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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 115 111
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 42 90 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.04% 1.48% 2.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.96% 4.72% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 32 45 88
10th Percentile £26,325 £37,450 £39,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £50,000 £53,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £62,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +2.80% +21.60%
75th Percentile £72,438 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,000 £87,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +18.18%

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 1,418 1,905 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.95% 31.29% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 774 1,000 1,428
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,450 £29,440
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £55,000 £51,874
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +6.03% +3.75%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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
Bristol -6 14 £57,500 -11.54% 17
Gloucestershire +22 6 £95,000 +52.00% 10
Devon +7 6 £52,500 - 6
Dorset +3 6 £27,500 -50.00% 2
Somerset -2 6 £35,000 -15.66% 7
Wiltshire +27 4 £29,000 -22.67% 10
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 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 12 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) GitHub
5 5 (11.90%) AWS
6 4 (9.52%) Google Workspace
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Stack
7 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.19%) Power BI
2 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.76%) Ataccama
3 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.76%) Big Data
3 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.76%) Metadata
3 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (2.38%) GIS
4 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.38%) OLAP
4 1 (2.38%) OLAP Cube
4 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
2 3 (7.14%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.76%) Git
4 1 (2.38%) Postman
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Dutch Language
2 4 (9.52%) French Language
2 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.52%) Spanish Language
3 3 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.38%) Back Office
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Military
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Graduate
2 9 (21.43%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) IT Support
3 8 (19.05%) Support Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Graduate Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Graduate IT Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Graduate IT Support
5 5 (11.90%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Graduate Support Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) IT Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) IT Graduate
5 5 (11.90%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Software Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Azure Architect
6 4 (9.52%) Graduate Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) HTML
2 5 (11.90%) .NET
3 4 (9.52%) .NET Framework
3 4 (9.52%) Universal Windows Platform
3 4 (9.52%) WinUI
3 4 (9.52%) WPF
4 3 (7.14%) CSS
4 3 (7.14%) Playwright
5 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) Flask
5 1 (2.38%) HTML5
5 1 (2.38%) jQuery
5 1 (2.38%) Kafka
5 1 (2.38%) Pandas
5 1 (2.38%) React
5 1 (2.38%) Swagger
5 1 (2.38%) Web Services
5 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.14%) PKI
3 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.38%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.38%) FMCG
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.38%) Life Science
4 1 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Linux
2 4 (9.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 15 (35.71%) Agile
3 14 (33.33%) DevOps
4 12 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
6 8 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 8 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 7 (16.67%) AI
8 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 5 (11.90%) Clean Code
9 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.90%) Data Architecture
9 5 (11.90%) Data Management
9 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
9 5 (11.90%) Information Management
9 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.90%) TOGAF
10 4 (9.52%) Containerisation
10 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
10 4 (9.52%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 12 (28.57%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) C#
4 4 (9.52%) Python
5 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.76%) Java
6 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.38%) C
7 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.52%) A+ Certification
4 4 (9.52%) MCP
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.14%) ISTQB
5 3 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.38%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (2.38%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.38%) MBA
7 1 (2.38%) OSCP
7 1 (2.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.14%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Syncfusion
2 4 (9.52%) Telerik
3 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) Ariba
4 1 (2.38%) Blue Prism
4 1 (2.38%) Informatica
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) Sparx