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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 42 68
Rank change year-on-year -46 +26 +71
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 221 450 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.08% 4.95% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 5.46% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 132 188 221
10th Percentile £25,075 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £51,119 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% -7.06% +15.79%
75th Percentile £74,063 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,445 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 8,531 8,241 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.17% 90.66% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,667 5,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,040 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -35 114 £45,000 -10.00% 89
North West -57 62 £57,500 +12.22% 93
North East +6 45 £47,500 -15.93% 47
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 5 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.36%) CMS
2 3 (1.36%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.45%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.45%) Magnolia
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.45%) WinCC
3 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (4.52%) MS Visio
1 10 (4.52%) SOLIDWORKS
2 6 (2.71%) AutoCAD
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.81%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.36%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.36%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (34.39%) Azure
2 63 (28.51%) AWS
3 27 (12.22%) Serverless
4 17 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.79%) GCP
6 11 (4.98%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.98%) SaaS
7 4 (1.81%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.36%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.90%) Figma
9 2 (0.90%) GitHub
9 2 (0.90%) OCI
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.88%) Firewall
1 13 (5.88%) VPN
2 9 (4.07%) DNS
2 9 (4.07%) Network Security
2 9 (4.07%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.71%) Asterisk PBX
4 6 (2.71%) PSTN
4 6 (2.71%) VoIP
5 4 (1.81%) BGP
5 4 (1.81%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.81%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.81%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.81%) LAN
5 4 (1.81%) OSPF
5 4 (1.81%) SNMP
5 4 (1.81%) WAAS
5 4 (1.81%) WAN
5 4 (1.81%) Wireless
5 4 (1.81%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.22%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.07%) Power BI
3 7 (3.17%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.26%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.81%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.81%) Looker
6 4 (1.81%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.81%) MySQL
6 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.81%) Tableau
7 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.36%) Big Data
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.90%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.90%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (16.29%) JIRA
2 10 (4.52%) Git
3 9 (4.07%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
General
1 135 (61.09%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.62%) Finance
3 41 (18.55%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.69%) Marketing
4 17 (7.69%) Retail
5 13 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.71%) Advertising
8 6 (2.71%) Esports
8 6 (2.71%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.36%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.90%) Agriculture
10 2 (0.90%) Banking
10 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.90%) Law
10 2 (0.90%) Legal
10 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (19.00%) Developer
2 31 (14.03%) Architect
3 27 (12.22%) Senior
4 24 (10.86%) Graduate
5 23 (10.41%) JIRA Developer
6 19 (8.60%) Analyst
7 15 (6.79%) Software Engineer
8 14 (6.33%) Applications Architect
9 12 (5.43%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (5.43%) Technical Support
10 11 (4.98%) Software Architect
11 8 (3.62%) Consultant
11 8 (3.62%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.62%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) IT Graduate
11 8 (3.62%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) Logistics Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) Software Engineering Graduate
11 8 (3.62%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.62%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.60%) CSS
2 10 (4.52%) React
3 9 (4.07%) .NET
4 6 (2.71%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.71%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (2.26%) Django
5 5 (2.26%) RESTful
5 5 (2.26%) Vue
6 4 (1.81%) Celery
6 4 (1.81%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.81%) Flask
6 4 (1.81%) jQuery
7 3 (1.36%) HTML
7 3 (1.36%) Itk
7 3 (1.36%) Micronaut
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.36%) REST
8 2 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.90%) Middleware
8 2 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.31%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (9.95%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.79%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.43%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.62%) LIMS
6 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.71%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.71%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.71%) Social Media
8 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.81%) SCADA
9 3 (1.36%) CMDB
9 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.36%) NHS
10 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.90%) FMCG
10 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.45%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.45%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.29%) Linux
2 35 (15.84%) Windows
3 13 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (40.27%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (29.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (20.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 45 (20.36%) ITIL
5 42 (19.00%) Change Management
6 32 (14.48%) Agile
7 30 (13.57%) ITSM
7 30 (13.57%) Migration
8 29 (13.12%) Incident Management
8 29 (13.12%) Software Engineering
9 28 (12.67%) Application Security
9 28 (12.67%) Mentoring
9 28 (12.67%) Service Management
10 27 (12.22%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.22%) DevOps
10 27 (12.22%) Microservices
11 25 (11.31%) Architectural Patterns
11 25 (11.31%) Enterprise Architecture
12 24 (10.86%) EAI
12 24 (10.86%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 66 (29.86%) Python
2 55 (24.89%) Java
3 54 (24.43%) SQL
4 53 (23.98%) JavaScript
5 41 (18.55%) C#
6 32 (14.48%) PowerShell
7 28 (12.67%) TypeScript
8 14 (6.33%) C
9 12 (5.43%) C++
10 9 (4.07%) Bash
11 8 (3.62%) PL/SQL
12 7 (3.17%) Delphi
13 6 (2.71%) Perl
13 6 (2.71%) PHP
14 3 (1.36%) Tcl
15 2 (0.90%) Scala
16 1 (0.45%) Go
16 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.45%) R
16 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 192 (86.88%) Degree
2 99 (44.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (14.48%) AWS Certification
4 30 (13.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (12.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (12.67%) Azure Certification
5 28 (12.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 26 (11.76%) Master's Degree
7 24 (10.86%) TOGAF Certification
8 20 (9.05%) HND
9 11 (4.98%) HNC
10 10 (4.52%) CCNP
10 10 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.62%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.62%) SC Cleared
11 8 (3.62%) Security Cleared
12 7 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (2.71%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.71%) IEC 61131
2 4 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (1.81%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.81%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.81%) PMO
3 3 (1.36%) NIST
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.90%) NCSC
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) QA
5 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.17%) Docker
3 4 (1.81%) ProxySG
3 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.90%) vSphere
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.07%) Control-M
2 9 (4.07%) Grafana
3 7 (3.17%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.36%) SCCM
4 3 (1.36%) Terraform
5 2 (0.90%) Ansible
5 2 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) AssetCenter
6 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 60 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.31%) Atlassian
3 11 (4.98%) Cisco
4 10 (4.52%) Siemens
5 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.71%) Allen-Bradley
6 6 (2.71%) Google
6 6 (2.71%) HubSpot
6 6 (2.71%) Toshiba
6 6 (2.71%) VMware
7 4 (1.81%) Autodesk
7 4 (1.81%) Blue Coat
7 4 (1.81%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.81%) F5
7 4 (1.81%) Infoblox
7 4 (1.81%) Motorola
7 4 (1.81%) Oracle
7 4 (1.81%) Sage
7 4 (1.81%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.36%) PayPal