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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 87 134
Rank change year-on-year -145 +47 +66
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 380 956 1,197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 3.25% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 7.70% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 269 394 931
10th Percentile £30,400 £31,325 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £53,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -2.30% +8.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 14,989 12,418 14,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.46% 42.16% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 5,413 4,955 10,503
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -42 143 £65,000 +1.96% 120
North of England -105 94 £57,500 +9.52% 63
Yorkshire -78 53 £62,500 +47.06% 23
Midlands -142 50 £50,000 +42.86% 62
South West -37 42 £65,000 -7.14% 48
West Midlands -114 32 £41,250 +17.86% 33
East of England -63 26 £58,475 +10.33% 64
North East -13 22 £51,500 -3.74% 9
East Midlands -90 20 £55,000 +57.14% 27
North West -65 19 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Scotland -14 12 £80,350 +98.40% 17
Northern Ireland -43 9 £40,250 -48.06% 8
Wales -19 5 £70,000 +57.86% 10
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 19 (5.00%) IIS
2 12 (3.16%) Confluence
3 10 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.79%) SAS
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.89%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.79%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.53%) Weka
5 2 (0.53%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) FIS Private Capital Suite
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
1 156 (41.05%) Azure
2 118 (31.05%) AWS
3 40 (10.53%) Serverless
4 37 (9.74%) GCP
5 33 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.68%) SaaS
8 13 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.16%) PaaS
10 11 (2.89%) GitHub
11 9 (2.37%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.58%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.58%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.05%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.32%) Firewall
2 17 (4.47%) Network Security
3 16 (4.21%) VLAN
4 13 (3.42%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.42%) VPN
5 11 (2.89%) LAN
5 11 (2.89%) WAN
6 9 (2.37%) BGP
6 9 (2.37%) OSPF
7 8 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (1.84%) Internet
8 7 (1.84%) SNMP
8 7 (1.84%) Wireless
9 6 (1.58%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.58%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (1.58%) EIGRP
9 6 (1.58%) Modbus
9 6 (1.58%) WAAS
9 6 (1.58%) Wireless Security
10 5 (1.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.84%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.00%) MySQL
3 14 (3.68%) Power BI
4 13 (3.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (3.42%) Metadata
5 12 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.89%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.11%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.84%) Big Data
8 7 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.84%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.58%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.32%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.05%) Tableau
12 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 34 (8.95%) JIRA
2 23 (6.05%) Git
3 11 (2.89%) Cypress.io
4 10 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.32%) GitLab
7 4 (1.05%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.05%) Metasploit
7 4 (1.05%) Selenium
8 3 (0.79%) ERwin
8 3 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.79%) WebDriver
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
9 2 (0.53%) TestRail
9 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 165 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.16%) Finance
3 62 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.63%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.21%) Law
5 16 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
5 16 (4.21%) Retail
6 14 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.89%) Electronics
9 10 (2.63%) Advertising
10 7 (1.84%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.84%) Banking
11 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.58%) Legal
11 6 (1.58%) Marketing
11 6 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.05%) Police
Job Titles
1 70 (18.42%) Software Engineer
2 66 (17.37%) Architect
3 65 (17.11%) Developer
4 48 (12.63%) Senior
5 30 (7.89%) Support Engineer
6 29 (7.63%) Software Architect
7 27 (7.11%) Analyst
8 23 (6.05%) Graduate
9 22 (5.79%) IT Engineer
10 21 (5.53%) IT Support
11 20 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.26%) Software Developer
12 19 (5.00%) Python Engineer
13 18 (4.74%) Python Software Engineer
14 17 (4.47%) Applications Architect
15 16 (4.21%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (3.95%) Senior Developer
