends in the North of England

Computer Science
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 72 56
Rank change year-on-year -68 -16 +74
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 225 383 697
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.12% 4.62% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 4.94% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 161 256 513
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.56% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £66,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,587 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.03% -5.69% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,863 7,750 15,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.11% 93.41% 79.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,297 3,686 11,968
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,156 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the North of England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Yorkshire -56 90 £57,500 +36.90% 16
North West -54 88 £40,000 -22.72% 55
North East -30 47 £70,000 +27.27% 23
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 6 (2.67%) WordPress
2 5 (2.22%) Confluence
3 4 (1.78%) CMS
4 3 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.33%) JBoss
4 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 83 (36.89%) Azure
2 58 (25.78%) AWS
3 20 (8.89%) Serverless
4 15 (6.67%) GCP
5 14 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (4.44%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.00%) Azure Functions
7 9 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.56%) SaaS
9 7 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.11%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.67%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.22%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.33%) Network Security
2 11 (4.89%) Firewall
3 7 (3.11%) LAN
3 7 (3.11%) VLAN
3 7 (3.11%) WAN
3 7 (3.11%) Wireless
4 6 (2.67%) BGP
4 6 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (2.67%) Cisco Wireless
4 6 (2.67%) EIGRP
4 6 (2.67%) OSPF
4 6 (2.67%) SNMP
4 6 (2.67%) VPN
4 6 (2.67%) WAAS
4 6 (2.67%) Wireless Security
5 5 (2.22%) Internet
6 1 (0.44%) HTTP
6 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (4.89%) Spark SQL
3 7 (3.11%) DynamoDB
3 7 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.67%) Metadata
4 6 (2.67%) Power BI
5 5 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.78%) Big Data
7 3 (1.33%) ClickHouse
7 3 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.33%) MySQL
8 2 (0.89%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.89%) GIS
8 2 (0.89%) phpMyAdmin
8 2 (0.89%) Redis
8 2 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.89%) Git
2 8 (3.56%) JIRA
3 6 (2.67%) SonarQube
4 5 (2.22%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.78%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.78%) GitLab
5 4 (1.78%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.33%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.33%) Maven
6 3 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.33%) Selenium
6 3 (1.33%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.89%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
General
1 71 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.78%) Finance
3 32 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (5.78%) Retail
6 11 (4.89%) Marketing
7 8 (3.56%) Esports
7 8 (3.56%) Legal
8 7 (3.11%) Financial Institution
8 7 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.67%) Electronics
10 5 (2.22%) Games
11 4 (1.78%) Advertising
11 4 (1.78%) Banking
11 4 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) French Language
12 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (20.44%) Developer
2 31 (13.78%) Graduate
3 28 (12.44%) Software Engineer
4 22 (9.78%) Senior
4 22 (9.78%) Software Developer
5 19 (8.44%) Architect
5 19 (8.44%) Lead
6 18 (8.00%) Data Engineer
7 15 (6.67%) Analyst
8 13 (5.78%) Graduate Developer
8 13 (5.78%) Graduate Software Developer
9 12 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (4.89%) Lead Data Engineer
11 10 (4.44%) Principal Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) C++ Software Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Rust Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Rust Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.78%) .NET
2 18 (8.00%) REST
3 16 (7.11%) CSS
4 11 (4.89%) PySpark
5 10 (4.44%) HTML
6 9 (4.00%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.56%) Node.js
8 7 (3.11%) React
9 5 (2.22%) Ajax
9 5 (2.22%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.22%) Flask
9 5 (2.22%) RESTful
9 5 (2.22%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.78%) jQuery
10 4 (1.78%) JSON
10 4 (1.78%) Vue
10 4 (1.78%) XML
11 3 (1.33%) Celery
11 3 (1.33%) Drools
11 3 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.56%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.78%) Social Media
3 12 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.44%) Data Structures
5 9 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.00%) Hedge funds
5 9 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.00%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.11%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.11%) CMDB
6 7 (3.11%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.22%) EPoS
7 5 (2.22%) PACS
8 4 (1.78%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.78%) Cybercrime
8 4 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.22%) Windows
2 21 (9.33%) Linux
3 4 (1.78%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.78%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.33%) Android
4 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.89%) AI
2 58 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (22.67%) Software Engineering
4 37 (16.44%) Agile
4 37 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (16.44%) DevOps
5 36 (16.00%) CI/CD
6 30 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 28 (12.44%) Analytics
7 28 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (12.00%) Mentoring
9 25 (11.11%) Data Modelling
10 24 (10.67%) Collaborative Working
10 24 (10.67%) Physics
11 22 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (9.78%) Workflow
12 20 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (8.44%) Data Engineering
13 19 (8.44%) Data Governance
13 19 (8.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (32.00%) Python
2 52 (23.11%) SQL
3 38 (16.89%) C#
4 25 (11.11%) Java
5 24 (10.67%) C++
6 22 (9.78%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.44%) PHP
8 16 (7.11%) Rust
9 15 (6.67%) TypeScript
10 11 (4.89%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.78%) C
12 3 (1.33%) Bash
12 3 (1.33%) Delphi
12 3 (1.33%) Groovy
12 3 (1.33%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.89%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.89%) VB
14 1 (0.44%) Ada
14 1 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 179 (79.56%) Degree
2 114 (50.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (9.33%) AWS Certification
4 16 (7.11%) DBS Check
5 13 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.78%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.33%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.44%) CISSP
8 9 (4.00%) Security Cleared
9 8 (3.56%) CCNP
9 8 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (3.56%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.67%) CCIE
11 6 (2.67%) CISM
12 5 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.78%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.78%) CCSP
13 4 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.33%) GDPR
2 10 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.44%) NIST
3 7 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.67%) PMO
4 6 (2.67%) QA
5 5 (2.22%) DICOM
6 3 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (5.78%) Docker
2 6 (2.67%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.33%) vSphere
4 2 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (8.89%) Terraform
2 10 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.78%) SCCM
4 3 (1.33%) Ansible
4 3 (1.33%) Control-M
4 3 (1.33%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.33%) Grafana
4 3 (1.33%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.44%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 39 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.67%) Databricks
3 7 (3.11%) CheckPoint
4 6 (2.67%) Blue Coat
4 6 (2.67%) Cisco
4 6 (2.67%) F5
4 6 (2.67%) Infoblox
4 6 (2.67%) Motorola
4 6 (2.67%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.67%) SolarWinds
5 4 (1.78%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.78%) Oracle
6 3 (1.33%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.33%) IFS
6 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.33%) VMware
7 2 (0.89%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.89%) Infor
7 2 (0.89%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.89%) Splunk