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 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 127 125
Rank change year-on-year -35 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 76 39 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.74% 1.11% 1.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.10% 3.08% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 67 34 76
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,475 £33,375
25th Percentile £30,250 £34,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -11.36% -9.54%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £70,313
90th Percentile £64,750 £72,475 £78,125
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 2,449 1,266 2,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.96% 36.19% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 752 1,269
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £29,290
25th Percentile £46,797 £31,750 £42,000
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 £70,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,200
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,180
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.10% -6.37%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +1 39 £30,500 -12.86% 4
Bristol -35 17 £42,500 -26.09% 20
Devon -19 9 £57,500 +9.52% 4
Gloucestershire -50 9 £51,250 - 19
Dorset -14 1 £45,000 +33.33% 5
Wiltshire -25 1 £82,500 +45.39% 6
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 (1.32%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.21%) Azure
2 13 (17.11%) AWS
3 10 (13.16%) GCP
4 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.95%) GitHub
6 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Firewall
1 2 (2.63%) LAN
1 2 (2.63%) VPN
1 2 (2.63%) WAN
1 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.32%) NAS
2 1 (1.32%) Network Security
2 1 (1.32%) SAN
2 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.32%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.32%) VLAN
2 1 (1.32%) VXLAN
2 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.26%) MariaDB
2 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.95%) Big Data
3 3 (3.95%) ClickHouse
3 3 (3.95%) MySQL
4 2 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 36 (47.37%) Git
2 30 (39.47%) Subversion
3 27 (35.53%) Eclipse
4 21 (27.63%) JUnit
5 6 (7.89%) Jenkins
6 5 (6.58%) GitLab
7 3 (3.95%) Burp Suite
7 3 (3.95%) JIRA
7 3 (3.95%) Metasploit
8 1 (1.32%) Valgrind
General
1 21 (27.63%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.16%) Finance
4 7 (9.21%) Retail
5 6 (7.89%) Aerospace
5 6 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.32%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.32%) Law
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.32%) Military
7 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.32%) Police
7 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (55.26%) Developer
2 28 (36.84%) Java Developer
3 23 (30.26%) Junior
3 23 (30.26%) Junior Developer
3 23 (30.26%) Junior Java Developer
4 10 (13.16%) .NET Developer
5 9 (11.84%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.53%) Software Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) .NET Software Developer
7 6 (7.89%) Backend Developer
7 6 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.89%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
8 5 (6.58%) Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 4 (5.26%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (5.26%) C# Developer
9 4 (5.26%) Penetration Tester
9 4 (5.26%) Senior
9 4 (5.26%) Tester
10 3 (3.95%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (55.26%) RESTful
2 31 (40.79%) React
3 27 (35.53%) Jakarta EE
3 27 (35.53%) Struts
3 27 (35.53%) Web Services
4 11 (14.47%) .NET
5 10 (13.16%) .NET Core
6 5 (6.58%) AngularJS
6 5 (6.58%) CSS
6 5 (6.58%) HTML
7 3 (3.95%) CSS3
7 3 (3.95%) HTML5
7 3 (3.95%) jQuery
7 3 (3.95%) Kafka
7 3 (3.95%) PySpark
7 3 (3.95%) Vue
8 2 (2.63%) FastAPI
8 2 (2.63%) Flask
9 1 (1.32%) Bootstrap
9 1 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.58%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.95%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.95%) IoT
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.63%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.32%) Apple TV
5 1 (1.32%) CUDA
5 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Linux
2 6 (7.89%) Unix
3 4 (5.26%) Windows
4 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.63%) Android
6 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (98.68%) Computer Science
2 53 (69.74%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (38.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 24 (31.58%) CI/CD
5 23 (30.26%) Software Engineering
6 22 (28.95%) Requirements Analysis
7 19 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
8 15 (19.74%) Containerisation
8 15 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (19.74%) SDLC
9 14 (18.42%) Mentoring
10 12 (15.79%) API Integration
11 10 (13.16%) API Design
12 8 (10.53%) DevOps
12 8 (10.53%) Information Security
12 8 (10.53%) Regression Testing
13 7 (9.21%) Agile
13 7 (9.21%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (7.89%) Application Security
14 6 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 38 (50.00%) Python
2 34 (44.74%) JavaScript
3 33 (43.42%) Java
4 29 (38.16%) C++
5 25 (32.89%) Perl
6 18 (23.68%) C#
7 8 (10.53%) SQL
8 5 (6.58%) PHP
9 1 (1.32%) Go
9 1 (1.32%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.32%) Rust
9 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (11.84%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) CEH
5 4 (5.26%) CREST Certified
6 3 (3.95%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (3.95%) CISSP
6 3 (3.95%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.32%) CCNP
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Cyber Scheme
7 1 (1.32%) GPEN
7 1 (1.32%) GXPN
7 1 (1.32%) OSCP
7 1 (1.32%) VCAP
7 1 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) QA
2 5 (6.58%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.63%) GDPR
5 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.32%) DO-254
5 1 (1.32%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (30.26%) Docker
2 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (26.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.95%) Nmap
2 3 (3.95%) Plesk
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.32%) Grafana
4 1 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) Databricks
2 3 (3.95%) Oracle
3 2 (2.63%) Cisco
3 2 (2.63%) Freshdesk
4 1 (1.32%) Apple
4 1 (1.32%) Meraki
4 1 (1.32%) NetApp
4 1 (1.32%) Thales
4 1 (1.32%) VMware