Computer Science Degree Jobs in the South East

Computer Science Degree
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 85 110
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 -21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 331 521 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.47% 3.11% 2.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.08% 9.03% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 151 461 229
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -1.32% +21.60%
75th Percentile £74,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.64% +1.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,446 5,770 5,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.09% 34.40% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 3,618 2,516
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £52,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +2.97% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South East.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley -7 99 £57,500 -4.17% 95
Surrey +39 83 £58,750 +17.50% 26
Berkshire -7 62 £65,000 -7.14% 56
Isle of Wight - 48 £73,000 - 7
Hampshire -16 32 £55,000 +10.00% 52
Middlesex +8 29 £60,000 -4.00% 10
West Sussex +12 26 £70,000 +9.38% 16
Buckinghamshire +14 22 £45,000 +12.50% 26
Oxfordshire +23 15 £65,000 +23.81% 24
East Sussex +20 8 £43,000 -14.00% 4
Kent +3 4 £63,750 -1.92% 8
Sussex +13 1 £66,500 +14.66% 14
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.60%) Apache
3 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.60%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.21%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.39%) Azure
2 21 (6.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 18 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.83%) PaaS
5 14 (4.23%) AWS
6 7 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.81%) GCP
7 6 (1.81%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.51%) Collibra
8 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.51%) Serverless
9 4 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.21%) IaaS
9 4 (1.21%) SaaS
10 3 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.91%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 86 (25.98%) Broadband
2 14 (4.23%) Network Security
3 12 (3.63%) Firewall
4 9 (2.72%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.81%) NAS
5 6 (1.81%) SAN
6 4 (1.21%) DHCP
6 4 (1.21%) DNS
7 3 (0.91%) Internet
7 3 (0.91%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.91%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.91%) SNMP
7 3 (0.91%) VoIP
8 2 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.30%) DMZ
9 1 (0.30%) DWDM
9 1 (0.30%) MPLS
9 1 (0.30%) VLAN
9 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.04%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.93%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.81%) Power BI
3 6 (1.81%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.51%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.91%) Big Data
6 3 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) Pinecone
7 2 (0.60%) Weaviate
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.30%) Impala
8 1 (0.30%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 19 (5.74%) Git
2 4 (1.21%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) CMake
3 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) MLflow
3 2 (0.60%) Moq
3 2 (0.60%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.60%) TestRail
4 1 (0.30%) Babel
4 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.30%) ESLint
4 1 (0.30%) Gatling
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.30%) TestNG
4 1 (0.30%) Vite
4 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 164 (49.55%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.97%) Law
4 28 (8.46%) Finance
5 22 (6.65%) Marketing
6 14 (4.23%) Multimedia
7 9 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.81%) Aviation
8 6 (1.81%) Electronics
8 6 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.51%) Banking
10 4 (1.21%) Advertising
11 3 (0.91%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Back Office
13 1 (0.30%) Games
13 1 (0.30%) Legal
13 1 (0.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (24.17%) Lead
2 62 (18.73%) Architect
3 37 (11.18%) Software Architect
4 34 (10.27%) Developer
5 27 (8.16%) Systems Engineer
6 24 (7.25%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.95%) Team Leader
8 22 (6.65%) Enterprise Architect
9 21 (6.34%) Salesforce Architect
10 20 (6.04%) Senior
11 16 (4.83%) Security Engineer
12 15 (4.53%) Engineering Manager
13 14 (4.23%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.63%) Software Team Leader
14 12 (3.63%) Test Leader
14 12 (3.63%) Test Team Leader
15 9 (2.72%) Analyst
16 8 (2.42%) Graduate
16 8 (2.42%) Senior Developer
17 7 (2.11%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (17.22%) Middleware
2 26 (7.85%) HTML
2 26 (7.85%) REST
3 21 (6.34%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (6.34%) SOAP
4 20 (6.04%) .NET
4 20 (6.04%) React
5 13 (3.93%) YAML
6 10 (3.02%) Node.js
7 8 (2.42%) Kafka
8 6 (1.81%) CSS
8 6 (1.81%) Flutter
9 5 (1.51%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.21%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.21%) RESTful
10 4 (1.21%) XML
11 3 (0.91%) HTML5
11 3 (0.91%) OAuth
11 3 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
2 23 (6.95%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.44%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.72%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.81%) Robotics
8 5 (1.51%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.91%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.91%) IoT
10 3 (0.91%) Replication
11 2 (0.60%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.60%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 2 (0.60%) LIMS
11 2 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.34%) Windows
2 14 (4.23%) Linux
3 10 (3.02%) Android
4 9 (2.72%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.42%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (98.49%) Computer Science
2 149 (45.02%) Mentoring
3 128 (38.67%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (31.12%) Agile
5 98 (29.61%) Product Management
6 95 (28.70%) High Availability
7 90 (27.19%) Roadmaps
8 85 (25.68%) Broadcast Engineering
8 85 (25.68%) DevOps
9 69 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (17.22%) Design Patterns
11 51 (15.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 51 (15.41%) SDLC
12 49 (14.80%) CI/CD
13 48 (14.50%) Configuration Management
14 47 (14.20%) Software Engineering
15 39 (11.78%) Data Privacy
16 38 (11.48%) Open Source
16 38 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
17 37 (11.18%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.69%) C#
2 38 (11.48%) Python
2 38 (11.48%) TypeScript
3 37 (11.18%) JavaScript
3 37 (11.18%) SQL
4 35 (10.57%) Java
5 31 (9.37%) C++
6 22 (6.65%) Apex Code
7 21 (6.34%) C
7 21 (6.34%) PowerShell
8 18 (5.44%) R
9 17 (5.14%) MATLAB
9 17 (5.14%) PHP
9 17 (5.14%) Rust
10 16 (4.83%) Dart
10 16 (4.83%) Ruby
11 13 (3.93%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.21%) Go
14 3 (0.91%) Swift
Qualifications
1 331 (100.00%) Degree
2 50 (15.11%) Master's Degree
3 48 (14.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 48 (14.50%) Chartered Engineer
4 21 (6.34%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.74%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.72%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.81%) CISSP
9 5 (1.51%) MBA
10 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.21%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.21%) MCSA
10 4 (1.21%) MCSE
10 4 (1.21%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.21%) PMP
11 3 (0.91%) CCNP
11 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.91%) HND
12 2 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 27 (8.16%) Data Quality
3 26 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (5.14%) QA
5 15 (4.53%) NIST
6 13 (3.93%) NCSC
7 8 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.11%) GDPR
9 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.51%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.91%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.30%) CDISC
13 1 (0.30%) GRC
13 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.30%) ITGC
13 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (6.04%) Docker
2 11 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.91%) HDFS
4 3 (0.91%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.81%) ArcSight ESM
2 6 (1.81%) QRadar
3 3 (0.91%) Grafana
3 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.60%) Ansible
4 2 (0.60%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.60%) Puppet
4 2 (0.60%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.30%) Argo
5 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.30%) Terraform
5 1 (0.30%) vRealize
5 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 35 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.65%) Salesforce
3 21 (6.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 9 (2.72%) McAfee
5 8 (2.42%) VMware
6 7 (2.11%) SAP
7 6 (1.81%) ArcSight
7 6 (1.81%) Informatica
7 6 (1.81%) LogLogic
7 6 (1.81%) Splunk
7 6 (1.81%) Veeam
8 3 (0.91%) Google
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco
10 1 (0.30%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.30%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle
10 1 (0.30%) Sage
10 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.30%) Workday