Computer Science Jobs in the North West

Computer Science
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 148 82
Rank change year-on-year +92 -66 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 348 186 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.59% 2.34% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 2.44% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 279 126 108
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -5.20% +26.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,062 7,624 8,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.74% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 3,949 5,362
10th Percentile £27,775 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,050 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North West

Computer Science
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +91 205 £55,000 - 70
Cheshire +38 61 £50,000 -41.18% 16
Lancashire +1 48 £45,000 +5.88% 10
Merseyside -1 28 £40,000 -20.00% 18
Cumbria -10 4 £57,500 -5.58%
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 5 (1.44%) SAS
2 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) Confluence
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.86%) Trello
3 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.59%) SAP CX
3 4 (1.15%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.15%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.15%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 59 (16.95%) AWS
2 46 (13.22%) Azure
3 21 (6.03%) GCP
4 13 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (3.74%) Amazon Kinesis
4 13 (3.74%) Amazon S3
4 13 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.45%) SaaS
6 10 (2.87%) Google Play
7 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.30%) GitHub
7 8 (2.30%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.15%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.86%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.57%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.29%) Facebook Ads
11 1 (0.29%) Google Data Studio
11 1 (0.29%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.75%) Firewall
2 16 (4.60%) VPN
3 14 (4.02%) DNS
4 12 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.87%) Ethernet
5 10 (2.87%) RS-232
6 9 (2.59%) VoIP
7 7 (2.01%) DHCP
7 7 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.72%) VLAN
9 5 (1.44%) IPsec
9 5 (1.44%) SSL
10 4 (1.15%) Internet
10 4 (1.15%) NAS
10 4 (1.15%) Network Security
10 4 (1.15%) SAN
10 4 (1.15%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.86%) Wireless
12 2 (0.57%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.33%) MySQL
2 25 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 20 (5.75%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.89%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (4.60%) MS Access
7 14 (4.02%) RDBMS
8 13 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (2.01%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.72%) Power BI
12 4 (1.15%) ActiveReports
12 4 (1.15%) Big Data
12 4 (1.15%) Cognos Framework Manager
12 4 (1.15%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.57%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 42 (12.07%) Git
2 15 (4.31%) JIRA
3 13 (3.74%) Postman
4 10 (2.87%) Appium
5 7 (2.01%) Subversion
6 5 (1.44%) InstallShield
7 4 (1.15%) CMake
7 4 (1.15%) GCC
7 4 (1.15%) GDB
7 4 (1.15%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.15%) JUnit
7 4 (1.15%) Mockito
8 3 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.57%) Selenium
9 2 (0.57%) webpack
10 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.29%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 131 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.48%) Manufacturing
4 27 (7.76%) Games
5 25 (7.18%) Finance
6 12 (3.45%) Electronics
7 10 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.59%) Retail
9 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.01%) Legal
10 6 (1.72%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.72%) Marketing
11 5 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.15%) Automotive
13 3 (0.86%) Advertising
13 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.86%) Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Law
13 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (24.71%) Developer
2 64 (18.39%) Software Engineer
3 63 (18.10%) Senior
4 28 (8.05%) Lead
5 26 (7.47%) Analyst
6 19 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (4.89%) .NET Developer
8 16 (4.60%) Senior Developer
9 15 (4.31%) Network Engineer
9 15 (4.31%) Software Developer
10 14 (4.02%) Technical Leader
11 12 (3.45%) Graduate
12 11 (3.16%) Software Manager
13 10 (2.87%) Android Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Architect
13 10 (2.87%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.87%) Games Developer
13 10 (2.87%) PHP Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.87%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.10%) .NET
2 33 (9.48%) JSON
3 29 (8.33%) HTML
4 22 (6.32%) Node.js
5 20 (5.75%) CSS
6 17 (4.89%) REST
7 14 (4.02%) Spring
8 13 (3.74%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.16%) .NET Framework
9 11 (3.16%) Web Services
10 10 (2.87%) Android SDK
10 10 (2.87%) Electron
10 10 (2.87%) RESTful
10 10 (2.87%) WinForms
11 8 (2.30%) React
12 7 (2.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 5 (1.44%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (1.15%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.64%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.74%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.87%) Algorithms
4 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.59%) Life Science
6 8 (2.30%) Animation
6 8 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.44%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.44%) Social Media
9 4 (1.15%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.91%) Linux
2 29 (8.33%) Windows
3 12 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.87%) Android
5 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.15%) Windows Vista
6 3 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (40.80%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (32.18%) Software Engineering
3 81 (23.28%) Agile
4 51 (14.66%) Project Management
5 47 (13.51%) SDLC
6 44 (12.64%) Design Patterns
6 44 (12.64%) Mathematics
7 39 (11.21%) Analytics
7 39 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (11.21%) Mentoring
8 35 (10.06%) CI/CD
9 34 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (9.20%) Data Modelling
10 32 (9.20%) DevOps
11 30 (8.62%) User Experience
12 28 (8.05%) OOP
12 28 (8.05%) Open Source
12 28 (8.05%) Software Testing
13 27 (7.76%) Roadmaps
14 24 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.55%) SQL
2 74 (21.26%) C#
3 52 (14.94%) Java
4 46 (13.22%) JavaScript
5 43 (12.36%) Python
6 24 (6.90%) PHP
7 20 (5.75%) C
8 13 (3.74%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.45%) C++
10 10 (2.87%) Embedded C
10 10 (2.87%) Kotlin
10 10 (2.87%) VB
11 7 (2.01%) Rust
12 5 (1.44%) R
13 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.86%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 327 (93.97%) Degree
2 179 (51.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (8.91%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.18%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.75%) CCNP
6 16 (4.60%) CCNA
7 14 (4.02%) CISSP
8 13 (3.74%) PhD
9 11 (3.16%) PMP
10 10 (2.87%) CISM
10 10 (2.87%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.30%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.30%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.30%) CCIE
11 8 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.01%) Security Cleared
13 6 (1.72%) CISA
13 6 (1.72%) PCI QSA
14 5 (1.44%) CCNA CyberOps
15 4 (1.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.90%) QA
2 18 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.87%) NIST
4 8 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.01%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.72%) PMO
7 5 (1.44%) GDPR
8 4 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.15%) SLA
9 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) CDISC
10 1 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.30%) Firmware
4 6 (1.72%) Docker
5 2 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (4.02%) Terraform
2 5 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
3 2 (0.57%) CASB
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 33 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.17%) Google
2 18 (5.17%) SAP
3 16 (4.60%) Cisco
4 12 (3.45%) VMware
5 7 (2.01%) Juniper
6 6 (1.72%) F5
6 6 (1.72%) IBM
7 4 (1.15%) Cognos
8 3 (0.86%) Twitter
9 2 (0.57%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.57%) Informatica
9 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.57%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.57%) Verint
10 1 (0.29%) EMC
10 1 (0.29%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.29%) Sage
10 1 (0.29%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.29%) TIBCO