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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 50 55
Rank change year-on-year -98 +5 +89
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 193 411 629
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.06% 5.79% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 6.13% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 124 247 490
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,763 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +8.40% -9.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 13,274 6,710 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 72.60% 94.57% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,190 3,770 11,039
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -80 93 £57,000 +35.71% 25
North West -86 74 £48,294 -8.01% 48
North East -51 26 £60,000 +6.19% 22
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 4 (2.07%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.55%) JBoss
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (4.15%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 77 (39.90%) Azure
2 60 (31.09%) AWS
3 27 (13.99%) Serverless
4 12 (6.22%) GCP
5 9 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.63%) Azure Functions
7 7 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.63%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.11%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.11%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.11%) SaaS
9 5 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.07%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.55%) Amazon Cognito
11 3 (1.55%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.25%) Network Security
2 12 (6.22%) Firewall
3 9 (4.66%) LAN
3 9 (4.66%) VLAN
3 9 (4.66%) WAN
3 9 (4.66%) Wireless
4 8 (4.15%) BGP
4 8 (4.15%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (4.15%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (4.15%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (4.15%) EIGRP
4 8 (4.15%) OSPF
4 8 (4.15%) SNMP
4 8 (4.15%) VPN
4 8 (4.15%) WAAS
4 8 (4.15%) Wireless Security
5 5 (2.59%) Internet
6 3 (1.55%) DMZ
6 3 (1.55%) Modbus
7 2 (1.04%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (4.66%) Spark SQL
3 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.11%) Power BI
4 5 (2.59%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.59%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.07%) Big Data
5 4 (2.07%) Metadata
5 4 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.55%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.55%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.04%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.04%) Tableau
8 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (5.18%) JIRA
2 4 (2.07%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.55%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.55%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.55%) Maven
3 3 (1.55%) Selenium
4 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.04%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 84 (43.52%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.54%) Finance
4 15 (7.77%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (6.74%) Retail
6 12 (6.22%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.15%) Esports
8 6 (3.11%) Electronics
9 5 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.07%) Marketing
11 3 (1.55%) French Language
11 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.55%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.55%) Legal
11 3 (1.55%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
12 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 2 (1.04%) Games
12 2 (1.04%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 33 (17.10%) Graduate
2 30 (15.54%) Developer
3 24 (12.44%) Architect
4 20 (10.36%) Software Engineer
5 18 (9.33%) Senior
6 17 (8.81%) Software Developer
7 15 (7.77%) Analyst
7 15 (7.77%) Graduate Developer
7 15 (7.77%) Graduate Software Developer
7 15 (7.77%) Lead
8 13 (6.74%) Data Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) C# Developer
9 10 (5.18%) C# Software Developer
9 10 (5.18%) Graduate C# Developer
9 10 (5.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 9 (4.66%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 9 (4.66%) Lead Data Engineer
10 9 (4.66%) Network Engineer
11 8 (4.15%) Graduate SQL Developer
11 8 (4.15%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.29%) .NET
2 9 (4.66%) PySpark
2 9 (4.66%) REST
3 7 (3.63%) ARM Templates
3 7 (3.63%) CSS
4 5 (2.59%) HTML
4 5 (2.59%) Node.js
5 4 (2.07%) Django
5 4 (2.07%) Flask
5 4 (2.07%) React
6 3 (1.55%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.55%) Celery
6 3 (1.55%) Drools
6 3 (1.55%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.55%) jQuery
6 3 (1.55%) RESTful
6 3 (1.55%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.55%) Swagger
6 3 (1.55%) Vue
6 3 (1.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.77%) Algorithms
1 15 (7.77%) Driving Licence
2 14 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (6.74%) Social Media
4 11 (5.70%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.70%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.18%) Data Structures
6 8 (4.15%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.11%) Hedge funds
7 6 (3.11%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.59%) CMDB
8 5 (2.59%) PACS
8 5 (2.59%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.07%) Cybercrime
9 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.55%) Life Science
10 3 (1.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.33%) Windows
2 9 (4.66%) Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Android
3 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (16.58%) Software Engineering
5 31 (16.06%) Mentoring
6 30 (15.54%) AI
7 28 (14.51%) Data Modelling
8 26 (13.47%) DevOps
9 25 (12.95%) Agile
10 24 (12.44%) CI/CD
10 24 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (11.92%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (9.84%) Analytics
12 19 (9.84%) ITIL
12 19 (9.84%) Mathematics
12 19 (9.84%) Migration
13 17 (8.81%) Architectural Patterns
13 17 (8.81%) Data Engineering
13 17 (8.81%) Data Governance
13 17 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (39.90%) Python
2 49 (25.39%) SQL
3 40 (20.73%) C#
4 36 (18.65%) Java
5 30 (15.54%) JavaScript
6 19 (9.84%) TypeScript
7 17 (8.81%) PowerShell
8 16 (8.29%) PHP
9 12 (6.22%) C++
10 9 (4.66%) C
11 5 (2.59%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.55%) Bash
12 3 (1.55%) Groovy
12 3 (1.55%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.04%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.04%) Scala
13 2 (1.04%) VB
14 1 (0.52%) Delphi
14 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 147 (76.17%) Degree
2 86 (44.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (15.54%) AWS Certification
4 23 (11.92%) Azure Certification
5 19 (9.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 18 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (7.77%) DBS Check
8 14 (7.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (6.22%) Master's Degree
10 11 (5.70%) Security Cleared
11 10 (5.18%) CCNP
11 10 (5.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 10 (5.18%) SC Cleared
12 8 (4.15%) CCIE
13 6 (3.11%) CISSP
14 5 (2.59%) CISM
14 5 (2.59%) PhD
15 4 (2.07%) HND
16 3 (1.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.66%) GDPR
1 9 (4.66%) NIST
2 8 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.15%) PMO
3 7 (3.63%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.59%) DICOM
5 5 (2.59%) QA
6 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.15%) Docker
1 8 (4.15%) ProxySG
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (8.29%) Terraform
2 6 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.55%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.04%) Control-M
4 2 (1.04%) Grafana
4 2 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.04%) SCCM
5 1 (0.52%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.70%) Databricks
3 9 (4.66%) CheckPoint
3 9 (4.66%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.15%) Atlassian
4 8 (4.15%) Blue Coat
4 8 (4.15%) Cisco
4 8 (4.15%) F5
4 8 (4.15%) Infoblox
4 8 (4.15%) Motorola
4 8 (4.15%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.55%) IFS
5 3 (1.55%) Oracle
6 2 (1.04%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.52%) Aruba
7 1 (0.52%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.52%) PayPal
7 1 (0.52%) VMware