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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 19 36
Rank change year-on-year -29 +17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 59 111 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.27% 10.00% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 10.67% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 48 58 65
10th Percentile £31,432 £31,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £33,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,438 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,750
South East median annual salary £55,715 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +9.09%

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 1,460 1,040 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.93% 93.69% 88.70%
Number of salaries quoted 877 467 968
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £27,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 14 February 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 14 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
Egham - 15 £31,510 - 1
Epsom +30 12 £44,000 -26.67%
Guildford -25 7 £77,500 +55.00% 4
Horley - 4 £38,000 -
Woking -7 3 £100,000 +25.00% 1
Redhill 0 2 £42,500 -
Staines -9 1 £32,500 - 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 1 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.69%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) AWS
2 6 (10.17%) Azure
3 5 (8.47%) Snowflake
4 2 (3.39%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 1 (1.69%) Prefect
5 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) LAN
1 3 (5.08%) SD-WAN
1 3 (5.08%) Unified Communications
1 3 (5.08%) VoIP
1 3 (5.08%) VPN
1 3 (5.08%) WAN
1 3 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.39%) HTTP
2 2 (3.39%) MQTT
3 1 (1.69%) GPRS
3 1 (1.69%) LTE
3 1 (1.69%) Modbus
3 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) NoSQL
2 7 (11.86%) Tableau
3 5 (8.47%) Big Data
3 5 (8.47%) Data Mining
3 5 (8.47%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.39%) MySQL
5 1 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (13.56%) Electronics
1 8 (13.56%) Finance
1 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Marketing
3 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (15.25%) Software Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Android Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Android Software Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Graphics Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Graphics Software Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Senior
3 5 (8.47%) Data Science Manager
3 5 (8.47%) Senior Manager
4 4 (6.78%) Coordinator
4 4 (6.78%) Developer
4 4 (6.78%) IT Support
5 3 (5.08%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.08%) Head of IT
5 3 (5.08%) Head of IT Operations
5 3 (5.08%) Head of Operations
6 2 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) Blazor Developer
6 2 (3.39%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (3.39%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) .NET
2 7 (11.86%) Blazor
2 7 (11.86%) REST
2 7 (11.86%) WinForms
2 7 (11.86%) WPF
3 6 (10.17%) DirectX
3 6 (10.17%) Middleware
3 6 (10.17%) OpenGL
3 6 (10.17%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (10.17%) Vulkan
4 5 (8.47%) Play Framework
5 2 (3.39%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.39%) React
5 2 (3.39%) Vue
5 2 (3.39%) Yocto
6 1 (1.69%) CSS
6 1 (1.69%) HTML
6 1 (1.69%) NumPy
6 1 (1.69%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Social Media
2 6 (10.17%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.08%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.08%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.39%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.69%) IoT
6 1 (1.69%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Windows
2 6 (10.17%) Android
3 2 (3.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Mathematics
2 15 (25.42%) Machine Learning
3 14 (23.73%) AI
3 14 (23.73%) Decision-Making
4 12 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (16.95%) DevOps
6 8 (13.56%) Agile
6 8 (13.56%) Analytics
6 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (13.56%) Data Science
7 7 (11.86%) Business Continuity
7 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.86%) ERP
7 7 (11.86%) LLM
7 7 (11.86%) Microservices
7 7 (11.86%) Roadmaps
7 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
7 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
8 6 (10.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (10.17%) Digital Transformation Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) SQL
2 10 (16.95%) Python
3 8 (13.56%) R
4 7 (11.86%) C#
4 7 (11.86%) Java
5 6 (10.17%) Scala
6 1 (1.69%) C++
6 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (59.32%) Degree
2 15 (25.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (22.03%) DBS Check
4 12 (20.34%) Master's Degree
5 5 (8.47%) MBA
6 4 (6.78%) A+ Certification
6 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.78%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.08%) CCNP
7 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
7 3 (5.08%) PMP
8 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (6.78%) GDPR
3 3 (5.08%) NIST
4 2 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.39%) JTAG
5 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Docker
2 2 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (3.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) BT
2 5 (8.47%) Databricks
3 3 (5.08%) Cisco
4 2 (3.39%) Google
4 2 (3.39%) NVIDIA
4 2 (3.39%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) Samsung