Computer Science Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 70 44
Rank change year-on-year +23 -26 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 3,401 2,642 4,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.64% 4.52% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 4.73% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,246 1,382 1,600
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £72,188 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,636 55,896 68,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.65% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 41,817 28,997 41,145
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. 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
South East +10 1,041 £60,000 +3.45% 744
North of England +74 656 £48,000 -12.73% 203
Scotland +5 595 £52,500 -4.55% 75
Midlands +16 397 £50,000 -4.76% 188
North West +71 372 £50,000 -16.67% 113
South West +9 362 £52,500 -11.30% 104
West Midlands +29 268 £50,181 -8.76% 86
East of England +4 254 £45,500 -9.00% 180
Yorkshire +87 224 £45,000 -14.29% 56
East Midlands -16 123 £42,500 -10.53% 96
North East +6 60 £48,734 +14.67% 37
Northern Ireland +14 45 £40,000 -16.67% 29
Wales -58 38 £34,000 -40.87% 18
Isle of Man - 13 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 62 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.32%) FileNet
3 33 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.62%) Confluence
6 18 (0.53%) IIS
7 17 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
8 16 (0.47%) OpenStack
9 15 (0.44%) SAS
9 15 (0.44%) WordPress
10 14 (0.41%) Apache
11 12 (0.35%) CMS
12 10 (0.29%) Tomcat
13 6 (0.18%) nginx
14 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
14 5 (0.15%) Luigi
14 5 (0.15%) Moodle
15 4 (0.12%) OpenEdge
16 3 (0.088%) WildFly
17 2 (0.059%) Appian
Applications
1 97 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (1.73%) Simulink
4 32 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.41%) Trello
6 8 (0.24%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.088%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.059%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.059%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.029%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.029%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.029%) Fusion 360
9 1 (0.029%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.029%) Mathematica
9 1 (0.029%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.029%) Revit
9 1 (0.029%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 33 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 15 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.26%) SAP CX
4 9 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.24%) Shopify
6 5 (0.15%) Odoo
7 4 (0.12%) CA PPM
7 4 (0.12%) Magento
7 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
8 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.088%) Sage 300 ERP
8 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.029%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.029%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 556 (16.35%) AWS
2 483 (14.20%) Azure
3 147 (4.32%) Power Platform
4 125 (3.68%) GCP
5 119 (3.50%) GitHub
6 114 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
7 110 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 94 (2.76%) SaaS
9 80 (2.35%) Serverless
10 71 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
12 65 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
13 48 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
14 38 (1.12%) Amazon Kinesis
15 24 (0.71%) Power Automate
16 22 (0.65%) PowerApps
16 22 (0.65%) Snowflake
17 21 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (0.56%) OneDrive
18 19 (0.56%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 133 (3.91%) Network Security
2 131 (3.85%) Firewall
3 83 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 80 (2.35%) Wireless
5 75 (2.21%) WAN
6 69 (2.03%) VPN
7 66 (1.94%) DNS
8 60 (1.76%) HTTP
9 51 (1.50%) LAN
10 43 (1.26%) Internet
11 35 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
12 34 (1.00%) DHCP
12 34 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
13 28 (0.82%) SD-WAN
14 27 (0.79%) VLAN
15 26 (0.76%) Ethernet
16 22 (0.65%) MQTT
17 21 (0.62%) 5G
