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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 87 133
Rank change year-on-year -140 +46 +69
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 388 1,011 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 3.18% 2.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 7.79% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 270 405 890
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,750 £30,950
25th Percentile £40,250 £35,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,364 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +2.36% +5.83%

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 14,751 12,980 14,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.08% 40.88% 28.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,426 5,067 10,194
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,500 £35,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,061
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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -51 139 £62,500 -3.85% 90
North of England -105 98 £60,000 +14.29% 28
Yorkshire -73 58 £62,500 +43.27% 7
Midlands -138 53 £50,000 +42.86% 36
South West -31 43 £63,750 -12.07% 21
West Midlands -117 35 £40,000 +14.29% 22
East of England -61 27 £58,475 +10.33% 27
North East -14 21 £51,500 -3.74% 6
East Midlands -88 20 £55,000 +57.14% 14
North West -68 19 £60,000 -3.54% 16
Scotland -8 14 £65,000 +58.54% 14
Northern Ireland -46 8 £40,500 -47.74% 4
Wales -16 7 £70,000 +57.86% 2
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 21 (5.41%) IIS
2 12 (3.09%) Confluence
3 10 (2.58%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.77%) SAS
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.12%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.06%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.06%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.52%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.52%) Weka
5 2 (0.52%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) 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
1 159 (40.98%) Azure
2 121 (31.19%) AWS
3 41 (10.57%) Serverless
4 37 (9.54%) GCP
5 33 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.12%) SaaS
9 14 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.35%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.09%) GitHub
11 12 (3.09%) PaaS
12 9 (2.32%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.55%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.55%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.55%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (1.03%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.19%) Firewall
2 17 (4.38%) Network Security
3 16 (4.12%) VLAN
4 13 (3.35%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.35%) VPN
5 11 (2.84%) LAN
5 11 (2.84%) WAN
6 9 (2.32%) BGP
6 9 (2.32%) OSPF
7 8 (2.06%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (1.80%) SNMP
8 7 (1.80%) Wireless
9 6 (1.55%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.55%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (1.55%) EIGRP
9 6 (1.55%) Modbus
9 6 (1.55%) WAAS
9 6 (1.55%) Wireless Security
10 5 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.90%) MySQL
3 15 (3.87%) Power BI
4 13 (3.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (3.35%) Metadata
4 13 (3.35%) NoSQL
4 13 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.06%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.80%) Big Data
7 7 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.55%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.29%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.29%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.29%) Tableau
10 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (8.51%) JIRA
2 23 (5.93%) Git
3 10 (2.58%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.58%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.29%) GitLab
6 4 (1.03%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.03%) Metasploit
6 4 (1.03%) Selenium
7 3 (0.77%) ERwin
7 3 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.77%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.52%) JMeter
8 2 (0.52%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.52%) TestRail
8 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 167 (43.04%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.53%) Finance
3 67 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.22%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.12%) Retail
6 15 (3.87%) Law
6 15 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (3.61%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.35%) Electronics
9 12 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.58%) Advertising
11 7 (1.80%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.80%) Banking
12 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.55%) Legal
12 6 (1.55%) Marketing
12 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Police
14 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (17.78%) Developer
2 67 (17.27%) Architect
2 67 (17.27%) Software Engineer
3 49 (12.63%) Senior
4 31 (7.99%) Support Engineer
5 29 (7.47%) Software Architect
6 27 (6.96%) Analyst
7 22 (5.67%) IT Engineer
8 21 (5.41%) Graduate
8 21 (5.41%) Software Developer
9 20 (5.15%) IT Support
