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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 56 70
Rank change year-on-year -32 +14 +45
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 232 415 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.32% 3.81% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 4.47% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 141 212 216
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +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 8,568 9,294 6,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 85.60% 85.43% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 4,447 5,165
10th Percentile £26,885 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £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% - -4.00%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 -22 113 £35,000 -29.28% 146
North West -56 70 £60,000 +17.65% 208
North East +9 49 £37,500 -16.67% 36
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 (2.16%) CMS
1 5 (2.16%) Headless CMS
2 4 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.29%) Kinematics
3 3 (1.29%) Magnolia
3 3 (1.29%) WordPress
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.43%) WinCC
Applications
1 17 (7.33%) Chatbot
2 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.31%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (2.59%) AutoCAD
3 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.59%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.72%) Autodesk Inventor
5 3 (1.29%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.43%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.29%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (30.17%) Azure
2 47 (20.26%) AWS
3 19 (8.19%) Serverless
4 14 (6.03%) GCP
5 13 (5.60%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.60%) SaaS
6 12 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.72%) GitHub
8 4 (1.72%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.86%) Figma
10 2 (0.86%) OCI
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.43%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.88%) DNS
1 9 (3.88%) Firewall
1 9 (3.88%) TCP/IP
1 9 (3.88%) VPN
2 8 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.59%) Asterisk PBX
3 6 (2.59%) PSTN
3 6 (2.59%) VoIP
4 5 (2.16%) Network Security
5 4 (1.72%) SAN
6 3 (1.29%) DMZ
6 3 (1.29%) Modbus
7 2 (0.86%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.43%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.88%) Power BI
3 6 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.59%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.16%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.16%) MySQL
5 4 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.72%) Looker
5 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.72%) Tableau
6 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.86%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.86%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.43%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 36 (15.52%) JIRA
2 11 (4.74%) Git
3 10 (4.31%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.29%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.29%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.43%) CANoe
General
1 121 (52.16%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.28%) Finance
3 32 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.76%) Marketing
4 18 (7.76%) Retail
5 12 (5.17%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.45%) Legal
7 7 (3.02%) Advertising
7 7 (3.02%) Esports
7 7 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.16%) Law
10 3 (1.29%) Banking
10 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.29%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.86%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.86%) Games
11 2 (0.86%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 49 (21.12%) Developer
2 30 (12.93%) Senior
3 23 (9.91%) Architect
4 22 (9.48%) JIRA Developer
5 18 (7.76%) Graduate
6 17 (7.33%) Trainer
7 16 (6.90%) Analyst
8 14 (6.03%) Technical Support
9 12 (5.17%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (5.17%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.74%) Applications Architect
10 11 (4.74%) Coordinator
11 10 (4.31%) Support Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Consultant
12 9 (3.88%) Technical Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Technical Support Engineer
13 8 (3.45%) Administrator
13 8 (3.45%) Software Architect
13 8 (3.45%) Support Analyst
14 7 (3.02%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.05%) CSS
2 11 (4.74%) React
3 10 (4.31%) .NET
4 7 (3.02%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.59%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (2.16%) Django
6 5 (2.16%) jQuery
6 5 (2.16%) Middleware
6 5 (2.16%) RESTful
6 5 (2.16%) Vue
7 4 (1.72%) Celery
7 4 (1.72%) FastAPI
7 4 (1.72%) Flask
7 4 (1.72%) HTML
7 4 (1.72%) REST
8 3 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.29%) Itk
8 3 (1.29%) Micronaut
8 3 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.19%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.31%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.45%) LIMS
6 7 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.02%) Social Media
7 6 (2.59%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.16%) NHS
9 4 (1.72%) SCADA
10 3 (1.29%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.29%) Robotics
10 3 (1.29%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (0.86%) FMCG
11 2 (0.86%) iPad
11 2 (0.86%) iPhone
11 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.09%) Linux
2 33 (14.22%) Windows
3 11 (4.74%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (25.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (18.10%) Change Management
4 38 (16.38%) ITIL
5 33 (14.22%) Agile
6 31 (13.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (12.93%) Software Engineering
8 29 (12.50%) DevOps
9 28 (12.07%) AI
9 28 (12.07%) Mathematics
10 27 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (11.21%) Incident Management
11 26 (11.21%) ITSM
12 24 (10.34%) Mentoring
12 24 (10.34%) Migration
12 24 (10.34%) Service Management
13 23 (9.91%) Project Management
14 22 (9.48%) Asset Management
14 22 (9.48%) CI/CD
15 21 (9.05%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 57 (24.57%) Python
2 52 (22.41%) SQL
3 50 (21.55%) Java
4 47 (20.26%) JavaScript
5 41 (17.67%) C#
6 31 (13.36%) PowerShell
7 22 (9.48%) TypeScript
8 16 (6.90%) C
9 14 (6.03%) C++
10 10 (4.31%) Delphi
11 9 (3.88%) Bash
12 7 (3.02%) PHP
12 7 (3.02%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.59%) Perl
14 3 (1.29%) Tcl
15 2 (0.86%) Swift
16 1 (0.43%) Go
16 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.43%) R
16 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 199 (85.78%) Degree
2 92 (39.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (16.81%) Master's Degree
4 24 (10.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 21 (9.05%) Azure Certification
5 21 (9.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (8.62%) AWS Certification
6 20 (8.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 20 (8.62%) HND
7 18 (7.76%) PhD
7 18 (7.76%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (4.74%) HNC
9 8 (3.45%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.45%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.02%) DBS Check
10 7 (3.02%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.59%) CCNP
11 6 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.59%) IEC 61131
1 6 (2.59%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.29%) NIST
5 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.86%) GDPR
5 2 (0.86%) NCSC
6 1 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.43%) QA
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.45%) Docker
3 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.29%) vSphere
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.31%) Control-M
2 10 (4.31%) Grafana
3 7 (3.02%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.72%) Terraform
5 3 (1.29%) Ansible
5 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.29%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.43%) AssetCenter
6 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.78%) Atlassian
3 17 (7.33%) PayPal
4 10 (4.31%) Siemens
5 7 (3.02%) Cisco
5 7 (3.02%) Google
5 7 (3.02%) VMware
6 6 (2.59%) Allen-Bradley
6 6 (2.59%) HubSpot
6 6 (2.59%) Toshiba
7 4 (1.72%) Autodesk
7 4 (1.72%) Sage
8 3 (1.29%) Oracle
8 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.29%) UiPath
9 2 (0.86%) Databricks
9 2 (0.86%) Nexthink
9 2 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.43%) SAP