18 20 (0.59%) RS-232
19 19 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (7.59%) NoSQL
2 254 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 142 (4.18%) Power BI
4 123 (3.62%) MySQL
5 122 (3.59%) Relational Database
6 116 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
7 106 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
8 76 (2.23%) Redis
9 70 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
10 60 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
11 58 (1.71%) Big Data
12 47 (1.38%) Apache Cassandra
13 44 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 38 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 35 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
16 33 (0.97%) DynamoDB
16 33 (0.97%) Tableau
17 32 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
18 29 (0.85%) RDBMS
19 25 (0.74%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 365 (10.73%) Git
2 106 (3.12%) JIRA
3 103 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 59 (1.73%) JUnit
5 52 (1.53%) Selenium
5 52 (1.53%) Visual Studio
6 49 (1.44%) Mockito
7 47 (1.38%) Jasmine
8 43 (1.26%) Cypress.io
9 41 (1.21%) Subversion
10 36 (1.06%) GitLab
11 26 (0.76%) CMake
11 26 (0.76%) LabVIEW
12 23 (0.68%) Postman
13 19 (0.56%) Bitbucket
14 18 (0.53%) Appium
14 18 (0.53%) Vagrant
15 17 (0.50%) NUnit
15 17 (0.50%) TeamCity
16 15 (0.44%) Gatling
General
1 1,226 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 660 (19.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 649 (19.08%) Finance
4 517 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
5 413 (12.14%) Law
6 344 (10.11%) Marketing
7 221 (6.50%) Electronics
8 220 (6.47%) Manufacturing
9 161 (4.73%) Financial Institution
10 142 (4.18%) Legal
11 111 (3.26%) Banking
12 104 (3.06%) Games
13 88 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 82 (2.41%) Retail
15 78 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 68 (2.00%) Investment Banking
16 68 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
17 64 (1.88%) Automotive
18 62 (1.82%) Public Sector
19 59 (1.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 767 (22.55%) Developer
2 622 (18.29%) Software Engineer
3 564 (16.58%) Senior
4 259 (7.62%) Lead
5 249 (7.32%) Software Developer
6 178 (5.23%) Engineering Manager
7 165 (4.85%) Software Engineering Manager
8 163 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
9 160 (4.70%) Senior Developer
10 158 (4.65%) Data Scientist
11 157 (4.62%) Analyst
12 156 (4.59%) Architect
13 145 (4.26%) Junior
14 137 (4.03%) Graduate
15 95 (2.79%) Java Engineer
16 93 (2.73%) Java Software Engineer
17 84 (2.47%) Embedded Engineer
17 84 (2.47%) Full Stack Developer
18 79 (2.32%) .NET Developer
19 71 (2.09%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 427 (12.56%) .NET
2 381 (11.20%) React
3 300 (8.82%) AngularJS
4 298 (8.76%) HTML
5 243 (7.14%) CSS
6 183 (5.38%) Spring
7 167 (4.91%) Node.js
8 155 (4.56%) RESTful
9 135 (3.97%) Kafka
10 128 (3.76%) .NET Core
11 123 (3.62%) HTML5
12 116 (3.41%) REST
13 88 (2.59%) Web Services
14 85 (2.50%) .NET Framework
14 85 (2.50%) ASP.NET
15 84 (2.47%) Spring Boot
16 83 (2.44%) JSON
17 82 (2.41%) GraphQL
18 79 (2.32%) NumPy
19 75 (2.21%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 419 (12.32%) Algorithms
2 348 (10.23%) Cloud Native
3 294 (8.64%) Management Information System
4 173 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
5 118 (3.47%) Data Structures
6 94 (2.76%) Product Ownership
7 86 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 75 (2.21%) Data Centre
9 70 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 66 (1.94%) Market Risk
11 61 (1.79%) Client/Server
12 60 (1.76%) IoT
13 52 (1.53%) Distributed Applications
13 52 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
14 48 (1.41%) FPGA
15 42 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
15 42 (1.23%) Public Cloud
16 39 (1.15%) CUDA
16 39 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
16 39 (1.15%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 423 (12.44%) Linux
2 366 (10.76%) Windows
3 76 (2.23%) Unix
4 74 (2.18%) Android
5 65 (1.91%) Windows Server
6 48 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 44 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 38 (1.12%) Embedded Linux
9 35 (1.03%) Ubuntu
10 32 (0.94%) Windows 10
