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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 42 67
Rank change year-on-year -48 +25 +47
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 223 470 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.13% 4.76% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 5.37% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 141 208 209
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,905 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,030 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

All Process and 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 8,859 8,748 6,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.62% 88.64% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,537 4,047 4,935
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,238 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -5.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 -39 106 £40,000 -19.59% 97
North West -69 66 £60,000 +17.10% 111
North East +8 51 £42,500 -15.00% 25
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 (2.24%) CMS
1 5 (2.24%) Headless CMS
2 4 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.35%) Kinematics
3 3 (1.35%) Magnolia
3 3 (1.35%) WordPress
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.45%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (4.93%) Chatbot
2 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.48%) SOLIDWORKS
3 8 (3.59%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.69%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (1.79%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (1.35%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.35%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (32.74%) Azure
2 51 (22.87%) AWS
3 21 (9.42%) Serverless
4 14 (6.28%) GCP
5 13 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.83%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.83%) SaaS
6 6 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.79%) GitHub
7 4 (1.79%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.90%) Figma
9 2 (0.90%) OCI
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.45%) Firebase
10 1 (0.45%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.93%) Firewall
1 11 (4.93%) VPN
2 9 (4.04%) DNS
2 9 (4.04%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.14%) Network Security
5 6 (2.69%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (2.69%) PSTN
5 6 (2.69%) VoIP
6 4 (1.79%) SAN
7 3 (1.35%) DMZ
7 3 (1.35%) Modbus
8 2 (0.90%) BGP
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Wireless
8 2 (0.90%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.90%) OSPF
8 2 (0.90%) WAAS
8 2 (0.90%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.45%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.04%) Power BI
3 6 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.24%) MySQL
4 5 (2.24%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.79%) Looker
5 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.79%) Tableau
6 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.45%) Big Data
7 1 (0.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 37 (16.59%) JIRA
2 10 (4.48%) Bitbucket
2 10 (4.48%) Git
3 3 (1.35%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.35%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.35%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (56.05%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.32%) Finance
3 34 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.52%) Retail
5 18 (8.07%) Marketing
6 13 (5.83%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.14%) Advertising
8 7 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.69%) Legal
9 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.24%) Law
11 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.90%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.90%) Back Office
12 2 (0.90%) Banking
12 2 (0.90%) Games
12 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (22.42%) Developer
2 31 (13.90%) Senior
3 25 (11.21%) Architect
4 23 (10.31%) JIRA Developer
5 20 (8.97%) Graduate
6 16 (7.17%) Analyst
7 15 (6.73%) Technical Support
8 13 (5.83%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.38%) Applications Architect
9 12 (5.38%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Trainer
11 10 (4.48%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.04%) Consultant
12 9 (4.04%) Coordinator
12 9 (4.04%) Software Architect
12 9 (4.04%) Technical Engineer
12 9 (4.04%) Technical Support Engineer
13 8 (3.59%) Administrator
13 8 (3.59%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (3.59%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.42%) CSS
2 11 (4.93%) React
3 10 (4.48%) .NET
4 7 (3.14%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.69%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (2.24%) Django
6 5 (2.24%) jQuery
6 5 (2.24%) RESTful
6 5 (2.24%) Vue
7 4 (1.79%) Celery
7 4 (1.79%) FastAPI
7 4 (1.79%) Flask
7 4 (1.79%) HTML
7 4 (1.79%) Middleware
7 4 (1.79%) REST
8 3 (1.35%) Itk
8 3 (1.35%) Micronaut
8 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.35%) Web Services
8 3 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.42%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.93%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.59%) LIMS
6 7 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.69%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.24%) NHS
9 4 (1.79%) SCADA
10 3 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.35%) Robotics
10 3 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.90%) FMCG
11 2 (0.90%) iPad
11 2 (0.90%) iPhone
11 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (16.59%) Linux
2 27 (12.11%) Windows
3 11 (4.93%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (35.43%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (27.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (19.28%) Change Management
4 41 (18.39%) ITIL
5 37 (16.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (13.90%) Agile
7 29 (13.00%) Software Engineering
8 28 (12.56%) DevOps
8 28 (12.56%) Incident Management
8 28 (12.56%) ITSM
9 27 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (12.11%) Migration
9 27 (12.11%) Service Management
10 24 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 23 (10.31%) Application Security
11 23 (10.31%) Asset Management
11 23 (10.31%) Microservices
12 22 (9.87%) AI
12 22 (9.87%) Mathematics
12 22 (9.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (27.35%) Python
2 53 (23.77%) Java
3 52 (23.32%) SQL
4 50 (22.42%) JavaScript
5 42 (18.83%) C#
6 32 (14.35%) PowerShell
7 24 (10.76%) TypeScript
8 16 (7.17%) C
9 14 (6.28%) C++
10 10 (4.48%) Delphi
11 9 (4.04%) Bash
12 8 (3.59%) PL/SQL
13 7 (3.14%) PHP
14 6 (2.69%) Perl
15 3 (1.35%) Tcl
16 2 (0.90%) Swift
17 1 (0.45%) Go
17 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
17 1 (0.45%) R
17 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 197 (88.34%) Degree
2 95 (42.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (14.35%) Master's Degree
4 27 (12.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 24 (10.76%) Azure Certification
5 24 (10.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (10.31%) AWS Certification
6 23 (10.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 20 (8.97%) HND
7 20 (8.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (5.38%) PhD
9 11 (4.93%) HNC
10 8 (3.59%) CCNP
10 8 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.59%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.59%) Security Cleared
11 7 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (3.14%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.69%) IEC 61131
1 6 (2.69%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.24%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.35%) NIST
5 2 (0.90%) NCSC
5 2 (0.90%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.59%) Docker
3 5 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.35%) vSphere
5 2 (0.90%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.48%) Control-M
2 10 (4.48%) Grafana
3 7 (3.14%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.79%) Terraform
5 3 (1.35%) Ansible
5 3 (1.35%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.35%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.45%) AssetCenter
6 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.66%) Atlassian
3 11 (4.93%) PayPal
4 10 (4.48%) Siemens
5 9 (4.04%) Cisco
6 7 (3.14%) Google
6 7 (3.14%) VMware
7 6 (2.69%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.69%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.69%) Toshiba
8 4 (1.79%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.79%) Sage
9 3 (1.35%) Oracle
9 3 (1.35%) UiPath
10 2 (0.90%) Blue Coat
10 2 (0.90%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.90%) Motorola
10 2 (0.90%) Nexthink
10 2 (0.90%) Salesforce