Computer Science Degree Jobs in the North West

Computer Science Degree
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 121 161
Rank change year-on-year -72 +40 +78
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 99 206 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.26% 1.95% 1.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.98% 8.46% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 78 158 97
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +7.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £120,000 £80,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,995 2,436 2,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 63.56% 23.11% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,480 1,651 900
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North West.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Manchester +2 72 £59,500 +8.18% 313
Cheshire -6 18 £35,000 - 168
Merseyside +33 4 £32,500 -32.99% 77
Lancashire -98 3 £62,205 +50.80% 105
Cumbria -68 2 £52,500 +77.97% 2
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.04%) SAS
2 3 (3.03%) Confluence
2 3 (3.03%) WordPress
3 2 (2.02%) CMS
4 1 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.01%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 25 (25.25%) AWS
2 13 (13.13%) Azure
3 4 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 4 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (4.04%) GCP
3 4 (4.04%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.03%) SaaS
5 2 (2.02%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.01%) Boomi
6 1 (1.01%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.01%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.01%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.06%) Firewall
1 6 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.03%) Internet
3 2 (2.02%) DNS
3 2 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.01%) Broadband
4 1 (1.01%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.01%) FlexRay
4 1 (1.01%) MQTT
4 1 (1.01%) NAS
4 1 (1.01%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (7.07%) MySQL
2 7 (7.07%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.05%) MongoDB
4 4 (4.04%) Big Data
4 4 (4.04%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.01%) GIS
7 1 (1.01%) Power BI
7 1 (1.01%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Git
2 3 (3.03%) JIRA
3 2 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.02%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.01%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.01%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
General
1 59 (59.60%) Social Skills
2 26 (26.26%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (23.23%) Finance
4 10 (10.10%) Manufacturing
5 9 (9.09%) Retail
6 7 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.04%) Automotive
7 4 (4.04%) Legal
7 4 (4.04%) Marketing
8 3 (3.03%) Law
8 3 (3.03%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (2.02%) Advertising
9 2 (2.02%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (2.02%) Games
9 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.01%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (32.32%) Developer
2 16 (16.16%) Software Engineer
3 15 (15.15%) Lead
4 12 (12.12%) Analyst
4 12 (12.12%) Senior
5 10 (10.10%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.10%) Lead Software Engineer
6 9 (9.09%) WinForms Developer
7 8 (8.08%) Senior Developer
8 7 (7.07%) Applications Support
8 7 (7.07%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (7.07%) Architect
8 7 (7.07%) Support Analyst
9 6 (6.06%) Security Architect
10 4 (4.04%) Data Manager
10 4 (4.04%) Data Warehouse Manager
10 4 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Graduate
10 4 (4.04%) Junior
10 4 (4.04%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (23.23%) .NET
2 11 (11.11%) WinForms
3 10 (10.10%) HTML
4 9 (9.09%) CSS
4 9 (9.09%) React
5 8 (8.08%) RESTful
6 6 (6.06%) .NET Core
6 6 (6.06%) AngularJS
6 6 (6.06%) Web Services
7 4 (4.04%) React Native
7 4 (4.04%) Vue
8 3 (3.03%) Django
8 3 (3.03%) Kafka
8 3 (3.03%) REST
8 3 (3.03%) Spring
8 3 (3.03%) Spring Boot
9 2 (2.02%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.02%) jQuery
9 2 (2.02%) JSON
9 2 (2.02%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.08%) Management Information System
1 8 (8.08%) Security Posture
2 7 (7.07%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 7 (7.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 6 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.06%) Social Media
4 5 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.03%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.02%) Educational Technology
7 2 (2.02%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.02%) Tandem
8 1 (1.01%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.01%) Infotainment
8 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.01%) Online Games
8 1 (1.01%) PropTech
8 1 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.15%) Linux
2 11 (11.11%) Windows
3 6 (6.06%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.01%) Android
4 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 54 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 23 (23.23%) Agile
5 22 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (18.18%) DevOps
7 16 (16.16%) CI/CD
8 14 (14.14%) Design Patterns
8 14 (14.14%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (13.13%) OO
9 13 (13.13%) OOP
10 12 (12.12%) Code Quality
11 11 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (11.11%) Scrum
12 10 (10.10%) E-Commerce
13 9 (9.09%) Analytics
13 9 (9.09%) Data Protection
13 9 (9.09%) Validation
14 8 (8.08%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (33.33%) C#
2 32 (32.32%) SQL
3 25 (25.25%) JavaScript
4 24 (24.24%) Java
5 18 (18.18%) Python
6 12 (12.12%) PHP
7 10 (10.10%) Shell Script
8 9 (9.09%) C++
9 8 (8.08%) PL/SQL
9 8 (8.08%) TypeScript
10 7 (7.07%) C-shell
10 7 (7.07%) Korn
11 5 (5.05%) C
11 5 (5.05%) Ruby
12 4 (4.04%) Dart
12 4 (4.04%) MATLAB
12 4 (4.04%) R
12 4 (4.04%) Rust
13 2 (2.02%) PowerShell
14 1 (1.01%) X++
Qualifications
1 99 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 7 (7.07%) PhD
4 6 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (6.06%) CEH
4 6 (6.06%) CISA
4 6 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.06%) CISM
4 6 (6.06%) CISSP
4 6 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.04%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.02%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) GDPR
1 6 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (6.06%) NIST
2 5 (5.05%) QA
3 4 (4.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.02%) Docker
2 1 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.01%) KVM
2 1 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) Grafana
1 4 (4.04%) Kibana
1 4 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.01%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) Oracle
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.04%) Google
4 3 (3.03%) AppDynamics
4 3 (3.03%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.03%) IBM
4 3 (3.03%) Moogsoft
4 3 (3.03%) Splunk
5 2 (2.02%) SAP
6 1 (1.01%) Databricks
6 1 (1.01%) Dell
6 1 (1.01%) Informatica
6 1 (1.01%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.01%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.01%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.01%) Sparx
6 1 (1.01%) VMware