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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 75 51
Rank change year-on-year -64 -24 +63
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 231 391 679
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.12% 4.29% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 4.70% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 166 262 507
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.09% -6.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 14,451 8,322 15,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.02% 91.27% 79.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,811 4,081 11,247
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 5 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 5 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 -61 98 £40,000 -23.27% 72
Yorkshire -65 78 £57,500 +36.90% 20
North East -27 55 £70,000 +39.30% 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 7 (3.03%) Confluence
2 6 (2.60%) WordPress
3 4 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.73%) CMS
3 4 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.30%) JBoss
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.93%) Azure
2 57 (24.68%) AWS
3 17 (7.36%) Serverless
4 16 (6.93%) GCP
5 14 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.76%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (3.90%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.90%) SaaS
10 8 (3.46%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.60%) Power Platform
13 5 (2.16%) Azure AI
14 4 (1.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.19%) Network Security
2 11 (4.76%) Firewall
3 9 (3.90%) Wireless
4 7 (3.03%) LAN
4 7 (3.03%) VLAN
4 7 (3.03%) WAN
5 6 (2.60%) BGP
5 6 (2.60%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (2.60%) Cisco Wireless
5 6 (2.60%) EIGRP
5 6 (2.60%) OSPF
5 6 (2.60%) SNMP
5 6 (2.60%) VPN
5 6 (2.60%) WAAS
5 6 (2.60%) Wireless Security
6 5 (2.16%) Internet
7 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.87%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.19%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.03%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.60%) Power BI
6 5 (2.16%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (2.16%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.73%) Metadata
8 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.30%) Big Data
8 3 (1.30%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.30%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.30%) MySQL
8 3 (1.30%) Redis
9 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.87%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.87%) GIS
9 2 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.19%) Git
2 10 (4.33%) JIRA
3 7 (3.03%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.60%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.73%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.73%) GitLab
5 4 (1.73%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.30%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.30%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.30%) Maven
6 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.30%) Selenium
6 3 (1.30%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.87%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
General
1 71 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.21%) Finance
3 36 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (6.06%) Retail
5 12 (5.19%) Marketing
6 8 (3.46%) Electronics
6 8 (3.46%) Legal
7 7 (3.03%) Banking
7 7 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.60%) Games
9 4 (1.73%) Advertising
9 4 (1.73%) Esports
9 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.30%) French Language
10 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.30%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (21.65%) Developer
2 33 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 29 (12.55%) Graduate
4 26 (11.26%) Senior
5 25 (10.82%) Software Developer
6 21 (9.09%) Data Engineer
7 19 (8.23%) Lead
8 16 (6.93%) Analyst
9 15 (6.49%) Architect
10 14 (6.06%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (5.63%) Graduate Developer
11 13 (5.63%) Graduate Software Developer
12 12 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (4.76%) Lead Data Engineer
13 11 (4.76%) Principal Software Engineer
14 10 (4.33%) C++ Software Engineer
14 10 (4.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 10 (4.33%) Rust Engineer
14 10 (4.33%) Rust Software Engineer
15 9 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.39%) .NET
2 18 (7.79%) REST
3 16 (6.93%) CSS
4 13 (5.63%) PySpark
5 11 (4.76%) Node.js
5 11 (4.76%) React
6 10 (4.33%) HTML
7 9 (3.90%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.90%) ARM Templates
8 7 (3.03%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.60%) Spring
10 5 (2.16%) Ajax
10 5 (2.16%) Flask
10 5 (2.16%) RESTful
10 5 (2.16%) Vue
11 4 (1.73%) jQuery
11 4 (1.73%) JSON
11 4 (1.73%) Kafka
11 4 (1.73%) XML
12 3 (1.30%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.36%) Algorithms
2 11 (4.76%) Hedge funds
2 11 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.90%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.90%) Social Media
4 7 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.60%) EPoS
5 6 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.16%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.16%) CMDB
6 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.16%) PACS
7 4 (1.73%) Cybercrime
7 4 (1.73%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.30%) Life Science
8 3 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.82%) Linux
2 17 (7.36%) Windows
3 3 (1.30%) Android
3 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.90%) AI
2 59 (25.54%) Software Engineering
3 57 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (18.61%) Agile
5 42 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 40 (17.32%) DevOps
7 39 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (13.85%) Mathematics
9 31 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (12.12%) Analytics
11 26 (11.26%) Physics
12 25 (10.82%) Workflow
13 24 (10.39%) Test Automation
14 21 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (9.09%) Fintech
14 21 (9.09%) Mentoring
15 20 (8.66%) Data Modelling
16 19 (8.23%) Requirements Management
16 19 (8.23%) Technical Debt
17 18 (7.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (33.77%) Python
2 55 (23.81%) SQL
3 34 (14.72%) C#
4 28 (12.12%) C++
5 26 (11.26%) Java
6 20 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.23%) PHP
8 18 (7.79%) Rust
9 14 (6.06%) TypeScript
10 11 (4.76%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.60%) C
12 4 (1.73%) Delphi
13 3 (1.30%) Bash
13 3 (1.30%) Groovy
13 3 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.87%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.87%) VB
15 1 (0.43%) Ada
15 1 (0.43%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 190 (82.25%) Degree
2 116 (50.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (7.36%) Master's Degree
4 16 (6.93%) AWS Certification
5 13 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (5.19%) DBS Check
7 10 (4.33%) CISSP
8 8 (3.46%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.46%) CCNP
9 7 (3.03%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.60%) CCIE
10 6 (2.60%) CISM
10 6 (2.60%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.73%) CCSP
12 3 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.19%) GDPR
2 10 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.33%) NIST
3 7 (3.03%) QA
4 6 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.60%) PMO
5 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.16%) DICOM
6 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 13 (5.63%) Docker
2 6 (2.60%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.30%) vSphere
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (8.66%) Terraform
2 10 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.30%) Ansible
3 3 (1.30%) Control-M
3 3 (1.30%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.30%) Grafana
3 3 (1.30%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.87%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 36 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.36%) Databricks
3 7 (3.03%) CheckPoint
4 6 (2.60%) Blue Coat
4 6 (2.60%) Cisco
4 6 (2.60%) F5
4 6 (2.60%) Infoblox
4 6 (2.60%) Motorola
4 6 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.60%) SolarWinds
5 4 (1.73%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.73%) Oracle
5 4 (1.73%) Splunk
6 3 (1.30%) Adobe
6 3 (1.30%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.30%) IFS
6 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.30%) VMware
7 2 (0.87%) Foundry
7 2 (0.87%) Infor