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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 88 130
Rank change year-on-year -143 +42 +68
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 385 984 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 3.28% 2.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.57% 7.81% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 275 420 976
10th Percentile £29,400 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,938 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £53,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -0.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 14,997 12,605 15,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.03% 42.06% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,431 5,182 10,872
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £35,398
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 7 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 7 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 -34 146 £65,000 +4.00% 92
North of England -109 91 £60,000 +9.09% 43
Yorkshire -81 50 £70,000 +53.60% 18
Midlands -139 47 £50,000 +42.86% 44
South West -28 43 £63,750 -7.27% 31
East of England -49 32 £53,750 +1.42% 41
West Midlands -118 29 £40,000 +14.29% 24
North East -12 22 £51,500 -3.74% 5
East Midlands -80 20 £55,000 +57.14% 20
North West -78 19 £60,000 +5.26% 21
Scotland -23 12 £80,350 +98.40% 20
Northern Ireland -43 10 £40,000 -48.39% 1
Wales -23 5 £70,000 +57.86% 8
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 18 (4.68%) IIS
2 12 (3.12%) Confluence
3 10 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.30%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.30%) SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.52%) Weka
4 2 (0.52%) Windchill
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) 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
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (41.56%) Azure
2 121 (31.43%) AWS
3 42 (10.91%) Serverless
4 37 (9.61%) GCP
5 33 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (5.19%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.38%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.12%) PaaS
10 12 (3.12%) SaaS
11 11 (2.86%) GitHub
12 9 (2.34%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.56%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.56%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.56%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (1.04%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.23%) Firewall
2 17 (4.42%) Network Security
3 16 (4.16%) VLAN
4 13 (3.38%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.38%) VPN
5 11 (2.86%) LAN
5 11 (2.86%) WAN
6 9 (2.34%) BGP
6 9 (2.34%) OSPF
7 8 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (1.82%) Internet
8 7 (1.82%) SNMP
8 7 (1.82%) Wireless
9 6 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (1.56%) EIGRP
9 6 (1.56%) Modbus
9 6 (1.56%) WAAS
9 6 (1.56%) Wireless Security
10 5 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.47%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.97%) MySQL
3 14 (3.64%) Power BI
4 13 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (3.38%) Metadata
5 12 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.34%) Big Data
8 8 (2.08%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.56%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.30%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.30%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.04%) Tableau
13 3 (0.78%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.78%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 37 (9.61%) JIRA
2 25 (6.49%) Git
3 10 (2.60%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.60%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.30%) GitLab
6 4 (1.04%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.78%) ERwin
7 3 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.78%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.52%) JMeter
8 2 (0.52%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.52%) TestRail
8 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 163 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.44%) Finance
3 58 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.79%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.16%) Law
5 16 (4.16%) Pharmaceutical
5 16 (4.16%) Retail
6 12 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.12%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.86%) Electronics
8 10 (2.60%) Advertising
9 7 (1.82%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.82%) Banking
10 6 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Legal
10 6 (1.56%) Marketing
10 6 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.04%) Police
12 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (18.96%) Software Engineer
2 68 (17.66%) Developer
3 65 (16.88%) Architect
4 48 (12.47%) Senior
5 30 (7.79%) Support Engineer
6 29 (7.53%) Software Architect
7 26 (6.75%) Analyst
7 26 (6.75%) Graduate
8 24 (6.23%) Software Developer
9 22 (5.71%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.71%) IT Support
10 21 (5.45%) Python Engineer
11 20 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.19%) Python Software Engineer
12 17 (4.42%) Applications Architect
13 16 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.16%) Lead
