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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 76 52
Rank change year-on-year -71 -24 +46
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 238 391 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 4.08% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 4.55% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 172 266 357
10th Percentile £25,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £48,734
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -13.82% -18.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £109,625 £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 15,197 8,584 11,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.32% 89.48% 78.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11,372 4,293 7,972
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 4 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 4 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 -64 101 £40,000 -22.72% 67
Yorkshire -74 74 £62,500 +48.81% 42
North East -30 63 £75,000 +100.00% 29
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 (3.36%) Confluence
2 6 (2.52%) WordPress
3 4 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.68%) CMS
4 3 (1.26%) JBoss
5 2 (0.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.42%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 88 (36.97%) Azure
2 60 (25.21%) AWS
3 20 (8.40%) GCP
4 18 (7.56%) Serverless
5 16 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.62%) SaaS
8 10 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (4.20%) Amazon S3
8 10 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.78%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.36%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.36%) GitHub
11 6 (2.52%) IaaS
11 6 (2.52%) PaaS
11 6 (2.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.20%) Network Security
2 9 (3.78%) Firewall
3 7 (2.94%) Wireless
4 5 (2.10%) Internet
4 5 (2.10%) LAN
4 5 (2.10%) VLAN
4 5 (2.10%) WAN
5 4 (1.68%) BGP
5 4 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.68%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.68%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.68%) OSPF
5 4 (1.68%) SNMP
5 4 (1.68%) VPN
5 4 (1.68%) WAAS
5 4 (1.68%) Wireless Security
6 3 (1.26%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.84%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.04%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.36%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.10%) Power BI
7 4 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.68%) GIS
7 4 (1.68%) Metadata
8 3 (1.26%) Big Data
8 3 (1.26%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.26%) MySQL
8 3 (1.26%) Redis
9 2 (0.84%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.84%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Git
2 11 (4.62%) JIRA
3 8 (3.36%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.52%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.68%) GitLab
6 4 (1.68%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.26%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.26%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.26%) Maven
7 3 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.26%) Selenium
7 3 (1.26%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
General
1 70 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.79%) Finance
3 37 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.72%) Retail
5 12 (5.04%) Marketing
5 12 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.78%) Legal
8 8 (3.36%) Banking
8 8 (3.36%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.36%) Games
9 7 (2.94%) Electronics
10 5 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.68%) Advertising
11 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.84%) Automotive
13 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 54 (22.69%) Developer
2 42 (17.65%) Software Engineer
3 33 (13.87%) Graduate
4 27 (11.34%) Software Developer
5 24 (10.08%) Senior
6 21 (8.82%) Data Engineer
6 21 (8.82%) Lead
7 19 (7.98%) Architect
8 16 (6.72%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (5.46%) Graduate Developer
10 13 (5.46%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.04%) Analyst
11 12 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (5.04%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (4.62%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.62%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (4.62%) Rust Engineer
12 11 (4.62%) Rust Software Engineer
13 9 (3.78%) Rust Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.76%) .NET
2 18 (7.56%) REST
3 15 (6.30%) CSS
4 13 (5.46%) PySpark
5 12 (5.04%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.04%) Node.js
5 12 (5.04%) React
6 9 (3.78%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.78%) HTML
7 8 (3.36%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.94%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.94%) Ajax
8 7 (2.94%) Flask
8 7 (2.94%) RESTful
8 7 (2.94%) Spring
9 6 (2.52%) jQuery
10 5 (2.10%) CSS3
10 5 (2.10%) HTML5
10 5 (2.10%) Kafka
10 5 (2.10%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.04%) Hedge funds
3 9 (3.78%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.52%) Cybercrime
5 6 (2.52%) EPoS
5 6 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.10%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.10%) Social Media
7 4 (1.68%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.68%) Life Science
7 4 (1.68%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.45%) Linux
2 12 (5.04%) Windows
3 4 (1.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (34.45%) AI
2 69 (28.99%) Software Engineering
3 56 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (21.43%) Agile
5 44 (18.49%) CI/CD
6 43 (18.07%) DevOps
7 39 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (15.55%) Mathematics
9 31 (13.03%) Analytics
10 30 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (10.92%) Workflow
12 25 (10.50%) Mentoring
12 25 (10.50%) Physics
13 24 (10.08%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.66%) Data Science
14 23 (9.66%) Fintech
14 23 (9.66%) Test Automation
15 21 (8.82%) Technical Debt
16 20 (8.40%) Requirements Management
17 19 (7.98%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 77 (32.35%) Python
2 55 (23.11%) SQL
3 40 (16.81%) C#
4 34 (14.29%) C++
5 33 (13.87%) Java
6 22 (9.24%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.82%) PHP
8 20 (8.40%) Rust
9 15 (6.30%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.78%) C
11 5 (2.10%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.68%) Delphi
13 3 (1.26%) Bash
13 3 (1.26%) Groovy
13 3 (1.26%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.26%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.84%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.42%) Ada
15 1 (0.42%) VB
15 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 202 (84.87%) Degree
2 123 (51.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (7.98%) Master's Degree
4 15 (6.30%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.78%) CISSP
7 8 (3.36%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.94%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.52%) CCNP
9 6 (2.52%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (2.10%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.68%) CCIE
11 4 (1.68%) CCSP
11 4 (1.68%) CISM
11 4 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.68%) MBA
12 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) GDPR
2 9 (3.78%) QA
3 8 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.36%) NIST
4 6 (2.52%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.68%) PMO
6 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.84%) DICOM
7 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.42%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 15 (6.30%) Docker
2 4 (1.68%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.26%) vSphere
4 2 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.84%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.14%) Terraform
2 13 (5.46%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.26%) Ansible
3 3 (1.26%) Control-M
3 3 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.26%) Grafana
3 3 (1.26%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.84%) Nessus
4 2 (0.84%) SCCM
5 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 41 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.14%) Databricks
3 5 (2.10%) CheckPoint
3 5 (2.10%) Splunk
4 4 (1.68%) Adobe
4 4 (1.68%) Blue Coat
4 4 (1.68%) Cisco
4 4 (1.68%) F5
4 4 (1.68%) Infoblox
4 4 (1.68%) Motorola
4 4 (1.68%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.68%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.68%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.26%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.26%) Foundry
5 3 (1.26%) Google
5 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.26%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.26%) VMware
6 2 (0.84%) Infor