Computer Science Job Trends in Shropshire

Computer Science
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 4 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 1.46% 4.76% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 5.94% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £41,133 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.83% -20.00% -7.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 216 101 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 78.83% 80.16% 76.47%
Number of salaries quoted 119 43 73
10th Percentile £26,600 £36,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £78,000 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Telford -5 1 - - 4
Shrewsbury - 1 - - 1
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (25.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) AI
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (25.00%) Data Virtualisation
1 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Denodo
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Talend