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 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 136 132
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +81
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 40 55 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.79% 1.29% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% 3.38% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25 20 50
10th Percentile £28,500 £43,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,625 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £85,700 £77,813 £72,188
90th Percentile £97,500 £79,125 £85,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +12.50%

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 1,682 1,626 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.40% 38.23% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 878 833 1,266
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,850 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £78,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 6 January 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 6 January 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
Bristol -9 12 £57,500 -20.69% 2
Gloucestershire +26 8 £78,750 +8.62% 9
Wiltshire +17 8 £29,000 -22.67% 5
Devon +1 7 £58,250 -44.52% 5
Dorset +3 2 £95,000 +90.00% 6
Somerset -13 2 £85,700 +42.83% 5
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
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
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 18 (45.00%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 6 (15.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (12.50%) GitHub
6 4 (10.00%) Google Workspace
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Stack
7 2 (5.00%) OCI
8 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
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 5 (12.50%) 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%) Metadata
3 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.50%) GIS
3 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.50%) OLAP
3 1 (2.50%) OLAP Cube
3 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.50%) Gatling
2 1 (2.50%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) JMeter
2 1 (2.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Dutch Language
2 4 (10.00%) French Language
2 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (10.00%) Spanish Language
3 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Billing
4 1 (2.50%) Electronics
4 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
4 1 (2.50%) Military
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Developer
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
3 6 (15.00%) Software Developer
3 6 (15.00%) Tester
4 5 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Automation Tester
4 5 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Azure Architect
5 4 (10.00%) IT Support
5 4 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Network Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) .NET
1 5 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 5 (12.50%) Playwright
1 5 (12.50%) Universal Windows Platform
1 5 (12.50%) WinUI
1 5 (12.50%) WPF
2 3 (7.50%) CSS
2 3 (7.50%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) Middleware
3 1 (2.50%) RESTful
3 1 (2.50%) SOAP
3 1 (2.50%) Spring
3 1 (2.50%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (7.50%) PKI
2 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.50%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Life Science
3 1 (2.50%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (97.50%) Computer Science
2 16 (40.00%) DevOps
3 13 (32.50%) CI/CD
4 12 (30.00%) Agile
5 9 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (17.50%) AI
7 7 (17.50%) Data Modelling
7 7 (17.50%) Design Patterns
7 7 (17.50%) Test Scripting
8 6 (15.00%) API Testing
8 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (15.00%) Data Protection
8 6 (15.00%) Project Management
8 6 (15.00%) Software Engineering
8 6 (15.00%) Test Automation
8 6 (15.00%) Test Strategy
9 5 (12.50%) MVVM
9 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.50%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) C#
2 8 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (17.50%) Python
4 6 (15.00%) SQL
5 5 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 4 (10.00%) Bash
7 3 (7.50%) Java
8 2 (5.00%) R
9 1 (2.50%) Perl
9 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 5 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 4 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) MCP
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.50%) CCNP
6 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.50%) Chartered Engineer
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%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) GDPR
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.50%) Terraform
3 1 (2.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Syncfusion
2 5 (12.50%) Telerik
3 4 (10.00%) Cisco
4 3 (7.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 2 (5.00%) SAP
6 1 (2.50%) Blue Prism
6 1 (2.50%) Citrix
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) HP
6 1 (2.50%) Juniper
6 1 (2.50%) Siemens
6 1 (2.50%) Veeam
6 1 (2.50%) VMware