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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 14 39
Rank change year-on-year -26 +25 -3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 66 134 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.99% 11.02% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 12.03% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 56 69 34
10th Percentile £31,510 £31,250 £40,200
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £91,000 £96,375
South East median annual salary £52,783 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -12.03% -0.83% +10.00%

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 1,346 1,114 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 81.43% 91.61% 90.17%
Number of salaries quoted 765 494 610
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,875 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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
Epsom +31 22 £44,000 -26.67%
Egham - 10 £31,510 - 5
Woking -6 7 £100,000 +25.00% 7
Guildford -19 7 £77,500 +55.00% 7
Redhill -4 2 £42,500 +34.92% 1
Horley - 1 £38,000 -
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 (7.58%) IIS
2 1 (1.52%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) AWS
2 10 (15.15%) Azure
3 5 (7.58%) Snowflake
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.61%) LAN
1 7 (10.61%) SD-WAN
1 7 (10.61%) Unified Communications
1 7 (10.61%) VoIP
1 7 (10.61%) VPN
1 7 (10.61%) WAN
1 7 (10.61%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.03%) GPRS
2 2 (3.03%) LTE
2 2 (3.03%) Modbus
2 2 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) NoSQL
1 7 (10.61%) Tableau
2 5 (7.58%) Big Data
2 5 (7.58%) Data Mining
2 5 (7.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 11 (16.67%) Marketing
2 9 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 8 (12.12%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Finance
6 4 (6.06%) Electronics
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (10.61%) Head of IT
1 7 (10.61%) Head of IT Operations
1 7 (10.61%) Head of Operations
2 5 (7.58%) Data Science Manager
2 5 (7.58%) Senior
2 5 (7.58%) Senior Manager
3 4 (6.06%) Developer
4 3 (4.55%) Account Manager
4 3 (4.55%) C# Developer
4 3 (4.55%) Sales Account Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Sales Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Software Engineer
5 2 (3.03%) .NET Developer
5 2 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 2 (3.03%) Blazor Developer
5 2 (3.03%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (3.03%) Lead
5 2 (3.03%) Product Manager
6 1 (1.52%) Coordinator
6 1 (1.52%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) .NET
1 7 (10.61%) Blazor
1 7 (10.61%) REST
1 7 (10.61%) WinForms
1 7 (10.61%) WPF
2 5 (7.58%) Play Framework
3 2 (3.03%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.03%) React
3 2 (3.03%) Vue
4 1 (1.52%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.52%) LangChain
4 1 (1.52%) NumPy
4 1 (1.52%) OpenGL
4 1 (1.52%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (1.52%) Pandas
4 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.52%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.30%) Social Media
2 7 (10.61%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.03%) IoT
5 2 (3.03%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.76%) AI
1 17 (25.76%) Mathematics
2 15 (22.73%) Machine Learning
3 14 (21.21%) DevOps
4 13 (19.70%) Decision-Making
5 11 (16.67%) Project Management
6 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.12%) Business Continuity
7 8 (12.12%) ERP
7 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 8 (12.12%) Service Delivery
8 7 (10.61%) Budget Management
8 7 (10.61%) Budgeting
8 7 (10.61%) CI/CD
8 7 (10.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure Management
8 7 (10.61%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) R
3 6 (9.09%) Java
4 5 (7.58%) C#
4 5 (7.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (50.00%) Degree
2 22 (33.33%) DBS Check
3 17 (25.76%) Master's Degree
4 9 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (10.61%) AWS Certification
5 7 (10.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (10.61%) Azure Certification
5 7 (10.61%) CCNP
5 7 (10.61%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (10.61%) PMI Certification
5 7 (10.61%) PMP
6 5 (7.58%) MBA
7 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.52%) MCP
7 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) NIST
2 5 (7.58%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Cisco
3 5 (7.58%) BT
3 5 (7.58%) Databricks
4 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.03%) VMware
6 1 (1.52%) Samsung