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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 174 100
Rank change year-on-year -67 -74 +14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 610 556 1,273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 1.61% 2.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.22% 4.44% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 457 324 719
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% -3.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £73,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,115 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.92% - -7.69%

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 14,469 12,517 14,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.82% 36.24% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,992 4,973 6,393
10th Percentile £30,181 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -3.79%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +17 251 £65,000 +18.18% 202
North of England -57 120 £62,500 +13.64% 143
South West -35 79 £42,500 -10.53% 101
Midlands -63 74 £42,500 - 97
East of England -41 57 £37,500 -14.77% 90
North West -38 49 £56,250 +2.27% 86
East Midlands -22 38 £25,000 -28.57% 35
Yorkshire -49 38 £62,500 +8.70% 40
West Midlands -63 36 £48,750 +14.71% 62
North East -45 33 £110,000 +113.59% 17
Wales -57 20 £65,000 +8.33% 13
Scotland -15 5 £82,500 +50.00% 87
Northern Ireland -96 4 £41,250 -41.70% 54
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 20 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.98%) Confluence
5 4 (0.66%) CMS
5 4 (0.66%) WordPress
6 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 2 (0.33%) Luigi
7 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) EPLAN
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.48%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 206 (33.77%) Azure
2 151 (24.75%) AWS
3 46 (7.54%) SaaS
4 45 (7.38%) GCP
5 34 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.77%) GitHub
7 23 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (2.95%) Snowflake
10 16 (2.62%) Serverless
11 14 (2.30%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.13%) IaaS
13 11 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.80%) Entra ID
13 11 (1.80%) PaaS
14 10 (1.64%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.48%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.92%) Internet
2 20 (3.28%) VPN
3 18 (2.95%) Firewall
4 17 (2.79%) DNS
5 16 (2.62%) DHCP
5 16 (2.62%) WAN
6 11 (1.80%) LAN
6 11 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.80%) Wireless
7 10 (1.64%) Network Security
8 9 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.15%) BGP
10 6 (0.98%) HTTP
10 6 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.98%) MQTT
10 6 (0.98%) VoIP
10 6 (0.98%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.82%) MPLS
12 4 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (16.56%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (4.10%) Relational Database
3 22 (3.61%) Redis
4 19 (3.11%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.79%) MySQL
6 16 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.80%) Metadata
7 11 (1.80%) Power BI
8 10 (1.64%) Spark SQL
9 8 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.98%) ClickHouse
11 5 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.66%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 89 (14.59%) Git
2 32 (5.25%) Eclipse
3 31 (5.08%) Subversion
4 30 (4.92%) GitLab
5 24 (3.93%) Jenkins
5 24 (3.93%) JIRA
6 23 (3.77%) JUnit
7 7 (1.15%) Burp Suite
7 7 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.15%) Postman
8 6 (0.98%) GDB
8 6 (0.98%) JMeter
9 5 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.82%) Eclipse RCP
9 5 (0.82%) Selenium
10 4 (0.66%) Gatling
10 4 (0.66%) HP UFT
10 4 (0.66%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 226 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 94 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (12.46%) Finance
4 45 (7.38%) Manufacturing
5 32 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.43%) Aerospace
8 25 (4.10%) Retail
9 24 (3.93%) Electronics
9 24 (3.93%) Pharmaceutical
10 23 (3.77%) Law
11 21 (3.44%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.62%) Legal
13 11 (1.80%) Banking
14 9 (1.48%) Marketing
14 9 (1.48%) Publishing
14 9 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.31%) Advertising
16 7 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 187 (30.66%) Developer
2 122 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 74 (12.13%) Software Developer
4 68 (11.15%) Senior
5 53 (8.69%) Graduate
6 48 (7.87%) C# Software Engineer
7 45 (7.38%) C++ Software Engineer
8 44 (7.21%) Architect
8 44 (7.21%) Lead
9 38 (6.23%) Python Engineer
10 36 (5.90%) Java Developer
11 34 (5.57%) Analyst
11 34 (5.57%) Python Software Engineer
12 33 (5.41%) Junior
13 32 (5.25%) Web Developer
14 31 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
15 30 (4.92%) Graduate Developer
16 26 (4.26%) Junior Developer
17 25 (4.10%) Graduate Software Developer
18 24 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (16.72%) .NET
2 71 (11.64%) React
3 60 (9.84%) CSS
4 58 (9.51%) RESTful
5 48 (7.87%) HTML
6 44 (7.21%) jQuery
7 37 (6.07%) REST
8 32 (5.25%) Vue
8 32 (5.25%) Web Services
