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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 112 164
Rank change year-on-year -86 +52 +69
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 95 197 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.22% 1.93% 1.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.90% 8.20% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 74 157 93
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £32,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.00% -16.67% +5.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £120,000 £80,000 £74,500
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 4,996 2,401 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 64.33% 23.49% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,474 1,646 913
10th Percentile £28,150 £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 £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +9 68 £67,500 +20.00% 83
Cheshire -2 18 £35,000 - 15
Merseyside +39 4 £32,500 -32.99% 6
Lancashire -100 3 £62,205 +50.80% 28
Cumbria -64 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 (4.21%) SAS
2 3 (3.16%) WordPress
3 2 (2.11%) CMS
3 2 (2.11%) Confluence
4 1 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.05%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 25 (26.32%) AWS
2 13 (13.68%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (4.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (4.21%) GCP
4 4 (4.21%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.16%) SaaS
6 2 (2.11%) Google Analytics
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.05%) Boomi
7 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.05%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.05%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.42%) Firewall
1 8 (8.42%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.16%) Internet
3 2 (2.11%) DNS
3 2 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.05%) Broadband
4 1 (1.05%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.05%) FlexRay
4 1 (1.05%) MQTT
4 1 (1.05%) NAS
4 1 (1.05%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.32%) MySQL
3 5 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 5 (5.26%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.21%) Big Data
4 4 (4.21%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.16%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.05%) Power BI
7 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Git
2 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.11%) JIRA
3 1 (1.05%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
General
1 59 (62.11%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.42%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (22.11%) Finance
4 9 (9.47%) Retail
5 8 (8.42%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.21%) Automotive
7 4 (4.21%) Legal
7 4 (4.21%) Marketing
8 3 (3.16%) Law
8 3 (3.16%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (2.11%) Advertising
9 2 (2.11%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.05%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (26.32%) Developer
2 16 (16.84%) Software Engineer
3 15 (15.79%) Lead
4 13 (13.68%) Analyst
5 10 (10.53%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.53%) Lead Software Engineer
5 10 (10.53%) Senior
6 9 (9.47%) Architect
6 9 (9.47%) WinForms Developer
7 8 (8.42%) Security Architect
8 7 (7.37%) Applications Support
8 7 (7.37%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (7.37%) Support Analyst
9 6 (6.32%) Senior Developer
10 4 (4.21%) Data Manager
10 4 (4.21%) Data Warehouse Manager
10 4 (4.21%) Junior
10 4 (4.21%) PHP Developer
10 4 (4.21%) SQL Developer
10 4 (4.21%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (23.16%) .NET
2 9 (9.47%) HTML
2 9 (9.47%) React
2 9 (9.47%) WinForms
3 8 (8.42%) CSS
4 7 (7.37%) RESTful
5 6 (6.32%) .NET Core
5 6 (6.32%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.26%) Web Services
7 4 (4.21%) Vue
8 3 (3.16%) Django
8 3 (3.16%) Kafka
8 3 (3.16%) React Native
9 2 (2.11%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.11%) jQuery
9 2 (2.11%) JSON
9 2 (2.11%) Node.js
9 2 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (2.11%) REST
9 2 (2.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 10 (10.53%) Security Posture
2 9 (9.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 8 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.42%) Social Media
4 7 (7.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 4 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (4.21%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.16%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.11%) Educational Technology
7 2 (2.11%) Tandem
8 1 (1.05%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.05%) Infotainment
8 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.05%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.05%) PropTech
8 1 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.79%) Linux
2 11 (11.58%) Windows
3 8 (8.42%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.05%) Android
4 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 55 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (29.47%) Software Engineering
4 24 (25.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (23.16%) Agile
6 18 (18.95%) DevOps
7 15 (15.79%) CI/CD
7 15 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (14.74%) Design Patterns
9 13 (13.68%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
10 12 (12.63%) Code Quality
10 12 (12.63%) OO
10 12 (12.63%) OOP
11 10 (10.53%) Data Protection
11 10 (10.53%) E-Commerce
11 10 (10.53%) Incident Response
11 10 (10.53%) Information Security
11 10 (10.53%) Risk Management
11 10 (10.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.58%) SQL
2 29 (30.53%) C#
3 24 (25.26%) JavaScript
4 22 (23.16%) Java
5 17 (17.89%) Python
6 12 (12.63%) PHP
7 10 (10.53%) Shell Script
8 8 (8.42%) C++
8 8 (8.42%) PL/SQL
8 8 (8.42%) TypeScript
9 7 (7.37%) C-shell
9 7 (7.37%) Korn
10 5 (5.26%) Ruby
11 4 (4.21%) C
11 4 (4.21%) Dart
11 4 (4.21%) MATLAB
11 4 (4.21%) R
11 4 (4.21%) Rust
12 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
13 1 (1.05%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 95 (100.00%) Degree
2 13 (13.68%) Master's Degree
3 8 (8.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (8.42%) CEH
3 8 (8.42%) CISA
3 8 (8.42%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (8.42%) CISM
3 8 (8.42%) CISSP
3 8 (8.42%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.37%) PhD
5 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.21%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.21%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.16%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.11%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) GDPR
1 8 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (8.42%) NIST
2 5 (5.26%) QA
3 3 (3.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.11%) Docker
2 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.05%) KVM
2 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Grafana
1 4 (4.21%) Kibana
1 4 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.05%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (12.63%) Oracle
2 4 (4.21%) Google
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.11%) AppDynamics
3 2 (2.11%) Bloomberg
3 2 (2.11%) IBM
3 2 (2.11%) Moogsoft
3 2 (2.11%) SAP
3 2 (2.11%) Splunk
4 1 (1.05%) Databricks
4 1 (1.05%) Dell
4 1 (1.05%) Informatica
4 1 (1.05%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.05%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.05%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.05%) Sparx
4 1 (1.05%) VMware