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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 57 65
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +39
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 285 425 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.97% 3.40% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 4.23% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 168 201 258
10th Percentile £25,875 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +7.79%

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 8,112 10,048 7,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.61% 80.46% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,557 4,750 5,510
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -7 129 £42,000 -15.14% 67
North West -53 103 £57,750 +15.50% 178
North East +19 53 £37,500 -16.67% 79
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 (1.75%) CMS
1 5 (1.75%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.05%) Kinematics
2 3 (1.05%) Magnolia
2 3 (1.05%) WordPress
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.35%) IIS
3 1 (0.35%) SAS
3 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.35%) WinCC
Applications
1 33 (11.58%) Chatbot
2 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.51%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.11%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.40%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (1.05%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.35%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.05%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (24.56%) Azure
2 47 (16.49%) AWS
3 16 (5.61%) GCP
3 16 (5.61%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.91%) Serverless
5 13 (4.56%) SaaS
6 12 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.40%) GitHub
8 4 (1.40%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.70%) Figma
10 2 (0.70%) OCI
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.16%) DNS
1 9 (3.16%) Firewall
1 9 (3.16%) TCP/IP
1 9 (3.16%) VPN
2 8 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.11%) Asterisk PBX
3 6 (2.11%) PSTN
3 6 (2.11%) VoIP
4 3 (1.05%) SAN
5 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.70%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.23%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.21%) Power BI
3 11 (3.86%) MySQL
4 10 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.46%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.75%) Tableau
8 4 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.40%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.40%) Looker
9 3 (1.05%) Big Data
10 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (11.58%) JIRA
2 14 (4.91%) Git
3 9 (3.16%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.05%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.05%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.35%) CANoe
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.35%) MLflow
General
1 118 (41.40%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.40%) Finance
3 39 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.07%) Esports
5 20 (7.02%) Marketing
6 18 (6.32%) Retail
7 12 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.51%) Legal
9 9 (3.16%) Advertising
10 8 (2.81%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.11%) Law
13 4 (1.40%) Banking
14 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.05%) Games
14 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.05%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.70%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.70%) Back Office
15 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (19.30%) Developer
2 34 (11.93%) Senior
3 33 (11.58%) Trainer
4 19 (6.67%) Analyst
5 18 (6.32%) Architect
5 18 (6.32%) Graduate
6 16 (5.61%) JIRA Developer
7 14 (4.91%) Technical Support
8 12 (4.21%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (4.21%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.86%) Coordinator
10 10 (3.51%) Graduate Developer
11 9 (3.16%) Consultant
11 9 (3.16%) IT Graduate
11 9 (3.16%) Statistician
11 9 (3.16%) Technical Engineer
11 9 (3.16%) Technical Support Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) Administrator
12 8 (2.81%) Applications Architect
13 7 (2.46%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.47%) CSS
2 19 (6.67%) HTML
3 13 (4.56%) .NET
4 11 (3.86%) ASP.NET
5 10 (3.51%) React
6 9 (3.16%) jQuery
6 9 (3.16%) RESTful
7 7 (2.46%) Web Services
8 6 (2.11%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (1.75%) Middleware
9 5 (1.75%) Vue
10 4 (1.40%) Celery
10 4 (1.40%) Django
10 4 (1.40%) FastAPI
10 4 (1.40%) Flask
10 4 (1.40%) REST
10 4 (1.40%) Spring
10 4 (1.40%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.05%) Kafka
11 3 (1.05%) Micronaut
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.07%) Social Media
2 18 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.81%) LIMS
6 7 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.75%) NHS
8 3 (1.05%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.05%) Robotics
8 3 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.70%) FMCG
9 2 (0.70%) iPhone
9 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.89%) Windows
2 33 (11.58%) Linux
3 11 (3.86%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (20.35%) AI
3 55 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (15.44%) Mathematics
5 40 (14.04%) Statistics
6 38 (13.33%) Agile
7 37 (12.98%) Change Management
8 35 (12.28%) DevOps
9 33 (11.58%) Conversational UI
9 33 (11.58%) Software Engineering
10 31 (10.88%) ITIL
11 28 (9.82%) CI/CD
12 26 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (8.77%) Project Management
14 21 (7.37%) Incident Management
14 21 (7.37%) Mentoring
14 21 (7.37%) OOP
15 20 (7.02%) ITSM
16 19 (6.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.21%) SQL
2 67 (23.51%) Python
3 58 (20.35%) Java
4 54 (18.95%) C#
5 50 (17.54%) JavaScript
6 28 (9.82%) C++
6 28 (9.82%) TypeScript
7 26 (9.12%) C
8 24 (8.42%) PowerShell
9 23 (8.07%) PHP
10 14 (4.91%) R
10 14 (4.91%) Ruby
11 13 (4.56%) Dart
11 13 (4.56%) MATLAB
11 13 (4.56%) Rust
12 10 (3.51%) Delphi
13 9 (3.16%) Bash
14 7 (2.46%) Perl
15 3 (1.05%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 235 (82.46%) Degree
2 116 (40.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 59 (20.70%) Master's Degree
4 35 (12.28%) PhD
5 24 (8.42%) DBS Check
6 18 (6.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 17 (5.96%) Azure Certification
7 17 (5.96%) HND
7 17 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (5.26%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (3.86%) HNC
11 7 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.11%) CCNP
12 6 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.75%) SC Cleared
13 5 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.11%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.11%) IEC 61131
1 6 (2.11%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.40%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.40%) GDPR
2 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.70%) NCSC
3 2 (0.70%) NIST
3 2 (0.70%) QA
4 1 (0.35%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.81%) Docker
3 6 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.05%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.96%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.16%) Control-M
2 9 (3.16%) Grafana
3 6 (2.11%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.40%) Terraform
5 3 (1.05%) Ansible
5 3 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.05%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.35%) AssetCenter
6 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.58%) PayPal
3 19 (6.67%) Atlassian
4 10 (3.51%) Siemens
5 9 (3.16%) Google
6 7 (2.46%) Cisco
6 7 (2.46%) VMware
7 6 (2.11%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.11%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.11%) Toshiba
8 5 (1.75%) Databricks
8 5 (1.75%) Oracle
8 5 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.40%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.40%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.40%) IBM
9 4 (1.40%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.40%) Sage
9 4 (1.40%) Splunk
10 3 (1.05%) Bloomberg