9 29 (4.75%) Node.js
10 28 (4.59%) Jakarta EE
11 27 (4.43%) Struts
12 26 (4.26%) Terraform
13 18 (2.95%) .NET Core
14 17 (2.79%) Kafka
15 15 (2.46%) PySpark
16 14 (2.30%) ARM Templates
17 12 (1.97%) Yocto
18 11 (1.80%) AngularJS
18 11 (1.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.77%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (3.61%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.95%) Embedded Systems
6 17 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.79%) IoT
6 17 (2.79%) Life Science
6 17 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.79%) Robotics
7 16 (2.62%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.62%) Product Ownership
8 14 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.13%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.97%) Device Driver
11 11 (1.80%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.31%) CMDB
14 7 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 88 (14.43%) Linux
2 34 (5.57%) Windows
3 12 (1.97%) Unix
4 11 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.48%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (1.15%) Debian
7 5 (0.82%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.66%) Android
8 4 (0.66%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.66%) Robot Operating System
8 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.49%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.33%) Solaris
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
11 1 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (91.48%) Computer Science
2 209 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (32.79%) Software Engineering
4 157 (25.74%) AI
4 157 (25.74%) CI/CD
5 146 (23.93%) Agile
6 128 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (16.72%) DevOps
8 89 (14.59%) Mentoring
9 77 (12.62%) Full-Stack Development
10 61 (10.00%) Test Automation
11 59 (9.67%) Containerisation
12 56 (9.18%) SDLC
13 55 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (8.69%) Data Modelling
14 53 (8.69%) Microservices
15 52 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
15 52 (8.52%) Roadmaps
16 51 (8.36%) Design Patterns
17 50 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 186 (30.49%) Python
2 138 (22.62%) C#
3 128 (20.98%) JavaScript
4 124 (20.33%) C++
5 120 (19.67%) SQL
6 105 (17.21%) Java
7 60 (9.84%) PHP
8 51 (8.36%) TypeScript
9 33 (5.41%) PowerShell
10 29 (4.75%) Rust
11 25 (4.10%) C
11 25 (4.10%) Perl
12 18 (2.95%) Go
13 16 (2.62%) Bash
14 7 (1.15%) Bicep
15 6 (0.98%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.98%) Embedded C++
16 5 (0.82%) Scala
17 4 (0.66%) Delphi
17 4 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 610 (100.00%) Degree
2 62 (10.16%) Master's Degree
3 61 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 41 (6.72%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.93%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.79%) CISSP
7 15 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.13%) PhD
9 12 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.48%) CCNP
11 9 (1.48%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.48%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.31%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.31%) CEH
12 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.98%) CCNA
14 5 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.82%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.03%) Accessibility
2 48 (7.87%) QA
3 29 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (4.10%) GDPR
5 23 (3.77%) NIST
6 10 (1.64%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.48%) GxP
7 9 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.98%) JTAG
9 6 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.66%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.49%) GRC
12 3 (0.49%) IEC 61131
12 3 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.49%) SLA
13 2 (0.33%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 69 (11.31%) Docker
2 22 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.48%) Firmware
4 9 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.66%) vSphere
7 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.16%) Ceph
8 1 (0.16%) KVM
8 1 (0.16%) Lustre
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) NFS
8 1 (0.16%) Samba
8 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.64%) Ansible
3 9 (1.48%) Grafana
4 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.66%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.49%) Kibana
6 3 (0.49%) Nmap
6 3 (0.49%) Plesk
6 3 (0.49%) Podman
6 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.49%) SCCM
6 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.33%) MaaS360
8 1 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 121 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.11%) Databricks
3 18 (2.95%) Oracle
4 16 (2.62%) Cisco
4 16 (2.62%) VMware
5 9 (1.48%) Meraki
6 8 (1.31%) Google
7 7 (1.15%) Splunk
8 4 (0.66%) Adobe
8 4 (0.66%) Apple
8 4 (0.66%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.66%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.66%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.66%) Veracode
9 3 (0.49%) NVIDIA
9 3 (0.49%) Sage
9 3 (0.49%) SAP
9 3 (0.49%) Siemens
9 3 (0.49%) Thales
10 2 (0.33%) IFS