Computer Science Degree Jobs 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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 137 136
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 +32
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,444 1,200 2,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.21% 2.49% 2.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.56% 6.57% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 824 704
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £39,313 £44,560 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +21.60% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £82,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -

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 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

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 July 2024.

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 July 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 +54 434 £60,000 - 68
North of England +39 336 £50,000 -16.67% 43
Midlands +7 254 £50,000 -17.90% 45
North West +21 194 £50,000 -16.67% 26
West Midlands +26 161 £50,000 -23.08% 32
South West +1 160 £47,500 -21.88% 25
Yorkshire +71 124 £46,000 -23.33% 13
Scotland -53 112 £60,000 -1.32% 13
East of England +21 101 £50,000 -17.76% 33
East Midlands -20 92 £45,594 -13.15% 13
Northern Ireland +13 22 £40,500 -19.00% 29
North East -18 18 £45,000 -25.00% 6
Wales -17 16 £37,000 -29.02% 16
Isle of Man - 9 £45,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
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 41 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (2.01%) FileNet
4 15 (1.04%) Apache
5 13 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.90%) Confluence
5 13 (0.90%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.76%) CMS
6 11 (0.76%) IIS
7 10 (0.69%) WordPress
8 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.28%) Luigi
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.14%) Appian
10 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.069%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.069%) Site Server
Applications
1 77 (5.33%) Simulink
2 64 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.76%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.21%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.21%) Revit
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.69%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.62%) Shopify
5 8 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.42%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.35%) Odoo
8 4 (0.28%) CA PPM
9 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
11 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.069%) SAP Business One
11 1 (0.069%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.069%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 308 (21.33%) Azure
2 288 (19.94%) AWS
3 87 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 74 (5.12%) Amazon S3
4 74 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.92%) GitHub
6 63 (4.36%) GCP
7 54 (3.74%) SaaS
8 52 (3.60%) Amazon Kinesis
9 48 (3.32%) Serverless
10 42 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
11 39 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
12 36 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
13 34 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (1.80%) IaaS
15 24 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 23 (1.59%) PaaS
17 20 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 150 (10.39%) Network Security
2 100 (6.93%) Firewall
3 89 (6.16%) Internet
4 81 (5.61%) WLAN
5 54 (3.74%) TCP/IP
6 52 (3.60%) DNS
7 49 (3.39%) WAN
8 46 (3.19%) DHCP
9 44 (3.05%) LAN
10 40 (2.77%) VPN
11 31 (2.15%) VLAN
12 30 (2.08%) HTTP
13 26 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (1.52%) Wireless
15 17 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (1.11%) SAN
17 12 (0.83%) NAS
18 11 (0.76%) BGP
18 11 (0.76%) FTP
18 11 (0.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (11.70%) NoSQL
2 150 (10.39%) SQL Server
3 85 (5.89%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (5.33%) Power BI
5 76 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
6 73 (5.06%) MySQL
7 61 (4.22%) Relational Database
8 49 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
8 49 (3.39%) DynamoDB
9 48 (3.32%) Redis
10 44 (3.05%) Big Data
10 44 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
11 31 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
12 30 (2.08%) Apache Cassandra
13 28 (1.94%) RDBMS
14 26 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 22 (1.52%) MongoDB
16 19 (1.32%) Hadoop
16 19 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 212 (14.68%) Git
2 53 (3.67%) Jenkins
3 43 (2.98%) JIRA
4 32 (2.22%) Vagrant
5 31 (2.15%) JUnit
6 30 (2.08%) Gatling
7 29 (2.01%) Jasmine
7 29 (2.01%) Mockito
8 23 (1.59%) Postman
9 18 (1.25%) GitLab
10 15 (1.04%) CMake
10 15 (1.04%) Oracle APEX
11 14 (0.97%) Subversion
12 12 (0.83%) Selenium
12 12 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio
14 9 (0.62%) JMeter
14 9 (0.62%) NUnit
15 7 (0.48%) Moq
15 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 694 (48.06%) Social Skills
2 231 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (12.67%) Finance
4 82 (5.68%) Marketing
5 74 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (4.99%) Manufacturing
7 71 (4.92%) Electronics
8 60 (4.16%) Law
9 50 (3.46%) Retail
10 45 (3.12%) Legal
11 41 (2.84%) Public Sector
12 32 (2.22%) Billing
13 30 (2.08%) Games
14 28 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.39%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.32%) Automotive
18 18 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (1.04%) Banking
19 15 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 432 (29.92%) Developer
2 200 (13.85%) Software Engineer
3 190 (13.16%) Senior
4 126 (8.73%) Software Developer
5 116 (8.03%) Support Engineer
6 110 (7.62%) Lead
7 83 (5.75%) IT Engineer
