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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -96 +2 +105
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 191 383 638
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 5.61% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 5.94% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 124 227 499
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,625 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +14.58% +1.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £84,625 £85,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,439
% change year-on-year - -2.34% -5.48%

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 12,644 6,448 13,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 73.46% 94.46% 83.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,715 3,720 11,006
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,475 £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 17 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 17 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 91 £52,500 +23.53% 32
North West -82 73 £56,250 +2.27% 47
North East -47 27 £60,000 +6.19% 18
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 (2.62%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.57%) JBoss
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (4.19%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 72 (37.70%) Azure
2 59 (30.89%) AWS
3 27 (14.14%) Serverless
4 14 (7.33%) GCP
5 7 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.14%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.62%) Azure Functions
7 5 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.62%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.62%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.09%) SaaS
9 3 (1.57%) Amazon ECR
9 3 (1.57%) Apigee
9 3 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.81%) Network Security
2 12 (6.28%) Firewall
3 9 (4.71%) LAN
3 9 (4.71%) VLAN
3 9 (4.71%) WAN
3 9 (4.71%) Wireless
4 8 (4.19%) BGP
4 8 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (4.19%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (4.19%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (4.19%) EIGRP
4 8 (4.19%) OSPF
4 8 (4.19%) SNMP
4 8 (4.19%) VPN
4 8 (4.19%) WAAS
4 8 (4.19%) Wireless Security
5 3 (1.57%) DMZ
5 3 (1.57%) Internet
5 3 (1.57%) Modbus
6 2 (1.05%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.19%) Spark SQL
3 7 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.62%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.62%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (2.62%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.62%) Power BI
6 4 (2.09%) Big Data
6 4 (2.09%) Metadata
7 3 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.57%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.05%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.05%) Tableau
9 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (6.28%) JIRA
2 4 (2.09%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.57%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.57%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.57%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.57%) Git
3 3 (1.57%) GitLab
3 3 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.57%) Maven
3 3 (1.57%) Selenium
4 2 (1.05%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 90 (47.12%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (17.80%) Finance
4 16 (8.38%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (7.33%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.33%) Retail
6 8 (4.19%) Esports
7 7 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (3.14%) Electronics
9 4 (2.09%) Marketing
9 4 (2.09%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.57%) French Language
10 3 (1.57%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.57%) Legal
10 3 (1.57%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.57%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.05%) Automotive
11 2 (1.05%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.05%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (15.71%) Graduate
2 26 (13.61%) Developer
3 24 (12.57%) Architect
4 23 (12.04%) Software Engineer
5 20 (10.47%) Senior
6 14 (7.33%) Analyst
7 12 (6.28%) Data Engineer
7 12 (6.28%) Lead
7 12 (6.28%) Software Developer
8 11 (5.76%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 10 (5.24%) C# Developer
9 10 (5.24%) C# Software Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Graduate C# Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Graduate C# Software Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Graduate Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Graduate Software Developer
10 9 (4.71%) Network Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Senior Network Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Software Architect
11 8 (4.19%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.28%) .NET
2 7 (3.66%) PySpark
2 7 (3.66%) React
3 6 (3.14%) CSS
3 6 (3.14%) Django
3 6 (3.14%) REST
4 5 (2.62%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.62%) Celery
4 5 (2.62%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.62%) Flask
4 5 (2.62%) RESTful
4 5 (2.62%) Vue
5 4 (2.09%) HTML
5 4 (2.09%) Node.js
6 3 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.57%) Drools
6 3 (1.57%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.57%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.57%) Swagger
6 3 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.90%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.38%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (6.81%) Social Media
4 12 (6.28%) Algorithms
5 11 (5.76%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.76%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.24%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.71%) Data Structures
8 6 (3.14%) Hedge funds
9 5 (2.62%) CMDB
9 5 (2.62%) PACS
9 5 (2.62%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.09%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (2.09%) Life Science
10 4 (2.09%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.09%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.57%) SCADA
11 3 (1.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.47%) Windows
2 13 (6.81%) Linux
3 3 (1.57%) Android
3 3 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.05%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 35 (18.32%) Software Engineering
5 30 (15.71%) Mentoring
6 29 (15.18%) AI
7 27 (14.14%) Data Modelling
8 24 (12.57%) DevOps
9 23 (12.04%) Agile
9 23 (12.04%) Collaborative Working
9 23 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (10.99%) Analytics
10 21 (10.99%) CI/CD
11 20 (10.47%) Mathematics
12 19 (9.95%) Architectural Patterns
12 19 (9.95%) ITIL
12 19 (9.95%) Migration
13 18 (9.42%) Application Security
13 18 (9.42%) Microservices
13 18 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (39.27%) Python
2 47 (24.61%) SQL
3 39 (20.42%) Java
4 34 (17.80%) C#
5 31 (16.23%) JavaScript
6 21 (10.99%) TypeScript
7 17 (8.90%) PowerShell
8 14 (7.33%) C++
9 11 (5.76%) C
10 10 (5.24%) PHP
11 7 (3.66%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.57%) Bash
12 3 (1.57%) Delphi
12 3 (1.57%) Groovy
12 3 (1.57%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.05%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.05%) Scala
13 2 (1.05%) VB
14 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 147 (76.96%) Degree
2 81 (42.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (16.23%) AWS Certification
4 24 (12.57%) Azure Certification
5 21 (10.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 20 (10.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (8.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (7.85%) DBS Check
8 15 (7.85%) Master's Degree
9 11 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (5.24%) CCNP
10 10 (5.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 10 (5.24%) Security Cleared
11 9 (4.71%) SC Cleared
12 8 (4.19%) CCIE
13 6 (3.14%) CISSP
14 5 (2.62%) CISM
14 5 (2.62%) PhD
15 4 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (2.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (4.19%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.19%) NIST
1 8 (4.19%) PMO
2 7 (3.66%) GDPR
3 5 (2.62%) DICOM
3 5 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.09%) QA
5 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.71%) Docker
2 8 (4.19%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.05%) Firmware
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.33%) Terraform
2 8 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.57%) Control-M
3 3 (1.57%) Grafana
3 3 (1.57%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.05%) SCCM
5 1 (0.52%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 35 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.71%) CheckPoint
2 9 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.19%) Atlassian
3 8 (4.19%) Blue Coat
3 8 (4.19%) Cisco
3 8 (4.19%) Databricks
3 8 (4.19%) F5
3 8 (4.19%) Infoblox
3 8 (4.19%) Motorola
3 8 (4.19%) SolarWinds
4 5 (2.62%) Oracle
5 3 (1.57%) IFS
6 2 (1.05%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.52%) Aruba
7 1 (0.52%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.52%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.52%) PayPal
7 1 (0.52%) VMware