9 20 (5.15%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (4.64%) Applications Architect
11 17 (4.38%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (4.38%) Python Engineer
12 16 (4.12%) Python Software Engineer
12 16 (4.12%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.61%) Lead
14 13 (3.35%) Automation Engineer
14 13 (3.35%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.89%) CSS
2 48 (12.37%) .NET
3 36 (9.28%) React
4 31 (7.99%) HTML
5 30 (7.73%) Middleware
6 27 (6.96%) REST
7 22 (5.67%) .NET Framework
8 20 (5.15%) WinForms
9 19 (4.90%) Node.js
10 15 (3.87%) ASP.NET
10 15 (3.87%) jQuery
11 14 (3.61%) SOAP
12 13 (3.35%) Entity Framework
13 12 (3.09%) Playwright
13 12 (3.09%) WPF
14 11 (2.84%) Vue
15 8 (2.06%) Blazor
15 8 (2.06%) RESTful
16 7 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
16 7 (1.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.99%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.09%) Operational Technology
5 12 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.84%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.58%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.58%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.32%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.32%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.06%) SCADA
10 7 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.80%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.29%) IoT
12 5 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.18%) Linux
2 47 (12.11%) Windows
3 18 (4.64%) Android
4 9 (2.32%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.77%) Unix
7 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (95.36%) Computer Science
2 123 (31.70%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (27.84%) Agile
4 99 (25.52%) DevOps
5 95 (24.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 86 (22.16%) Software Engineering
7 69 (17.78%) CI/CD
8 65 (16.75%) Mentoring
9 52 (13.40%) Data Modelling
10 51 (13.14%) AI
11 48 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (11.34%) Microservices
13 41 (10.57%) SDLC
14 40 (10.31%) ITIL
15 37 (9.54%) Application Security
15 37 (9.54%) Enterprise Architecture
15 37 (9.54%) Migration
16 36 (9.28%) Analytics
17 34 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
17 34 (8.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 120 (30.93%) Python
2 98 (25.26%) SQL
3 86 (22.16%) C#
4 83 (21.39%) Java
5 75 (19.33%) JavaScript
6 43 (11.08%) C++
7 38 (9.79%) TypeScript
8 28 (7.22%) PHP
9 19 (4.90%) C
9 19 (4.90%) PowerShell
10 15 (3.87%) T-SQL
11 14 (3.61%) Rust
12 9 (2.32%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.06%) Bash
13 8 (2.06%) R
14 5 (1.29%) Delphi
15 4 (1.03%) Bicep
16 3 (0.77%) Scala
17 2 (0.52%) Perl
17 2 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 388 (100.00%) Degree
2 44 (11.34%) Master's Degree
3 38 (9.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (8.76%) AWS Certification
5 33 (8.51%) Azure Certification
6 32 (8.25%) Security Cleared
7 31 (7.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (7.73%) TOGAF Certification
9 29 (7.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 24 (6.19%) SC Cleared
11 16 (4.12%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (3.35%) CISSP
12 13 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.84%) CCNP
15 10 (2.58%) CISM
16 9 (2.32%) PMI Certification
17 8 (2.06%) A+ Certification
17 8 (2.06%) CCIE
18 7 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.25%) QA
2 21 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.15%) NIST
4 16 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 16 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 10 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.58%) IEC 61131
6 8 (2.06%) NCSC
7 7 (1.80%) GDPR
8 6 (1.55%) PMO
9 5 (1.29%) GxP
9 5 (1.29%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.52%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.52%) ECSS
12 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (9.02%) Docker
2 15 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.09%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.58%) Active Directory
5 9 (2.32%) KVM
6 6 (1.55%) ProxySG
7 5 (1.29%) vSphere
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.15%) Terraform
3 14 (3.61%) Grafana
4 12 (3.09%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.58%) Control-M
6 9 (2.32%) Ansible
7 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.29%) SCCM
9 4 (1.03%) Nagios
9 4 (1.03%) Nessus
9 4 (1.03%) Nmap
10 3 (0.77%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.52%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.26%) CASB
12 1 (0.26%) Graylog
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 106 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.19%) Oracle
3 17 (4.38%) Cisco
4 16 (4.12%) VMware
5 12 (3.09%) Google
5 12 (3.09%) Sage
5 12 (3.09%) SAP
5 12 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.09%) Xamarin
6 8 (2.06%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.80%) F5
7 7 (1.80%) Fortinet
7 7 (1.80%) Splunk
8 6 (1.55%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.55%) Infoblox
8 6 (1.55%) Motorola
8 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.55%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.29%) Dell
9 5 (1.29%) Red Hat