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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 82 54
Rank change year-on-year -65 -28 +17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 246 349 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 3.67% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 4.18% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 165 225 262
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,449 £33,250 £38,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -16.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £72,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% -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 17,039 8,344 10,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.91% 87.82% 79.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,658 4,050 5,673
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,525
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -48 110 £44,954 +5.77% 147
Yorkshire -70 72 £60,000 +42.86% 66
North East -50 64 £75,000 +100.00% 51
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 (3.25%) Confluence
2 6 (2.44%) WordPress
3 5 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.03%) CMS
4 2 (0.81%) Apache
4 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.81%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Kentico
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.81%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.41%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 80 (32.52%) Azure
2 56 (22.76%) AWS
3 21 (8.54%) GCP
4 19 (7.72%) SaaS
5 15 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.69%) Serverless
7 13 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.66%) GitHub
8 9 (3.66%) IaaS
8 9 (3.66%) PaaS
9 8 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.85%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.85%) Azure AI
10 7 (2.85%) Azure Functions
10 7 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.85%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.63%) HTTP
1 4 (1.63%) Network Security
2 3 (1.22%) 5G
2 3 (1.22%) Firewall
2 3 (1.22%) Internet
2 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.81%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.81%) Profibus
3 2 (0.81%) VPN
3 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.81%) Wireless
3 2 (0.81%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (4.07%) Spark SQL
4 8 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.85%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.03%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.03%) Metadata
6 5 (2.03%) Power BI
7 4 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.63%) GIS
7 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.22%) Big Data
8 3 (1.22%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.22%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.22%) MySQL
8 3 (1.22%) Redis
9 2 (0.81%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.81%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 17 (6.91%) Git
2 14 (5.69%) JIRA
3 8 (3.25%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.22%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.22%) GitLab
5 3 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.22%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.81%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 75 (30.49%) Finance
3 45 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.50%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.88%) Retail
6 11 (4.47%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.07%) Banking
7 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.07%) Legal
7 10 (4.07%) Marketing
8 8 (3.25%) Games
8 8 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.63%) Advertising
11 4 (1.63%) Electronics
12 3 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.81%) Billing
13 2 (0.81%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (21.54%) Developer
2 38 (15.45%) Software Engineer
3 30 (12.20%) Graduate
4 25 (10.16%) Architect
4 25 (10.16%) Senior
5 24 (9.76%) Software Developer
6 20 (8.13%) Lead
7 19 (7.72%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Analyst
8 15 (6.10%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (5.69%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) Principal Software Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Rust Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Rust Software Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Senior Developer
12 10 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (4.07%) Junior
13 9 (3.66%) C++ Developer
13 9 (3.66%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.82%) .NET
2 21 (8.54%) REST
3 16 (6.50%) CSS
3 16 (6.50%) React
4 14 (5.69%) PySpark
5 12 (4.88%) HTML
6 10 (4.07%) Node.js
6 10 (4.07%) Terraform
7 9 (3.66%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.85%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.85%) Ajax
8 7 (2.85%) ARM Templates
8 7 (2.85%) Middleware
8 7 (2.85%) Spring
9 6 (2.44%) Flask
9 6 (2.44%) RESTful
10 5 (2.03%) CSS3
10 5 (2.03%) HTML5
10 5 (2.03%) Kafka
10 5 (2.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.50%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.66%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.66%) Hedge funds
5 8 (3.25%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.44%) EPoS
6 6 (2.44%) Life Science
6 6 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.03%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.03%) Cybercrime
7 5 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.63%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.63%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.22%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.82%) Linux
2 13 (5.28%) Windows
3 5 (2.03%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (39.43%) AI
2 82 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 72 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (22.76%) Agile
5 48 (19.51%) CI/CD
6 45 (18.29%) DevOps
7 42 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (16.67%) Analytics
8 41 (16.67%) Mathematics
9 35 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (12.20%) Workflow
11 29 (11.79%) Data Science
12 27 (10.98%) Roadmaps
13 24 (9.76%) Mentoring
13 24 (9.76%) Physics
14 23 (9.35%) Full-Stack Development
14 23 (9.35%) Technical Debt
14 23 (9.35%) Test Automation
15 22 (8.94%) Fintech
15 22 (8.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.05%) Python
2 59 (23.98%) SQL
3 37 (15.04%) C#
4 34 (13.82%) Java
5 30 (12.20%) C++
6 26 (10.57%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.13%) Rust
8 15 (6.10%) PHP
8 15 (6.10%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.85%) C
10 4 (1.63%) Delphi
10 4 (1.63%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.81%) Bash
12 2 (0.81%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Go
13 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 218 (88.62%) Degree
2 121 (49.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.91%) Master's Degree
4 15 (6.10%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.47%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.66%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.25%) PhD
8 7 (2.85%) CISSP
9 5 (2.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.03%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.63%) CCSP
10 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.63%) MBA
10 4 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.22%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.81%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.66%) GDPR
1 9 (3.66%) QA
2 8 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.44%) NIST
4 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.81%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (5.28%) Docker
2 4 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.22%) Ansible
2 3 (1.22%) Control-M
2 3 (1.22%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (1.22%) Grafana
2 3 (1.22%) SCCM
2 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.81%) Nessus
4 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 41 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.69%) Databricks
3 5 (2.03%) Atlassian
3 5 (2.03%) Google
3 5 (2.03%) Oracle
3 5 (2.03%) Sage
3 5 (2.03%) Splunk
4 4 (1.63%) Adobe
4 4 (1.63%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.22%) Foundry
5 3 (1.22%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.22%) VMware
6 2 (0.81%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (0.81%) BMC
6 2 (0.81%) Cisco
6 2 (0.81%) Infor
6 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.81%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.81%) Siemens