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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 122 112
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 37 124 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.06% 1.65% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 5.66% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 32 78 113
10th Percentile £26,325 £33,000 £37,650
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -9.54% +18.63%
75th Percentile £56,934 £69,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £67,125 £77,875 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 1,258 2,190 2,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 36.19% 29.19% 44.24%
Number of salaries quoted 747 1,279 1,475
10th Percentile £28,725 £30,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,952
% change year-on-year -1.79% -5.01% +7.18%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +4 13 £56,250 -2.17% 14
Dorset +29 8 £33,750 -44.90% 3
Somerset +11 6 £35,000 -16.17% 4
Wiltshire +26 5 £56,745 +71.95% 4
Gloucestershire +6 3 - - 13
Devon +1 2 £50,000 +72.41% 8
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure
2 12 (32.43%) Power Platform
3 7 (18.92%) AWS
4 5 (13.51%) GitHub
4 5 (13.51%) Power Automate
5 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (37.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (29.73%) Power BI
3 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (10.81%) FileMaker
6 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.70%) OLAP
6 1 (2.70%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Git
3 1 (2.70%) Burp Suite
3 1 (2.70%) Metasploit
3 1 (2.70%) Postman
General
1 20 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
3 5 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Retail
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.70%) Aviation
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Military
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Developer
2 13 (35.14%) Analyst
3 10 (27.03%) Graduate
4 9 (24.32%) IT Analyst
4 9 (24.32%) IT Support
4 9 (24.32%) IT Support Analyst
4 9 (24.32%) Support Analyst
5 6 (16.22%) Software Developer
6 5 (13.51%) Graduate Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) Graduate IT Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) Graduate IT Support
6 5 (13.51%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) Graduate Support Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) IT Graduate
6 5 (13.51%) Junior
7 4 (10.81%) Change and Release Manager
7 4 (10.81%) Change Manager
7 4 (10.81%) Graduate Support Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) IT Change Manager
7 4 (10.81%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.62%) HTML
2 7 (18.92%) .NET
3 4 (10.81%) CSS
4 3 (8.11%) .NET Framework
4 3 (8.11%) ASP.NET
4 3 (8.11%) Universal Windows Platform
4 3 (8.11%) WinUI
4 3 (8.11%) WPF
5 2 (5.41%) .NET Core
5 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.41%) React
5 2 (5.41%) RESTful
6 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (2.70%) Flask
6 1 (2.70%) HTML5
6 1 (2.70%) jQuery
6 1 (2.70%) Kafka
6 1 (2.70%) Pandas
6 1 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (8.11%) PKI
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.70%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
4 1 (2.70%) Life Science
4 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 19 (51.35%) Agile
3 12 (32.43%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (29.73%) DevOps
5 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
7 7 (18.92%) Software Engineering
8 6 (16.22%) Clean Code
9 5 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (10.81%) Business Process Analysis
10 4 (10.81%) Database Optimisation
10 4 (10.81%) ITIL
10 4 (10.81%) ITSM
10 4 (10.81%) Presales
10 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
10 4 (10.81%) Project Management
10 4 (10.81%) Release Management
10 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
10 4 (10.81%) Service Management
10 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) JavaScript
1 14 (37.84%) SQL
2 13 (35.14%) C#
3 6 (16.22%) T-SQL
4 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
5 3 (8.11%) Python
6 2 (5.41%) C
6 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.70%) Ada
7 1 (2.70%) Bash
7 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) AWS Certification
3 4 (10.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Azure Certification
3 4 (10.81%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) MBA
6 1 (2.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.70%) DO-178B
3 1 (2.70%) IEC 61508
3 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Nmap
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Syncfusion
2 3 (8.11%) Telerik
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Ariba
4 1 (2.70%) Blue Prism
4 1 (2.70%) Informatica
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) Sparx