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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 +8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 59 80 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.71% 7.19% 5.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 8.00% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 61 110
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,136 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -18.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £84,375 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £77,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% -

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 1,611 1,000 2,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.90% 89.85% 87.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 652 1,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,450 £25,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,438 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -15 12 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Reigate - 7 £92,500 - 2
Egham - 5 £100,000 -
Redhill 0 4 £30,000 -25.00% 5
Camberley +3 3 £33,750 -55.00%
Staines -7 3 £32,500 -56.67%
Woking -29 2 £88,000 +95.56% 3
Farnham - 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 4 (6.78%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.69%) Apache
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) AWS
2 15 (25.42%) Azure
3 14 (23.73%) SaaS
4 5 (8.47%) GCP
4 5 (8.47%) Snowflake
5 4 (6.78%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 4 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.78%) Prefect
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub
7 2 (3.39%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.39%) Azure API Management
7 2 (3.39%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.39%) Datadog
7 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.39%) Figma
8 1 (1.69%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Firewall
1 4 (6.78%) Network Security
1 4 (6.78%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.08%) DNS
2 3 (5.08%) LTE
2 3 (5.08%) VSAT
3 2 (3.39%) Asterisk PBX
3 2 (3.39%) VoIP
4 1 (1.69%) BGP
4 1 (1.69%) DHCP
4 1 (1.69%) HTTP
4 1 (1.69%) IPsec
4 1 (1.69%) LAN
4 1 (1.69%) MQTT
4 1 (1.69%) SNMP
4 1 (1.69%) SSL
4 1 (1.69%) VLAN
4 1 (1.69%) VPN
4 1 (1.69%) WAN
4 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) MySQL
1 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.47%) Redis
3 4 (6.78%) Apache Cassandra
3 4 (6.78%) MongoDB
3 4 (6.78%) NoSQL
3 4 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Git
2 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (8.47%) GitLab
4 3 (5.08%) Cypress.io
5 2 (3.39%) MSI
6 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.69%) JIRA
6 1 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.95%) Electronics
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Software Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Developer
3 7 (11.86%) Graduate
3 7 (11.86%) Lead
3 7 (11.86%) Senior
4 6 (10.17%) Software Developer
5 5 (8.47%) Data Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (8.47%) Lead Developer
5 5 (8.47%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (8.47%) Lead Software Developer
5 5 (8.47%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Android Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Android Software Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Applications Support
6 4 (6.78%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Graphics Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) Node.js
2 6 (10.17%) HTML
3 5 (8.47%) .NET
3 5 (8.47%) CSS
3 5 (8.47%) Vue
4 4 (6.78%) DirectX
4 4 (6.78%) Middleware
4 4 (6.78%) OpenGL
4 4 (6.78%) OpenGL ES
4 4 (6.78%) Vulkan
4 4 (6.78%) YAML
5 3 (5.08%) Jest
6 2 (3.39%) ADO
6 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.39%) NestJS
6 2 (3.39%) NgRx
6 2 (3.39%) Playwright
6 2 (3.39%) Sass
6 2 (3.39%) Vitest
7 1 (1.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Algorithms
1 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.39%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) BBC
5 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) PKI
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Linux
2 4 (6.78%) Android
3 3 (5.08%) Windows
4 1 (1.69%) Debian
4 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (28.81%) Agile
2 17 (28.81%) Mathematics
3 13 (22.03%) CI/CD
3 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (20.34%) AI
5 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (16.95%) Scrum
6 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
6 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
7 8 (13.56%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (13.56%) DevSecOps
7 8 (13.56%) Kanban
7 8 (13.56%) Microservices
8 6 (10.17%) Analytics
8 6 (10.17%) DevOps
8 6 (10.17%) Information Security
8 6 (10.17%) ITIL
8 6 (10.17%) Line Management
8 6 (10.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) Python
2 13 (22.03%) C#
3 10 (16.95%) SQL
4 9 (15.25%) Java
4 9 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 8 (13.56%) C++
6 7 (11.86%) TypeScript
7 5 (8.47%) Bash
8 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
8 4 (6.78%) Scala
9 3 (5.08%) PHP
10 1 (1.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (74.58%) Degree
2 19 (32.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.56%) Master's Degree
4 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) AWS Certification
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.78%) HNC
5 4 (6.78%) HND
5 4 (6.78%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.69%) CCNP
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.69%) CISM
7 1 (1.69%) CISSP
7 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.69%) PhD
7 1 (1.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) SLA
2 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.08%) GDPR
3 3 (5.08%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.39%) WCAG
5 1 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.69%) GRC
5 1 (1.69%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.69%) JTAG
5 1 (1.69%) NIST
5 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
1 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Terraform
2 3 (5.08%) Argo
2 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.39%) Grafana
3 2 (3.39%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.69%) CASB
4 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.39%) Cisco
3 1 (1.69%) EMC
3 1 (1.69%) Google
3 1 (1.69%) New Relic
3 1 (1.69%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.69%) VMware