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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 87 138
Rank change year-on-year -123 +51 +66
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 378 1,089 796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.88% 3.04% 2.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 7.83% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 255 449 594
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +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 14,071 13,901 10,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.86% 38.80% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,149 5,284 6,901
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £37,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,908 £57,495
% change year-on-year -8.19% +4.20% -0.01%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 -53 114 £58,000 -10.77% 208
North of England -61 105 £55,000 +9.45% 86
Yorkshire -55 60 £70,000 +45.61% 25
Midlands -126 55 £43,772 +25.06% 55
South West +3 41 £63,750 -12.07% 51
West Midlands -101 35 £40,000 +14.29% 29
East of England -45 34 £30,000 -45.45% 95
North West -46 26 £45,000 -12.17% 37
East Midlands -71 23 £55,000 +57.14% 26
North East +1 19 £51,500 -5.50% 24
Scotland -18 17 £80,350 +65.67% 23
Wales -9 8 £61,250 +12.03% 28
Northern Ireland -35 5 £47,750 -35.25% 16
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 (5.82%) IIS
2 11 (2.91%) Confluence
3 8 (2.12%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.53%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.70%) MS Visio
3 13 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.12%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.12%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.53%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.53%) Weka
5 2 (0.53%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Pegasus Opera
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
1 150 (39.68%) Azure
2 103 (27.25%) AWS
3 34 (8.99%) Serverless
4 29 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (6.61%) GCP
6 23 (6.08%) SaaS
7 22 (5.82%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.50%) GitHub
8 17 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.38%) Google Workspace
11 8 (2.12%) PaaS
12 7 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.85%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.32%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.32%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.06%) Firebase
14 4 (1.06%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.08%) Firewall
2 16 (4.23%) Network Security
3 14 (3.70%) VLAN
4 13 (3.44%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.17%) VPN
6 8 (2.12%) LAN
6 8 (2.12%) WAN
7 7 (1.85%) BGP
7 7 (1.85%) OSPF
7 7 (1.85%) SAN
8 6 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.59%) Modbus
9 5 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.32%) Wireless
10 4 (1.06%) Bluetooth
10 4 (1.06%) DNS
10 4 (1.06%) EIGRP
10 4 (1.06%) SNMP
10 4 (1.06%) Wireless Security
10 4 (1.06%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.88%) MySQL
3 17 (4.50%) Power BI
4 12 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.65%) Metadata
6 10 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.59%) Big Data
9 6 (1.59%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.32%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.06%) Tableau
12 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.79%) JIRA
2 23 (6.08%) Git
3 10 (2.65%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.38%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.85%) GitLab
6 6 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.59%) Selenium
7 4 (1.06%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.06%) Metasploit
7 4 (1.06%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.79%) ERwin
8 3 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.79%) TestRail
9 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.53%) JMeter
9 2 (0.53%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
General
1 180 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.31%) Finance
3 69 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.23%) Retail
6 14 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 13 (3.44%) Law
8 12 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.91%) Electronics
10 9 (2.38%) Advertising
10 9 (2.38%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.38%) Marketing
10 9 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.85%) Banking
13 6 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Dutch Language
14 4 (1.06%) French Language
14 4 (1.06%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (19.58%) Developer
2 66 (17.46%) Architect
3 52 (13.76%) Software Engineer
4 38 (10.05%) Senior
5 33 (8.73%) Software Architect
5 33 (8.73%) Support Engineer
6 25 (6.61%) Analyst
6 25 (6.61%) Graduate
7 23 (6.08%) IT Engineer
8 20 (5.29%) IT Support
8 20 (5.29%) IT Support Engineer
8 20 (5.29%) Software Developer
9 17 (4.50%) Applications Architect
