Computer Science Jobs in Southampton

Computer Science
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 50 35
Rank change year-on-year +28 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 14 30 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 4.58% 3.25% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.05% 4.03% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 35
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £59,375 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £57,500 £60,859
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 277 745 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 90.52% 80.80% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 196 636 532
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £61,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Southampton

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Southampton.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Southampton

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Southampton over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Southampton

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) IaaS
2 2 (14.29%) PaaS
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (7.14%) Figma
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
3 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.14%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Graduate
4 2 (14.29%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Trainer
5 1 (7.14%) Delphi Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Graduate Java Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Graduate Software Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) React
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) CSS
3 1 (7.14%) GraphQL
3 1 (7.14%) Next.js
3 1 (7.14%) Node.js
3 1 (7.14%) Spring
3 1 (7.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Acoustics
2 1 (7.14%) BBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Mathematics
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (21.43%) Microservices
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 2 (14.29%) Conversational UI
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) Event-Driven
5 2 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Statistics
5 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C#
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) C
2 3 (21.43%) C++
2 3 (21.43%) Delphi
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) Ada
3 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (14.29%) CEH
3 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) PayPal