Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the South West

Computer Science Degree
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 137 121
Rank change year-on-year -29 -16 -11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 77 32 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.73% 0.89% 1.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.22% 2.45% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 67 27 62
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £34,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £73,700 £83,750 £79,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,390 1,308 2,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.73% 36.56% 31.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 729 1,106
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Somerset +8 38 £30,500 -12.86% 4
Bristol -35 17 £42,500 -26.09% 13
Gloucestershire -53 13 £64,500 - 17
Devon -24 7 £60,000 +14.29% 3
Dorset -7 1 £45,000 +63.64% 6
Wiltshire -21 1 £82,500 +45.39% 9
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (1.30%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.06%) Azure
2 13 (16.88%) AWS
3 9 (11.69%) GCP
4 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.60%) GitHub
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) VPN
2 1 (1.30%) Firewall
2 1 (1.30%) LAN
2 1 (1.30%) NAS
2 1 (1.30%) SAN
2 1 (1.30%) VLAN
2 1 (1.30%) VXLAN
2 1 (1.30%) WAN
2 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.90%) Big Data
2 3 (3.90%) ClickHouse
2 3 (3.90%) MariaDB
2 3 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.60%) MySQL
4 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 40 (51.95%) Git
2 30 (38.96%) Subversion
3 27 (35.06%) Eclipse
4 21 (27.27%) JUnit
5 9 (11.69%) Jenkins
6 8 (10.39%) GitLab
7 3 (3.90%) Burp Suite
7 3 (3.90%) JIRA
7 3 (3.90%) Metasploit
8 1 (1.30%) Postman
8 1 (1.30%) Selenium
8 1 (1.30%) Valgrind
8 1 (1.30%) WebDriver
General
1 22 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (22.08%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Finance
4 8 (10.39%) Retail
5 7 (9.09%) Aerospace
6 6 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Law
8 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.30%) Military
8 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (55.84%) Developer
2 28 (36.36%) Java Developer
3 23 (29.87%) Junior
3 23 (29.87%) Junior Developer
3 23 (29.87%) Junior Java Developer
4 9 (11.69%) .NET Developer
5 8 (10.39%) Software Developer
5 8 (10.39%) Software Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (7.79%) C# Developer
6 6 (7.79%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (6.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 5 (6.49%) Penetration Tester
7 5 (6.49%) Senior
7 5 (6.49%) Tester
8 4 (5.19%) Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Graduate
9 3 (3.90%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (55.84%) RESTful
2 30 (38.96%) React
3 28 (36.36%) Web Services
4 27 (35.06%) Jakarta EE
4 27 (35.06%) Struts
5 10 (12.99%) .NET
6 9 (11.69%) .NET Core
7 4 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.19%) CSS
7 4 (5.19%) HTML
7 4 (5.19%) Kafka
8 3 (3.90%) PySpark
9 2 (2.60%) CSS3
9 2 (2.60%) FastAPI
9 2 (2.60%) Flask
9 2 (2.60%) HTML5
9 2 (2.60%) jQuery
9 2 (2.60%) Vue
10 1 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.49%) Distributed Applications
3 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.90%) IoT
4 3 (3.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.60%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Apple TV
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Life Science
6 1 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.27%) Linux
2 6 (7.79%) Unix
3 5 (6.49%) Windows
4 3 (3.90%) Android
4 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (98.70%) Computer Science
2 55 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (37.66%) Full-Stack Development
4 26 (33.77%) CI/CD
5 25 (32.47%) Software Engineering
6 22 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
7 19 (24.68%) Technical Architecture
8 18 (23.38%) Mentoring
8 18 (23.38%) SDLC
9 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (19.48%) Containerisation
11 11 (14.29%) API Integration
11 11 (14.29%) DevOps
12 10 (12.99%) Agile
13 9 (11.69%) API Design
13 9 (11.69%) Code Quality
13 9 (11.69%) Design Patterns
14 8 (10.39%) Architectural Patterns
14 8 (10.39%) Regression Testing
14 8 (10.39%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 38 (49.35%) Python
2 36 (46.75%) Java
3 33 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 32 (41.56%) C++
5 25 (32.47%) Perl
6 17 (22.08%) C#
7 7 (9.09%) SQL
8 4 (5.19%) PHP
9 1 (1.30%) Go
9 1 (1.30%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.30%) Rust
9 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 77 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.88%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.49%) CEH
5 5 (6.49%) CREST Certified
6 3 (3.90%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (3.90%) CISSP
6 3 (3.90%) ISTQB
7 2 (2.60%) Cyber Scheme
7 2 (2.60%) GPEN
7 2 (2.60%) GXPN
7 2 (2.60%) OSCP
8 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.30%) CCNP
8 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.30%) VCAP
8 1 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.90%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.30%) DO-254
4 1 (1.30%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (31.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (20.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Nmap
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) Plesk
4 1 (1.30%) Grafana
4 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) Databricks
3 2 (2.60%) Cisco
3 2 (2.60%) Freshdesk
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle
3 2 (2.60%) Thales
4 1 (1.30%) Apple
4 1 (1.30%) Foundry
4 1 (1.30%) Meraki
4 1 (1.30%) NetApp
4 1 (1.30%) VMware