9 17 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (4.50%) Graduate Developer
9 17 (4.50%) Technical Support
10 14 (3.70%) C# Developer
10 14 (3.70%) Lead
10 14 (3.70%) Senior Developer
11 13 (3.44%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.55%) .NET
2 53 (14.02%) CSS
3 33 (8.73%) React
4 29 (7.67%) Middleware
5 27 (7.14%) REST
6 26 (6.88%) HTML
7 25 (6.61%) ASP.NET
8 20 (5.29%) .NET Framework
9 19 (5.03%) WinForms
10 18 (4.76%) jQuery
11 14 (3.70%) Node.js
12 12 (3.17%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.17%) Playwright
12 12 (3.17%) SOAP
12 12 (3.17%) Vue
12 12 (3.17%) WPF
13 10 (2.65%) RESTful
14 8 (2.12%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.12%) Blazor
15 7 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
2 33 (8.73%) Management Information System
3 23 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.44%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.44%) Operational Technology
6 10 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.12%) SCADA
9 7 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.32%) IoT
11 5 (1.32%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 56 (14.81%) Windows
2 55 (14.55%) Linux
3 12 (3.17%) Android
4 9 (2.38%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.85%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.06%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.79%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.79%) Unix
8 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (96.56%) Computer Science
2 135 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (30.69%) Agile
4 96 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (24.60%) DevOps
6 71 (18.78%) Software Engineering
7 70 (18.52%) Mentoring
8 66 (17.46%) CI/CD
9 53 (14.02%) AI
10 46 (12.17%) Data Modelling
10 46 (12.17%) SDLC
10 46 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (11.90%) ITIL
12 39 (10.32%) Microservices
13 38 (10.05%) Analytics
14 36 (9.52%) Application Security
15 35 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (9.26%) Enterprise Architecture
15 35 (9.26%) Migration
16 34 (8.99%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 104 (27.51%) Python
2 98 (25.93%) SQL
3 93 (24.60%) C#
4 92 (24.34%) Java
5 68 (17.99%) JavaScript
6 45 (11.90%) C++
7 36 (9.52%) TypeScript
8 31 (8.20%) PHP
9 15 (3.97%) C
9 15 (3.97%) PowerShell
9 15 (3.97%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.65%) R
11 9 (2.38%) PL/SQL
12 8 (2.12%) Rust
13 7 (1.85%) Bash
14 4 (1.06%) Delphi
14 4 (1.06%) Go
15 3 (0.79%) Julia
15 3 (0.79%) VBA
16 2 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 375 (99.21%) Degree
2 43 (11.38%) Master's Degree
2 43 (11.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (10.58%) Security Cleared
4 34 (8.99%) AWS Certification
5 33 (8.73%) Azure Certification
6 31 (8.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (7.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (7.67%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (6.61%) SC Cleared
9 20 (5.29%) Chartered Engineer
10 13 (3.44%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (2.91%) A+ Certification
12 10 (2.65%) DV Cleared
13 9 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (2.12%) CCNP
14 8 (2.12%) CISSP
15 7 (1.85%) CISM
15 7 (1.85%) MCP
15 7 (1.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.88%) QA
2 20 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.70%) NIST
5 13 (3.44%) Data Quality
6 11 (2.91%) Accessibility
7 10 (2.65%) IEC 61131
8 8 (2.12%) NCSC
9 6 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.59%) GDPR
10 5 (1.32%) GxP
11 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.06%) PMO
12 3 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.53%) ECSS
13 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.26%) GRC
14 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 31 (8.20%) Docker
2 15 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.44%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.12%) vSphere
6 4 (1.06%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.79%) KVM
8 2 (0.53%) Firmware
9 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.50%) Terraform
3 11 (2.91%) Grafana
3 11 (2.91%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.65%) Control-M
5 8 (2.12%) Ansible
6 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.32%) SCCM
8 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.06%) Nessus
8 4 (1.06%) Nmap
9 3 (0.79%) Nagios
9 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.79%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.53%) Kibana
11 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (28.31%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.76%) Oracle
3 16 (4.23%) VMware
4 14 (3.70%) Cisco
5 12 (3.17%) Google
5 12 (3.17%) Sage
5 12 (3.17%) SAP
5 12 (3.17%) Xamarin
6 10 (2.65%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.12%) Dell
9 7 (1.85%) Splunk
10 6 (1.59%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.59%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.32%) F5
11 5 (1.32%) Syncfusion
11 5 (1.32%) Telerik
11 5 (1.32%) Veeam