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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 59 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 246 427 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.60% 3.50% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 4.21% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 155 209 229
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -11.89% +26.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 7,993 10,132 6,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.44% 82.98% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 4,791 5,279
10th Percentile £26,463 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,158 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 25 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 25 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 -12 111 £35,000 -29.64% 32
North West -48 80 £57,500 +15.00% 75
North East +24 55 £37,500 -16.67% 6
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 (2.03%) CMS
1 5 (2.03%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.22%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.22%) Kinematics
2 3 (1.22%) Magnolia
2 3 (1.22%) WordPress
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
3 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.41%) WinCC
Applications
1 17 (6.91%) Chatbot
2 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.07%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (2.44%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.63%) Autodesk Inventor
5 3 (1.22%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.41%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.22%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (29.27%) Azure
2 47 (19.11%) AWS
3 16 (6.50%) GCP
4 15 (6.10%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.10%) Serverless
5 13 (5.28%) SaaS
6 12 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.63%) GitHub
8 4 (1.63%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.81%) Figma
10 2 (0.81%) OCI
11 1 (0.41%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.41%) Collibra
11 1 (0.41%) Google App Engine
11 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.66%) DNS
1 9 (3.66%) Firewall
1 9 (3.66%) TCP/IP
1 9 (3.66%) VPN
2 8 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.44%) Asterisk PBX
3 6 (2.44%) PSTN
3 6 (2.44%) VoIP
4 5 (2.03%) SAN
5 4 (1.63%) Network Security
6 2 (0.81%) DMZ
6 2 (0.81%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.81%) Modbus
7 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.23%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.47%) MySQL
2 11 (4.47%) Power BI
3 8 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.44%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.03%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.03%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.63%) Looker
7 4 (1.63%) Tableau
8 3 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.41%) Big Data
9 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.41%) GIS
9 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 38 (15.45%) JIRA
2 13 (5.28%) Git
3 11 (4.47%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.63%) Artifactory
4 4 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.63%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.41%) CANoe
6 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
General
1 125 (50.81%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.39%) Finance
3 37 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.32%) Marketing
4 18 (7.32%) Retail
5 14 (5.69%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.47%) Esports
7 9 (3.66%) Legal
8 7 (2.85%) Advertising
8 7 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.03%) Law
11 4 (1.63%) Banking
12 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.22%) Games
12 3 (1.22%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.81%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.81%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 57 (23.17%) Developer
2 31 (12.60%) Senior
3 21 (8.54%) Graduate
4 20 (8.13%) Analyst
4 20 (8.13%) Architect
4 20 (8.13%) JIRA Developer
5 17 (6.91%) Trainer
6 14 (5.69%) Technical Support
7 12 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
8 11 (4.47%) Coordinator
8 11 (4.47%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.07%) Consultant
9 10 (4.07%) Graduate Developer
9 10 (4.07%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Applications Architect
10 9 (3.66%) IT Graduate
10 9 (3.66%) Technical Engineer
10 9 (3.66%) Technical Support Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Administrator
11 8 (3.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.98%) CSS
2 14 (5.69%) .NET
3 11 (4.47%) ASP.NET
3 11 (4.47%) React
4 9 (3.66%) jQuery
5 7 (2.85%) RESTful
6 6 (2.44%) FreeSWITCH
6 6 (2.44%) HTML
7 5 (2.03%) Django
7 5 (2.03%) Middleware
7 5 (2.03%) Vue
7 5 (2.03%) Web Services
8 4 (1.63%) Celery
8 4 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.63%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.63%) Flask
8 4 (1.63%) REST
9 3 (1.22%) Itk
9 3 (1.22%) Micronaut
9 3 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.50%) Enterprise Software
1 16 (6.50%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.47%) Social Media
4 8 (3.25%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.25%) LIMS
5 7 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.03%) NHS
6 5 (2.03%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.22%) Robotics
7 3 (1.22%) SCADA
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 41 (16.67%) Windows
2 36 (14.63%) Linux
3 11 (4.47%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (17.07%) Change Management
4 37 (15.04%) Agile
4 37 (15.04%) ITIL
5 34 (13.82%) Software Engineering
6 31 (12.60%) DevOps
7 30 (12.20%) Mathematics
8 29 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (10.98%) AI
11 25 (10.16%) Incident Management
11 25 (10.16%) Project Management
12 24 (9.76%) CI/CD
12 24 (9.76%) ITSM
13 22 (8.94%) Service Management
13 22 (8.94%) Statistics
14 21 (8.54%) Mentoring
14 21 (8.54%) OOP
15 20 (8.13%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.36%) SQL
2 54 (21.95%) Python
3 50 (20.33%) Java
4 43 (17.48%) C#
4 43 (17.48%) JavaScript
5 30 (12.20%) PowerShell
6 18 (7.32%) C++
6 18 (7.32%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.50%) C
8 10 (4.07%) Delphi
8 10 (4.07%) PHP
9 9 (3.66%) Bash
10 6 (2.44%) Perl
10 6 (2.44%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.22%) Tcl
12 2 (0.81%) Swift
13 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.41%) Go
13 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 211 (85.77%) Degree
2 103 (41.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (15.85%) Master's Degree
4 22 (8.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 19 (7.72%) Azure Certification
5 19 (7.72%) HND
5 19 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (6.91%) AWS Certification
6 17 (6.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 17 (6.91%) PhD
7 15 (6.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.47%) DBS Check
8 11 (4.47%) HNC
9 7 (2.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.85%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.85%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.44%) CCNP
10 6 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.44%) IEC 61131
1 6 (2.44%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.63%) GDPR
2 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.22%) NIST
3 3 (1.22%) QA
4 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.81%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.66%) Active Directory
1 9 (3.66%) Docker
2 6 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.63%) vSphere
4 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.47%) Control-M
2 11 (4.47%) Grafana
3 7 (2.85%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.03%) Terraform
5 4 (1.63%) Ansible
5 4 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.22%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.41%) AssetCenter
7 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.76%) Atlassian
3 17 (6.91%) PayPal
4 10 (4.07%) Siemens
5 8 (3.25%) Google
5 8 (3.25%) VMware
6 7 (2.85%) Cisco
7 6 (2.44%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (2.44%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.44%) Toshiba
8 5 (2.03%) Oracle
8 5 (2.03%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.63%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.63%) Databricks
9 4 (1.63%) Sage
10 3 (1.22%) UiPath
11 2 (0.81%) Moogsoft
11 2 (0.81%) Nexthink
11 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.81%) Splunk