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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 63 55
Rank change year-on-year -83 -8 +81
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 200 421 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 5.51% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 5.79% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 135 262 496
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -8.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £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 13,113 7,265 13,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.05% 95.05% 82.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,603 3,712 11,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £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 13 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 13 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 -82 91 £57,500 +36.90% 31
North West -67 77 £40,000 -23.81% 52
North East -43 32 £62,500 +10.62% 34
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 (2.00%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.50%) JBoss
2 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.00%) CMS
3 2 (1.00%) WordPress
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (4.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (40.50%) Azure
2 60 (30.00%) AWS
3 26 (13.00%) Serverless
4 14 (7.00%) GCP
5 11 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.50%) Azure Functions
7 9 (4.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (4.50%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.50%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.00%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.00%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.00%) SaaS
10 5 (2.50%) Azure AI
10 5 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.50%) Amazon Cognito
12 3 (1.50%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.00%) Network Security
2 12 (6.00%) Firewall
3 9 (4.50%) LAN
3 9 (4.50%) VLAN
3 9 (4.50%) WAN
3 9 (4.50%) Wireless
4 8 (4.00%) BGP
4 8 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (4.00%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (4.00%) EIGRP
4 8 (4.00%) OSPF
4 8 (4.00%) SNMP
4 8 (4.00%) VPN
4 8 (4.00%) WAAS
4 8 (4.00%) Wireless Security
5 5 (2.50%) Internet
6 3 (1.50%) DMZ
6 3 (1.50%) Modbus
7 1 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (5.50%) Spark SQL
3 6 (3.00%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.00%) Power BI
4 5 (2.50%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.50%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.00%) Big Data
5 4 (2.00%) Metadata
5 4 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.50%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.50%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.50%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.00%) Tableau
8 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.00%) JIRA
2 6 (3.00%) SonarQube
3 5 (2.50%) Git
4 4 (2.00%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.50%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.50%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.50%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.50%) GitLab
5 3 (1.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.50%) Maven
5 3 (1.50%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.50%) Selenium
5 3 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 78 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.50%) Finance
3 34 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.00%) Retail
6 11 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.00%) Esports
8 7 (3.50%) Marketing
9 6 (3.00%) Electronics
10 5 (2.50%) Legal
11 4 (2.00%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.50%) Advertising
12 3 (1.50%) Banking
12 3 (1.50%) French Language
12 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.50%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.50%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.50%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (17.50%) Graduate
2 30 (15.00%) Developer
3 23 (11.50%) Architect
4 21 (10.50%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.50%) Lead
6 17 (8.50%) Senior
6 17 (8.50%) Software Developer
7 16 (8.00%) Data Engineer
8 15 (7.50%) Analyst
8 15 (7.50%) Graduate Developer
8 15 (7.50%) Graduate Software Developer
9 11 (5.50%) Lead Data Engineer
10 10 (5.00%) C# Developer
10 10 (5.00%) C# Software Developer
10 10 (5.00%) Graduate C# Developer
10 10 (5.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 9 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (4.50%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 9 (4.50%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.50%) .NET
2 13 (6.50%) REST
3 11 (5.50%) CSS
3 11 (5.50%) PySpark
4 9 (4.50%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.50%) HTML
6 6 (3.00%) React
7 5 (2.50%) Node.js
8 4 (2.00%) Ajax
8 4 (2.00%) Django
8 4 (2.00%) Flask
9 3 (1.50%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.50%) CSS3
9 3 (1.50%) Drools
9 3 (1.50%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.50%) HTML5
9 3 (1.50%) jQuery
9 3 (1.50%) JSON
9 3 (1.50%) RESTful
9 3 (1.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.00%) Algorithms
2 14 (7.00%) Driving Licence
3 13 (6.50%) Social Media
4 11 (5.50%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.50%) Data Structures
4 11 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.50%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.00%) Hedge funds
5 8 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.00%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.50%) CMDB
7 5 (2.50%) PACS
7 5 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.00%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.00%) Cybercrime
8 4 (2.00%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.50%) Windows
2 12 (6.00%) Linux
3 3 (1.50%) Android
3 3 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (18.50%) AI
3 34 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (17.00%) Software Engineering
4 32 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 31 (15.50%) DevOps
6 29 (14.50%) CI/CD
6 29 (14.50%) Data Modelling
6 29 (14.50%) Mentoring
7 25 (12.50%) Agile
7 25 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (11.50%) Analytics
8 23 (11.50%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (9.50%) Data Engineering
9 19 (9.50%) Data Governance
9 19 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (9.00%) Mathematics
11 16 (8.00%) Migration
12 15 (7.50%) Data Science
12 15 (7.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 80 (40.00%) Python
2 52 (26.00%) SQL
3 42 (21.00%) C#
4 37 (18.50%) Java
5 25 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 18 (9.00%) TypeScript
7 16 (8.00%) PHP
8 14 (7.00%) PowerShell
9 13 (6.50%) C++
10 8 (4.00%) C
11 4 (2.00%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.50%) Bash
12 3 (1.50%) Groovy
12 3 (1.50%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.00%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.00%) Scala
13 2 (1.00%) VB
14 1 (0.50%) Go
14 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 153 (76.50%) Degree
2 95 (47.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (13.50%) AWS Certification
4 21 (10.50%) Azure Certification
5 16 (8.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (7.50%) DBS Check
6 15 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (7.00%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (6.00%) Security Cleared
9 11 (5.50%) Master's Degree
9 11 (5.50%) SC Cleared
9 11 (5.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (5.00%) CCNP
11 8 (4.00%) CCIE
11 8 (4.00%) CISSP
12 6 (3.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (2.50%) CISM
14 4 (2.00%) HND
14 4 (2.00%) PhD
15 3 (1.50%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.50%) GDPR
1 11 (5.50%) NIST
2 8 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.00%) PMO
3 7 (3.50%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.50%) DICOM
5 4 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.00%) QA
6 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (5.00%) Docker
2 8 (4.00%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.50%) vSphere
4 2 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (10.00%) Terraform
2 8 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.00%) Control-M
3 4 (2.00%) Grafana
4 3 (1.50%) Ansible
4 3 (1.50%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.50%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.00%) SCCM
6 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.00%) Databricks
3 9 (4.50%) CheckPoint
3 9 (4.50%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.00%) Blue Coat
4 8 (4.00%) Cisco
4 8 (4.00%) F5
4 8 (4.00%) Infoblox
4 8 (4.00%) Motorola
4 8 (4.00%) SolarWinds
5 6 (3.00%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.50%) IFS
6 3 (1.50%) Oracle
6 3 (1.50%) VMware
7 2 (1.00%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.00%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.50%) Aruba
8 1 (0.50%) Ekahau
8 1 (0.50%) Google
8 1 (0.50%) Palo Alto