13 16 (4.16%) SQL Developer
14 15 (3.90%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.64%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.47%) CSS
2 46 (11.95%) .NET
3 37 (9.61%) React
4 35 (9.09%) HTML
5 30 (7.79%) Middleware
6 26 (6.75%) REST
7 21 (5.45%) .NET Framework
7 21 (5.45%) Node.js
8 19 (4.94%) jQuery
8 19 (4.94%) WinForms
9 15 (3.90%) ASP.NET
10 14 (3.64%) SOAP
11 13 (3.38%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.12%) Playwright
13 10 (2.60%) Vue
13 10 (2.60%) WPF
14 9 (2.34%) RESTful
15 7 (1.82%) .NET Core
15 7 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.83%) Management Information System
2 29 (7.53%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.12%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.12%) Operational Technology
5 10 (2.60%) Client/Server
5 10 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.60%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.34%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.08%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.82%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.56%) SCADA
10 5 (1.30%) IoT
10 5 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (14.81%) Linux
2 46 (11.95%) Windows
3 18 (4.68%) Android
4 9 (2.34%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.30%) Unix
6 4 (1.04%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.78%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (94.29%) Computer Science
2 118 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (28.83%) Agile
4 102 (26.49%) DevOps
5 92 (23.90%) Software Engineering
6 85 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (18.18%) CI/CD
8 64 (16.62%) Mentoring
9 50 (12.99%) Data Modelling
10 48 (12.47%) AI
10 48 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (11.17%) Microservices
11 43 (11.17%) SDLC
12 39 (10.13%) ITIL
13 36 (9.35%) Application Security
13 36 (9.35%) Test Automation
14 35 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
14 35 (9.09%) Migration
15 34 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (8.57%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 120 (31.17%) Python
2 103 (26.75%) SQL
3 85 (22.08%) C#
4 78 (20.26%) Java
5 76 (19.74%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.73%) C++
7 40 (10.39%) TypeScript
8 29 (7.53%) PHP
9 21 (5.45%) PowerShell
10 20 (5.19%) C
11 15 (3.90%) Rust
12 14 (3.64%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.34%) PL/SQL
14 8 (2.08%) Bash
15 7 (1.82%) R
16 5 (1.30%) Delphi
17 4 (1.04%) Bicep
18 3 (0.78%) Scala
19 2 (0.52%) Julia
19 2 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 385 (100.00%) Degree
2 45 (11.69%) Master's Degree
3 36 (9.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (8.57%) AWS Certification
5 32 (8.31%) Azure Certification
6 31 (8.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (7.53%) Security Cleared
8 28 (7.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (7.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (5.71%) SC Cleared
10 16 (4.16%) Chartered Engineer
11 13 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.86%) CCNP
12 11 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (2.86%) CISSP
13 9 (2.34%) CISM
13 9 (2.34%) PMI Certification
14 8 (2.08%) A+ Certification
14 8 (2.08%) CCIE
14 8 (2.08%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.57%) QA
2 20 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.94%) NIST
4 18 (4.68%) Accessibility
4 18 (4.68%) Data Quality
5 16 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.08%) NCSC
8 7 (1.82%) GDPR
9 6 (1.56%) PMO
10 5 (1.30%) GxP
10 5 (1.30%) PCI DSS
11 4 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.52%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.52%) ECSS
13 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (9.09%) Docker
2 15 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.12%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.86%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.60%) KVM
6 6 (1.56%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.04%) vSphere
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (8.83%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.94%) Terraform
3 14 (3.64%) Grafana
4 12 (3.12%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.60%) Control-M
6 9 (2.34%) Ansible
7 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.30%) SCCM
9 4 (1.04%) Nagios
9 4 (1.04%) Nessus
9 4 (1.04%) Nmap
10 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.78%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.52%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) CASB
12 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.26%) Graylog
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 92 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.94%) Cisco
2 19 (4.94%) Oracle
3 16 (4.16%) VMware
4 12 (3.12%) Google
4 12 (3.12%) Sage
4 12 (3.12%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.12%) Xamarin
5 11 (2.86%) SAP
6 8 (2.08%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.82%) F5
7 7 (1.82%) Splunk
8 6 (1.56%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.56%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.56%) Infoblox
8 6 (1.56%) Motorola
8 6 (1.56%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.30%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.30%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.30%) Zoho