Computer Science Jobs in Staffordshire

Computer Science
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 69 62
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 32 20 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.63% 2.03% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.42% 2.47% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 3
10th Percentile - £27,675 £42,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% -18.75% +45.02%
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,250 £62,625 £66,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,724 £51,431 £53,500
% change year-on-year -11.10% -3.87% +18.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 380 811 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 66.90% 82.42% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 254 569 371
10th Percentile £28,822 £23,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £28,119 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £56,083
90th Percentile £74,250 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stoke-on-Trent +28 18 £35,000 -22.22% 13
Lichfield - 5 £97,500 - 5
Tamworth - 2 - -
Cannock +10 1 - - 2
Cradley Heath - 1 - -
Stafford - 1 £53,688 - 3
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 2 (6.25%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Google Workspace
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (56.25%) WLAN
2 16 (50.00%) Firewall
3 15 (46.88%) BGP
3 15 (46.88%) DHCP
3 15 (46.88%) DNS
3 15 (46.88%) OSPF
3 15 (46.88%) TCP/IP
3 15 (46.88%) VLAN
4 3 (9.38%) Internet
4 3 (9.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MySQL
1 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (53.13%) Automotive
3 16 (50.00%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.25%) Agriculture
4 2 (6.25%) Avionics
4 2 (6.25%) Electronics
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) IT Engineer
2 17 (53.13%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Architect
3 3 (9.38%) IT Support
3 3 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) AWS Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Trainer
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (3.13%) IT Graduate
5 1 (3.13%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) MACH
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) jQuery
2 1 (3.13%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.13%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Management Information System
1 15 (46.88%) Smartphone
2 3 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (56.25%) Linux
1 18 (56.25%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) Mac OS X
2 15 (46.88%) Ubuntu
2 15 (46.88%) Windows 10
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Systems Engineering
2 16 (50.00%) Business Case
3 15 (46.88%) Performance Tuning
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.75%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Information Security
7 3 (9.38%) Agile
7 3 (9.38%) Architecture Governance
7 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
7 3 (9.38%) Data Architecture
7 3 (9.38%) IT Asset Management
7 3 (9.38%) IT Strategy
7 3 (9.38%) ITIL
7 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.38%) Network Architecture
7 3 (9.38%) Network Management
7 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.38%) SDLC
7 3 (9.38%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) SQL
2 15 (46.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.25%) C
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded C
3 2 (6.25%) MATLAB
4 1 (3.13%) C#
4 1 (3.13%) C++
4 1 (3.13%) Java
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.13%) PHP
4 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (96.88%) Degree
2 24 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (56.25%) MCSE
3 18 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (46.88%) HNC
4 15 (46.88%) HND
5 3 (9.38%) CCNA
5 3 (9.38%) CCNP
5 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (9.38%) LPIC
5 3 (9.38%) MCP
6 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.25%) PhD
6 2 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (3.13%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) NIST
1 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 15 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) Cisco
3 15 (46.88%) Apple
3 15 (46.88%) Dell
3 15 (46.88%) Fortinet
3 15 (46.88%) Google
3 15 (46.88%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (6.25%) PayPal