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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 91 111
Rank change year-on-year -82 +20 +41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 522 1,223 842
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.42% 2.55% 2.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.16% 8.58% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 313 545 663
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £47,695
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% -3.85% +16.07%

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 12,561 14,262 10,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 29.78% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,219 5,588 6,818
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -39 173 £50,000 -23.08% 127
North of England -29 122 £55,000 +10.00% 62
Midlands -72 89 £41,434 +18.38% 60
West Midlands -59 61 £41,434 +18.38% 35
North West -30 52 £56,250 +12.50% 30
Yorkshire -3 51 £55,000 +20.88% 21
East of England -39 48 £47,500 -18.80% 46
South West -4 45 £47,500 -24.00% 34
East Midlands -45 31 £39,000 +11.43% 24
Scotland -29 22 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North East +5 19 £51,500 +14.44% 12
Wales -5 13 £56,250 +26.85% 11
Northern Ireland -19 10 £36,000 -31.43% 13
Isle of Man +9 1 - -
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 24 (4.60%) IIS
2 10 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.34%) Confluence
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.57%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.38%) SAS
6 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.53%) AutoCAD
4 8 (1.53%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.15%) NetSuite
1 6 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.19%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 177 (33.91%) Azure
2 106 (20.31%) AWS
3 43 (8.24%) GCP
4 32 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (5.94%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.56%) SaaS
7 25 (4.79%) GitHub
8 23 (4.41%) Serverless
9 13 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (2.49%) Google Workspace
9 13 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.72%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.72%) PaaS
12 7 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.34%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.77%) Amazon EMR
13 4 (0.77%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.41%) Firewall
2 18 (3.45%) VLAN
3 12 (2.30%) SAN
3 12 (2.30%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.92%) Network Security
5 9 (1.72%) DNS
5 9 (1.72%) VPN
6 8 (1.53%) DHCP
6 8 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.34%) Modbus
7 7 (1.34%) Wireshark
8 5 (0.96%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.96%) VoIP
9 4 (0.77%) HTTP
9 4 (0.77%) Internet
9 4 (0.77%) NAS
9 4 (0.77%) WAN
9 4 (0.77%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (14.37%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.90%) MySQL
3 27 (5.17%) Power BI
4 24 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.07%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.68%) Big Data
7 14 (2.68%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.92%) Hadoop
10 9 (1.72%) Metadata
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.15%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.15%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.96%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.96%) Tableau
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (8.43%) JIRA
2 34 (6.51%) Git
3 12 (2.30%) Bitbucket
4 9 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.53%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.15%) GitLab
6 6 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.77%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.77%) Maven
8 4 (0.77%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.77%) Selenium
9 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.57%) ERwin
9 3 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.57%) Vite
9 3 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 257 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 116 (22.22%) Finance
3 77 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.47%) Law
5 32 (6.13%) Manufacturing
6 17 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.26%) Legal
7 16 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.68%) Retail
9 13 (2.49%) Advertising
9 13 (2.49%) Banking
9 13 (2.49%) Marketing
10 12 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.11%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.11%) Electronics
12 10 (1.92%) Back Office
13 9 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (22.41%) Developer
2 63 (12.07%) Architect
3 48 (9.20%) Senior
4 47 (9.00%) Graduate
5 43 (8.24%) Support Engineer
6 39 (7.47%) Software Engineer
7 33 (6.32%) Analyst
