Computer Science Degree Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 162 114
Rank change year-on-year -63 -48 +45
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 525 660 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 2.16% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.02% 5.19% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 453 393 1,232
10th Percentile £26,800 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £94,700 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 12,718 19,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.10% 41.62% 24.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,540 5,079 12,172
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
South East -19 216 £65,000 +18.18% 76
North of England -51 119 £62,500 +8.70% 30
East of England -36 58 £45,000 -14.29% 22
Midlands -68 56 £45,000 +28.57% 30
South West -59 53 £42,500 -17.07% 26
Yorkshire -27 45 £75,000 +25.00% 6
North West -49 39 £40,000 -28.89% 20
North East -28 35 £81,250 +43.81% 4
East Midlands -19 30 £55,000 +57.14% 16
West Midlands -69 26 £41,500 +2.81% 14
Wales -40 13 £72,500 +13.73% 2
Northern Ireland -42 7 £40,000 -63.64% 8
Scotland -14 3 £39,250 -24.82% 10
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (1.52%) SAS
1 8 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.14%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) WordPress
5 2 (0.38%) Apache
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) Luigi
6 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.19%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 212 (40.38%) Azure
2 169 (32.19%) AWS
3 51 (9.71%) GCP
4 35 (6.67%) Serverless
5 27 (5.14%) SaaS
6 26 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (3.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (2.67%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.48%) Azure Functions
11 12 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (2.29%) GitHub
11 12 (2.29%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.10%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (2.10%) PaaS
13 10 (1.90%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.71%) IaaS
15 7 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.52%) WAN
2 26 (4.95%) Firewall
2 26 (4.95%) VPN
3 23 (4.38%) Internet
4 22 (4.19%) LAN
5 18 (3.43%) Network Security
6 16 (3.05%) BGP
7 14 (2.67%) DHCP
7 14 (2.67%) DNS
8 13 (2.48%) Wireless
9 11 (2.10%) VLAN
10 9 (1.71%) MPLS
11 8 (1.52%) SD-WAN
11 8 (1.52%) SNMP
11 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
11 8 (1.52%) VoIP
11 8 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.14%) WAAS
12 6 (1.14%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (16.19%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.57%) MySQL
3 22 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.24%) NoSQL
4 17 (3.24%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.48%) Redis
6 12 (2.29%) Power BI
6 12 (2.29%) Spark SQL
7 11 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.10%) Metadata
8 10 (1.90%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.71%) Big Data
10 6 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.57%) ClickHouse
13 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.57%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 60 (11.43%) Git
2 23 (4.38%) JIRA
3 18 (3.43%) Eclipse
4 16 (3.05%) Subversion
5 14 (2.67%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.29%) JUnit
7 11 (2.10%) GitLab
8 7 (1.33%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.14%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.95%) JMeter
11 4 (0.76%) GDB
11 4 (0.76%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.76%) Selenium
12 3 (0.57%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.57%) Gatling
12 3 (0.57%) Polyspace
12 3 (0.57%) Postman
12 3 (0.57%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.57%) VectorCAST
General
1 153 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 71 (13.52%) Finance
3 69 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 22 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.00%) Law
7 20 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.62%) Retail
9 17 (3.24%) Legal
10 16 (3.05%) Electronics
10 16 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.10%) Marketing
12 10 (1.90%) Advertising
13 9 (1.71%) Banking
14 8 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.52%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.33%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.95%) Automotive
16 5 (0.95%) Police
16 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 161 (30.67%) Developer
2 128 (24.38%) Software Engineer
3 70 (13.33%) Software Developer
4 64 (12.19%) Senior
5 55 (10.48%) Graduate
6 48 (9.14%) Python Engineer
7 47 (8.95%) C# Software Engineer
7 47 (8.95%) C++ Software Engineer
8 44 (8.38%) Python Software Engineer
9 42 (8.00%) Lead
10 39 (7.43%) Graduate Developer
11 37 (7.05%) Architect
12 36 (6.86%) Graduate Software Developer
13 29 (5.52%) C# Developer
14 27 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
15 26 (4.95%) Java Developer
15 26 (4.95%) Web Developer
16 24 (4.57%) Data Engineer
16 24 (4.57%) Graduate C# Software Developer
