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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 27 42
Rank change year-on-year -38 +15 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 58 87 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.54% 7.32% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 8.24% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 44 71 92
10th Percentile £29,675 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,920 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £81,375 £71,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,760 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.80% -18.73% -

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 1,678 1,056 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.53% 88.81% 86.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 693 1,032
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £84,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -16 15 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Reigate - 7 £92,500 -
Redhill +2 5 £30,000 -25.00%
Camberley +1 4 £33,750 -55.00%
Godalming -7 3 - -
Woking -28 3 £81,000 -1.82%
Staines -10 2 £32,500 -56.67%
Egham - 1 £50,000 -
Farnham - 1 - - 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 3 (5.17%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.72%) Apache
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.03%) AWS
2 17 (29.31%) SaaS
3 15 (25.86%) Azure
4 7 (12.07%) Snowflake
5 5 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.90%) GCP
7 3 (5.17%) AWS Data Pipeline
7 3 (5.17%) GitHub
7 3 (5.17%) Prefect
8 2 (3.45%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.45%) Azure API Management
8 2 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.45%) Datadog
8 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.45%) Figma
8 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.72%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Firewall
1 5 (8.62%) Network Security
1 5 (8.62%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.90%) LTE
2 4 (6.90%) VSAT
3 3 (5.17%) DNS
4 2 (3.45%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (3.45%) VoIP
5 1 (1.72%) BGP
5 1 (1.72%) DHCP
5 1 (1.72%) IPsec
5 1 (1.72%) LAN
5 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.72%) SNMP
5 1 (1.72%) SSL
5 1 (1.72%) VLAN
5 1 (1.72%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) WAN
5 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.52%) MySQL
3 7 (12.07%) Redis
4 3 (5.17%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (5.17%) Metadata
4 3 (5.17%) MongoDB
4 3 (5.17%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (5.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
2 5 (8.62%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (6.90%) GitLab
4 3 (5.17%) Cypress.io
5 2 (3.45%) JIRA
5 2 (3.45%) MSI
6 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (1.72%) Postman
6 1 (1.72%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Electronics
3 6 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Law
4 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Developer
2 9 (15.52%) Lead
3 8 (13.79%) Graduate
3 8 (13.79%) Software Developer
3 8 (13.79%) Software Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (12.07%) Lead Developer
4 7 (12.07%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (12.07%) Lead Software Developer
5 6 (10.34%) Senior
6 5 (8.62%) Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Applications Support
8 3 (5.17%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Communications Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.24%) Node.js
2 7 (12.07%) Vue
3 6 (10.34%) HTML
4 5 (8.62%) CSS
5 4 (6.90%) .NET
5 4 (6.90%) YAML
6 3 (5.17%) Jest
7 2 (3.45%) ADO
7 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.45%) NestJS
7 2 (3.45%) NgRx
7 2 (3.45%) Playwright
7 2 (3.45%) Sass
7 2 (3.45%) Vitest
8 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
8 1 (1.72%) jQuery
8 1 (1.72%) LAMP
8 1 (1.72%) pytest
8 1 (1.72%) React
8 1 (1.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
1 4 (6.90%) Cloud Native
1 4 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.72%) BBC
4 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) PKI
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Linux
2 3 (5.17%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Debian
3 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.72%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.76%) Agile
2 18 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (25.86%) AI
3 15 (25.86%) CI/CD
4 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (22.41%) Mathematics
6 11 (18.97%) Scrum
7 10 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (17.24%) DevSecOps
7 10 (17.24%) Microservices
8 9 (15.52%) User Stories
9 8 (13.79%) Clean Code
9 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
9 8 (13.79%) Epics
9 8 (13.79%) Software Engineering
9 8 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (12.07%) Design Patterns
10 7 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
10 7 (12.07%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) Python
2 11 (18.97%) C#
2 11 (18.97%) JavaScript
3 10 (17.24%) TypeScript
4 9 (15.52%) SQL
5 8 (13.79%) Java
6 7 (12.07%) C++
7 5 (8.62%) Bash
8 4 (6.90%) PHP
8 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
9 3 (5.17%) Scala
10 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (74.14%) Degree
2 20 (34.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.34%) Master's Degree
5 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
5 5 (8.62%) HNC
5 5 (8.62%) HND
5 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.90%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.72%) CBAP
9 1 (1.72%) CCNP
9 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.72%) CISM
9 1 (1.72%) CISSP
9 1 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.72%) PhD
9 1 (1.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.90%) SLA
2 4 (6.90%) SOC 2
3 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.45%) WCAG
4 1 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.72%) GRC
4 1 (1.72%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.72%) NIST
4 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Terraform
2 3 (5.17%) Argo
2 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.45%) Grafana
3 2 (3.45%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.72%) CASB
4 1 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (1.72%) EMC
3 1 (1.72%) New Relic
3 1 (1.72%) VMware