7 33 (6.32%) Graduate Developer
8 31 (5.94%) Software Architect
9 30 (5.75%) IT Graduate
10 24 (4.60%) IT Support
11 22 (4.21%) IT Engineer
11 22 (4.21%) Technical Support
12 21 (4.02%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.64%) IT Support Engineer
13 19 (3.64%) Lead
14 18 (3.45%) Junior
15 17 (3.26%) C# Developer
15 17 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (3.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (15.52%) HTML
2 73 (13.98%) .NET
3 63 (12.07%) CSS
4 41 (7.85%) ASP.NET
5 33 (6.32%) jQuery
5 33 (6.32%) React
6 26 (4.98%) Middleware
7 24 (4.60%) .NET Framework
8 23 (4.41%) REST
9 22 (4.21%) WinForms
10 19 (3.64%) PyTorch
10 19 (3.64%) TensorFlow
11 15 (2.87%) RESTful
12 14 (2.68%) Hugging Face
12 14 (2.68%) LangChain
13 13 (2.49%) AngularJS
13 13 (2.49%) Spring
13 13 (2.49%) Vue
13 13 (2.49%) WPF
14 12 (2.30%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.20%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.30%) Operational Technology
6 11 (2.11%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.72%) IoT
8 9 (1.72%) SCADA
9 8 (1.53%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.34%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.64%) Windows
2 59 (11.30%) Linux
3 9 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.96%) Android
5 5 (0.96%) Mac OS X
6 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (97.13%) Computer Science
2 166 (31.80%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (30.84%) Agile
4 124 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 120 (22.99%) DevOps
6 115 (22.03%) AI
7 101 (19.35%) Machine Learning
8 86 (16.48%) Mentoring
9 80 (15.33%) CI/CD
9 80 (15.33%) Software Engineering
10 72 (13.79%) Data Privacy
11 59 (11.30%) SDLC
12 57 (10.92%) ITIL
13 51 (9.77%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (9.58%) Analytics
15 49 (9.39%) OOP
16 48 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
17 43 (8.24%) OO
17 43 (8.24%) Project Management
17 43 (8.24%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 167 (31.99%) SQL
2 162 (31.03%) C#
3 148 (28.35%) Java
4 135 (25.86%) Python
5 122 (23.37%) JavaScript
6 100 (19.16%) C++
7 89 (17.05%) PHP
8 71 (13.60%) TypeScript
9 68 (13.03%) C
10 57 (10.92%) R
11 53 (10.15%) Rust
12 50 (9.58%) Ruby
13 49 (9.39%) MATLAB
14 48 (9.20%) Dart
15 22 (4.21%) PowerShell
16 17 (3.26%) T-SQL
17 11 (2.11%) Bash
18 8 (1.53%) PL/SQL
19 6 (1.15%) Delphi
20 4 (0.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 519 (99.43%) Degree
2 63 (12.07%) Master's Degree
3 43 (8.24%) Security Cleared
4 42 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 38 (7.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (5.94%) Azure Certification
7 27 (5.17%) SC Cleared
8 25 (4.79%) AWS Certification
9 24 (4.60%) Chartered Engineer
10 22 (4.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.72%) A+ Certification
13 9 (1.72%) CISSP
13 9 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.72%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.72%) MCP
13 9 (1.72%) MCSE
13 9 (1.72%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 18 (3.45%) GDPR
4 17 (3.26%) NIST
5 16 (3.07%) QA
6 14 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.49%) Data Quality
8 11 (2.11%) NCSC
9 10 (1.92%) IEC 61131
10 7 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (1.15%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.38%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.38%) ECSS
13 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.38%) SLA
13 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 26 (4.98%) Docker
2 18 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.92%) Firmware
5 7 (1.34%) vSphere
6 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.57%) GPFS
8 3 (0.57%) Lustre
8 3 (0.57%) NFS
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (4.98%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.41%) Grafana
3 22 (4.21%) Prometheus
4 17 (3.26%) Terraform
5 10 (1.92%) Control-M
6 8 (1.53%) Ansible
7 4 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.77%) Nessus
7 4 (0.77%) Nmap
7 4 (0.77%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.57%) Nagios
8 3 (0.57%) SCCM
8 3 (0.57%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.38%) Kibana
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.19%) Podman
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 116 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.98%) Google
3 24 (4.60%) Oracle
4 18 (3.45%) VMware
5 13 (2.49%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.30%) Sage
6 12 (2.30%) Xamarin
7 11 (2.11%) SAP
7 11 (2.11%) Splunk
8 10 (1.92%) Cisco
9 9 (1.72%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.34%) Dell
10 7 (1.34%) Remedy
10 7 (1.34%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.34%) Veeam
11 6 (1.15%) BMC
11 6 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.96%) IBM
12 5 (0.96%) Zoho