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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 142 81
Rank change year-on-year +83 -61 +16
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 353 192 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.62% 2.42% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 2.52% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 286 131 105
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +2.78%

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 8,102 7,605 8,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.02% 95.73% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,153 3,962 5,341
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,758 £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 £65,000 £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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +88 209 £55,000 - 75
Cheshire +37 60 £50,000 -17.90% 19
Lancashire 0 48 £45,000 - 12
Merseyside +5 30 £40,000 -20.00% 16
Cumbria -6 4 £57,500 -5.50% 1
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 (1.42%) SAS
2 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.55%) SAP CX
3 4 (1.13%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.13%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.13%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 61 (17.28%) AWS
2 48 (13.60%) Azure
3 23 (6.52%) GCP
4 14 (3.97%) Amazon Kinesis
4 14 (3.97%) Amazon S3
4 14 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (3.12%) SaaS
7 10 (2.83%) Google Play
7 10 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.55%) GitHub
9 8 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.85%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.85%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.38%) Firewall
2 16 (4.53%) VPN
3 14 (3.97%) DNS
4 12 (3.40%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.83%) Ethernet
5 10 (2.83%) RS-232
6 8 (2.27%) Network Security
7 7 (1.98%) DHCP
7 7 (1.98%) VoIP
7 7 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.70%) VLAN
9 5 (1.42%) IPsec
9 5 (1.42%) SSL
10 4 (1.13%) Internet
10 4 (1.13%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.85%) LAN
11 3 (0.85%) WAN
11 3 (0.85%) Wireless
12 2 (0.57%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.93%) MySQL
2 26 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (5.67%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.38%) SQL Server
5 18 (5.10%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (4.53%) MS Access
7 14 (3.97%) RDBMS
8 13 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (2.27%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.98%) Power BI
12 4 (1.13%) ActiveReports
12 4 (1.13%) Big Data
12 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.13%) Cognos Framework Manager
12 4 (1.13%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.13%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (12.18%) Git
2 15 (4.25%) JIRA
3 13 (3.68%) Postman
4 10 (2.83%) Appium
5 7 (1.98%) Subversion
6 5 (1.42%) InstallShield
7 4 (1.13%) CMake
7 4 (1.13%) GCC
7 4 (1.13%) GDB
7 4 (1.13%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.13%) JUnit
7 4 (1.13%) Mockito
8 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.57%) Selenium
9 2 (0.57%) webpack
10 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 132 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (9.07%) Manufacturing
4 27 (7.65%) Games
5 26 (7.37%) Finance
6 12 (3.40%) Electronics
7 10 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.83%) Retail
8 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.98%) Legal
9 6 (1.70%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.70%) Marketing
10 5 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.13%) Automotive
12 3 (0.85%) Advertising
12 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.85%) Banking
12 3 (0.85%) Law
12 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (24.93%) Developer
2 64 (18.13%) Senior
2 64 (18.13%) Software Engineer
3 29 (8.22%) Lead
4 25 (7.08%) Analyst
5 19 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 18 (5.10%) .NET Developer
7 16 (4.53%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.25%) Network Engineer
8 15 (4.25%) Software Developer
9 14 (3.97%) Technical Leader
10 12 (3.40%) Graduate
11 11 (3.12%) Architect
11 11 (3.12%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.12%) Software Manager
12 10 (2.83%) Android Developer
12 10 (2.83%) Games Developer
12 10 (2.83%) PHP Developer
12 10 (2.83%) Senior Android Developer
13 9 (2.55%) SAP Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (18.13%) .NET
2 33 (9.35%) JSON
3 30 (8.50%) HTML
4 22 (6.23%) Node.js
5 21 (5.95%) CSS
6 18 (5.10%) REST
7 14 (3.97%) Spring
8 13 (3.68%) .NET Framework
8 13 (3.68%) Spring Boot
8 13 (3.68%) Web Services
9 10 (2.83%) Android SDK
9 10 (2.83%) Electron
9 10 (2.83%) WinForms
10 9 (2.55%) RESTful
11 8 (2.27%) React
12 7 (1.98%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 5 (1.42%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.42%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (1.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.68%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.83%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.27%) Animation
5 8 (2.27%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (1.98%) Life Science
6 7 (1.98%) Video\Live Streaming
7 6 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.42%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.42%) Social Media
9 4 (1.13%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.78%) Linux
2 27 (7.65%) Windows
3 10 (2.83%) Android
3 10 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.13%) Windows Vista
5 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (40.51%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (31.44%) Software Engineering
3 84 (23.80%) Agile
4 50 (14.16%) Project Management
5 46 (13.03%) Mathematics
5 46 (13.03%) SDLC
6 45 (12.75%) Design Patterns
7 42 (11.90%) Analytics
7 42 (11.90%) Mentoring
8 38 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (10.20%) CI/CD
10 34 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (9.35%) Data Modelling
11 33 (9.35%) DevOps
12 30 (8.50%) User Experience
13 29 (8.22%) OOP
13 29 (8.22%) Software Testing
14 28 (7.93%) Open Source
15 27 (7.65%) Roadmaps
16 24 (6.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.53%) C#
2 75 (21.25%) SQL
3 53 (15.01%) Java
4 46 (13.03%) JavaScript
5 44 (12.46%) Python
6 24 (6.80%) PHP
7 20 (5.67%) C
8 14 (3.97%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.40%) C++
10 10 (2.83%) Embedded C
10 10 (2.83%) Kotlin
10 10 (2.83%) VB
11 7 (1.98%) Rust
12 6 (1.70%) R
13 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.85%) Scala
15 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 332 (94.05%) Degree
2 181 (51.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.07%) Master's Degree
4 26 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.95%) CCNP
6 16 (4.53%) CCNA
7 14 (3.97%) CISSP
8 13 (3.68%) PhD
9 11 (3.12%) PMP
10 10 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.83%) CISM
10 10 (2.83%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.55%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.55%) CCIE
12 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.70%) CISA
13 6 (1.70%) PCI QSA
13 6 (1.70%) Security Cleared
14 5 (1.42%) CCNA CyberOps
15 4 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.80%) QA
2 18 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.83%) NIST
4 9 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.70%) PMO
7 5 (1.42%) GDPR
8 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.57%) SLA
11 1 (0.28%) CDISC
11 1 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.28%) NCSC
11 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.27%) Firmware
2 8 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.70%) Docker
4 2 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (3.97%) Terraform
2 5 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
3 2 (0.57%) CASB
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (9.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.10%) Google
2 18 (5.10%) SAP
3 16 (4.53%) Cisco
4 10 (2.83%) VMware
5 7 (1.98%) Juniper
6 6 (1.70%) F5
6 6 (1.70%) IBM
7 4 (1.13%) Cognos
8 3 (0.85%) Twitter
9 2 (0.57%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.57%) Informatica
9 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.57%) SYSPRO
10 1 (0.28%) Adobe
10 1 (0.28%) EMC
10 1 (0.28%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.28%) Sage
10 1 (0.28%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.28%) TIBCO