Computer Science Job Trends in Surrey

Computer Science
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 41 46
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 59 64 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.87% 6.24% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 6.83% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 47 55 100
10th Percentile £31,250 - £39,750
25th Percentile £32,317 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -18.37% -5.77%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -9.17% +3.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,482 937 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 72.12% 91.41% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,002 526 1,375
10th Percentile £31,510 £30,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,766 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.13% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,375 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Surrey

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Surrey over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Surrey

Computer Science
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 within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 20 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
Egham - 14 £31,510 - 1
Guildford -34 6 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Horley - 4 £38,000 -
Staines -6 3 £32,500 -56.67%
Reigate - 3 £92,500 - 1
Redhill 0 2 £51,250 +28.13% 3
Camberley +1 1 £33,750 -55.00%
Woking -19 1 £95,000 +111.11% 2
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
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 5 (8.47%) IIS
2 4 (6.78%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.69%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.03%) AWS
2 10 (16.95%) Azure
3 7 (11.86%) Snowflake
4 6 (10.17%) GCP
4 6 (10.17%) SaaS
5 4 (6.78%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 4 (6.78%) Prefect
6 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.69%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.69%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.69%) Datadog
7 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.69%) Figma
7 1 (1.69%) GitHub
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) HTTP
1 2 (3.39%) MQTT
2 1 (1.69%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (1.69%) DNS
2 1 (1.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) MySQL
1 9 (15.25%) NoSQL
2 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.47%) Big Data
3 5 (8.47%) Data Mining
3 5 (8.47%) Hadoop
3 5 (8.47%) Tableau
4 4 (6.78%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (6.78%) MongoDB
4 4 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.78%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Git
2 5 (8.47%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (6.78%) GitLab
4 2 (3.39%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.69%) JIRA
5 1 (1.69%) MSI
5 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Electronics
3 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.86%) Finance
4 7 (11.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (10.17%) Marketing
6 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Software Engineer
2 11 (18.64%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) Android Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Android Software Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Graphics Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Graphics Software Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Data Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Data Science Manager
4 5 (8.47%) Developer
4 5 (8.47%) Lead
4 5 (8.47%) Senior Manager
5 4 (6.78%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Applications Support
5 4 (6.78%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Coordinator
5 4 (6.78%) IT Support
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Graduate
6 3 (5.08%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) DirectX
1 6 (10.17%) Middleware
1 6 (10.17%) OpenGL
1 6 (10.17%) OpenGL ES
1 6 (10.17%) Vulkan
2 5 (8.47%) .NET
2 5 (8.47%) HTML
2 5 (8.47%) Play Framework
3 4 (6.78%) CSS
3 4 (6.78%) Node.js
4 2 (3.39%) Jest
4 2 (3.39%) Vue
4 2 (3.39%) YAML
4 2 (3.39%) Yocto
5 1 (1.69%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.69%) NgRx
5 1 (1.69%) Playwright
5 1 (1.69%) pytest
5 1 (1.69%) React
5 1 (1.69%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Algorithms
2 8 (13.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.39%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) BBC
5 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Android
2 3 (5.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) Debian
3 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) Mathematics
2 17 (28.81%) Agile
3 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (20.34%) Decision-Making
5 11 (18.64%) Analytics
6 10 (16.95%) Data Science
7 9 (15.25%) AI
7 9 (15.25%) Scrum
8 8 (13.56%) Kanban
8 8 (13.56%) Software Engineering
9 7 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (11.86%) Machine Learning
10 6 (10.17%) Analytical Thinking
10 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (10.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (10.17%) Digital Transformation Strategy
10 6 (10.17%) Operations Research
10 6 (10.17%) Software Testing
10 6 (10.17%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) Python
2 16 (27.12%) SQL
3 11 (18.64%) C#
4 9 (15.25%) Java
4 9 (15.25%) Scala
5 6 (10.17%) JavaScript
5 6 (10.17%) R
6 4 (6.78%) C++
7 3 (5.08%) Bash
7 3 (5.08%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.39%) PHP
8 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (67.80%) Degree
2 13 (22.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (22.03%) Master's Degree
3 5 (8.47%) MBA
4 4 (6.78%) A+ Certification
4 4 (6.78%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (6.78%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CISM
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) HNC
6 1 (1.69%) HND
6 1 (1.69%) PhD
6 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (10.17%) GDPR
2 5 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.78%) SLA
4 2 (3.39%) JTAG
5 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.69%) GRC
5 1 (1.69%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (3.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Terraform
2 1 (1.69%) Argo
2 1 (1.69%) CASB
2 1 (1.69%) Grafana
2 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) BT
2 5 (8.47%) Databricks
3 2 (3.39%) Google
3 2 (3.39%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.69%) VMware