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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 79 58
Rank change year-on-year -67 -21 +35
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 241 384 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 3.97% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 4.45% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 172 259 355
10th Percentile £25,125 £30,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £37,574
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £49,493
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -15.14% -17.51%
75th Percentile £80,625 £65,000 £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 15,524 8,621 11,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.21% 89.19% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11,614 4,280 7,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 13 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 13 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 -56 101 £40,000 -22.15% 64
Yorkshire -65 74 £62,500 +48.81% 34
North East -35 66 £75,000 +100.00% 41
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 (3.32%) Confluence
2 6 (2.49%) WordPress
3 4 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.66%) CMS
4 3 (1.24%) JBoss
5 2 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.41%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.34%) Azure
2 61 (25.31%) AWS
3 22 (9.13%) GCP
4 19 (7.88%) Serverless
5 16 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (6.64%) SaaS
6 12 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.15%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (4.15%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (3.73%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.73%) GitHub
9 8 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.32%) IaaS
9 8 (3.32%) PaaS
10 7 (2.90%) Azure AI
11 6 (2.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.73%) Network Security
2 8 (3.32%) Firewall
3 6 (2.49%) Wireless
4 5 (2.07%) Internet
5 4 (1.66%) LAN
5 4 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.66%) VLAN
5 4 (1.66%) VPN
5 4 (1.66%) WAN
6 3 (1.24%) BGP
6 3 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.24%) Cisco Wireless
6 3 (1.24%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.24%) OSPF
6 3 (1.24%) SNMP
6 3 (1.24%) WAAS
6 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.24%) Wireless Security
7 2 (0.83%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.37%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.98%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.32%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.90%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.66%) GIS
6 4 (1.66%) Metadata
7 3 (1.24%) Big Data
7 3 (1.24%) ClickHouse
7 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.24%) MySQL
7 3 (1.24%) Power BI
7 3 (1.24%) Redis
8 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.83%) phpMyAdmin
8 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Git
2 11 (4.56%) JIRA
3 8 (3.32%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.49%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.66%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.66%) GitLab
6 4 (1.66%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.24%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.24%) Maven
7 3 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.24%) Selenium
7 3 (1.24%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
General
1 76 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 68 (28.22%) Finance
3 38 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.22%) Retail
5 12 (4.98%) Marketing
6 11 (4.56%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.73%) Banking
8 9 (3.73%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.32%) Games
9 8 (3.32%) Legal
10 7 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Electronics
12 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.66%) Advertising
14 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.24%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.83%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.41%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 54 (22.41%) Developer
2 41 (17.01%) Software Engineer
3 35 (14.52%) Graduate
4 27 (11.20%) Software Developer
5 23 (9.54%) Architect
6 22 (9.13%) Lead
7 21 (8.71%) Data Engineer
8 20 (8.30%) Senior
9 16 (6.64%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 15 (6.22%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) Graduate Developer
11 13 (5.39%) Graduate Software Developer
12 12 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (4.98%) Principal Software Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Analyst
13 11 (4.56%) C++ Software Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Lead Data Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Rust Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Rust Software Engineer
14 10 (4.15%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.03%) .NET
2 18 (7.47%) REST
3 15 (6.22%) CSS
4 13 (5.39%) PySpark
5 12 (4.98%) AngularJS
5 12 (4.98%) Node.js
5 12 (4.98%) React
6 9 (3.73%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.73%) HTML
7 8 (3.32%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.90%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.90%) Ajax
8 7 (2.90%) Flask
8 7 (2.90%) RESTful
8 7 (2.90%) Spring
9 6 (2.49%) jQuery
9 6 (2.49%) Middleware
10 5 (2.07%) CSS3
10 5 (2.07%) HTML5
10 5 (2.07%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.47%) Algorithms
2 12 (4.98%) Hedge funds
3 11 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.32%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.90%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.49%) Cybercrime
7 6 (2.49%) EPoS
7 6 (2.49%) Life Science
7 6 (2.49%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.07%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.07%) Social Media
9 4 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.66%) Robotics
10 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.69%) Linux
2 13 (5.39%) Windows
3 5 (2.07%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (34.85%) AI
2 70 (29.05%) Software Engineering
3 58 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (23.65%) Agile
5 47 (19.50%) DevOps
6 46 (19.09%) CI/CD
7 40 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (14.94%) Mathematics
9 34 (14.11%) Analytics
10 32 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (12.45%) Mentoring
12 27 (11.20%) Workflow
13 26 (10.79%) Roadmaps
14 25 (10.37%) Physics
15 24 (9.96%) Fintech
15 24 (9.96%) Test Automation
16 22 (9.13%) Data Science
17 21 (8.71%) Microservices
17 21 (8.71%) Technical Debt
18 20 (8.30%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (31.12%) Python
2 56 (23.24%) SQL
3 40 (16.60%) C#
4 36 (14.94%) Java
5 35 (14.52%) C++
6 22 (9.13%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.71%) PHP
8 20 (8.30%) Rust
9 15 (6.22%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.73%) C
11 4 (1.66%) Delphi
12 3 (1.24%) Bash
12 3 (1.24%) Groovy
12 3 (1.24%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.83%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.41%) Ada
14 1 (0.41%) Go
14 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 205 (85.06%) Degree
2 122 (50.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (7.88%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.81%) AWS Certification
5 10 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.32%) CISSP
6 8 (3.32%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.90%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.49%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.07%) CCNP
10 4 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.66%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.66%) CCSP
10 4 (1.66%) MBA
11 3 (1.24%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.24%) CCIE
11 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.98%) GDPR
2 10 (4.15%) QA
3 7 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.90%) NIST
4 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.24%) PMO
6 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.83%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (7.05%) Docker
2 3 (1.24%) ProxySG
2 3 (1.24%) vSphere
3 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.22%) Kubernetes
1 15 (6.22%) Terraform
2 3 (1.24%) Ansible
2 3 (1.24%) Control-M
2 3 (1.24%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (1.24%) Grafana
2 3 (1.24%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.83%) Nessus
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.05%) Databricks
3 5 (2.07%) Google
3 5 (2.07%) Sage
3 5 (2.07%) Splunk
4 4 (1.66%) Adobe
4 4 (1.66%) CheckPoint
4 4 (1.66%) Cisco
4 4 (1.66%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.24%) Blue Coat
5 3 (1.24%) F5
5 3 (1.24%) Foundry
5 3 (1.24%) Infoblox
5 3 (1.24%) Motorola
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle
5 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.24%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.24%) VMware