16 24 (4.57%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.48%) .NET
2 67 (12.76%) CSS
3 61 (11.62%) React
4 48 (9.14%) jQuery
5 47 (8.95%) HTML
6 42 (8.00%) RESTful
7 41 (7.81%) REST
8 25 (4.76%) Node.js
9 23 (4.38%) Web Services
10 22 (4.19%) Vue
11 18 (3.43%) Middleware
12 17 (3.24%) SOAP
13 16 (3.05%) J2EE
13 16 (3.05%) Struts
14 15 (2.86%) .NET Core
14 15 (2.86%) JSON
15 14 (2.67%) ARM Templates
15 14 (2.67%) XML
16 12 (2.29%) Kafka
16 12 (2.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.33%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.57%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.81%) Data Centre
5 18 (3.43%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.24%) Distributed Computing
7 15 (2.86%) Client/Server
8 14 (2.67%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
9 13 (2.48%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.48%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.29%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.71%) Robotics
12 7 (1.33%) CMDB
12 7 (1.33%) Device Driver
12 7 (1.33%) IoT
13 6 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.14%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.43%) Linux
2 30 (5.71%) Windows
3 16 (3.05%) Unix
4 11 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.71%) Android
6 4 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.57%) Debian
7 3 (0.57%) Gentoo
7 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.38%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (88.76%) Computer Science
2 173 (32.95%) Software Engineering
3 155 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (23.81%) Agile
5 121 (23.05%) CI/CD
6 95 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 90 (17.14%) AI
8 86 (16.38%) DevOps
9 68 (12.95%) Test Automation
10 61 (11.62%) Full-Stack Development
11 50 (9.52%) Containerisation
12 48 (9.14%) Mentoring
13 46 (8.76%) Data Modelling
14 39 (7.43%) Microservices
15 38 (7.24%) Scrum
16 36 (6.86%) OOP
16 36 (6.86%) SDLC
17 35 (6.67%) Web Development
18 33 (6.29%) Machine Learning
18 33 (6.29%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 185 (35.24%) Python
2 130 (24.76%) C#
3 129 (24.57%) SQL
4 124 (23.62%) C++
5 101 (19.24%) JavaScript
6 88 (16.76%) Java
7 67 (12.76%) PHP
8 51 (9.71%) TypeScript
9 39 (7.43%) Rust
10 29 (5.52%) C
11 28 (5.33%) PowerShell
12 17 (3.24%) Bash
13 14 (2.67%) Perl
14 13 (2.48%) Go
15 6 (1.14%) Scala
16 5 (0.95%) Bicep
16 5 (0.95%) Delphi
17 3 (0.57%) Embedded C
17 3 (0.57%) Embedded C++
17 3 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 525 (100.00%) Degree
2 57 (10.86%) Master's Degree
3 43 (8.19%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.43%) CCNP
6 17 (3.24%) CISSP
6 17 (3.24%) PhD
7 15 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.29%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.29%) ISTQB
8 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.10%) CCIE
10 10 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.71%) CCNA
12 8 (1.52%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.33%) CISM
14 5 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.90%) QA
2 35 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (4.19%) NIST
5 20 (3.81%) GDPR
6 18 (3.43%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.71%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.14%) PMO
9 5 (0.95%) SLA
9 5 (0.95%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.76%) JTAG
11 3 (0.57%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.57%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.38%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 61 (11.62%) Docker
2 31 (5.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.81%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.24%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.67%) KVM
6 9 (1.71%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.14%) ProxySG
8 5 (0.95%) Firmware
8 5 (0.95%) vSphere
9 4 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (12.19%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.71%) Terraform
3 15 (2.86%) Ansible
4 13 (2.48%) Grafana
5 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.76%) SCCM
7 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.57%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.57%) Plesk
8 3 (0.57%) Podman
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.38%) Kibana
10 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.19%) Graylog
10 1 (0.19%) Nagios
10 1 (0.19%) OpenView
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.10%) VMware
3 23 (4.38%) Cisco
4 20 (3.81%) Databricks
4 20 (3.81%) Oracle
5 10 (1.90%) Splunk
6 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.33%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.33%) Meraki
8 6 (1.14%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.14%) F5
8 6 (1.14%) Infoblox
8 6 (1.14%) Motorola
8 6 (1.14%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.76%) Google
9 4 (0.76%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.76%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.76%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.57%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.57%) Veracode