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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 73 55
Rank change year-on-year -75 -18 +45
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 233 392 523
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 4.12% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 4.59% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 165 266 375
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,250 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.01% -11.98% -20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £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 14,941 8,539 12,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.25% 89.73% 78.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11,178 4,261 8,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,495
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 29 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 29 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 -65 98 £40,000 -22.72% 52
Yorkshire -70 73 £62,500 +48.81% 24
North East -30 62 £75,000 +100.00% 24
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 (3.43%) Confluence
2 6 (2.58%) WordPress
3 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.72%) CMS
4 3 (1.29%) JBoss
5 2 (0.86%) Apache
5 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 84 (36.05%) Azure
2 58 (24.89%) AWS
3 19 (8.15%) GCP
4 18 (7.73%) Serverless
5 15 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (4.29%) SaaS
8 9 (3.86%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.86%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.86%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.00%) GitHub
11 6 (2.58%) Azure AI
11 6 (2.58%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) Network Security
2 9 (3.86%) Firewall
3 7 (3.00%) Wireless
4 5 (2.15%) Internet
4 5 (2.15%) LAN
4 5 (2.15%) VLAN
4 5 (2.15%) WAN
5 4 (1.72%) BGP
5 4 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.72%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.72%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.72%) OSPF
5 4 (1.72%) SNMP
5 4 (1.72%) VPN
5 4 (1.72%) WAAS
5 4 (1.72%) Wireless Security
6 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.86%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.15%) Spark SQL
3 11 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.43%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.15%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.15%) Power BI
7 4 (1.72%) Metadata
8 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.29%) Big Data
8 3 (1.29%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (1.29%) GIS
8 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.29%) MySQL
8 3 (1.29%) Redis
9 2 (0.86%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (6.01%) Git
2 11 (4.72%) JIRA
3 8 (3.43%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.58%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.72%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.72%) GitLab
6 4 (1.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.29%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.29%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.29%) Maven
7 3 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.29%) Selenium
7 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.86%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
General
1 68 (29.18%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.32%) Finance
3 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.87%) Retail
5 12 (5.15%) Marketing
5 12 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.43%) Banking
7 8 (3.43%) Electronics
7 8 (3.43%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.43%) Legal
8 7 (3.00%) Games
9 5 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Advertising
10 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.86%) Automotive
12 2 (0.86%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 53 (22.75%) Developer
2 40 (17.17%) Software Engineer
3 31 (13.30%) Graduate
4 27 (11.59%) Software Developer
5 25 (10.73%) Senior
6 21 (9.01%) Data Engineer
7 20 (8.58%) Lead
8 18 (7.73%) Architect
9 15 (6.44%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (6.01%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 13 (5.58%) Graduate Developer
11 13 (5.58%) Graduate Software Developer
12 12 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) Principal Software Engineer
13 11 (4.72%) Analyst
13 11 (4.72%) C++ Software Engineer
13 11 (4.72%) Lead Data Engineer
13 11 (4.72%) Rust Engineer
13 11 (4.72%) Rust Software Engineer
14 9 (3.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.59%) .NET
2 18 (7.73%) REST
3 14 (6.01%) CSS
4 13 (5.58%) PySpark
5 12 (5.15%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.15%) Node.js
5 12 (5.15%) React
6 9 (3.86%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.43%) HTML
7 8 (3.43%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.00%) RESTful
8 7 (3.00%) Spring
9 6 (2.58%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.58%) Ajax
9 6 (2.58%) Flask
10 5 (2.15%) jQuery
10 5 (2.15%) Kafka
10 5 (2.15%) Vue
11 4 (1.72%) CSS3
11 4 (1.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.15%) Hedge funds
3 8 (3.43%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.00%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.00%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.58%) EPoS
5 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.15%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.15%) Cybercrime
6 5 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.15%) Social Media
7 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.72%) Life Science
7 4 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.29%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.30%) Linux
2 11 (4.72%) Windows
3 3 (1.29%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (34.76%) AI
2 66 (28.33%) Software Engineering
3 54 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (21.03%) Agile
5 43 (18.45%) CI/CD
6 41 (17.60%) DevOps
7 39 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (15.02%) Mathematics
9 29 (12.45%) Analytics
9 29 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (10.73%) Physics
10 25 (10.73%) Workflow
11 24 (10.30%) Mentoring
11 24 (10.30%) Test Automation
12 23 (9.87%) Fintech
13 22 (9.44%) Roadmaps
14 21 (9.01%) Data Science
14 21 (9.01%) Technical Debt
15 20 (8.58%) Requirements Management
16 19 (8.15%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 77 (33.05%) Python
2 54 (23.18%) SQL
3 38 (16.31%) C#
4 34 (14.59%) C++
5 33 (14.16%) Java
6 20 (8.58%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.58%) Rust
7 19 (8.15%) PHP
8 15 (6.44%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.86%) C
10 6 (2.58%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.72%) Delphi
12 3 (1.29%) Bash
12 3 (1.29%) Groovy
12 3 (1.29%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.86%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.86%) VB
14 1 (0.43%) Ada
14 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 199 (85.41%) Degree
2 122 (52.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (8.15%) Master's Degree
4 15 (6.44%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.43%) CISSP
7 7 (3.00%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.00%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.58%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.58%) CCNP
8 6 (2.58%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.72%) CCIE
10 4 (1.72%) CCSP
10 4 (1.72%) CISM
10 4 (1.72%) MBA
11 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.15%) GDPR
2 8 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.43%) NIST
2 8 (3.43%) QA
3 6 (2.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.72%) PMO
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) DICOM
6 2 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.43%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 14 (6.01%) Docker
2 4 (1.72%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.29%) vSphere
4 2 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (7.73%) Terraform
2 12 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.29%) Ansible
3 3 (1.29%) Control-M
3 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.29%) Grafana
3 3 (1.29%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.86%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 39 (16.74%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.30%) Databricks
3 5 (2.15%) CheckPoint
3 5 (2.15%) Splunk
4 4 (1.72%) Adobe
4 4 (1.72%) Blue Coat
4 4 (1.72%) Cisco
4 4 (1.72%) F5
4 4 (1.72%) Infoblox
4 4 (1.72%) Motorola
4 4 (1.72%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.72%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.29%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.29%) Foundry
5 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.29%) VMware
6 2 (0.86%) Infor
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle
6 2 (0.86%) Sage