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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 166 109
Rank change year-on-year -70 -57 +16
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 599 659 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.90% 2.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 5.22% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 482 385 907
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 13,921 12,617 14,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.20% 36.45% 25.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,153 5,350 8,265
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,110 £34,988 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,245 £66,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -15 244 £65,000 +8.33% 109
North of England -48 126 £62,500 +13.64% 49
South West -42 72 £41,250 -8.33% 35
Midlands -64 67 £40,000 -5.88% 56
East of England -41 65 £46,250 -7.50% 49
North West -48 47 £40,000 -27.27% 29
Yorkshire -29 42 £68,750 +14.58% 10
East Midlands -17 37 £26,000 -25.71% 34
North East -29 37 £98,750 +246.49% 10
West Midlands -75 30 £46,500 +9.41% 22
Wales -55 16 £72,500 +20.83% 6
Northern Ireland -79 6 £40,000 -43.46% 6
Scotland -19 3 £74,250 +41.43% 23
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 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.34%) SAS
3 7 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.67%) CMS
4 4 (0.67%) Confluence
4 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.67%) WordPress
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) Luigi
6 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 228 (38.06%) Azure
2 176 (29.38%) AWS
3 59 (9.85%) GCP
4 37 (6.18%) SaaS
5 31 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.84%) Serverless
7 23 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.84%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.84%) Snowflake
9 16 (2.67%) Azure Functions
10 15 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.17%) IaaS
12 12 (2.00%) GitHub
13 11 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.84%) PaaS
14 9 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.50%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.50%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.51%) Firewall
1 27 (4.51%) Internet
2 26 (4.34%) WAN
3 25 (4.17%) VPN
4 19 (3.17%) LAN
5 16 (2.67%) DHCP
5 16 (2.67%) DNS
6 15 (2.50%) Network Security
6 15 (2.50%) Wireless
7 13 (2.17%) BGP
8 10 (1.67%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.50%) MPLS
10 8 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 8 (1.34%) VLAN
10 8 (1.34%) VoIP
11 6 (1.00%) HTTP
11 6 (1.00%) MQTT
11 6 (1.00%) ZigBee
12 5 (0.83%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (17.53%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 24 (4.01%) MySQL
4 20 (3.34%) Redis
5 17 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.50%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.00%) Big Data
7 12 (2.00%) Metadata
7 12 (2.00%) Power BI
7 12 (2.00%) Spark SQL
8 9 (1.50%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.00%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.00%) ClickHouse
10 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.67%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 78 (13.02%) Git
2 29 (4.84%) Eclipse
3 27 (4.51%) JIRA
4 26 (4.34%) Subversion
5 20 (3.34%) JUnit
6 18 (3.01%) Jenkins
7 17 (2.84%) GitLab
8 7 (1.17%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.00%) GDB
10 5 (0.83%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
10 5 (0.83%) JMeter
11 4 (0.67%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.67%) Selenium
12 3 (0.50%) Polyspace
12 3 (0.50%) Postman
12 3 (0.50%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.50%) VectorCAST
General
1 202 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.02%) Finance
3 81 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.18%) Manufacturing
5 33 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (4.51%) Law
7 25 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.17%) Electronics
9 18 (3.01%) Aerospace
9 18 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 17 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.84%) Retail
11 16 (2.67%) Legal
12 11 (1.84%) Marketing
13 10 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.34%) Advertising
14 8 (1.34%) Banking
15 6 (1.00%) Automotive
16 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 186 (31.05%) Developer
2 135 (22.54%) Software Engineer
3 82 (13.69%) Software Developer
4 63 (10.52%) Graduate
5 59 (9.85%) Senior
6 52 (8.68%) Lead
7 50 (8.35%) Python Engineer
8 48 (8.01%) C++ Software Engineer
9 47 (7.85%) C# Software Engineer
10 43 (7.18%) Architect
10 43 (7.18%) Python Software Engineer
11 40 (6.68%) Graduate Developer
12 36 (6.01%) Graduate Software Developer
13 34 (5.68%) Java Developer
14 31 (5.18%) Web Developer
15 29 (4.84%) C# Developer
15 29 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
16 26 (4.34%) Data Engineer
17 25 (4.17%) Junior
18 24 (4.01%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (16.03%) .NET
2 67 (11.19%) CSS
