Computer Science Jobs in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 20 35
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 228 528 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.62% 7.86% 7.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 9.30% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 80 356 171
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,565 £60,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% -1.48% +16.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £97,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and 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 3,235 5,678 5,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.99% 84.54% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 3,870 3,051
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

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 18 May 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
Berkshire +1 172 £55,565 -20.62% 113
Buckinghamshire -45 30 £45,000 +9.76% 47
Oxfordshire -18 26 £60,000 +14.29% 61
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (13.60%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.88%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.37%) Azure
2 28 (12.28%) Power Platform
3 27 (11.84%) Power Automate
4 26 (11.40%) PowerApps
5 21 (9.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 17 (7.46%) AWS
7 11 (4.82%) GCP
8 10 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.19%) Collibra
9 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.75%) GitHub
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.88%) IaaS
11 2 (0.88%) Serverless
12 1 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.02%) Broadband
2 7 (3.07%) Network Security
3 3 (1.32%) Firewall
4 2 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) DMZ
5 1 (0.44%) DVB
5 1 (0.44%) DWDM
5 1 (0.44%) Internet
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) MPLS
5 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.44%) WAN
5 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (14.47%) Big Data
1 33 (14.47%) Data Lake
2 28 (12.28%) Power BI
3 26 (11.40%) Tableau
4 23 (10.09%) SQL Server
5 17 (7.46%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.95%) Hadoop
7 8 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (3.51%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.32%) Pinecone
8 3 (1.32%) Weaviate
9 2 (0.88%) Metadata
9 2 (0.88%) MySQL
9 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.44%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.44%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 23 (10.09%) Git
2 11 (4.82%) JIRA
3 7 (3.07%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.19%) Cypress.io
4 5 (2.19%) Selenium
5 3 (1.32%) MLflow
6 2 (0.88%) Moq
6 2 (0.88%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.44%) Babel
7 1 (0.44%) ERwin
7 1 (0.44%) GitLab
7 1 (0.44%) JUnit
7 1 (0.44%) Vite
7 1 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 111 (48.68%) Social Skills
2 101 (44.30%) Law
3 23 (10.09%) Marketing
4 18 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
4 18 (7.89%) Legal
5 17 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.14%) Finance
7 8 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.51%) Retail
8 4 (1.75%) Electronics
8 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.75%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.88%) Advertising
9 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.44%) Banking
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (37.28%) Lead
2 50 (21.93%) Senior
3 24 (10.53%) Architect
3 24 (10.53%) Developer
3 24 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 21 (9.21%) Enterprise Architect
4 21 (9.21%) Salesforce Architect
5 15 (6.58%) Senior Developer
6 14 (6.14%) Software Developer
7 10 (4.39%) IT Manager
8 8 (3.51%) Senior Software Developer
9 6 (2.63%) Data Analytics Director
9 6 (2.63%) Graduate
9 6 (2.63%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 6 (2.63%) Junior
9 6 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (2.19%) C# Software Engineer
10 5 (2.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (2.19%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 5 (2.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.53%) REST
2 22 (9.65%) .NET
3 21 (9.21%) Lightning Web Components
3 21 (9.21%) Middleware
3 21 (9.21%) React
3 21 (9.21%) SOAP
4 17 (7.46%) HTML
5 10 (4.39%) Kafka
6 8 (3.51%) CSS
7 7 (3.07%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.07%) CSS3
7 7 (3.07%) HTML5
7 7 (3.07%) Jest
8 6 (2.63%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (2.63%) Node.js
9 4 (1.75%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.32%) OAuth
10 3 (1.32%) OAuth2
10 3 (1.32%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.30%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (7.89%) Algorithms
3 16 (7.02%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.70%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.75%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.88%) Acoustics
8 2 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.88%) LIMS
9 1 (0.44%) CUDA
9 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.44%) FPGA
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.89%) Linux
2 13 (5.70%) Unix
3 7 (3.07%) Windows
4 4 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (32.02%) Data Management
1 73 (32.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 65 (28.51%) Analytics
3 59 (25.88%) Agile
4 54 (23.68%) Project Management
5 52 (22.81%) Mentoring
6 51 (22.37%) Technical Leadership
7 49 (21.49%) Data Modelling
8 48 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
8 48 (21.05%) Business Strategy
9 47 (20.61%) Microservices
10 43 (18.86%) DevOps
11 40 (17.54%) Product Management
12 39 (17.11%) Data Governance
13 38 (16.67%) CI/CD
14 37 (16.23%) Data Science
15 36 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (15.79%) Software Engineering
16 35 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (15.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.74%) Python
2 42 (18.42%) C#
3 33 (14.47%) C++
3 33 (14.47%) JavaScript
4 29 (12.72%) TypeScript
5 28 (12.28%) SQL
6 21 (9.21%) Apex Code
6 21 (9.21%) Java
7 19 (8.33%) C
8 14 (6.14%) MATLAB
8 14 (6.14%) PHP
9 12 (5.26%) R
10 10 (4.39%) Bash
10 10 (4.39%) Fortran
11 9 (3.95%) Dart
11 9 (3.95%) Ruby
11 9 (3.95%) Rust
12 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.44%) Scala
13 1 (0.44%) X++
Qualifications
1 223 (97.81%) Degree
2 103 (45.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 57 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 15 (6.58%) PhD
5 14 (6.14%) Security Cleared
6 13 (5.70%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.39%) Numerate Degree
8 9 (3.95%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.07%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.19%) MBA
11 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.75%) MCSA
12 4 (1.75%) MCSE
13 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.32%) CISSP
14 2 (0.88%) CCNP
14 2 (0.88%) CISM
15 1 (0.44%) CCIE
15 1 (0.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (23.25%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.51%) GDPR
3 6 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (2.19%) WCAG
5 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.32%) QA
7 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.44%) CDISC
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.44%) NIST
8 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (11.84%) Docker
2 5 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.32%) HDFS
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.75%) Terraform
3 3 (1.32%) Ansible
3 3 (1.32%) Grafana
3 3 (1.32%) Kubeflow
3 3 (1.32%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.32%) Puppet
4 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.44%) Argo
5 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.40%) ServiceNow
3 21 (9.21%) Salesforce
3 21 (9.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 6 (2.63%) Google
4 6 (2.63%) Informatica
5 5 (2.19%) SAP
6 4 (1.75%) PayPal
7 2 (0.88%) Arista
7 2 (0.88%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.88%) Sage
8 1 (0.44%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.44%) Concur
8 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.44%) VMware
8 1 (0.44%) Workday