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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 41 58
Rank change year-on-year -66 +17 +86
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 214 398 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.61% 5.34% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 5.69% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 129 166 406
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 10,167 6,995 11,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 76.60% 93.84% 86.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,792 3,412 9,257
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 1 March 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 March 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 -59 106 £52,500 +2.44% 68
North West -69 64 £57,500 +4.55% 79
North East -9 44 £47,500 -15.93% 31
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 (2.34%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) CMS
3 2 (0.93%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.93%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (4.21%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.40%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.40%) Siemens NX
3 3 (1.40%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.40%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.51%) Azure
2 70 (32.71%) AWS
3 29 (13.55%) Serverless
4 15 (7.01%) GCP
5 14 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.14%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.80%) SaaS
8 5 (2.34%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.34%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.40%) Amazon Cognito
10 3 (1.40%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.40%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.93%) Apigee
11 2 (0.93%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.93%) Figma
11 2 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.54%) Firewall
2 12 (5.61%) VPN
3 11 (5.14%) Network Security
4 6 (2.80%) BGP
4 6 (2.80%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.80%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (2.80%) Cisco Wireless
4 6 (2.80%) DNS
4 6 (2.80%) EIGRP
4 6 (2.80%) LAN
4 6 (2.80%) OSPF
4 6 (2.80%) SNMP
4 6 (2.80%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.80%) VLAN
4 6 (2.80%) WAAS
4 6 (2.80%) WAN
4 6 (2.80%) Wireless
4 6 (2.80%) Wireless Security
5 5 (2.34%) PSTN
5 5 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.67%) Power BI
3 8 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.34%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (2.34%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.34%) Tableau
6 4 (1.87%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.87%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.87%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.40%) Big Data
7 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.40%) Looker
7 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.93%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (16.82%) JIRA
2 9 (4.21%) Bitbucket
3 8 (3.74%) Git
4 4 (1.87%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.93%) GitLab
5 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.93%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.93%) Maven
5 2 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.93%) Selenium
5 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (59.81%) Social Skills
2 45 (21.03%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (20.09%) Finance
4 17 (7.94%) Retail
5 15 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.14%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.14%) Marketing
7 8 (3.74%) Esports
7 8 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.80%) Advertising
9 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.40%) Electronics
10 3 (1.40%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.40%) French Language
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.40%) Legal
10 3 (1.40%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (17.76%) Developer
2 30 (14.02%) Architect
3 27 (12.62%) Senior
4 26 (12.15%) Analyst
5 23 (10.75%) JIRA Developer
6 21 (9.81%) Graduate
7 19 (8.88%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.07%) Applications Architect
9 12 (5.61%) Applications Support
10 11 (5.14%) Software Architect
11 10 (4.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 8 (3.74%) Data Analyst
12 8 (3.74%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (3.74%) Logistics Engineer
12 8 (3.74%) Software Engineering Graduate
12 8 (3.74%) Support Analyst
13 7 (3.27%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (3.27%) Consultant
13 7 (3.27%) IT Manager
14 6 (2.80%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.67%) CSS
2 9 (4.21%) React
3 6 (2.80%) .NET
3 6 (2.80%) Django
4 5 (2.34%) Celery
4 5 (2.34%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.34%) Flask
4 5 (2.34%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (2.34%) RESTful
4 5 (2.34%) Vue
5 4 (1.87%) HTML
6 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.40%) Itk
6 3 (1.40%) Micronaut
6 3 (1.40%) Node.js
6 3 (1.40%) OpenAPI
6 3 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.40%) Swagger
6 3 (1.40%) XML
7 2 (0.93%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.21%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (9.81%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.48%) Driving Licence
4 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
5 11 (5.14%) Social Media
6 9 (4.21%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.80%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.34%) CMDB
8 5 (2.34%) LIMS
8 5 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.34%) PACS
9 4 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.40%) NHS
10 3 (1.40%) SCADA
10 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.89%) Windows
2 27 (12.62%) Linux
3 8 (3.74%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.40%) Android
5 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (41.59%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (26.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (21.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 44 (20.56%) ITIL
5 38 (17.76%) Change Management
6 34 (15.89%) Software Engineering
7 31 (14.49%) Mentoring
8 29 (13.55%) Migration
8 29 (13.55%) Service Management
9 28 (13.08%) DevOps
10 27 (12.62%) Application Security
10 27 (12.62%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.62%) Incident Management
10 27 (12.62%) ITSM
10 27 (12.62%) Microservices
11 26 (12.15%) Agile
11 26 (12.15%) Architectural Patterns
12 25 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (11.21%) Enterprise Architecture
14 23 (10.75%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (34.11%) Python
2 55 (25.70%) JavaScript
3 51 (23.83%) SQL
4 49 (22.90%) Java
5 37 (17.29%) PowerShell
6 31 (14.49%) C#
7 29 (13.55%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.61%) C
9 9 (4.21%) C++
10 8 (3.74%) PL/SQL
11 7 (3.27%) Bash
12 3 (1.40%) Delphi
12 3 (1.40%) Perl
12 3 (1.40%) Tcl
13 2 (0.93%) Groovy
13 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.93%) PHP
13 2 (0.93%) Scala
13 2 (0.93%) VB
14 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 182 (85.05%) Degree
2 89 (41.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (18.22%) AWS Certification
4 32 (14.95%) Azure Certification
5 29 (13.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 29 (13.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (13.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 23 (10.75%) TOGAF Certification
8 18 (8.41%) Master's Degree
9 14 (6.54%) HND
10 12 (5.61%) DBS Check
11 11 (5.14%) CCNP
11 11 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (3.74%) HNC
13 8 (3.74%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (2.80%) CCIE
14 6 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (2.80%) SC Cleared
14 6 (2.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.80%) NIST
2 6 (2.80%) PMO
3 5 (2.34%) DICOM
3 5 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.87%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.40%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.47%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.67%) Docker
2 6 (2.80%) ProxySG
3 5 (2.34%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.93%) vSphere
7 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.21%) Control-M
2 9 (4.21%) Grafana
2 9 (4.21%) Terraform
3 7 (3.27%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.93%) Ansible
4 2 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.68%) Atlassian
3 11 (5.14%) Cisco
4 7 (3.27%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.80%) Blue Coat
5 6 (2.80%) CheckPoint
5 6 (2.80%) F5
5 6 (2.80%) Infoblox
5 6 (2.80%) Motorola
5 6 (2.80%) Oracle
5 6 (2.80%) Siemens
5 6 (2.80%) SolarWinds
6 5 (2.34%) Google
6 5 (2.34%) HubSpot
6 5 (2.34%) VMware
7 3 (1.40%) Allen-Bradley
7 3 (1.40%) IFS
7 3 (1.40%) Toshiba
8 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.93%) UiPath