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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 110 127
Rank change year-on-year -134 +17 +61
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 439 830 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 2.91% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.59% 6.76% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 353 414 1,196
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,625 £37,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £53,344 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +1.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.48%

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 16,976 12,278 18,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.62% 43.01% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 5,264 12,177
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,125 £54,399
% change year-on-year +6.90% +3.17% -7.80%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -30 176 £65,000 +10.64% 98
North of England -129 91 £68,750 +25.00% 46
East of England -44 51 £38,750 -26.89% 26
Yorkshire -88 51 £75,000 +27.66% 15
Midlands -151 51 £44,000 +25.71% 34
South West -64 42 £50,000 -11.89% 22
West Midlands -131 26 £42,500 +21.43% 20
East Midlands -63 25 £55,000 +57.14% 14
North West -81 23 £52,500 -4.55% 18
North East -29 17 £67,500 +22.73% 14
Wales -23 13 £72,500 +8.61% 4
Northern Ireland -41 8 £40,000 -63.64% 1
Scotland -28 7 £75,000 +47.18% 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 13 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.05%) SAS
3 8 (1.82%) Confluence
4 6 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.68%) Apache
7 2 (0.46%) IIS
8 1 (0.23%) Luigi
8 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (2.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.46%) Weka
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) FIS Private Capital Suite
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 189 (43.05%) Azure
2 155 (35.31%) AWS
3 47 (10.71%) Serverless
4 43 (9.79%) GCP
5 23 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.87%) SaaS
8 15 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.19%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.96%) Amazon S3
10 13 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.73%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (2.28%) OneDrive
12 10 (2.28%) PaaS
13 9 (2.05%) GitHub
14 8 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.59%) IaaS
16 6 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.29%) WAN
2 31 (7.06%) Firewall
3 28 (6.38%) VPN
4 25 (5.69%) LAN
5 20 (4.56%) BGP
6 19 (4.33%) Network Security
7 15 (3.42%) DHCP
7 15 (3.42%) DNS
7 15 (3.42%) Internet
8 14 (3.19%) VLAN
9 13 (2.96%) TCP/IP
10 12 (2.73%) MPLS
10 12 (2.73%) Wireless
11 11 (2.51%) OSPF
12 10 (2.28%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (2.28%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.05%) SNMP
14 8 (1.82%) EIGRP
14 8 (1.82%) WAAS
14 8 (1.82%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (14.35%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.47%) MySQL
3 17 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (2.96%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.51%) Big Data
6 11 (2.51%) Metadata
6 11 (2.51%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.28%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.28%) Power BI
7 10 (2.28%) Spark SQL
8 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.68%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.46%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (6.83%) Git
2 28 (6.38%) JIRA
3 12 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.82%) GitLab
6 5 (1.14%) Selenium
7 4 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.91%) Gatling
7 4 (0.91%) JMeter
7 4 (0.91%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.91%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.68%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.68%) HP UFT
8 3 (0.68%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.68%) Postman
8 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.68%) VectorCAST
8 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.46%) TestRail
General
1 155 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (15.49%) Finance
4 27 (6.15%) Manufacturing
5 22 (5.01%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.33%) Law
8 17 (3.87%) Retail
9 15 (3.42%) Electronics
10 14 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.82%) Legal
13 6 (1.37%) Marketing
13 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.14%) Advertising
14 5 (1.14%) Police
15 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.91%) Banking
15 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (22.10%) Developer
2 92 (20.96%) Software Engineer
3 63 (14.35%) Senior
4 54 (12.30%) Software Developer
5 52 (11.85%) Graduate
6 49 (11.16%) Architect
7 41 (9.34%) Python Engineer
8 38 (8.66%) Graduate Developer
9 37 (8.43%) Python Software Engineer
10 35 (7.97%) Graduate Software Developer
11 31 (7.06%) C++ Software Engineer
11 31 (7.06%) Lead
12 30 (6.83%) C# Software Engineer
13 25 (5.69%) C# Developer
14 23 (5.24%) Analyst
