Computer Science Jobs in the South West

Computer Science
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 66 90
Rank change year-on-year +33 +24 -11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 208 343 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.95% 3.73% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 4.44% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 105 232 185
10th Percentile - £31,000 £29,550
25th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.37% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,525 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,225 7,732 6,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.27% 84.15% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 5,553 3,658
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,906 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the South West.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Devon +10 64 £33,500 -4.29% 16
Gloucestershire +76 56 £30,000 -45.45% 34
Bristol -19 44 £51,250 -13.87% 41
Wiltshire +40 16 £56,745 +31.97% 5
Dorset +34 15 £40,101 -15.58% 5
Somerset +8 13 £40,101 +35.93% 9
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 20 (9.62%) Jupyter
2 5 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.44%) SAS
5 2 (0.96%) IIS
5 2 (0.96%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (9.62%) Simulink
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.44%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (9.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.98%) AWS
2 24 (11.54%) Azure
3 9 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.37%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.88%) Serverless
6 5 (2.40%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.92%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.44%) GCP
8 3 (1.44%) SaaS
9 2 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.48%) Boomi
10 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.25%) WAN
2 12 (5.77%) 5G
2 12 (5.77%) SD-WAN
3 7 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.44%) DHCP
4 3 (1.44%) DNS
4 3 (1.44%) Firewall
5 2 (0.96%) Internet
5 2 (0.96%) IPv4
5 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.96%) VPN
6 1 (0.48%) LAN
6 1 (0.48%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (19.23%) Big Data
2 8 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.40%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.92%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.92%) FileMaker
4 4 (1.92%) Power BI
4 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 20 (9.62%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.88%) Git
3 4 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.44%) GitLab
4 3 (1.44%) Xcode
4 3 (1.44%) XCTest
5 2 (0.96%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.96%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.48%) JIRA
6 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 59 (28.37%) Finance
2 52 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 46 (22.12%) Electronics
4 41 (19.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (11.06%) Aerospace
7 13 (6.25%) Retail
8 12 (5.77%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.33%) Banking
11 8 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.92%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.92%) Marketing
12 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.44%) Law
13 3 (1.44%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.96%) Automotive
14 2 (0.96%) Games
15 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (24.04%) Senior
2 44 (21.15%) Data Scientist
3 26 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 25 (12.02%) Junior
5 20 (9.62%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 20 (9.62%) Senior Data Scientist
5 20 (9.62%) Systems Engineer
6 17 (8.17%) Lead
7 15 (7.21%) Developer
8 9 (4.33%) Technical Leader
9 8 (3.85%) FPGA Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) Project Leader
9 8 (3.85%) Senior FPGA Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) Senior Project Leader
9 8 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) Senior VHDL Engineer
9 8 (3.85%) Software Project Leader
9 8 (3.85%) Technical Project Leader
9 8 (3.85%) VHDL Engineer
10 6 (2.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.77%) .NET
2 10 (4.81%) React
3 7 (3.37%) .NET Core
3 7 (3.37%) RESTful
4 6 (2.88%) AngularJS
4 6 (2.88%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.40%) CSS
5 5 (2.40%) HTML
5 5 (2.40%) Node.js
5 5 (2.40%) REST
6 4 (1.92%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.92%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.92%) Spring
7 3 (1.44%) LAMP
7 3 (1.44%) Laravel
7 3 (1.44%) React Native
7 3 (1.44%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.44%) SwiftUI
8 2 (0.96%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.96%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.48%) Algorithms
2 40 (19.23%) Cyberattack
3 35 (16.83%) Social Media
4 13 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.77%) GNSS
5 12 (5.77%) Self-Driving Car
6 10 (4.81%) Data Structures
7 9 (4.33%) FPGA
8 8 (3.85%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (3.85%) Satnav
8 8 (3.85%) VHDL
9 7 (3.37%) Robotics
10 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.88%) Product Ownership
11 5 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.92%) SCADA
13 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.44%) Reinsurance
13 3 (1.44%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 57 (27.40%) Windows
2 35 (16.83%) Windows Vista
3 20 (9.62%) Linux
4 11 (5.29%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.40%) Android
6 3 (1.44%) Unix
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (52.40%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (41.83%) Mathematics
3 72 (34.62%) Software Engineering
4 50 (24.04%) Mentoring
5 49 (23.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 48 (23.08%) Data Science
6 48 (23.08%) Statistics
7 45 (21.63%) Machine Learning
8 44 (21.15%) Agile
9 43 (20.67%) Data Analysis
10 41 (19.71%) Exploratory Data Analysis
11 40 (19.23%) OpenUP
11 40 (19.23%) Visualisation
12 38 (18.27%) Project Management
13 32 (15.38%) DevOps
14 31 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (14.42%) Test Automation
16 28 (13.46%) Microservices
17 26 (12.50%) Analytics
17 26 (12.50%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.08%) Python
2 44 (21.15%) Java
3 31 (14.90%) JavaScript
4 28 (13.46%) MATLAB
5 25 (12.02%) C++
6 20 (9.62%) C#
7 15 (7.21%) C
8 14 (6.73%) SQL
9 9 (4.33%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.33%) Tcl
10 8 (3.85%) Perl
10 8 (3.85%) VB
11 7 (3.37%) Bash
12 6 (2.88%) Rust
13 5 (2.40%) PHP
13 5 (2.40%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.92%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.44%) Clojure
15 3 (1.44%) R
15 3 (1.44%) Swift
Qualifications
1 149 (71.63%) Degree
2 54 (25.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (23.56%) Security Cleared
4 43 (20.67%) DV Cleared
5 35 (16.83%) DBS Check
6 20 (9.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (9.62%) Numerate Degree
7 12 (5.77%) Master's Degree
8 10 (4.81%) AWS Certification
9 9 (4.33%) PhD
10 7 (3.37%) Azure Certification
10 7 (3.37%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.44%) PMP
12 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.96%) CHECK Team Member
13 2 (0.96%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.77%) PMO
1 12 (5.77%) QA
2 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.92%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.44%) SLA
5 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.48%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.48%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 25 (12.02%) Docker
2 8 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (3.85%) Firmware
3 4 (1.92%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (12.02%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.88%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (1.44%) Puppet
4 2 (0.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.96%) Nmap
5 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 20 (9.62%) IBM
2 14 (6.73%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.33%) Xilinx
4 8 (3.85%) Altera
4 8 (3.85%) Green Hills
5 4 (1.92%) Intel
6 3 (1.44%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (1.44%) PayPal
6 3 (1.44%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.44%) Splunk
6 3 (1.44%) Veeam
6 3 (1.44%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.96%) Databricks
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco
8 1 (0.48%) Google
8 1 (0.48%) Graphcore
8 1 (0.48%) SnapLogic