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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 71 56
Rank change year-on-year -70 -15 +56
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 229 396 617
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 4.19% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 4.65% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 163 267 454
10th Percentile £25,850 £31,250 £28,300
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -7.29% -20.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.68% -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 14,751 8,520 13,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.17% 90.24% 79.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,069 4,238 10,039
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £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 20 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 20 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 98 £40,000 -22.72% 31
Yorkshire -64 72 £62,500 +48.81% 18
North East -28 59 £75,000 +56.25% 27
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 (3.49%) Confluence
2 6 (2.62%) WordPress
3 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.75%) CMS
4 3 (1.31%) JBoss
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.44%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 81 (35.37%) Azure
2 56 (24.45%) AWS
3 18 (7.86%) Serverless
4 17 (7.42%) GCP
5 14 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (4.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (4.37%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.37%) SaaS
8 9 (3.93%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.93%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.18%) GitHub
10 5 (2.18%) IaaS
10 5 (2.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.37%) Network Security
2 9 (3.93%) Firewall
3 7 (3.06%) Wireless
4 5 (2.18%) Internet
4 5 (2.18%) LAN
4 5 (2.18%) VLAN
4 5 (2.18%) WAN
5 4 (1.75%) BGP
5 4 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.75%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.75%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.75%) OSPF
5 4 (1.75%) SNMP
5 4 (1.75%) VPN
5 4 (1.75%) WAAS
5 4 (1.75%) Wireless Security
6 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.87%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.61%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.24%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.49%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.18%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.18%) Power BI
6 4 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.75%) Metadata
7 3 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.31%) Big Data
7 3 (1.31%) ClickHouse
7 3 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.31%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.31%) MySQL
7 3 (1.31%) Redis
8 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.87%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.87%) GIS
8 2 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Git
2 11 (4.80%) JIRA
3 8 (3.49%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.62%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.75%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.75%) GitLab
6 4 (1.75%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.31%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.31%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.31%) Maven
7 3 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.31%) Selenium
7 3 (1.31%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.87%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
General
1 67 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.45%) Finance
3 34 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.55%) Retail
5 12 (5.24%) Marketing
5 12 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.49%) Banking
6 8 (3.49%) Electronics
6 8 (3.49%) Financial Institution
6 8 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.06%) Legal
8 6 (2.62%) Games
9 5 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.75%) Advertising
10 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.87%) Automotive
12 2 (0.87%) French Language
12 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 52 (22.71%) Developer
2 38 (16.59%) Software Engineer
3 30 (13.10%) Graduate
4 27 (11.79%) Software Developer
5 25 (10.92%) Senior
6 21 (9.17%) Data Engineer
7 20 (8.73%) Lead
8 17 (7.42%) Architect
9 15 (6.55%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (5.68%) Analyst
10 13 (5.68%) Graduate Developer
10 13 (5.68%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.24%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (5.24%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 12 (5.24%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) Rust Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) Rust Software Engineer
13 9 (3.93%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.79%) .NET
2 18 (7.86%) REST
3 15 (6.55%) CSS
4 13 (5.68%) PySpark
5 12 (5.24%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.24%) Node.js
5 12 (5.24%) React
6 9 (3.93%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.93%) HTML
7 8 (3.49%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.06%) RESTful
8 7 (3.06%) Spring
9 5 (2.18%) .NET Core
9 5 (2.18%) Ajax
9 5 (2.18%) Flask
9 5 (2.18%) Kafka
9 5 (2.18%) Vue
10 4 (1.75%) jQuery
10 4 (1.75%) JSON
10 4 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.42%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.24%) Hedge funds
3 8 (3.49%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.49%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.62%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.62%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.62%) EPoS
4 6 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.18%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.18%) Social Media
6 4 (1.75%) Cybercrime
6 4 (1.75%) Life Science
6 4 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (1.75%) PACS
6 4 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.31%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.31%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.23%) Linux
2 11 (4.80%) Windows
3 2 (0.87%) Android
3 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.93%) AI
2 65 (28.38%) Software Engineering
3 55 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (20.96%) Agile
5 43 (18.78%) CI/CD
6 39 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (17.03%) DevOps
7 34 (14.85%) Mathematics
8 31 (13.54%) Analytics
9 30 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (11.79%) Physics
11 26 (11.35%) Workflow
12 24 (10.48%) Test Automation
13 23 (10.04%) Fintech
14 22 (9.61%) Mentoring
15 21 (9.17%) Requirements Management
15 21 (9.17%) Roadmaps
15 21 (9.17%) Technical Debt
16 20 (8.73%) Data Science
17 19 (8.30%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (34.06%) Python
2 55 (24.02%) SQL
3 37 (16.16%) C#
4 32 (13.97%) C++
5 30 (13.10%) Java
6 20 (8.73%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.73%) Rust
7 19 (8.30%) PHP
8 15 (6.55%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.49%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.06%) C
11 4 (1.75%) Delphi
12 3 (1.31%) Bash
12 3 (1.31%) Groovy
12 3 (1.31%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.87%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.87%) VB
14 1 (0.44%) Ada
14 1 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 195 (85.15%) Degree
2 119 (51.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (8.30%) Master's Degree
4 16 (6.99%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.80%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.93%) CISSP
7 7 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.06%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.06%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.62%) CCNP
8 6 (2.62%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.18%) CISM
10 4 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.75%) CCIE
10 4 (1.75%) CCSP
10 4 (1.75%) MBA
11 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.24%) GDPR
2 9 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.93%) NIST
3 7 (3.06%) QA
4 6 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.75%) DICOM
6 4 (1.75%) PMO
7 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 13 (5.68%) Docker
2 4 (1.75%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.31%) vSphere
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (8.30%) Terraform
2 10 (4.37%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.31%) Ansible
3 3 (1.31%) Control-M
3 3 (1.31%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.31%) Grafana
3 3 (1.31%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.87%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 36 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.42%) Databricks
3 5 (2.18%) CheckPoint
3 5 (2.18%) Splunk
4 4 (1.75%) Adobe
4 4 (1.75%) Blue Coat
4 4 (1.75%) Cisco
4 4 (1.75%) F5
4 4 (1.75%) Infoblox
4 4 (1.75%) Motorola
4 4 (1.75%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.75%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.31%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.31%) Foundry
5 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.31%) VMware
6 2 (0.87%) Infor
6 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle