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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 56 67
Rank change year-on-year -35 +11 +48
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 19 41 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.02% 3.85% 3.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.82% 7.69% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 45
10th Percentile £58,000 £47,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile - £114,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% +25.00%

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 674 533 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 36.20% 50.05% 35.23%
Number of salaries quoted 228 243 342
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £65,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +2.24%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -10 10 £77,500 +55.00% 4
Egham - 6 £100,000 - 1
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 1 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (5.26%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) AWS Data Pipeline
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (5.26%) Prefect
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.26%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.26%) MySQL
2 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 6 (31.58%) Electronics
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Android Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Android Software Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Graphics Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Graphics Software Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) .NET Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Blazor Developer
4 2 (10.53%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (10.53%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Data Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Python Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) .NET
1 7 (36.84%) Blazor
1 7 (36.84%) REST
1 7 (36.84%) WinForms
1 7 (36.84%) WPF
2 6 (31.58%) DirectX
2 6 (31.58%) Middleware
2 6 (31.58%) OpenGL
2 6 (31.58%) OpenGL ES
2 6 (31.58%) Vulkan
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
3 2 (10.53%) AngularJS
3 2 (10.53%) React
3 2 (10.53%) Vue
4 1 (5.26%) LangChain
4 1 (5.26%) NumPy
4 1 (5.26%) Pandas
4 1 (5.26%) PyTorch
4 1 (5.26%) scikit-learn
4 1 (5.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Computer Science
2 14 (73.68%) Mathematics
3 10 (52.63%) AI
3 10 (52.63%) Machine Learning
4 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
5 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
5 8 (42.11%) Software Engineering
6 7 (36.84%) DevOps
6 7 (36.84%) Microservices
7 2 (10.53%) Clean Code
7 2 (10.53%) Data Science
7 2 (10.53%) Digital Twin
7 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (10.53%) Information Security
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Reinforcement Learning
8 1 (5.26%) Agile
8 1 (5.26%) Scrum
8 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) C#
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) C++
3 2 (10.53%) Julia
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) C
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.26%) R
4 1 (5.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) CISSP
3 2 (10.53%) PhD
4 1 (5.26%) CISA
4 1 (5.26%) CISM
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft