Computer Science Job Trends in Northampton

Computer Science
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +24
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 13 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 5.02% 2.82% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 3.65% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 14
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile £32,500 - £58,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 - £65,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £43,000 £40,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% -33.88% +34.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 192 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 86.87% 77.42% 88.73%
Number of salaries quoted 150 84 160
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,438 £31,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,100 £75,125
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +13.68%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Northampton

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Northampton over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Northampton

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon S3
3 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 4 (30.77%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (30.77%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) DHCP
1 5 (38.46%) DNS
1 5 (38.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Support
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Support Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Support Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Support Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Software Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) CSS
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
1 4 (30.77%) Node.js
1 4 (30.77%) React
2 3 (23.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Mac OS
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (38.46%) CRM
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Management
4 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 5 (38.46%) Process Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Scrum
4 5 (38.46%) Service Management
5 4 (30.77%) API Development
5 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
6 3 (23.08%) DevOps
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Open Source
6 3 (23.08%) SDLC
6 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
1 4 (30.77%) Python
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (38.46%) MCP
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (23.08%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Meraki
2 1 (7.69%) WatchGuard