8 81 (5.61%) IT Support
9 70 (4.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 67 (4.64%) Architect
11 66 (4.57%) Analyst
12 54 (3.74%) .NET Developer
12 54 (3.74%) Senior Developer
13 43 (2.98%) IT Manager
14 41 (2.84%) Graduate
15 40 (2.77%) Full Stack Developer
15 40 (2.77%) Junior
15 40 (2.77%) Network Engineer
16 36 (2.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 36 (2.49%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (14.54%) .NET
2 173 (11.98%) React
3 160 (11.08%) HTML
4 132 (9.14%) CSS
5 106 (7.34%) AngularJS
6 74 (5.12%) Spring
7 68 (4.71%) GraphQL
8 67 (4.64%) JSON
8 67 (4.64%) Web Services
9 66 (4.57%) REST
10 55 (3.81%) Kafka
11 52 (3.60%) RESTful
12 51 (3.53%) .NET Framework
13 49 (3.39%) Node.js
14 48 (3.32%) Vue
15 46 (3.19%) Middleware
16 42 (2.91%) ASP.NET
17 40 (2.77%) HTML5
18 37 (2.56%) .NET Core
19 32 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (11.15%) Management Information System
2 104 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 97 (6.72%) Driving Licence
4 74 (5.12%) Cloud Native
5 70 (4.85%) Algorithms
5 70 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (3.12%) Mobile App
7 42 (2.91%) Data Centre
7 42 (2.91%) Product Ownership
8 38 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (2.22%) Blog
10 31 (2.15%) NHS
11 30 (2.08%) Media Streaming
12 29 (2.01%) IoT
13 24 (1.66%) Client/Server
14 20 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
15 16 (1.11%) CUDA
15 16 (1.11%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.11%) Replication
16 15 (1.04%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 300 (20.78%) Linux
2 279 (19.32%) Windows
3 75 (5.19%) Android
4 57 (3.95%) Windows Server
5 56 (3.88%) Ubuntu
6 42 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 41 (2.84%) Mac OS
8 37 (2.56%) Apple iOS
9 33 (2.29%) Embedded Linux
10 32 (2.22%) CentOS
11 31 (2.15%) Windows 10
12 29 (2.01%) Unix
13 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
15 11 (0.76%) Debian
16 8 (0.55%) VMS
17 6 (0.42%) Mac OS X
18 4 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
18 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
18 4 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,391 (96.33%) Computer Science
2 676 (46.81%) Problem-Solving
3 416 (28.81%) Agile
4 383 (26.52%) Software Engineering
5 267 (18.49%) DevOps
6 220 (15.24%) Mentoring
7 213 (14.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 189 (13.09%) Machine Learning
9 166 (11.50%) ITIL
10 153 (10.60%) CI/CD
11 148 (10.25%) Analytics
12 138 (9.56%) Project Management
13 131 (9.07%) SDLC
14 127 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
15 118 (8.17%) Microservices
16 116 (8.03%) Mathematics
17 113 (7.83%) Data Modelling
18 110 (7.62%) Decision-Making
19 109 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
20 103 (7.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 366 (25.35%) SQL
2 348 (24.10%) Python
3 315 (21.81%) JavaScript
4 259 (17.94%) Java
5 246 (17.04%) C#
6 176 (12.19%) C++
7 110 (7.62%) C
8 82 (5.68%) TypeScript
9 70 (4.85%) PHP
10 66 (4.57%) PowerShell
11 42 (2.91%) Kotlin
12 39 (2.70%) Scala
13 38 (2.63%) Bash
14 21 (1.45%) PL/SQL
15 19 (1.32%) T-SQL
16 18 (1.25%) R
17 17 (1.18%) MATLAB
18 16 (1.11%) Ruby
19 14 (0.97%) Fortran
19 14 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,444 (100.00%) Degree
2 176 (12.19%) Master's Degree
3 170 (11.77%) Security Cleared
4 135 (9.35%) Cisco Certification
5 131 (9.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 111 (7.69%) CCNA
7 106 (7.34%) CCNP
8 99 (6.86%) MCP
8 99 (6.86%) SC Cleared
9 81 (5.61%) MCSE
10 67 (4.64%) LPIC
11 47 (3.25%) DBS Check
12 45 (3.12%) CISSP
13 44 (3.05%) DV Cleared
14 40 (2.77%) Azure Certification
15 38 (2.63%) AWS Certification
16 31 (2.15%) PhD
17 28 (1.94%) A+ Certification
18 21 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
19 19 (1.32%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.78%) QA
2 53 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.42%) GDPR
4 28 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.32%) PMO
7 16 (1.11%) SLA
8 14 (0.97%) NIST
9 13 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.42%) ISO 13485
13 2 (0.14%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.069%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.069%) IEC 61508
14 1 (0.069%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.069%) SOC 2
System Software
1 128 (8.86%) Docker
2 81 (5.61%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.90%) Firmware
4 13 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.48%) vSphere
7 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.35%) XenApp
9 4 (0.28%) Lustre
9 4 (0.28%) pfSense
9 4 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.14%) HDFS
11 2 (0.14%) KVM
12 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.069%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 143 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 93 (6.44%) Terraform
3 65 (4.50%) Ansible
4 17 (1.18%) Puppet
5 10 (0.69%) Grafana
5 10 (0.69%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.62%) SCCM
7 7 (0.48%) SCOM
7 7 (0.48%) WSUS
8 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.42%) Nagios
8 6 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.35%) Rancher
10 4 (0.28%) IBM BigFix
11 3 (0.21%) Autotask
11 3 (0.21%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.21%) Nmap
11 3 (0.21%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 314 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 127 (8.80%) Cisco
3 72 (4.99%) Xilinx
4 69 (4.78%) Oracle
5 58 (4.02%) Google
6 36 (2.49%) VMware
7 32 (2.22%) Databricks
8 30 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.08%) SAP
9 19 (1.32%) Apple
9 19 (1.32%) Fortinet
10 15 (1.04%) Juniper
11 13 (0.90%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.90%) Veeam
12 12 (0.83%) Splunk
13 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.76%) Dell
13 11 (0.76%) F5
14 10 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.69%) NEC