Computer Science Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -28 -12 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 143 262 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.57% 7.66% 9.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 8.36% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 61 154 164
10th Percentile £30,500 £43,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £83,875 £112,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% +13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,232 3,135 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.60% 91.67% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 1,404 2,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,813 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire -27 86 £47,520 -29.60% 113
Buckinghamshire +10 45 £47,500 -26.92% 38
Oxfordshire -15 12 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (9.79%) IIS
2 4 (2.80%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.70%) SAS
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.10%) InDesign
3 3 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.20%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.28%) Azure
2 24 (16.78%) Power Platform
3 16 (11.19%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.99%) GCP
5 9 (6.29%) AWS
6 3 (2.10%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (2.10%) Collibra
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.10%) SaaS
7 2 (1.40%) GitHub
7 2 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.40%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.70%) dbt
8 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.10%) LAN
2 3 (2.10%) MQTT
2 3 (2.10%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.70%) DHCP
4 1 (0.70%) DNS
4 1 (0.70%) Intranet
4 1 (0.70%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.08%) Power BI
2 14 (9.79%) Metadata
3 12 (8.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (6.99%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.10%) Data Mining
7 3 (2.10%) SAP BW
7 3 (2.10%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.40%) MySQL
8 2 (1.40%) Tableau
9 1 (0.70%) Big Data
9 1 (0.70%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.70%) Looker
9 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Git
2 6 (4.20%) JIRA
3 4 (2.80%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.80%) MLflow
3 4 (2.80%) Selenium
3 4 (2.80%) WebDriver
4 3 (2.10%) ERwin
4 3 (2.10%) GitLab
4 3 (2.10%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (51.05%) Social Skills
2 60 (41.96%) Finance
3 36 (25.17%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (21.68%) Pharmaceutical
5 17 (11.89%) Marketing
6 14 (9.79%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.20%) Law
8 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.10%) Publishing
11 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Automotive
12 1 (0.70%) Aviation
12 1 (0.70%) Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Legal
12 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (27.27%) Lead
2 22 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 20 (13.99%) Analyst
4 17 (11.89%) Senior
5 14 (9.79%) Data Analyst
6 13 (9.09%) Developer
6 13 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (8.39%) Commercial Data Analyst
7 12 (8.39%) IT Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) IT Support
7 12 (8.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Procurement Analyst
7 12 (8.39%) Software Support Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (4.90%) Business Developer
9 7 (4.90%) Power BI Developer
10 5 (3.50%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 5 (3.50%) Power BI Specialist
11 4 (2.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.19%) .NET
2 12 (8.39%) .NET Framework
2 12 (8.39%) Entity Framework
2 12 (8.39%) WinForms
3 10 (6.99%) ASP.NET
3 10 (6.99%) FHIR
4 6 (4.20%) REST
4 6 (4.20%) SAP CO-PA
5 5 (3.50%) Middleware
5 5 (3.50%) SOAP
6 4 (2.80%) Playwright
7 3 (2.10%) Keras
7 3 (2.10%) scikit-learn
7 3 (2.10%) TensorFlow
8 2 (1.40%) JSON
8 2 (1.40%) XML
9 1 (0.70%) CSS
9 1 (0.70%) Django
9 1 (0.70%) jQuery
9 1 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (36.36%) Life Science
2 15 (10.49%) Algorithms
3 12 (8.39%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (8.39%) FMCG
4 11 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 11 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (6.99%) Omics
6 7 (4.90%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.90%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.50%) Low-Code
7 5 (3.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (2.80%) Hackathon
8 4 (2.80%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.10%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (2.10%) LIMS
9 3 (2.10%) Social Media
9 3 (2.10%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.89%) Windows
2 16 (11.19%) Linux
3 8 (5.59%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (58.74%) Analytics
2 66 (46.15%) Agile
3 64 (44.76%) AI
3 64 (44.76%) Machine Learning
4 57 (39.86%) Data Science
5 46 (32.17%) Hematology
5 46 (32.17%) Immunology
5 46 (32.17%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (27.97%) Generative AI
7 36 (25.17%) Roadmaps
7 36 (25.17%) Use Case
8 35 (24.48%) Decision-Making
9 33 (23.08%) Deployment Automation
10 29 (20.28%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (20.28%) Enterprise Architecture
11 28 (19.58%) Digital Twin
11 28 (19.58%) Disruptive Innovation
11 28 (19.58%) Intelligent Automation
11 28 (19.58%) Thought Leadership
12 26 (18.18%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (27.27%) SQL
2 29 (20.28%) Python
3 21 (14.69%) C#
4 13 (9.09%) T-SQL
5 11 (7.69%) C++
5 11 (7.69%) Java
6 7 (4.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (3.50%) Bash
7 5 (3.50%) C
8 4 (2.80%) Fortran
9 2 (1.40%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.40%) R
9 2 (1.40%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.70%) PHP
10 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 139 (97.20%) Degree
2 51 (35.66%) Master's Degree
3 50 (34.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (29.37%) PhD
5 6 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.20%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.10%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.10%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.10%) PMP
6 3 (2.10%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) CISA
8 1 (0.70%) CISM
8 1 (0.70%) CISSP
8 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.67%) GxP
2 23 (16.08%) Accessibility
3 12 (8.39%) QA
4 10 (6.99%) CDISC
4 10 (6.99%) HL7
5 5 (3.50%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (2.10%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.40%) ECSS
7 2 (1.40%) GDPR
7 2 (1.40%) NIST
8 1 (0.70%) GRC
8 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (4.90%) Docker
2 2 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) KVM
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) FortiGate
1 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Control-M
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) Kibana
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Sage
2 12 (8.39%) SAP
2 12 (8.39%) Xamarin
3 8 (5.59%) Zoho
4 6 (4.20%) Google
5 4 (2.80%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.10%) Adobe
6 3 (2.10%) Agilent
6 3 (2.10%) Arista
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco
6 3 (2.10%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.40%) VMware
8 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.70%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.70%) IBM
8 1 (0.70%) Informatica
8 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.70%) Sitecore