Computer Science Jobs in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 699 764 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.63% 7.19% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 8.22% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 422 482 498
10th Percentile £35,075 £33,780 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,675 £92,500 £90,675
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,496 9,295 14,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.07% 87.51% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,128 6,483 8,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £86,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 January 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 -16 251 £65,000 +4.00% 44
Berkshire +3 158 £65,000 -7.14% 24
Hampshire -19 133 £55,000 -4.35% 23
Surrey +18 125 £60,000 - 25
Isle of Wight - 104 £60,000 - 3
Oxfordshire -6 52 £60,000 +9.04% 11
Buckinghamshire -43 41 £65,000 +51.16% 9
West Sussex -1 29 £47,500 -23.69% 11
Kent -9 21 £56,500 +13.00% 6
Middlesex -14 16 £60,000 -25.00%
East Sussex -27 13 £47,500 -17.39% 6
Sussex +4 7 £66,500 +90.00% 5
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 10 (1.43%) SAS
2 9 (1.29%) CMS
3 8 (1.14%) Confluence
3 8 (1.14%) WordPress
4 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.43%) Mendix
5 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.14%) Joomla!
Applications
1 38 (5.44%) Simulink
2 18 (2.58%) Photoshop
3 14 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (1.43%) Sketch
6 9 (1.29%) Acrobat
6 9 (1.29%) Fireworks
6 9 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.29%) RoboHelp
7 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (1.00%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.29%) Trello
10 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.14%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (1.43%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.72%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (10.87%) AWS
2 69 (9.87%) Azure
3 23 (3.29%) Power Platform
4 20 (2.86%) GitHub
5 19 (2.72%) SaaS
6 17 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (2.29%) GCP
8 15 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.72%) IaaS
9 12 (1.72%) PaaS
10 11 (1.57%) Figma
11 10 (1.43%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.00%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.72%) Serverless
15 4 (0.57%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.72%) Internet
1 19 (2.72%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.43%) Firewall
3 12 (1.72%) Network Security
3 12 (1.72%) Wireless
4 9 (1.29%) Modbus
5 8 (1.14%) 3G
5 8 (1.14%) GPRS
5 8 (1.14%) HTTPS
5 8 (1.14%) LTE
6 6 (0.86%) NAS
6 6 (0.86%) SAN
6 6 (0.86%) SNMP
7 5 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.43%) HTTP
9 2 (0.29%) Broadband
9 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.29%) MQTT
9 2 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 46 (6.58%) NoSQL
3 36 (5.15%) Relational Database
4 24 (3.43%) MySQL
5 23 (3.29%) Power BI
6 14 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.43%) Tableau
9 7 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.86%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.72%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.72%) Big Data
11 5 (0.72%) QGIS
11 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.43%) GIS
12 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.29%) Amazon QuickSight
13 2 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 96 (13.73%) Git
2 36 (5.15%) JIRA
3 27 (3.86%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.29%) Selenium
5 19 (2.72%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.86%) CMake
7 12 (1.72%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.57%) Gradle
9 10 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (1.43%) Subversion
10 9 (1.29%) Artifactory
10 9 (1.29%) Visual Studio
11 8 (1.14%) git-flow
11 8 (1.14%) GitLab
11 8 (1.14%) JUnit
11 8 (1.14%) Vagrant
12 4 (0.57%) Gatling
12 4 (0.57%) Mockito
12 4 (0.57%) TestRail
13 3 (0.43%) Appium
General
1 238 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 109 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (9.73%) Finance
4 45 (6.44%) Electronics
5 32 (4.58%) Manufacturing
6 27 (3.86%) Law
7 24 (3.43%) Banking
8 23 (3.29%) Marketing
9 22 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 18 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.15%) Retail
13 14 (2.00%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.72%) Military
15 10 (1.43%) Advertising
16 9 (1.29%) Dutch Language
16 9 (1.29%) German Language
16 9 (1.29%) Japanese Language
16 9 (1.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 208 (29.76%) Senior
2 188 (26.90%) Software Engineer
3 156 (22.32%) Developer
4 91 (13.02%) Senior Software Engineer
5 69 (9.87%) Software Developer
6 44 (6.29%) Senior Developer
7 41 (5.87%) Principal Engineer
8 39 (5.58%) Software Test Engineer
8 39 (5.58%) Test Engineer