11 27 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 23 (0.68%) CentOS
13 13 (0.38%) Debian
14 12 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
15 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
16 8 (0.24%) VMS
17 6 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
18 5 (0.15%) Kali Linux
19 4 (0.12%) SUSE
19 4 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,291 (37.96%) Problem-Solving
2 1,217 (35.78%) Software Engineering
3 1,067 (31.37%) Agile
4 807 (23.73%) Mathematics
5 504 (14.82%) Artificial Intelligence
6 476 (14.00%) SDLC
7 430 (12.64%) Decision-Making
8 420 (12.35%) CI/CD
9 410 (12.06%) Mentoring
10 401 (11.79%) Machine Learning
11 369 (10.85%) DevOps
12 360 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
13 351 (10.32%) Analytics
14 317 (9.32%) Coaching
15 295 (8.67%) Project Management
16 280 (8.23%) Data Analysis
17 265 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
18 264 (7.76%) Data Science
19 251 (7.38%) Microservices
20 248 (7.29%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 759 (22.32%) Python
2 720 (21.17%) SQL
3 618 (18.17%) C#
4 575 (16.91%) JavaScript
5 533 (15.67%) Java
6 347 (10.20%) C
6 347 (10.20%) C++
7 276 (8.12%) TypeScript
8 113 (3.32%) PHP
9 88 (2.59%) Fortran
10 86 (2.53%) Bash
11 78 (2.29%) PowerShell
12 77 (2.26%) Embedded C
13 53 (1.56%) R
14 51 (1.50%) Go
15 47 (1.38%) T-SQL
16 45 (1.32%) MATLAB
17 40 (1.18%) Kotlin
18 36 (1.06%) Perl
18 36 (1.06%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2,839 (83.48%) Degree
2 1,511 (44.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 381 (11.20%) Master's Degree
4 254 (7.47%) Security Cleared
5 172 (5.06%) PhD
6 131 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 84 (2.47%) CISSP
8 81 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 78 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
10 62 (1.82%) AWS Certification
11 56 (1.65%) CCNA
12 54 (1.59%) CCNP
13 51 (1.50%) PMI Certification
14 50 (1.47%) Azure Certification
15 47 (1.38%) PMP
16 42 (1.23%) CISM
16 42 (1.23%) DV Cleared
17 40 (1.18%) A+ Certification
18 36 (1.06%) DBS Check
18 36 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (5.53%) QA
2 65 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (1.71%) GDPR
4 57 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 56 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 46 (1.35%) NIST
7 42 (1.23%) PMO
8 31 (0.91%) WCAG
9 22 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 21 (0.62%) ISO 13485
11 20 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.53%) SLA
13 16 (0.47%) HIPAA
14 11 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.29%) GRC
15 10 (0.29%) NCSC
16 9 (0.26%) JTAG
17 8 (0.24%) CDISC
System Software
1 298 (8.76%) Docker
2 140 (4.12%) Firmware
3 104 (3.06%) Active Directory
4 60 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 44 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
6 25 (0.74%) Hyper-V
7 23 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.24%) vSphere
9 7 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.18%) KVM
11 4 (0.12%) pfSense
12 3 (0.088%) XenApp
13 2 (0.059%) HDFS
14 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 307 (9.03%) Kubernetes
2 117 (3.44%) Terraform
3 51 (1.50%) Ansible
4 19 (0.56%) Puppet
5 17 (0.50%) Grafana
6 13 (0.38%) ZABBIX
7 12 (0.35%) SCCM
8 9 (0.26%) Nagios
8 9 (0.26%) WSUS
9 8 (0.24%) Nessus
9 8 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.21%) SCOM
11 6 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.18%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.15%) Rancher
12 5 (0.15%) Suricata
13 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.088%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 429 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 123 (3.62%) Google
2 123 (3.62%) Oracle
3 76 (2.23%) Cisco
4 69 (2.03%) VMware
5 68 (2.00%) SAP
6 50 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 48 (1.41%) Xilinx
8 26 (0.76%) Juniper
9 24 (0.71%) Splunk
10 23 (0.68%) Databricks
11 20 (0.59%) Apple
12 19 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 19 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 18 (0.53%) IBM
14 16 (0.47%) F5
15 15 (0.44%) Atlassian
16 14 (0.41%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.38%) NVIDIA
18 12 (0.35%) Veeam