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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 39 63
Rank change year-on-year -56 +24 +69
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 223 453 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.99% 5.01% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 5.49% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 132 189 293
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £51,238 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% -2.40% +10.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% -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 8,866 8,255 8,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.00% 91.22% 87.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,809 3,693 6,910
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £40,000 £38,010
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,966
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,786
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -38 115 £45,000 -10.00% 50
North West -61 64 £57,500 +12.22% 76
North East +3 44 £47,500 -15.93% 33
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%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.90%) CMS
2 2 (0.90%) Headless CMS
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.45%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.45%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (4.48%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.04%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (2.69%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.35%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.35%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.35%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.35%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.35%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.98%) Azure
2 64 (28.70%) AWS
3 27 (12.11%) Serverless
4 18 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.17%) GCP
6 12 (5.38%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.48%) SaaS
8 4 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.90%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.90%) Figma
10 2 (0.90%) GitHub
10 2 (0.90%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.90%) OCI
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.83%) Firewall
1 13 (5.83%) VPN
2 9 (4.04%) DNS
2 9 (4.04%) Network Security
2 9 (4.04%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.69%) Asterisk PBX
4 6 (2.69%) PSTN
4 6 (2.69%) VoIP
5 4 (1.79%) BGP
5 4 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.79%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.79%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.79%) LAN
5 4 (1.79%) OSPF
5 4 (1.79%) SNMP
5 4 (1.79%) WAAS
5 4 (1.79%) WAN
5 4 (1.79%) Wireless
5 4 (1.79%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.11%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.48%) Power BI
3 8 (3.59%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.24%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.79%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.79%) Looker
6 4 (1.79%) MySQL
6 4 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.79%) Tableau
7 3 (1.35%) Big Data
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.90%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.90%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (16.14%) JIRA
2 9 (4.04%) Bitbucket
2 9 (4.04%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
General
1 136 (60.99%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.97%) Finance
3 44 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.62%) Retail
5 16 (7.17%) Marketing
6 12 (5.38%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.59%) Esports
8 8 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.69%) Advertising
9 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.35%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.90%) Banking
11 2 (0.90%) French Language
11 2 (0.90%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (18.83%) Developer
2 31 (13.90%) Architect
3 27 (12.11%) Senior
4 25 (11.21%) Graduate
5 23 (10.31%) JIRA Developer
6 22 (9.87%) Analyst
7 16 (7.17%) Software Engineer
8 14 (6.28%) Applications Architect
9 12 (5.38%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Software Architect
11 9 (4.04%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.59%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.59%) Consultant
12 8 (3.59%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.59%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 8 (3.59%) IT Graduate
12 8 (3.59%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (3.59%) Logistics Engineer
12 8 (3.59%) Software Engineering Graduate
12 8 (3.59%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.97%) CSS
2 10 (4.48%) .NET
2 10 (4.48%) React
3 6 (2.69%) Django
3 6 (2.69%) FreeSWITCH
3 6 (2.69%) RESTful
4 5 (2.24%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.24%) Celery
4 5 (2.24%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.24%) Flask
4 5 (2.24%) Vue
5 4 (1.79%) HTML
5 4 (1.79%) jQuery
6 3 (1.35%) Itk
6 3 (1.35%) Micronaut
6 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.35%) REST
7 2 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.90%) Swagger
7 2 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.21%) Enterprise Software
1 25 (11.21%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.28%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.83%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.59%) LIMS
4 8 (3.59%) Social Media
5 6 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.69%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.69%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.79%) CMDB
6 4 (1.79%) SCADA
7 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.35%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.90%) FMCG
8 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.04%) Windows
2 35 (15.70%) Linux
3 13 (5.83%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.90%) Android
6 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (41.70%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (29.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (20.63%) ITIL
3 46 (20.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 42 (18.83%) Change Management
5 30 (13.45%) Agile
5 30 (13.45%) ITSM
5 30 (13.45%) Software Engineering
6 29 (13.00%) Incident Management
6 29 (13.00%) Mentoring
6 29 (13.00%) Migration
7 28 (12.56%) Application Security
7 28 (12.56%) Data Modelling
7 28 (12.56%) DevOps
7 28 (12.56%) Service Management
8 27 (12.11%) Microservices
9 25 (11.21%) Architectural Patterns
9 25 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (11.21%) Enterprise Architecture
10 24 (10.76%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 69 (30.94%) Python
2 56 (25.11%) SQL
3 55 (24.66%) Java
4 54 (24.22%) JavaScript
5 39 (17.49%) C#
6 34 (15.25%) PowerShell
7 28 (12.56%) TypeScript
8 14 (6.28%) C
9 12 (5.38%) C++
10 8 (3.59%) Bash
10 8 (3.59%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.69%) Delphi
11 6 (2.69%) Perl
11 6 (2.69%) PHP
12 3 (1.35%) Tcl
13 2 (0.90%) Scala
14 1 (0.45%) Go
14 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.45%) R
14 1 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 194 (87.00%) Degree
2 99 (44.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (14.80%) AWS Certification
4 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (13.00%) Azure Certification
6 28 (12.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 28 (12.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 26 (11.66%) Master's Degree
8 24 (10.76%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (8.97%) HND
10 11 (4.93%) HNC
11 10 (4.48%) CCNP
11 10 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (4.48%) DBS Check
12 8 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.59%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (3.14%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (3.14%) SC Cleared
13 7 (3.14%) Security Cleared
14 4 (1.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.69%) IEC 61131
2 5 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.79%) NIST
3 4 (1.79%) PMO
4 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.35%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.90%) NCSC
6 1 (0.45%) DICOM
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 4 (1.79%) ProxySG
3 4 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.90%) vSphere
6 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.04%) Control-M
2 9 (4.04%) Grafana
3 7 (3.14%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.35%) SCCM
4 3 (1.35%) Terraform
5 2 (0.90%) Ansible
5 2 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) AssetCenter
6 1 (0.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 59 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.21%) Atlassian
3 11 (4.93%) Cisco
4 10 (4.48%) Siemens
5 8 (3.59%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.69%) Allen-Bradley
6 6 (2.69%) Google
6 6 (2.69%) HubSpot
6 6 (2.69%) Toshiba
6 6 (2.69%) VMware
7 5 (2.24%) Oracle
8 4 (1.79%) Blue Coat
8 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.79%) F5
8 4 (1.79%) Infoblox
8 4 (1.79%) Motorola
8 4 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.35%) Autodesk
9 3 (1.35%) PayPal
9 3 (1.35%) Sage