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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 78 58
Rank change year-on-year -70 -20 +44
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 235 390 508
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 4.08% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 4.55% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 167 264 364
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 15,122 8,563 12,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.30% 89.54% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,316 4,282 8,402
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 August 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 August 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 -59 98 £40,000 -22.72% 63
Yorkshire -69 74 £62,500 +48.81% 32
North East -31 63 £75,000 +100.00% 32
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 (3.40%) Confluence
2 6 (2.55%) WordPress
3 4 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.70%) CMS
4 3 (1.28%) JBoss
5 2 (0.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.74%) Azure
2 58 (24.68%) AWS
3 19 (8.09%) GCP
4 18 (7.66%) Serverless
5 15 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.68%) SaaS
8 10 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.83%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.40%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.98%) GitHub
12 6 (2.55%) Azure AI
12 6 (2.55%) IaaS
12 6 (2.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.26%) Network Security
2 9 (3.83%) Firewall
3 7 (2.98%) Wireless
4 5 (2.13%) Internet
4 5 (2.13%) LAN
4 5 (2.13%) VLAN
4 5 (2.13%) WAN
5 4 (1.70%) BGP
5 4 (1.70%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.70%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.70%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.70%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.70%) OSPF
5 4 (1.70%) SNMP
5 4 (1.70%) VPN
5 4 (1.70%) WAAS
5 4 (1.70%) Wireless Security
6 3 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.11%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.40%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.13%) Power BI
7 4 (1.70%) Metadata
8 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.28%) Big Data
8 3 (1.28%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.28%) GIS
8 3 (1.28%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.28%) MySQL
8 3 (1.28%) Redis
9 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.85%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.96%) Git
2 11 (4.68%) JIRA
3 8 (3.40%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.55%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.70%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.70%) GitLab
6 4 (1.70%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.28%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.28%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.28%) Maven
7 3 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.28%) Selenium
7 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.85%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
General
1 69 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.53%) Finance
3 35 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.81%) Retail
5 13 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.11%) Marketing
7 10 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.83%) Legal
9 8 (3.40%) Banking
9 8 (3.40%) Electronics
9 8 (3.40%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.40%) Games
10 5 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.70%) Advertising
11 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.85%) Automotive
13 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 53 (22.55%) Developer
2 40 (17.02%) Software Engineer
3 31 (13.19%) Graduate
4 27 (11.49%) Software Developer
5 25 (10.64%) Senior
6 21 (8.94%) Data Engineer
6 21 (8.94%) Lead
7 19 (8.09%) Architect
8 15 (6.38%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (5.96%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 13 (5.53%) Graduate Developer
10 13 (5.53%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.11%) Analyst
11 12 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (5.11%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Rust Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Rust Software Engineer
13 9 (3.83%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.49%) .NET
2 18 (7.66%) REST
3 14 (5.96%) CSS
4 13 (5.53%) PySpark
5 12 (5.11%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.11%) Node.js
5 12 (5.11%) React
6 9 (3.83%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.40%) HTML
7 8 (3.40%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.98%) RESTful
8 7 (2.98%) Spring
9 6 (2.55%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.55%) Ajax
9 6 (2.55%) Flask
10 5 (2.13%) jQuery
10 5 (2.13%) Kafka
10 5 (2.13%) Vue
11 4 (1.70%) CSS3
11 4 (1.70%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.23%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.11%) Hedge funds
3 9 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.40%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.98%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.98%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.55%) Cybercrime
6 6 (2.55%) EPoS
6 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.13%) Social Media
8 4 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.70%) Life Science
8 4 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.62%) Linux
2 12 (5.11%) Windows
3 4 (1.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.04%) AI
2 66 (28.09%) Software Engineering
3 55 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.28%) Agile
5 43 (18.30%) CI/CD
6 42 (17.87%) DevOps
7 39 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (14.89%) Mathematics
9 30 (12.77%) Analytics
9 30 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (10.64%) Physics
10 25 (10.64%) Workflow
11 24 (10.21%) Mentoring
11 24 (10.21%) Test Automation
12 23 (9.79%) Fintech
12 23 (9.79%) Roadmaps
13 21 (8.94%) Data Science
13 21 (8.94%) Technical Debt
14 20 (8.51%) Requirements Management
15 19 (8.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 76 (32.34%) Python
2 54 (22.98%) SQL
3 38 (16.17%) C#
4 34 (14.47%) C++
5 33 (14.04%) Java
6 20 (8.51%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.51%) Rust
7 19 (8.09%) PHP
8 15 (6.38%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.83%) C
10 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.70%) Delphi
12 3 (1.28%) Bash
12 3 (1.28%) Groovy
12 3 (1.28%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.28%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.85%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.85%) VB
14 1 (0.43%) Ada
14 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 201 (85.53%) Degree
2 123 (52.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (8.09%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.96%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.40%) CISSP
6 8 (3.40%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.98%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.55%) CCNP
8 6 (2.55%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.70%) CCIE
10 4 (1.70%) CCSP
10 4 (1.70%) CISM
10 4 (1.70%) MBA
11 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.28%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.11%) GDPR
2 8 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.40%) NIST
2 8 (3.40%) QA
3 6 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.70%) PMO
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.85%) DICOM
6 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.43%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 14 (5.96%) Docker
2 4 (1.70%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.28%) vSphere
4 2 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.23%) Terraform
2 12 (5.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.28%) Ansible
3 3 (1.28%) Control-M
3 3 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.28%) Grafana
3 3 (1.28%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.85%) Nessus
4 2 (0.85%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 40 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.23%) Databricks
3 5 (2.13%) CheckPoint
3 5 (2.13%) Splunk
4 4 (1.70%) Adobe
4 4 (1.70%) Blue Coat
4 4 (1.70%) Cisco
4 4 (1.70%) F5
4 4 (1.70%) Infoblox
4 4 (1.70%) Motorola
4 4 (1.70%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.70%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.70%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.28%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.28%) Foundry
5 3 (1.28%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.28%) VMware
6 2 (0.85%) Infor
6 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft