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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 74 52
Rank change year-on-year -69 -22 +60
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 230 394 676
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 4.20% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 4.64% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 165 263 505
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -6.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -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 14,600 8,499 14,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.36% 90.55% 79.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,936 4,193 10,815
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,771 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,235 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 11 July 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 11 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 -58 99 £40,000 -22.72% 42
Yorkshire -65 75 £62,500 +48.81% 19
North East -34 56 £70,000 +45.83% 30
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 8 (3.48%) Confluence
2 6 (2.61%) WordPress
3 4 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.74%) CMS
4 3 (1.30%) JBoss
4 3 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 83 (36.09%) Azure
2 58 (25.22%) AWS
3 18 (7.83%) Serverless
4 17 (7.39%) GCP
5 14 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.91%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.91%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.91%) SaaS
10 8 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.17%) AWS Fargate
12 5 (2.17%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.78%) Network Security
2 10 (4.35%) Firewall
3 8 (3.48%) Wireless
4 6 (2.61%) LAN
4 6 (2.61%) VLAN
4 6 (2.61%) WAN
5 5 (2.17%) BGP
5 5 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (2.17%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (2.17%) EIGRP
5 5 (2.17%) Internet
5 5 (2.17%) OSPF
5 5 (2.17%) SNMP
5 5 (2.17%) VPN
5 5 (2.17%) WAAS
5 5 (2.17%) Wireless Security
6 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.87%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.22%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.48%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.61%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.61%) Power BI
6 5 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.74%) Metadata
7 4 (1.74%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.30%) Big Data
8 3 (1.30%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.30%) MySQL
8 3 (1.30%) Redis
9 2 (0.87%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.87%) GIS
9 2 (0.87%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 12 (5.22%) Git
2 11 (4.78%) JIRA
3 8 (3.48%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.61%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.74%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.74%) GitLab
6 4 (1.74%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.30%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.30%) Maven
7 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.30%) Selenium
7 3 (1.30%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.87%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
General
1 70 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.61%) Finance
3 35 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.09%) Retail
5 13 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.22%) Marketing
7 8 (3.48%) Electronics
7 8 (3.48%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.48%) Legal
8 7 (3.04%) Banking
8 7 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.61%) Games
10 4 (1.74%) Advertising
10 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) French Language
11 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.30%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (21.74%) Developer
2 36 (15.65%) Software Engineer
3 29 (12.61%) Graduate
4 26 (11.30%) Senior
5 25 (10.87%) Software Developer
6 21 (9.13%) Data Engineer
7 19 (8.26%) Lead
8 15 (6.52%) Analyst
8 15 (6.52%) Architect
9 14 (6.09%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (5.65%) Graduate Developer
10 13 (5.65%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.22%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (4.78%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 11 (4.78%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (4.78%) Principal Software Engineer
13 10 (4.35%) C++ Software Engineer
13 10 (4.35%) Rust Engineer
13 10 (4.35%) Rust Software Engineer
14 9 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.30%) .NET
2 18 (7.83%) REST
3 16 (6.96%) CSS
4 13 (5.65%) PySpark
5 12 (5.22%) Node.js
5 12 (5.22%) React
6 11 (4.78%) AngularJS
7 10 (4.35%) HTML
8 9 (3.91%) ARM Templates
9 8 (3.48%) Spring Boot
10 7 (3.04%) RESTful
10 7 (3.04%) Spring
11 6 (2.61%) Flask
11 6 (2.61%) Vue
12 5 (2.17%) Ajax
13 4 (1.74%) Celery
13 4 (1.74%) Django
13 4 (1.74%) JSON
13 4 (1.74%) Kafka
13 4 (1.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.83%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.22%) Hedge funds
3 10 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.91%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.48%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.48%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.04%) Social Media
7 6 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.61%) EPoS
7 6 (2.61%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.17%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.17%) PACS
9 4 (1.74%) CMDB
9 4 (1.74%) Cybercrime
9 4 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.30%) Life Science
10 3 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.87%) Linux
2 14 (6.09%) Windows
3 3 (1.30%) Android
3 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.91%) AI
2 62 (26.96%) Software Engineering
3 57 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (19.57%) Agile
4 45 (19.57%) CI/CD
5 40 (17.39%) DevOps
6 39 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (14.35%) Mathematics
8 31 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (13.04%) Analytics
10 26 (11.30%) Physics
11 25 (10.87%) Test Automation
11 25 (10.87%) Workflow
12 23 (10.00%) Fintech
12 23 (10.00%) Mentoring
13 20 (8.70%) Data Modelling
14 19 (8.26%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (8.26%) Data Science
14 19 (8.26%) Requirements Management
14 19 (8.26%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 81 (35.22%) Python
2 57 (24.78%) SQL
3 36 (15.65%) C#
4 29 (12.61%) C++
5 28 (12.17%) Java
6 20 (8.70%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.26%) PHP
8 18 (7.83%) Rust
9 14 (6.09%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.35%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.61%) C
12 4 (1.74%) Delphi
13 3 (1.30%) Bash
13 3 (1.30%) Groovy
13 3 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.87%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.87%) VB
15 1 (0.43%) Ada
15 1 (0.43%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 193 (83.91%) Degree
2 117 (50.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (7.83%) Master's Degree
4 17 (7.39%) AWS Certification
5 12 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.35%) CISSP
6 10 (4.35%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.48%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.04%) CCNP
8 7 (3.04%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.61%) CISM
9 6 (2.61%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (2.17%) CCIE
11 4 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.74%) CCSP
12 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.30%) MBA
12 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.22%) GDPR
2 10 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.35%) NIST
3 7 (3.04%) QA
4 6 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.17%) DICOM
5 5 (2.17%) PMO
6 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 14 (6.09%) Docker
2 5 (2.17%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.30%) vSphere
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (8.70%) Terraform
2 11 (4.78%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.30%) Ansible
3 3 (1.30%) Control-M
3 3 (1.30%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.30%) Grafana
3 3 (1.30%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.87%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 36 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.39%) Databricks
3 6 (2.61%) CheckPoint
4 5 (2.17%) Blue Coat
4 5 (2.17%) Cisco
4 5 (2.17%) F5
4 5 (2.17%) Infoblox
4 5 (2.17%) Motorola
4 5 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.17%) SolarWinds
4 5 (2.17%) Splunk
5 4 (1.74%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.30%) Adobe
6 3 (1.30%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.30%) Oracle
6 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.30%) VMware
7 2 (0.87%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.87%) Foundry
7 2 (0.87%) Infor