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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 59 51
Rank change year-on-year -95 -8 +81
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 199 450 649
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 5.68% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 5.98% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 139 265 503
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,125 £33,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.04% -12.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £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 13,625 7,529 14,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.74% 95.10% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,065 3,708 11,166
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,580 £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 21 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 21 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 92 £60,000 +42.86% 38
North West -71 75 £40,000 -22.72% 56
North East -46 32 £62,500 +10.62% 23
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 (2.01%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.51%) CMS
2 3 (1.51%) JBoss
2 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.51%) WordPress
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (4.02%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 82 (41.21%) Azure
2 60 (30.15%) AWS
3 25 (12.56%) Serverless
4 13 (6.53%) GCP
5 11 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (4.52%) Azure Functions
7 9 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.52%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.02%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.02%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.02%) SaaS
10 5 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.51%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.51%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (1.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.54%) Network Security
2 13 (6.53%) Firewall
3 9 (4.52%) LAN
3 9 (4.52%) VLAN
3 9 (4.52%) WAN
3 9 (4.52%) Wireless
4 8 (4.02%) BGP
4 8 (4.02%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (4.02%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (4.02%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (4.02%) EIGRP
4 8 (4.02%) OSPF
4 8 (4.02%) SNMP
4 8 (4.02%) VPN
4 8 (4.02%) WAAS
4 8 (4.02%) Wireless Security
5 5 (2.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.50%) DMZ
6 1 (0.50%) TCAP
6 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (5.53%) Spark SQL
3 6 (3.02%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.02%) Power BI
4 5 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.51%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.51%) Electronic Patient Records
4 5 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.01%) Big Data
5 4 (2.01%) Metadata
6 3 (1.51%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.51%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.01%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.01%) GIS
7 2 (1.01%) Tableau
8 1 (0.50%) MySQL
8 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.02%) JIRA
2 5 (2.51%) Git
2 5 (2.51%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.51%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.51%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.51%) GitLab
3 3 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.51%) Maven
3 3 (1.51%) Selenium
4 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.01%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
General
1 74 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (16.08%) Finance
4 15 (7.54%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (5.03%) Retail
6 9 (4.52%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.02%) Esports
8 7 (3.52%) Marketing
9 6 (3.02%) Electronics
9 6 (3.02%) Legal
10 4 (2.01%) Advertising
10 4 (2.01%) Banking
10 4 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.51%) French Language
11 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.51%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.51%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.51%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.51%) Spanish Language
12 2 (1.01%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 34 (17.09%) Developer
2 33 (16.58%) Graduate
3 22 (11.06%) Architect
4 20 (10.05%) Lead
4 20 (10.05%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.55%) Senior
6 17 (8.54%) Data Engineer
6 17 (8.54%) Software Developer
7 15 (7.54%) Graduate Developer
7 15 (7.54%) Graduate Software Developer
8 14 (7.04%) Analyst
9 11 (5.53%) Lead Data Engineer
10 10 (5.03%) C# Developer
10 10 (5.03%) C# Software Developer
10 10 (5.03%) Graduate C# Developer
10 10 (5.03%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 9 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (4.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 9 (4.52%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.52%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.55%) .NET
2 14 (7.04%) REST
3 13 (6.53%) CSS
4 11 (5.53%) PySpark
5 9 (4.52%) ARM Templates
6 8 (4.02%) HTML
7 6 (3.02%) React
8 5 (2.51%) Ajax
8 5 (2.51%) Flask
8 5 (2.51%) Node.js
9 4 (2.01%) jQuery
9 4 (2.01%) RESTful
10 3 (1.51%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.51%) Celery
10 3 (1.51%) CSS3
10 3 (1.51%) Drools
10 3 (1.51%) Gherkin
10 3 (1.51%) HTML5
10 3 (1.51%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.04%) Algorithms
2 13 (6.53%) Social Media
3 11 (5.53%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.53%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.03%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.03%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.03%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (4.02%) Hedge funds
6 7 (3.52%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.51%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.51%) CMDB
7 5 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.51%) PACS
7 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.01%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.01%) Cybercrime
8 4 (2.01%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.51%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.55%) Windows
2 9 (4.52%) Linux
3 3 (1.51%) Android
3 3 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (20.60%) AI
3 34 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (17.09%) Software Engineering
4 32 (16.08%) DevOps
4 32 (16.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 31 (15.58%) CI/CD
6 29 (14.57%) Data Modelling
6 29 (14.57%) Mentoring
7 27 (13.57%) Agile
8 25 (12.56%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (12.06%) Analytics
10 23 (11.56%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (10.05%) Data Engineering
11 20 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (9.55%) Data Governance
12 19 (9.55%) Mathematics
13 16 (8.04%) Data Science
14 15 (7.54%) Machine Learning
14 15 (7.54%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 78 (39.20%) Python
2 50 (25.13%) SQL
3 42 (21.11%) C#
4 32 (16.08%) Java
5 26 (13.07%) JavaScript
6 17 (8.54%) TypeScript
7 16 (8.04%) PHP
8 13 (6.53%) PowerShell
9 12 (6.03%) C++
10 6 (3.02%) C
11 3 (1.51%) Bash
11 3 (1.51%) Groovy
11 3 (1.51%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.01%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.01%) Rust
12 2 (1.01%) Scala
12 2 (1.01%) VB
13 1 (0.50%) Delphi
13 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 152 (76.38%) Degree
2 95 (47.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (13.57%) AWS Certification
4 20 (10.05%) Azure Certification
5 15 (7.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 15 (7.54%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (7.54%) DBS Check
6 14 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (5.53%) Master's Degree
8 10 (5.03%) CCNP
8 10 (5.03%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (4.52%) CISSP
9 9 (4.52%) SC Cleared
10 8 (4.02%) CCIE
11 6 (3.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (2.51%) CISM
13 4 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.01%) CCSP
13 4 (2.01%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.53%) GDPR
2 10 (5.03%) NIST
3 9 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.02%) PMO
5 7 (3.52%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.51%) DICOM
7 4 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.01%) QA
8 3 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (5.53%) Docker
2 8 (4.02%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.51%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.01%) Firmware
4 2 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (9.55%) Terraform
2 8 (4.02%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.51%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.01%) Ansible
4 2 (1.01%) Control-M
4 2 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (1.01%) Grafana
4 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.01%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.54%) Databricks
3 9 (4.52%) CheckPoint
3 9 (4.52%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.02%) Blue Coat
4 8 (4.02%) Cisco
4 8 (4.02%) F5
4 8 (4.02%) Infoblox
4 8 (4.02%) Motorola
4 8 (4.02%) SolarWinds
5 5 (2.51%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.51%) IFS
6 3 (1.51%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.51%) Oracle
7 2 (1.01%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.01%) VMware
8 1 (0.50%) Aruba
8 1 (0.50%) Ekahau
8 1 (0.50%) Google
8 1 (0.50%) Palo Alto