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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 15 53
Rank change year-on-year -30 +38 -14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 66 158 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.43% 11.41% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 12.93% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 57 90 25
10th Percentile £34,354 £31,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 - £99,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% - +14.29%

All Process and 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 1,243 1,222 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 83.48% 88.23% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 796 598 570
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,625 £42,500 £40,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.09% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,125 £85,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +4.59% -0.91%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 +27 32 £44,000 -26.67%
Guildford -16 8 £68,750 +37.50% 4
Woking -6 7 £100,000 +25.00% 4
Egham - 6 £30,000 - 5
Redhill -9 2 £42,500 +51.79% 3
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 1 (1.52%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 9 (13.64%) AWS
3 2 (3.03%) SaaS
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 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 9 (13.64%) Telecoms
2 8 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Marketing
4 3 (4.55%) Banking
4 3 (4.55%) Electronics
4 3 (4.55%) Finance
4 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 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 4 (6.06%) Developer
3 3 (4.55%) Account Manager
3 3 (4.55%) C# Developer
3 3 (4.55%) Sales Account Manager
3 3 (4.55%) Sales Manager
4 2 (3.03%) .NET Developer
4 2 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (3.03%) Blazor Developer
4 2 (3.03%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (3.03%) Product Manager
4 2 (3.03%) Software Engineer
5 1 (1.52%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (1.52%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 1 (1.52%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (1.52%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 1 (1.52%) Lead
5 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 2 (3.03%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.03%) React
2 2 (3.03%) Vue
3 1 (1.52%) Hugging Face
3 1 (1.52%) LangChain
3 1 (1.52%) NumPy
3 1 (1.52%) Pandas
3 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (45.45%) Social Media
2 7 (10.61%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.03%) IoT
4 2 (3.03%) NB-IoT
5 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (46.97%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.21%) DevOps
2 12 (18.18%) AI
3 10 (15.15%) Mathematics
3 10 (15.15%) Project Management
3 10 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (13.64%) Machine Learning
5 8 (12.12%) ITIL
6 7 (10.61%) Business Continuity
6 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
6 7 (10.61%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (10.61%) ERP
6 7 (10.61%) High Availability
6 7 (10.61%) ITSM
6 7 (10.61%) Logistics
6 7 (10.61%) Microservices
6 7 (10.61%) Problem Management
6 7 (10.61%) Resource Management
6 7 (10.61%) Service Delivery
6 7 (10.61%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) C#
2 4 (6.06%) SQL
3 2 (3.03%) Python
3 2 (3.03%) R
4 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (48.48%) DBS Check
2 26 (39.39%) Degree
3 12 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 8 (12.12%) Azure Certification
4 8 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (10.61%) AWS Certification
5 7 (10.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (10.61%) CCNP
5 7 (10.61%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (10.61%) PMI Certification
5 7 (10.61%) PMP
6 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Cisco
3 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.03%) VMware
5 1 (1.52%) Adobe
5 1 (1.52%) Oracle
5 1 (1.52%) Samsung