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 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 107 146
Rank change year-on-year -50 +39 +46
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 40 56 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.62% 1.94% 1.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 4.30% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28 19 94
10th Percentile £28,500 £42,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +42.11% +9.83%
75th Percentile £81,563 £76,875 £63,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +3.39%

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 1,843 1,302 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.71% 45.19% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 947 701 1,984
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £29,448
25th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,874
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.21% +3.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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
Wiltshire -1 9 £29,000 -43.41% 2
Bristol -25 9 £71,250 +1.79% 2
Devon -1 8 £40,000 -61.90% 1
Gloucestershire -10 6 £62,500 -13.79% 11
Somerset -20 4 £40,000 -33.33% 3
Dorset -12 3 £95,000 +90.00%
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 (2.50%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Windchill
3 1 (2.50%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (52.50%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 4 (10.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Stack
5 2 (5.00%) GCP
5 2 (5.00%) GitHub
5 2 (5.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.50%) BGP
2 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 3 (7.50%) LAN
2 3 (7.50%) MPLS
2 3 (7.50%) Network Security
2 3 (7.50%) OSPF
2 3 (7.50%) SD-WAN
2 3 (7.50%) VPN
2 3 (7.50%) WAN
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (5.00%) NGFW
3 2 (5.00%) VLAN
4 1 (2.50%) DHCP
4 1 (2.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 2 (5.00%) Ataccama
2 2 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.00%) Big Data
2 2 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.00%) GIS
2 2 (5.00%) Metadata
2 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.50%) Gatling
3 1 (2.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) JMeter
3 1 (2.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Dutch Language
3 4 (10.00%) French Language
3 4 (10.00%) Spanish Language
4 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.00%) Billing
5 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Electronics
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Military
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Architect
1 7 (17.50%) Developer
2 6 (15.00%) Tester
3 5 (12.50%) Automation Tester
3 5 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Azure Architect
4 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) IT Support
4 4 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Network Engineering Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Network Manager
5 3 (7.50%) QA Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) QA Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (20.00%) Playwright
2 4 (10.00%) .NET
3 3 (7.50%) RESTful
4 2 (5.00%) .NET Core
4 2 (5.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.00%) CSS
4 2 (5.00%) HTML
4 2 (5.00%) Spring
4 2 (5.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (5.00%) Universal Windows Platform
4 2 (5.00%) WinUI
4 2 (5.00%) WPF
5 1 (2.50%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (2.50%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.50%) Middleware
5 1 (2.50%) REST
5 1 (2.50%) SOAP
5 1 (2.50%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (5.00%) e-Learning
1 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.00%) PMI
1 2 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.50%) CUDA
2 1 (2.50%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (95.00%) Computer Science
2 17 (42.50%) CI/CD
2 17 (42.50%) DevOps
3 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (27.50%) Software Engineering
5 10 (25.00%) Agile
5 10 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 10 (25.00%) Test Strategy
6 9 (22.50%) API Testing
6 9 (22.50%) Test Automation
7 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 8 (20.00%) Ticket Management
8 7 (17.50%) Containerisation
8 7 (17.50%) Manual Testing
9 6 (15.00%) Data Modelling
9 6 (15.00%) ITIL
9 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
9 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
10 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) C#
2 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 8 (20.00%) Python
3 8 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 4 (10.00%) Bash
4 4 (10.00%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) R
5 2 (5.00%) SQL
6 1 (2.50%) Perl
6 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (22.50%) ISTQB
3 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 4 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (7.50%) CCNP
6 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
6 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.50%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (2.50%) CREST Certified
8 1 (2.50%) OCA
8 1 (2.50%) OCP
8 1 (2.50%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (2.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.00%) Ansible
2 4 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.50%) Grafana
3 1 (2.50%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (7.50%) Fortinet
3 3 (7.50%) Oracle
3 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.00%) Citrix
4 2 (5.00%) Syncfusion
4 2 (5.00%) Telerik
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) Juniper
5 1 (2.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Siemens
5 1 (2.50%) Veeam
5 1 (2.50%) VMware