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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 44 52
Rank change year-on-year -100 +8 +109
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 188 356 629
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 5.45% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 5.78% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 125 206 494
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +13.99% +1.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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 12,403 6,155 13,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 73.56% 94.17% 83.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,571 3,716 10,891
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -81 89 £52,500 +16.67% 34
North West -90 72 £57,000 -3.39% 50
North East -42 27 £55,750 -2.19% 16
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 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.60%) JBoss
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (4.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 70 (37.23%) Azure
2 60 (31.91%) AWS
3 27 (14.36%) Serverless
4 13 (6.91%) GCP
5 7 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.19%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.66%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.13%) Azure Functions
8 4 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.13%) SaaS
9 3 (1.60%) Amazon Cognito
9 3 (1.60%) Amazon ECR
9 3 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.60%) AWS Step Functions
9 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.91%) Network Security
2 12 (6.38%) Firewall
3 9 (4.79%) LAN
3 9 (4.79%) VLAN
3 9 (4.79%) WAN
3 9 (4.79%) Wireless
4 8 (4.26%) BGP
4 8 (4.26%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (4.26%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (4.26%) EIGRP
4 8 (4.26%) OSPF
4 8 (4.26%) SNMP
4 8 (4.26%) VPN
4 8 (4.26%) WAAS
4 8 (4.26%) Wireless Security
5 3 (1.60%) DMZ
5 3 (1.60%) Modbus
6 2 (1.06%) Internet
6 2 (1.06%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.26%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.19%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.66%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.66%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (2.66%) Spark SQL
6 4 (2.13%) Big Data
7 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.60%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.60%) Power BI
8 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.06%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.06%) Metadata
8 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.06%) Tableau
9 1 (0.53%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) JIRA
2 4 (2.13%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.60%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.60%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.60%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.60%) Git
3 3 (1.60%) GitLab
3 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.60%) Maven
3 3 (1.60%) Selenium
4 2 (1.06%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (18.09%) Finance
4 17 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.98%) Retail
6 14 (7.45%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.26%) Esports
8 7 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.19%) Electronics
10 4 (2.13%) Marketing
10 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.60%) French Language
11 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.60%) Legal
11 3 (1.60%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.60%) Spanish Language
12 2 (1.06%) Automotive
12 2 (1.06%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.06%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (15.43%) Graduate
2 26 (13.83%) Developer
3 23 (12.23%) Architect
3 23 (12.23%) Software Engineer
4 20 (10.64%) Senior
5 14 (7.45%) Analyst
6 12 (6.38%) Software Developer
7 10 (5.32%) C# Developer
7 10 (5.32%) C# Software Developer
7 10 (5.32%) Graduate C# Developer
7 10 (5.32%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 10 (5.32%) Graduate Developer
7 10 (5.32%) Graduate Software Developer
7 10 (5.32%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) Lead
8 9 (4.79%) Applications Architect
8 9 (4.79%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.79%) Network Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.38%) .NET
2 8 (4.26%) React
3 7 (3.72%) Django
4 6 (3.19%) Celery
4 6 (3.19%) FastAPI
4 6 (3.19%) Flask
4 6 (3.19%) RESTful
4 6 (3.19%) Vue
5 5 (2.66%) CSS
5 5 (2.66%) REST
6 4 (2.13%) ARM Templates
6 4 (2.13%) Node.js
6 4 (2.13%) PySpark
7 3 (1.60%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.60%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.60%) Jest
7 3 (1.60%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.60%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.60%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.04%) Driving Licence
1 17 (9.04%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (6.91%) Social Media
3 11 (5.85%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.85%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.85%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.79%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.19%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.66%) CMDB
7 5 (2.66%) PACS
7 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.13%) Life Science
8 4 (2.13%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.60%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.60%) SCADA
9 3 (1.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.11%) Windows
2 12 (6.38%) Linux
3 3 (1.60%) Android
3 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (20.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 37 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (18.62%) Software Engineering
5 30 (15.96%) Mentoring
6 27 (14.36%) AI
7 25 (13.30%) Data Modelling
8 23 (12.23%) Agile
8 23 (12.23%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (10.64%) Architectural Patterns
9 20 (10.64%) DevOps
9 20 (10.64%) Mathematics
9 20 (10.64%) Migration
10 19 (10.11%) Analytics
10 19 (10.11%) Application Security
10 19 (10.11%) ITIL
10 19 (10.11%) Microservices
11 18 (9.57%) CI/CD
11 18 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (38.83%) Python
2 45 (23.94%) SQL
3 39 (20.74%) Java
4 35 (18.62%) C#
5 31 (16.49%) JavaScript
6 22 (11.70%) TypeScript
7 17 (9.04%) PowerShell
8 14 (7.45%) C++
9 11 (5.85%) C
10 10 (5.32%) PHP
11 7 (3.72%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.60%) Bash
12 3 (1.60%) Delphi
12 3 (1.60%) Groovy
12 3 (1.60%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.06%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.06%) Scala
13 2 (1.06%) VB
14 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 145 (77.13%) Degree
2 78 (41.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (17.02%) AWS Certification
4 24 (12.77%) Azure Certification
5 22 (11.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (11.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (9.04%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (7.98%) DBS Check
9 13 (6.91%) Master's Degree
10 11 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (5.32%) CCNP
11 10 (5.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (4.26%) CCIE
12 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
12 8 (4.26%) Security Cleared
13 6 (3.19%) CISSP
14 5 (2.66%) CISM
14 5 (2.66%) PhD
15 4 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (2.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (4.26%) NIST
1 8 (4.26%) PMO
2 6 (3.19%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.19%) GDPR
3 5 (2.66%) DICOM
3 5 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.13%) QA
5 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (5.32%) Docker
2 8 (4.26%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.06%) Firmware
5 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.91%) Terraform
2 9 (4.79%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.60%) Control-M
3 3 (1.60%) Grafana
3 3 (1.60%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.06%) SCCM
5 1 (0.53%) Ansible
5 1 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 35 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.79%) CheckPoint
2 9 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.26%) Atlassian
3 8 (4.26%) Blue Coat
3 8 (4.26%) Cisco
3 8 (4.26%) F5
3 8 (4.26%) Infoblox
3 8 (4.26%) Motorola
3 8 (4.26%) SolarWinds
4 6 (3.19%) Databricks
5 5 (2.66%) Oracle
6 3 (1.60%) IFS
7 2 (1.06%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.53%) Aruba
8 1 (0.53%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.53%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.53%) PayPal
8 1 (0.53%) VMware