Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Surrey

Computer Science Degree
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 63 71
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 +43
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 24 26 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.08% 2.69% 3.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.52% 5.83% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 72
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +15.38% -16.80%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £116,375 £87,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% -2.08% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 681 446 893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 30.51% 46.22% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 188 248 480
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,850 £26,740
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,843 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,790 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.07% +11.58% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,375 £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,020
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.80% +2.04%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Surrey

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Surrey

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Guildford -21 13 £100,000 +70.21% 2
Egham - 6 £100,000 -
Computer Science Degree
South East

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) GCP
3 4 (16.67%) AWS Data Pipeline
3 4 (16.67%) Prefect
4 2 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 4 (16.67%) MySQL
1 4 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 4 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.17%) Redis
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
General
1 6 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Python Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Python Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Android Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Android Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Graphics Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Graphics Software Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) DirectX
1 6 (25.00%) Middleware
1 6 (25.00%) OpenGL
1 6 (25.00%) OpenGL ES
1 6 (25.00%) Vulkan
2 2 (8.33%) Vue
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.17%) Blazor
3 1 (4.17%) Node.js
3 1 (4.17%) React
3 1 (4.17%) REST
3 1 (4.17%) WinForms
3 1 (4.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Computer Science
2 12 (50.00%) AI
3 11 (45.83%) Machine Learning
3 11 (45.83%) Mathematics
3 11 (45.83%) Software Engineering
4 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (16.67%) Agile
5 4 (16.67%) Analytics
5 4 (16.67%) Data Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 4 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (16.67%) Data Science
5 4 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
5 4 (16.67%) ETL
5 4 (16.67%) Kanban
5 4 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (16.67%) Scrum
6 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 2 (8.33%) Code Quality
7 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) Python
2 10 (41.67%) C++
3 4 (16.67%) Java
3 4 (16.67%) Scala
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (8.33%) Julia
6 1 (4.17%) Bash
6 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (58.33%) Master's Degree
3 10 (41.67%) PhD
4 2 (8.33%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) CISA
5 1 (4.17%) CISM
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft