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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 92 118
Rank change year-on-year -117 +26 +48
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 390 1,181 791
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.98% 2.76% 2.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.85% 8.29% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 273 549 619
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%

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 13,683 14,253 9,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.45% 33.31% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,165 5,669 6,691
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,263 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,591
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 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
South East -62 118 £55,000 -15.38% 233
North of England -50 98 £55,000 +10.00% 126
Midlands -123 59 £40,367 +15.33% 111
Yorkshire -15 49 £55,000 +20.68% 45
West Midlands -87 45 £42,500 +21.43% 55
South West -7 44 £52,500 -20.75% 86
East of England -53 38 £32,500 -44.44% 119
North West -45 33 £60,000 +20.00% 73
Scotland -21 20 £65,000 +22.95% 29
East Midlands -64 17 £35,000 - 49
North East +1 16 £51,500 +14.44% 9
Wales -8 10 £51,250 +14.73% 18
Northern Ireland -30 4 £40,500 -22.86% 12
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 22 (5.64%) IIS
2 8 (2.05%) Confluence
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.51%) SAS
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.05%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.05%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.51%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Weka
7 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.03%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 145 (37.18%) Azure
2 85 (21.79%) AWS
3 30 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (7.18%) SaaS
5 27 (6.92%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.15%) GCP
7 23 (5.90%) Serverless
8 22 (5.64%) GitHub
9 11 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.31%) Google Workspace
12 8 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.79%) PaaS
14 6 (1.54%) Entra ID
15 5 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 4 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (1.03%) Firebase
16 4 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.03%) SurveyMonkey
17 3 (0.77%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.90%) Firewall
2 15 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.33%) VLAN
4 11 (2.82%) Network Security
5 10 (2.56%) VPN
6 9 (2.31%) SAN
7 7 (1.79%) Wireshark
8 6 (1.54%) DNS
8 6 (1.54%) Modbus
9 5 (1.28%) DHCP
9 5 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.28%) VoIP
10 4 (1.03%) BGP
10 4 (1.03%) Bluetooth
10 4 (1.03%) Internet
10 4 (1.03%) OSPF
10 4 (1.03%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.03%) WAN
10 4 (1.03%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.77%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 30 (7.69%) MySQL
3 22 (5.64%) Power BI
4 12 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.05%) Metadata
8 6 (1.54%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.28%) Big Data
9 5 (1.28%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.28%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.03%) Tableau
11 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (9.23%) JIRA
2 24 (6.15%) Git
3 10 (2.56%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.31%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.05%) GitLab
6 5 (1.28%) Selenium
7 4 (1.03%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.03%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.77%) ERwin
8 3 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.77%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.51%) JMeter
9 2 (0.51%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.51%) Maven
9 2 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 190 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.26%) Finance
3 61 (15.64%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.44%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.85%) Law
6 15 (3.85%) Retail
7 13 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (2.82%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.56%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.31%) Banking
11 9 (2.31%) Electronics
11 9 (2.31%) Marketing
12 8 (2.05%) Advertising
13 6 (1.54%) Back Office
13 6 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.54%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.03%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 84 (21.54%) Developer
2 60 (15.38%) Architect
3 46 (11.79%) Software Engineer
4 38 (9.74%) Graduate
5 36 (9.23%) Senior
6 35 (8.97%) Support Engineer
7 34 (8.72%) Software Architect
8 32 (8.21%) Analyst
9 24 (6.15%) Graduate Developer
10 21 (5.38%) IT Support
10 21 (5.38%) Software Developer
10 21 (5.38%) Technical Support
11 20 (5.13%) IT Engineer
12 19 (4.87%) IT Graduate
13 17 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
14 14 (3.59%) C# Developer
14 14 (3.59%) Software Support Engineer
15 13 (3.33%) SQL Developer
16 12 (3.08%) Lead
16 12 (3.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (14.87%) .NET
2 49 (12.56%) CSS
3 30 (7.69%) ASP.NET
4 27 (6.92%) Middleware
4 27 (6.92%) React
5 23 (5.90%) jQuery
5 23 (5.90%) REST
6 20 (5.13%) .NET Framework
6 20 (5.13%) HTML
6 20 (5.13%) WinForms
7 12 (3.08%) Entity Framework
7 12 (3.08%) Vue
7 12 (3.08%) WPF
8 10 (2.56%) Node.js
8 10 (2.56%) Playwright
9 9 (2.31%) AngularJS
9 9 (2.31%) Blazor
9 9 (2.31%) RESTful
9 9 (2.31%) XML
10 7 (1.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.21%) Management Information System
2 28 (7.18%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.08%) Operational Technology
6 12 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.31%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.05%) SCADA
9 7 (1.79%) NHS
9 7 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.79%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.28%) IoT
11 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.38%) Windows
2 59 (15.13%) Linux
3 9 (2.31%) Android
4 7 (1.79%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.28%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.77%) Unix
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (95.64%) Computer Science
2 137 (35.13%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (33.33%) Agile
4 107 (27.44%) DevOps
5 91 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 78 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 73 (18.72%) Software Engineering
8 68 (17.44%) CI/CD
9 51 (13.08%) SDLC
10 49 (12.56%) AI
11 43 (11.03%) OOP
12 41 (10.51%) ITIL
13 40 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
15 38 (9.74%) Analytics
16 35 (8.97%) Data Modelling
16 35 (8.97%) Design Patterns
16 35 (8.97%) Test Automation
17 33 (8.46%) Machine Learning
18 32 (8.21%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 101 (25.90%) C#
2 96 (24.62%) SQL
3 93 (23.85%) Java
4 83 (21.28%) Python
5 60 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 48 (12.31%) C++
7 35 (8.97%) PHP
8 29 (7.44%) TypeScript
9 20 (5.13%) C
10 15 (3.85%) PowerShell
10 15 (3.85%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.82%) PL/SQL
12 10 (2.56%) R
13 8 (2.05%) Bash
14 7 (1.79%) Delphi
15 5 (1.28%) Rust
16 4 (1.03%) Go
16 4 (1.03%) Julia
17 3 (0.77%) VBA
18 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 387 (99.23%) Degree
2 41 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (10.26%) Master's Degree
4 38 (9.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (9.74%) Security Cleared
5 29 (7.44%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.41%) SC Cleared
7 24 (6.15%) Chartered Engineer
7 24 (6.15%) TOGAF Certification
8 23 (5.90%) AWS Certification
9 21 (5.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.56%) A+ Certification
10 10 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (2.31%) CISSP
11 9 (2.31%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.31%) MCP
12 8 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.79%) CCNP
13 7 (1.79%) CISM
13 7 (1.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 22 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.87%) QA
4 14 (3.59%) NIST
5 12 (3.08%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.56%) IEC 61131
7 9 (2.31%) Accessibility
8 8 (2.05%) NCSC
9 7 (1.79%) GDPR
10 6 (1.54%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.77%) GxP
12 2 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.51%) ECSS
12 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.26%) GRC
13 1 (0.26%) SLA
13 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (7.95%) Docker
2 15 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.08%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.31%) Firmware
5 8 (2.05%) vSphere
6 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.87%) Terraform
3 12 (3.08%) Grafana
4 11 (2.82%) Ansible
4 11 (2.82%) Control-M
4 11 (2.82%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.03%) Nessus
5 4 (1.03%) Nmap
5 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.77%) Nagios
6 3 (0.77%) SCCM
6 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.26%) Podman
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 109 (27.95%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.38%) Oracle
3 16 (4.10%) VMware
4 15 (3.85%) Google
5 12 (3.08%) Sage
5 12 (3.08%) Xamarin
6 10 (2.56%) Cisco
6 10 (2.56%) Fortinet
6 10 (2.56%) SAP
7 8 (2.05%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.05%) Splunk
8 7 (1.79%) Dell
8 7 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.28%) Syncfusion
9 5 (1.28%) Telerik
9 5 (1.28%) Zoho
10 4 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.03%) Qualtrics
10 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.03%) Veeam