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 23 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 79 127
Rank change year-on-year -164 +48 +73
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 378 908 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 3.35% 2.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 7.90% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 277 410 1,060
10th Percentile £27,150 £31,250 £29,975
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.43% +0.95% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -

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 15,429 11,500 16,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.03% 42.45% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5,566 5,192 11,537
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £40,748 £35,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +7.27% -4.35%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -51 143 £65,000 +8.33% 104
North of England -125 85 £55,000 - 46
Midlands -167 49 £45,000 +28.57% 28
Yorkshire -92 44 £70,000 +51.69% 15
East of England -41 41 £56,250 +6.13% 47
South West -36 39 £62,500 -7.41% 18
West Midlands -129 26 £43,000 +22.86% 12
East Midlands -87 24 £55,000 +57.14% 16
North West -85 21 £55,000 - 27
North East -23 20 £51,500 -8.85% 4
Northern Ireland -42 9 £40,000 -48.39% 3
Scotland -24 8 £80,350 +98.40% 7
Wales -29 5 £70,000 +7.69% 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 13 (3.44%) IIS
2 12 (3.17%) Confluence
3 10 (2.65%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.38%) SAS
5 5 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.65%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.53%) Weka
3 2 (0.53%) Windchill
4 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 161 (42.59%) Azure
2 128 (33.86%) AWS
3 42 (11.11%) Serverless
4 41 (10.85%) GCP
5 30 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.23%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.44%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.17%) PaaS
11 11 (2.91%) SaaS
12 10 (2.65%) GitHub
13 6 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.59%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.59%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.59%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.59%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.61%) Firewall
2 18 (4.76%) VPN
2 18 (4.76%) WAN
3 16 (4.23%) LAN
4 15 (3.97%) Network Security
4 15 (3.97%) VLAN
5 14 (3.70%) BGP
6 11 (2.91%) OSPF
7 10 (2.65%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (2.65%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.65%) Wireless
8 9 (2.38%) Internet
8 9 (2.38%) SNMP
9 8 (2.12%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (2.12%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (2.12%) EIGRP
9 8 (2.12%) WAAS
9 8 (2.12%) Wireless Security
10 7 (1.85%) MPLS
11 6 (1.59%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.70%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.08%) MySQL
3 14 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (3.44%) Big Data
5 11 (2.91%) Power BI
6 10 (2.65%) Metadata
6 10 (2.65%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.12%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.59%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.06%) Tableau
11 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 39 (10.32%) JIRA
2 25 (6.61%) Git
3 10 (2.65%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.12%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.32%) GitLab
7 3 (0.79%) ERwin
7 3 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.79%) Selenium
8 2 (0.53%) JMeter
8 2 (0.53%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.53%) TestRail
8 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Gatling
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 157 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.52%) Finance
3 57 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.50%) Retail
6 16 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (3.97%) Law
8 13 (3.44%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.91%) Electronics
11 7 (1.85%) Advertising
11 7 (1.85%) Marketing
11 7 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.59%) Banking
12 6 (1.59%) Legal
12 6 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Dutch Language
14 4 (1.06%) Police
14 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (19.58%) Software Engineer
2 72 (19.05%) Developer
3 51 (13.49%) Senior
4 50 (13.23%) Architect
5 33 (8.73%) Graduate
6 29 (7.67%) Software Developer
7 25 (6.61%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.35%) IT Support
8 24 (6.35%) Python Engineer
9 23 (6.08%) Lead
9 23 (6.08%) Software Architect
10 21 (5.56%) Analyst
10 21 (5.56%) C# Developer
10 21 (5.56%) Python Software Engineer
11 20 (5.29%) SQL Developer
12 19 (5.03%) IT Engineer
13 18 (4.76%) Graduate C# Developer
13 18 (4.76%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 18 (4.76%) Graduate Software Developer
