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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 80 53
Rank change year-on-year -25 -27 +9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 23 20 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.91% 1.75% 4.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.89% 5.29% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 57
10th Percentile £47,500 - -
25th Percentile £76,688 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +5.26% -8.80%
75th Percentile £96,250 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,250 -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -

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 470 378 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 18.69% 32.98% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 291 271 307
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,040 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £56,376
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.31% +7.28%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -22 12 £90,000 +16.13% 4
Godalming -8 3 - -
Camberley - 3 - - 1
Woking -20 1 £81,000 +80.00% 5
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 2 (8.70%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 15 (65.22%) AWS
2 10 (43.48%) SaaS
3 7 (30.43%) Snowflake
4 5 (21.74%) Azure
5 2 (8.70%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 2 (8.70%) GCP
5 2 (8.70%) Prefect
6 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
6 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) BGP
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) IPsec
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) SNMP
1 1 (4.35%) SSL
1 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.35%) VLAN
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (30.43%) Redis
3 3 (13.04%) MySQL
4 2 (8.70%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (8.70%) Metadata
4 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
4 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
4 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.04%) Law
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) Italian Language
5 1 (4.35%) Japanese Language
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Lead
2 7 (30.43%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Full-Stack Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Lead Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Lead Software Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Software Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Python Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Data Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Data Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) Node.js
1 7 (30.43%) Vue
2 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) jQuery
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) PKI
1 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Computer Science
2 11 (47.83%) AI
3 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (34.78%) CI/CD
4 8 (34.78%) Epics
4 8 (34.78%) User Stories
5 7 (30.43%) Agile
5 7 (30.43%) Clean Code
5 7 (30.43%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (30.43%) Continuous Deployment
5 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
5 7 (30.43%) DevSecOps
5 7 (30.43%) Domain Models
5 7 (30.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (30.43%) Microservices
5 7 (30.43%) SOLID
5 7 (30.43%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (21.74%) Scrum
6 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
6 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
1 7 (30.43%) Python
1 7 (30.43%) TypeScript
2 5 (21.74%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.70%) Scala
5 1 (4.35%) C#
5 1 (4.35%) PHP
5 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 5 (21.74%) AWS Certification
4 4 (17.39%) PhD
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.35%) CCNP
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.35%) HNC
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) SOC 2
3 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.35%) NIST
4 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Argo
1 1 (4.35%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco
1 1 (4.35%) EMC
1 1 (4.35%) New Relic
1 1 (4.35%) VMware