3 65 (10.85%) React
4 53 (8.85%) RESTful
5 52 (8.68%) jQuery
6 46 (7.68%) HTML
7 36 (6.01%) REST
8 31 (5.18%) Vue
9 29 (4.84%) Web Services
10 26 (4.34%) Node.js
11 25 (4.17%) Jakarta EE
12 24 (4.01%) Struts
13 19 (3.17%) .NET Core
14 16 (2.67%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.67%) Kafka
14 16 (2.67%) PySpark
15 13 (2.17%) JSON
16 12 (2.00%) AngularJS
17 11 (1.84%) ASP.NET
17 11 (1.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.68%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.51%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.34%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.01%) Distributed Computing
6 17 (2.84%) Embedded Systems
7 16 (2.67%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.50%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.50%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.50%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.34%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.17%) IoT
11 12 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.84%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.84%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.67%) Device Driver
13 10 (1.67%) Life Science
13 10 (1.67%) Robotics
14 8 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 87 (14.52%) Linux
2 33 (5.51%) Windows
3 16 (2.67%) Unix
4 11 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.17%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.50%) Android
7 3 (0.50%) Debian
7 3 (0.50%) Gentoo
7 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.33%) Solaris
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
8 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (90.82%) Computer Science
2 200 (33.39%) Software Engineering
3 188 (31.39%) Problem-Solving
4 153 (25.54%) CI/CD
5 152 (25.38%) Agile
6 134 (22.37%) AI
7 122 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 110 (18.36%) DevOps
9 76 (12.69%) Test Automation
10 73 (12.19%) Mentoring
11 71 (11.85%) Full-Stack Development
12 58 (9.68%) Containerisation
13 52 (8.68%) Microservices
14 51 (8.51%) Data Modelling
14 51 (8.51%) Scrum
14 51 (8.51%) SDLC
15 48 (8.01%) Web Development
16 45 (7.51%) Analytics
16 45 (7.51%) Infrastructure as Code
17 44 (7.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 198 (33.06%) Python
2 147 (24.54%) C#
3 139 (23.21%) C++
4 131 (21.87%) SQL
5 121 (20.20%) JavaScript
6 102 (17.03%) Java
7 70 (11.69%) PHP
8 54 (9.02%) TypeScript
9 38 (6.34%) PowerShell
9 38 (6.34%) Rust
10 32 (5.34%) C
11 22 (3.67%) Perl
12 17 (2.84%) Bash
12 17 (2.84%) Go
13 7 (1.17%) Bicep
14 6 (1.00%) Scala
15 4 (0.67%) Delphi
15 4 (0.67%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.67%) Embedded C++
15 4 (0.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 599 (100.00%) Degree
2 71 (11.85%) Master's Degree
3 55 (9.18%) Security Cleared
4 37 (6.18%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (3.84%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.84%) PhD
7 16 (2.67%) CISSP
8 15 (2.50%) CCNP
9 13 (2.17%) ISTQB
10 11 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.67%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.50%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.50%) CCNA
13 8 (1.34%) CCIE
13 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.68%) QA
2 50 (8.35%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (4.01%) NIST
5 22 (3.67%) GDPR
6 17 (2.84%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.84%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.00%) JTAG
10 5 (0.83%) SLA
11 4 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.50%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.50%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.50%) PMO
13 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.33%) GxP
14 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 67 (11.19%) Docker
2 26 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.84%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.17%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.67%) KVM
6 9 (1.50%) Firmware
6 9 (1.50%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.83%) vSphere
8 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.50%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.68%) Terraform
3 14 (2.34%) Ansible
4 12 (2.00%) Grafana
5 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.50%) Plesk
8 3 (0.50%) Podman
8 3 (0.50%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.33%) Kibana
9 2 (0.33%) MaaS360
9 2 (0.33%) Nmap
10 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) CASB
10 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 101 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.51%) VMware
3 25 (4.17%) Cisco
4 22 (3.67%) Databricks
5 16 (2.67%) Oracle
6 12 (2.00%) Meraki
7 10 (1.67%) Splunk
8 7 (1.17%) Google
9 4 (0.67%) Adobe
9 4 (0.67%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.67%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.50%) Apple
10 3 (0.50%) Blue Coat
10 3 (0.50%) F5
10 3 (0.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.50%) Motorola
10 3 (0.50%) Sage
10 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.50%) Veracode