Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Computer Science Degree
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 90 106
Rank change year-on-year -25 +16 -33
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 51 94 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.27% 2.78% 2.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.57% 6.36% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37 58 89
10th Percentile £30,500 - £48,578
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £66,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% -5.36% +35.92%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £112,500
South East median annual salary £59,000 £65,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.27% +1.15% +30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,115 1,477 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.66% 43.65% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 433 493 1,113
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the Thames Valley

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Buckinghamshire +38 34 £41,250 -41.07% 7
Berkshire -64 12 £35,000 -47.17% 51
Oxfordshire +10 5 £76,250 +18.21% 10
Computer Science Degree
South East

Computer Science Degree
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 (27.45%) IIS
2 4 (7.84%) Confluence
3 1 (1.96%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.96%) SAS
3 1 (1.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (47.06%) Azure
2 13 (25.49%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (15.69%) GCP
4 5 (9.80%) AWS
5 3 (5.88%) Collibra
5 3 (5.88%) iPaaS
5 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.96%) dbt
7 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.88%) MQTT
3 2 (3.92%) Firewall
4 1 (1.96%) DHCP
4 1 (1.96%) DNS
4 1 (1.96%) Intranet
4 1 (1.96%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (13.73%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.84%) Metadata
4 3 (5.88%) Data Mining
4 3 (5.88%) Power BI
4 3 (5.88%) SAP BW
4 3 (5.88%) SAP HANA
5 2 (3.92%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.92%) MySQL
6 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (1.96%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.96%) Looker
6 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) Cypress.io
2 4 (7.84%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) Selenium
2 4 (7.84%) WebDriver
3 3 (5.88%) ERwin
3 3 (5.88%) GitLab
3 3 (5.88%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.96%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (60.78%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.80%) Law
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.88%) Publishing
6 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Automotive
7 1 (1.96%) Aviation
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Software Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) Support Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) IT Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) IT Support
3 12 (23.53%) IT Support Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) Software Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Developer
5 4 (7.84%) Product Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Senior
6 3 (5.88%) Applications Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Data Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Data Model Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Developer in Test
6 3 (5.88%) SAP Data Manager
6 3 (5.88%) SAP Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.88%) SAP Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Software Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.49%) .NET
2 12 (23.53%) .NET Framework
2 12 (23.53%) Entity Framework
2 12 (23.53%) WinForms
3 8 (15.69%) ASP.NET
4 7 (13.73%) REST
5 6 (11.76%) Middleware
5 6 (11.76%) SOAP
6 4 (7.84%) Playwright
7 3 (5.88%) JSON
7 3 (5.88%) XML
8 1 (1.96%) CSS
8 1 (1.96%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.73%) Product Ownership
2 7 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (9.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (7.84%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.88%) Life Science
5 3 (5.88%) LIMS
6 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.96%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (1.96%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.96%) SCADA
7 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Windows
2 6 (11.76%) Linux
3 1 (1.96%) Android
3 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.96%) Unix
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 30 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (50.98%) Agile
4 16 (31.37%) Software Engineering
5 15 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (29.41%) DevOps
6 14 (27.45%) Analytics
7 13 (25.49%) Data Management
8 8 (15.69%) Data Modelling
8 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 8 (15.69%) SDLC
8 8 (15.69%) Sprint Planning
8 8 (15.69%) Validation
9 7 (13.73%) Product Management
9 7 (13.73%) Scrum
9 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (13.73%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (11.76%) Business Analysis
10 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (11.76%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (58.82%) SQL
2 17 (33.33%) C#
3 12 (23.53%) T-SQL
4 11 (21.57%) Java
4 11 (21.57%) Python
5 5 (9.80%) C++
6 1 (1.96%) Bash
6 1 (1.96%) C
6 1 (1.96%) PHP
6 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.96%) R
6 1 (1.96%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Master's Degree
3 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.88%) PMP
4 3 (5.88%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CISA
5 1 (1.96%) CISM
5 1 (1.96%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) MCSE
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) QA
2 8 (15.69%) Accessibility
3 5 (9.80%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (5.88%) GxP
5 2 (3.92%) ECSS
5 2 (3.92%) GDPR
5 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.92%) NIST
6 1 (1.96%) GRC
6 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.96%) KVM
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Control-M
2 1 (1.96%) Grafana
2 1 (1.96%) Kibana
2 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (23.53%) Sage
1 12 (23.53%) Xamarin
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.76%) Google
4 5 (9.80%) SAP
4 5 (9.80%) Zoho
5 3 (5.88%) Agilent
6 2 (3.92%) VMware
7 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.96%) IBM
7 1 (1.96%) Informatica
7 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.96%) Sitecore