13 18 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (13.76%) CSS
2 40 (10.58%) .NET
3 37 (9.79%) React
4 35 (9.26%) HTML
5 29 (7.67%) REST
6 25 (6.61%) jQuery
6 25 (6.61%) Middleware
7 21 (5.56%) Node.js
8 17 (4.50%) .NET Framework
9 15 (3.97%) SOAP
9 15 (3.97%) WinForms
10 13 (3.44%) ASP.NET
11 12 (3.17%) Playwright
12 11 (2.91%) Entity Framework
13 10 (2.65%) RESTful
13 10 (2.65%) Vue
14 9 (2.38%) JSON
14 9 (2.38%) XML
15 8 (2.12%) FastAPI
16 7 (1.85%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.44%) Client/Server
4 13 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.44%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.38%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.85%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.85%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.06%) SCADA
11 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.76%) Linux
2 42 (11.11%) Windows
3 15 (3.97%) Android
4 9 (2.38%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.59%) Unix
6 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (93.92%) Computer Science
2 122 (32.28%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (28.84%) Agile
4 97 (25.66%) Software Engineering
5 89 (23.54%) DevOps
6 84 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (17.72%) CI/CD
8 62 (16.40%) Mentoring
9 45 (11.90%) Data Modelling
10 42 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 41 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (10.32%) SDLC
13 38 (10.05%) AI
14 37 (9.79%) ITIL
15 36 (9.52%) Microservices
16 34 (8.99%) Collaborative Culture
16 34 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 33 (8.73%) Analytics
18 32 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
18 32 (8.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 123 (32.54%) Python
2 101 (26.72%) SQL
3 81 (21.43%) C#
4 69 (18.25%) Java
4 69 (18.25%) JavaScript
5 56 (14.81%) C++
6 36 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 33 (8.73%) PHP
8 26 (6.88%) PowerShell
9 24 (6.35%) C
10 15 (3.97%) Rust
11 12 (3.17%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.12%) Bash
12 8 (2.12%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.32%) Delphi
14 4 (1.06%) Bicep
14 4 (1.06%) R
15 3 (0.79%) Scala
16 2 (0.53%) Perl
16 2 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 378 (100.00%) Degree
2 46 (12.17%) Master's Degree
3 31 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (7.67%) AWS Certification
5 27 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.61%) Security Cleared
7 24 (6.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (6.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (5.03%) SC Cleared
11 17 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (3.97%) CCNP
13 12 (3.17%) CCIE
13 12 (3.17%) Chartered Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) CISSP
14 11 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (2.65%) ISTQB
16 9 (2.38%) CISM
16 9 (2.38%) DBS Check
16 9 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.52%) QA
2 21 (5.56%) NIST
3 20 (5.29%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.29%) Data Quality
3 20 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 9 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.38%) GDPR
6 8 (2.12%) PMO
7 7 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.59%) NCSC
9 4 (1.06%) GxP
10 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.53%) ECSS
11 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.53%) SLA
12 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (8.99%) Docker
2 20 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.97%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.44%) KVM
5 12 (3.17%) Active Directory
6 8 (2.12%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.06%) vSphere
8 3 (0.79%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.53%) Firmware
9 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.29%) Terraform
3 12 (3.17%) Grafana
4 11 (2.91%) Ansible
5 10 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.85%) Control-M
8 5 (1.32%) SCCM
9 4 (1.06%) Nagios
9 4 (1.06%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.79%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.53%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) CASB
12 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.26%) Graylog
12 1 (0.26%) Nmap
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 84 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.82%) Cisco
3 21 (5.56%) VMware
4 14 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.44%) Oracle
6 11 (2.91%) CheckPoint
7 10 (2.65%) Sage
7 10 (2.65%) SAP
7 10 (2.65%) Xamarin
8 9 (2.38%) F5
9 8 (2.12%) Blue Coat
9 8 (2.12%) Infoblox
9 8 (2.12%) Motorola
9 8 (2.12%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.85%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.85%) Splunk
11 6 (1.59%) Google
11 6 (1.59%) Meraki
11 6 (1.59%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft