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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 42 70
Rank change year-on-year -49 +28 +68
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 225 455 296
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.12% 4.93% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 5.46% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 135 193 209
10th Percentile £25,300 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,875 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -8.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £74,375 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £80,100 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £69,491
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.06% +6.91%

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 8,592 8,328 7,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.06% 90.23% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,558 3,739 5,516
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,507
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 -34 113 £51,250 +2.50% 46
North West -61 65 £57,500 +12.22% 56
North East +3 47 £47,500 -5.94% 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 5 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.78%) CMS
2 4 (1.78%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.89%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.89%) Magnolia
3 2 (0.89%) WordPress
4 1 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.44%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (4.44%) SOLIDWORKS
2 8 (3.56%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.67%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.22%) Chatbot
5 4 (1.78%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (1.33%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.33%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (33.33%) Azure
2 61 (27.11%) AWS
3 27 (12.00%) Serverless
4 16 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.67%) GCP
6 12 (5.33%) SaaS
7 11 (4.89%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.78%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.33%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.33%) GitHub
10 2 (0.89%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.89%) Figma
10 2 (0.89%) OCI
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.44%) Collibra
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.89%) Firewall
1 11 (4.89%) VPN
2 9 (4.00%) DNS
2 9 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.11%) Network Security
5 6 (2.67%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (2.67%) PSTN
5 6 (2.67%) VoIP
6 3 (1.33%) DMZ
6 3 (1.33%) Modbus
6 3 (1.33%) SAN
7 2 (0.89%) BGP
7 2 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.89%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (0.89%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.89%) OSPF
7 2 (0.89%) WAAS
7 2 (0.89%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.00%) Power BI
3 7 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.22%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.78%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.78%) Looker
6 4 (1.78%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.78%) MySQL
6 4 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.78%) Tableau
7 3 (1.33%) Big Data
8 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.89%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.89%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (16.00%) JIRA
2 10 (4.44%) Git
3 9 (4.00%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.89%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.89%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.89%) TeamCity
General
1 134 (59.56%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.22%) Finance
3 38 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.44%) Retail
5 18 (8.00%) Marketing
6 13 (5.78%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.67%) Advertising
9 6 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.78%) Esports
11 3 (1.33%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.33%) Legal
12 2 (0.89%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.89%) Banking
12 2 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Games
12 2 (0.89%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.89%) Law
12 2 (0.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (20.00%) Developer
2 31 (13.78%) Architect
3 26 (11.56%) Senior
4 24 (10.67%) Graduate
5 23 (10.22%) JIRA Developer
6 18 (8.00%) Analyst
7 15 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 14 (6.22%) Applications Architect
9 13 (5.78%) Technical Support
10 12 (5.33%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (4.89%) Software Architect
12 8 (3.56%) Consultant
12 8 (3.56%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.56%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 8 (3.56%) IT Graduate
12 8 (3.56%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (3.56%) Logistics Engineer
12 8 (3.56%) Software Engineering Graduate
12 8 (3.56%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.89%) CSS
2 11 (4.89%) React
3 9 (4.00%) .NET
4 6 (2.67%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.67%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (2.22%) Django
5 5 (2.22%) RESTful
5 5 (2.22%) Vue
6 4 (1.78%) Celery
6 4 (1.78%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.78%) Flask
6 4 (1.78%) HTML
6 4 (1.78%) jQuery
6 4 (1.78%) REST
7 3 (1.33%) Itk
7 3 (1.33%) Micronaut
7 3 (1.33%) Middleware
7 3 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.33%) Web Services
8 2 (0.89%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (9.33%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.11%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.89%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.56%) LIMS
6 7 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.67%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.78%) NHS
8 4 (1.78%) SCADA
8 4 (1.78%) Social Media
9 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.89%) CMDB
10 2 (0.89%) FMCG
10 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.89%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.89%) Robotics
10 2 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.00%) Linux
2 32 (14.22%) Windows
3 13 (5.78%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (38.22%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (28.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 44 (19.56%) ITIL
3 44 (19.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 42 (18.67%) Change Management
5 33 (14.67%) Agile
6 31 (13.78%) Migration
7 30 (13.33%) ITSM
7 30 (13.33%) Software Engineering
8 29 (12.89%) Incident Management
8 29 (12.89%) Mentoring
9 28 (12.44%) Application Security
9 28 (12.44%) DevOps
9 28 (12.44%) Service Management
10 27 (12.00%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.00%) Microservices
11 25 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
11 25 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
12 24 (10.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 65 (28.89%) Python
2 56 (24.89%) Java
3 54 (24.00%) JavaScript
3 54 (24.00%) SQL
4 43 (19.11%) C#
5 31 (13.78%) PowerShell
6 28 (12.44%) TypeScript
7 15 (6.67%) C
8 12 (5.33%) C++
9 9 (4.00%) Bash
10 8 (3.56%) Delphi
10 8 (3.56%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.67%) Perl
11 6 (2.67%) PHP
12 3 (1.33%) Tcl
13 2 (0.89%) Scala
14 1 (0.44%) Go
14 1 (0.44%) R
14 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.44%) Swift
Qualifications
1 196 (87.11%) Degree
2 100 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (14.22%) AWS Certification
4 30 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (12.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (12.44%) Azure Certification
5 28 (12.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 28 (12.44%) Master's Degree
6 24 (10.67%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (8.89%) HND
8 11 (4.89%) HNC
9 8 (3.56%) CCNP
9 8 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (3.56%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.56%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.11%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.67%) PhD
12 4 (1.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.67%) IEC 61131
2 5 (2.22%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.22%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.33%) NIST
5 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.89%) NCSC
5 2 (0.89%) PMO
6 1 (0.44%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) QA
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.11%) Docker
3 4 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.89%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.00%) Control-M
2 9 (4.00%) Grafana
3 7 (3.11%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.33%) SCCM
4 3 (1.33%) Terraform
5 2 (0.89%) Ansible
5 2 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.89%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.44%) AssetCenter
Vendors
1 60 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.11%) Atlassian
3 10 (4.44%) Siemens
4 9 (4.00%) Cisco
5 6 (2.67%) Allen-Bradley
5 6 (2.67%) Google
5 6 (2.67%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.67%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.67%) Toshiba
5 6 (2.67%) VMware
6 5 (2.22%) PayPal
7 4 (1.78%) Autodesk
7 4 (1.78%) Sage
8 3 (1.33%) Oracle
8 3 (1.33%) UiPath
9 2 (0.89%) Blue Coat
9 2 (0.89%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.89%) Motorola
9 2 (0.89%) Nexthink
9 2 (0.89%) Salesforce