17 14 (3.68%) Lead
18 13 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
19 12 (3.16%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.37%) CSS
2 46 (12.11%) .NET
3 35 (9.21%) React
4 33 (8.68%) HTML
5 30 (7.89%) Middleware
6 26 (6.84%) REST
7 21 (5.53%) .NET Framework
8 19 (5.00%) Node.js
8 19 (5.00%) WinForms
9 17 (4.47%) jQuery
10 15 (3.95%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.68%) SOAP
12 13 (3.42%) Entity Framework
12 13 (3.42%) Playwright
13 10 (2.63%) Vue
13 10 (2.63%) WPF
14 8 (2.11%) RESTful
15 7 (1.84%) Blazor
15 7 (1.84%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.95%) Management Information System
2 29 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.16%) Operational Technology
6 11 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.37%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.11%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.11%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.84%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.58%) SCADA
12 5 (1.32%) IoT
12 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.47%) Linux
2 45 (11.84%) Windows
3 18 (4.74%) Android
4 9 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.05%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.05%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.05%) Unix
6 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (94.74%) Computer Science
2 117 (30.79%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (27.89%) Agile
4 99 (26.05%) DevOps
5 90 (23.68%) Software Engineering
6 89 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (17.89%) CI/CD
8 64 (16.84%) Mentoring
9 50 (13.16%) Data Modelling
10 48 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (12.37%) AI
12 43 (11.32%) Microservices
13 41 (10.79%) SDLC
14 40 (10.53%) ITIL
15 36 (9.47%) Application Security
15 36 (9.47%) Enterprise Architecture
16 35 (9.21%) Migration
17 34 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
17 34 (8.95%) Test Automation
17 34 (8.95%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 118 (31.05%) Python
2 98 (25.79%) SQL
3 83 (21.84%) C#
4 79 (20.79%) Java
5 75 (19.74%) JavaScript
6 44 (11.58%) C++
7 38 (10.00%) TypeScript
8 28 (7.37%) PHP
9 20 (5.26%) PowerShell
10 19 (5.00%) C
11 14 (3.68%) Rust
11 14 (3.68%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.37%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.11%) Bash
14 7 (1.84%) R
15 5 (1.32%) Delphi
16 4 (1.05%) Bicep
17 3 (0.79%) Scala
18 2 (0.53%) Perl
18 2 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 380 (100.00%) Degree
2 43 (11.32%) Master's Degree
3 36 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (8.68%) AWS Certification
5 32 (8.42%) Azure Certification
6 31 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 29 (7.63%) TOGAF Certification
8 28 (7.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (6.32%) SC Cleared
10 16 (4.21%) Chartered Engineer
11 13 (3.42%) CISSP
11 13 (3.42%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (2.89%) CCNP
14 10 (2.63%) CISM
15 9 (2.37%) PMI Certification
16 8 (2.11%) A+ Certification
16 8 (2.11%) CCIE
16 8 (2.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.68%) QA
2 21 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.26%) NIST
4 19 (5.00%) Accessibility
5 16 (4.21%) Data Quality
5 16 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.11%) NCSC
8 7 (1.84%) GDPR
9 6 (1.58%) PMO
10 5 (1.32%) GxP
10 5 (1.32%) PCI DSS
11 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.79%) IEC 61131
13 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.53%) ECSS
13 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (8.95%) Docker
2 14 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.63%) Active Directory
5 9 (2.37%) KVM
6 6 (1.58%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.05%) vSphere
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (8.68%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.00%) Terraform
3 14 (3.68%) Grafana
4 12 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.63%) Control-M
6 9 (2.37%) Ansible
7 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.32%) SCCM
9 4 (1.05%) Nagios
9 4 (1.05%) Nessus
9 4 (1.05%) Nmap
10 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.79%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.53%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) CASB
12 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.26%) Graylog
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 95 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.26%) Oracle
3 18 (4.74%) Cisco
4 15 (3.95%) VMware
5 12 (3.16%) Google
5 12 (3.16%) Sage
5 12 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.16%) Xamarin
6 11 (2.89%) SAP
7 8 (2.11%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.84%) F5
8 7 (1.84%) Splunk
9 6 (1.58%) Blue Coat
9 6 (1.58%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.58%) Infoblox
9 6 (1.58%) Motorola
9 6 (1.58%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.32%) Zoho