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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 83 55
Rank change year-on-year -72 -28 +16
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 247 345 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 3.61% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 4.10% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 164 221 255
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,149 £33,250 £38,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -16.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £78,125 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,375 £72,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,511 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.20% -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 17,096 8,415 10,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.03% 88.14% 79.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,718 4,036 5,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 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 -43 112 £44,907 +8.87% 183
Yorkshire -74 71 £60,000 +42.86% 92
North East -49 64 £75,000 +100.00% 53
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 (3.24%) Confluence
2 6 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.43%) WordPress
3 5 (2.02%) CMS
4 3 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.21%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.81%) Apache
5 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) Kentico
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.81%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 80 (32.39%) Azure
2 57 (23.08%) AWS
3 22 (8.91%) GCP
4 19 (7.69%) SaaS
5 14 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.26%) Serverless
7 9 (3.64%) GitHub
7 9 (3.64%) IaaS
7 9 (3.64%) PaaS
8 8 (3.24%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.83%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.83%) Azure AI
9 7 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.83%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.83%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.43%) Azure Functions
10 6 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.62%) HTTP
1 4 (1.62%) Network Security
2 3 (1.21%) 5G
2 3 (1.21%) Firewall
2 3 (1.21%) Internet
2 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.81%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.81%) Profibus
3 2 (0.81%) VPN
3 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.81%) Wireless
3 2 (0.81%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.05%) Spark SQL
3 8 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.83%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.43%) Metadata
6 5 (2.02%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.02%) Power BI
7 4 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.62%) GIS
7 4 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.21%) Big Data
8 3 (1.21%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.21%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.21%) MySQL
8 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.21%) Redis
9 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.81%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 18 (7.29%) Git
2 14 (5.67%) JIRA
3 8 (3.24%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.62%) GitLab
6 3 (1.21%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.21%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.81%) Postman
8 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 78 (31.58%) Finance
3 47 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.48%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.86%) Retail
6 11 (4.45%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.05%) Banking
7 10 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.05%) Legal
7 10 (4.05%) Marketing
8 8 (3.24%) Games
8 8 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.62%) Advertising
11 4 (1.62%) Electronics
12 3 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.81%) Billing
13 2 (0.81%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (21.46%) Developer
2 38 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 30 (12.15%) Graduate
4 27 (10.93%) Senior
5 25 (10.12%) Architect
6 24 (9.72%) Software Developer
7 20 (8.10%) Data Engineer
8 19 (7.69%) Lead
9 15 (6.07%) Analyst
9 15 (6.07%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (5.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 12 (4.86%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (4.45%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.45%) Rust Engineer
12 11 (4.45%) Rust Software Engineer
12 11 (4.45%) Senior Developer
13 10 (4.05%) Junior
14 9 (3.64%) C++ Developer
14 9 (3.64%) C++ Software Developer
14 9 (3.64%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.77%) .NET
2 20 (8.10%) REST
3 16 (6.48%) CSS
3 16 (6.48%) React
4 15 (6.07%) PySpark
5 12 (4.86%) HTML
6 10 (4.05%) Node.js
7 9 (3.64%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.64%) Terraform
8 7 (2.83%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.83%) Ajax
8 7 (2.83%) Middleware
8 7 (2.83%) Spring
9 6 (2.43%) ARM Templates
9 6 (2.43%) Flask
9 6 (2.43%) RESTful
10 5 (2.02%) CSS3
10 5 (2.02%) HTML5
10 5 (2.02%) Kafka
10 5 (2.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.48%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.64%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.64%) Hedge funds
5 8 (3.24%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.43%) EPoS
6 6 (2.43%) Life Science
6 6 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.02%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.02%) Cybercrime
7 5 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.62%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.62%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.62%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.21%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.77%) Linux
2 13 (5.26%) Windows
3 5 (2.02%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (40.49%) AI
2 84 (34.01%) Software Engineering
3 75 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (22.67%) Agile
5 48 (19.43%) CI/CD
6 44 (17.81%) DevOps
7 43 (17.41%) Analytics
8 42 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (17.00%) Mathematics
9 34 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (12.96%) Data Science
11 31 (12.55%) Workflow
12 27 (10.93%) Roadmaps
13 24 (9.72%) Full-Stack Development
13 24 (9.72%) Mentoring
13 24 (9.72%) Technical Debt
14 23 (9.31%) Physics
14 23 (9.31%) SDLC
14 23 (9.31%) Test Automation
15 22 (8.91%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (28.34%) Python
2 60 (24.29%) SQL
3 37 (14.98%) C#
4 36 (14.57%) Java
5 30 (12.15%) C++
6 27 (10.93%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.10%) Rust
8 16 (6.48%) TypeScript
9 15 (6.07%) PHP
10 7 (2.83%) C
11 4 (1.62%) Delphi
11 4 (1.62%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.81%) Bash
13 2 (0.81%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.40%) Ada
14 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.40%) Go
14 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 220 (89.07%) Degree
2 124 (50.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.88%) Master's Degree
4 15 (6.07%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.45%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.24%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.83%) CISSP
7 7 (2.83%) PhD
8 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.02%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.62%) CCSP
9 4 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.62%) MBA
9 4 (1.62%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (1.21%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.64%) QA
3 8 (3.24%) GDPR
4 6 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.43%) NIST
5 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.81%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (5.26%) Docker
2 4 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.21%) Ansible
2 3 (1.21%) Control-M
2 3 (1.21%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (1.21%) Grafana
2 3 (1.21%) SCCM
2 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.81%) Nessus
4 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 41 (16.60%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.26%) Databricks
3 6 (2.43%) Oracle
4 5 (2.02%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.02%) Google
4 5 (2.02%) Sage
4 5 (2.02%) Splunk
5 4 (1.62%) Adobe
5 4 (1.62%) Foundry
5 4 (1.62%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.21%) VMware
7 2 (0.81%) Aderant
7 2 (0.81%) BMC
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco
7 2 (0.81%) Infor
7 2 (0.81%) Remedy
7 2 (0.81%) SAP
7 2 (0.81%) Siemens
7 2 (0.81%) WooCommerce