14 23 (5.24%) C# Software Developer
14 23 (5.24%) Graduate C# Developer
14 23 (5.24%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 23 (5.24%) SQL Developer
15 21 (4.78%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (12.98%) CSS
2 49 (11.16%) .NET
3 39 (8.88%) HTML
4 38 (8.66%) jQuery
5 35 (7.97%) REST
6 34 (7.74%) React
7 25 (5.69%) Middleware
8 22 (5.01%) SOAP
9 21 (4.78%) RESTful
10 20 (4.56%) Node.js
11 13 (2.96%) JSON
11 13 (2.96%) XML
12 12 (2.73%) ARM Templates
13 11 (2.51%) Playwright
14 10 (2.28%) .NET Core
14 10 (2.28%) PySpark
15 9 (2.05%) OAuth
16 8 (1.82%) Vue
17 7 (1.59%) Django
17 7 (1.59%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.78%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.33%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.96%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.28%) Distributed Computing
8 10 (2.28%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.82%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.59%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.37%) CMDB
12 6 (1.37%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.37%) Robotics
12 6 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.53%) Linux
2 29 (6.61%) Windows
3 14 (3.19%) Android
4 10 (2.28%) Unix
4 10 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.68%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (89.07%) Computer Science
2 135 (30.75%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (26.88%) Software Engineering
4 117 (26.65%) Agile
5 91 (20.73%) CI/CD
6 86 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (18.45%) DevOps
8 58 (13.21%) Mentoring
9 54 (12.30%) Test Automation
10 52 (11.85%) Data Modelling
11 51 (11.62%) AI
12 42 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (9.11%) ITIL
14 36 (8.20%) Containerisation
15 33 (7.52%) Scrum
16 32 (7.29%) Microservices
16 32 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (7.06%) Analytics
17 31 (7.06%) Data Engineering
17 31 (7.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 172 (39.18%) Python
2 122 (27.79%) SQL
3 112 (25.51%) C#
4 80 (18.22%) C++
4 80 (18.22%) Java
5 68 (15.49%) JavaScript
6 55 (12.53%) PHP
7 38 (8.66%) TypeScript
8 30 (6.83%) PowerShell
9 25 (5.69%) C
10 17 (3.87%) Bash
11 16 (3.64%) Rust
12 7 (1.59%) Scala
13 6 (1.37%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.91%) Bicep
15 3 (0.68%) Go
15 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.68%) VB
16 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 439 (100.00%) Degree
2 53 (12.07%) Master's Degree
3 37 (8.43%) Security Cleared
4 28 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (6.15%) SC Cleared
6 24 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (5.01%) Azure Certification
7 22 (5.01%) CCNP
8 21 (4.78%) AWS Certification
9 17 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (3.87%) CISSP
10 14 (3.19%) CCIE
10 14 (3.19%) PhD
10 14 (3.19%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (2.96%) DV Cleared
12 12 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (2.28%) CISM
14 9 (2.05%) ISTQB
15 8 (1.82%) CCNA
15 8 (1.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.07%) QA
2 24 (5.47%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.33%) NIST
5 17 (3.87%) GDPR
6 11 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.82%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.82%) PMO
8 6 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 5 (1.14%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.91%) GxP
10 4 (0.91%) SLA
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.68%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.68%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.46%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 39 (8.88%) Docker
2 32 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.78%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.96%) KVM
6 9 (2.05%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.82%) ProxySG
7 8 (1.82%) vSphere
8 4 (0.91%) Firmware
8 4 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.06%) Terraform
3 19 (4.33%) Ansible
4 13 (2.96%) Grafana
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.91%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.68%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.68%) SCCM
9 2 (0.46%) Control-M
9 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.46%) Plesk
10 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.23%) CASB
10 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.23%) Graylog
10 1 (0.23%) Packer
10 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 87 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.52%) VMware
3 27 (6.15%) Cisco
4 17 (3.87%) Oracle
5 16 (3.64%) Databricks
6 11 (2.51%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.05%) F5
8 8 (1.82%) Blue Coat
8 8 (1.82%) Infoblox
8 8 (1.82%) Motorola
8 8 (1.82%) SolarWinds
8 8 (1.82%) Splunk
9 7 (1.59%) Meraki
9 7 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.37%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.37%) SAP
11 4 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.68%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.68%) Veracode