9 32 (4.58%) Senior Software Test Engineer
9 32 (4.58%) Senior Test Engineer
10 29 (4.15%) Applications Engineer
11 26 (3.72%) Analyst
11 26 (3.72%) Principal Software Engineer
12 24 (3.43%) Lead
12 24 (3.43%) Support Engineer
13 23 (3.29%) Graduate
14 22 (3.15%) Applications Support
14 22 (3.15%) Product Manager
15 20 (2.86%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (16.60%) .NET
2 81 (11.59%) HTML
3 72 (10.30%) React
4 70 (10.01%) CSS
5 26 (3.72%) RESTful
6 24 (3.43%) HTML5
7 22 (3.15%) CSS3
7 22 (3.15%) XML
8 21 (3.00%) WPF
9 19 (2.72%) Jest
9 19 (2.72%) REST
9 19 (2.72%) Spring Boot
9 19 (2.72%) WinForms
10 16 (2.29%) Qt
11 14 (2.00%) Kafka
11 14 (2.00%) Web Services
12 13 (1.86%) Spring
13 11 (1.57%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.57%) jQuery
14 10 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.30%) Management Information System
2 42 (6.01%) Algorithms
3 24 (3.43%) IoT
4 21 (3.00%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.15%) CUDA
5 15 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.00%) Acoustics
6 14 (2.00%) Mobile App
7 13 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.43%) Graphic Design
10 9 (1.29%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.29%) NB-IoT
11 8 (1.14%) Life Science
11 8 (1.14%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.00%) Blackberry
12 7 (1.00%) CAN bus
12 7 (1.00%) Clustering
13 6 (0.86%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 93 (13.30%) Linux
2 49 (7.01%) Windows
3 19 (2.72%) Embedded Linux
4 17 (2.43%) Android
5 13 (1.86%) Unix
6 8 (1.14%) CentOS
6 8 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.14%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.14%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (38.48%) Agile
2 229 (32.76%) Software Engineering
3 209 (29.90%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (18.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 120 (17.17%) Mathematics
5 120 (17.17%) Software Testing
6 102 (14.59%) Test Automation
7 100 (14.31%) UML
8 94 (13.45%) Waterfall
9 82 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (10.73%) Configuration Management
10 75 (10.73%) Physics
11 69 (9.87%) CI/CD
12 64 (9.16%) Code Quality
13 61 (8.73%) DevOps
14 59 (8.44%) Mentoring
15 57 (8.15%) Machine Learning
16 53 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
16 53 (7.58%) Project Management
16 53 (7.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 170 (24.32%) C#
2 158 (22.60%) Python
3 145 (20.74%) JavaScript
4 123 (17.60%) SQL
5 117 (16.74%) C++
6 93 (13.30%) Java
7 64 (9.16%) C
8 63 (9.01%) TypeScript
9 46 (6.58%) Ada
10 38 (5.44%) PHP
11 26 (3.72%) Fortran
12 25 (3.58%) Kotlin
12 25 (3.58%) PowerShell
13 16 (2.29%) Ruby
14 15 (2.15%) Bash
14 15 (2.15%) Embedded C
14 15 (2.15%) Rust
15 13 (1.86%) MATLAB
16 11 (1.57%) PL/SQL
16 11 (1.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 641 (91.70%) Degree
2 232 (33.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 90 (12.88%) Security Cleared
4 62 (8.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (8.73%) Master's Degree
6 46 (6.58%) SC Cleared
7 36 (5.15%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.72%) Chartered Engineer
8 26 (3.72%) CISSP
9 23 (3.29%) PhD
10 20 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (2.15%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.86%) CEH
13 13 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.43%) Azure Certification
16 9 (1.29%) GCIA
16 9 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
16 9 (1.29%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 39 (5.58%) QA
3 20 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.86%) SLA
4 19 (2.72%) WCAG
5 18 (2.58%) GDPR
6 15 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.14%) NIST
9 7 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.57%) NCSC
10 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.29%) GRC
12 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 71 (10.16%) Docker
2 16 (2.29%) Firmware
3 15 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.72%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.72%) vSphere
5 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 85 (12.16%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.86%) Terraform
3 26 (3.72%) Ansible
4 5 (0.72%) vRealize
4 5 (0.72%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 4 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
5 4 (0.57%) Puppet
5 4 (0.57%) QRadar
6 3 (0.43%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (10.01%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.01%) Xilinx
3 22 (3.15%) Oracle
4 16 (2.29%) Adobe
4 16 (2.29%) SAP
5 15 (2.15%) VMware
6 14 (2.00%) IBM
7 12 (1.72%) Sage
8 11 (1.57%) McAfee
9 7 (1.00%) Veeam
10 6 (0.86%) Epicor
10 6 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.57%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.57%) Google
12 3 (0.43%) ANSYS
12 3 (0.43%) ESRI
12 3 (0.43%) IFS
13 2 (0.29%) Cisco
13 2 (0.29%) Databricks
13 2 (0.29%) Informatica