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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 175 102
Rank change year-on-year -71 -73 +24
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 591 629 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.81% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.28% 4.97% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 472 379 898
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,000 £51,238
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% +1.49% -15.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.27% -5.20%

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 13,813 12,654 15,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.61% 36.47% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,222 5,290 8,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
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 21 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 21 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 -4 235 £65,000 +10.64% 65
North of England -48 121 £62,500 +13.64% 24
South West -28 75 £42,500 -10.53% 25
Midlands -67 69 £40,000 -5.88% 29
East of England -34 65 £45,000 - 17
North West -59 46 £40,000 -27.27% 12
Yorkshire -33 40 £75,000 +30.43% 3
East Midlands -14 37 £26,000 -25.71% 23
North East -33 35 £110,000 +285.96% 9
West Midlands -74 32 £46,250 +8.82% 6
Wales -47 16 £72,500 +20.83% 4
Scotland -10 6 £82,500 +57.14% 7
Northern Ireland -89 4 £40,000 -43.46% 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 14 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.18%) SAS
3 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
4 4 (0.68%) Confluence
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.68%) WordPress
5 2 (0.34%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) Luigi
6 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 216 (36.55%) Azure
2 163 (27.58%) AWS
3 50 (8.46%) GCP
4 40 (6.77%) SaaS
5 30 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.40%) Serverless
7 24 (4.06%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.05%) Snowflake
9 16 (2.71%) Azure Functions
10 15 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.20%) GitHub
11 13 (2.20%) IaaS
12 11 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (1.86%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.86%) PaaS
13 10 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.08%) Internet
2 26 (4.40%) Firewall
3 24 (4.06%) VPN
3 24 (4.06%) WAN
4 18 (3.05%) DHCP
4 18 (3.05%) DNS
5 17 (2.88%) LAN
6 14 (2.37%) Network Security
6 14 (2.37%) Wireless
7 12 (2.03%) BGP
8 11 (1.86%) TCP/IP
9 10 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.35%) MPLS
10 8 (1.35%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.18%) VLAN
11 7 (1.18%) VoIP
12 6 (1.02%) HTTP
12 6 (1.02%) MQTT
12 6 (1.02%) ZigBee
13 4 (0.68%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (17.77%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 23 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.72%) Redis
5 20 (3.38%) MySQL
6 17 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.37%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.03%) Power BI
8 12 (2.03%) Spark SQL
9 11 (1.86%) Big Data
10 10 (1.69%) Metadata
11 8 (1.35%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.02%) ClickHouse
13 5 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.68%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 82 (13.87%) Git
2 32 (5.41%) Eclipse
3 30 (5.08%) JIRA
3 30 (5.08%) Subversion
4 23 (3.89%) JUnit
5 20 (3.38%) GitLab
5 20 (3.38%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.18%) Burp Suite
6 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.02%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.02%) GDB
7 6 (1.02%) JMeter
8 5 (0.85%) Eclipse RCP
8 5 (0.85%) Selenium
9 4 (0.68%) HP UFT
9 4 (0.68%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.68%) Postman
9 4 (0.68%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 207 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 81 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (13.54%) Finance
4 36 (6.09%) Manufacturing
5 32 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (4.74%) Law
7 23 (3.89%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.55%) Aerospace
9 20 (3.38%) Electronics
9 20 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 19 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.54%) Retail
12 14 (2.37%) Legal
13 11 (1.86%) Marketing
14 9 (1.52%) Banking
15 8 (1.35%) Advertising
15 8 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.18%) Automotive
17 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 187 (31.64%) Developer
2 128 (21.66%) Software Engineer
3 80 (13.54%) Software Developer
4 60 (10.15%) Graduate
5 54 (9.14%) Senior
6 52 (8.80%) Lead
7 48 (8.12%) C# Software Engineer
7 48 (8.12%) C++ Software Engineer
8 45 (7.61%) Python Engineer
9 42 (7.11%) Architect
10 39 (6.60%) Python Software Engineer
11 38 (6.43%) Graduate Developer
12 36 (6.09%) Java Developer
13 33 (5.58%) Graduate Software Developer
14 32 (5.41%) Web Developer
15 29 (4.91%) Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (4.57%) Junior
17 26 (4.40%) C# Developer
17 26 (4.40%) Junior Developer
18 24 (4.06%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (16.41%) .NET
2 66 (11.17%) React
3 63 (10.66%) CSS
4 55 (9.31%) RESTful
5 50 (8.46%) jQuery
6 45 (7.61%) HTML
7 36 (6.09%) REST
8 33 (5.58%) Terraform
9 32 (5.41%) Vue
9 32 (5.41%) Web Services
10 28 (4.74%) Jakarta EE
11 27 (4.57%) Node.js
11 27 (4.57%) Struts
12 19 (3.21%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.88%) Kafka
14 16 (2.71%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.71%) PySpark
15 13 (2.20%) JSON
16 11 (1.86%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.38%) Distributed Computing
3 20 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.21%) Algorithms
5 17 (2.88%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.54%) IoT
6 15 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.20%) Life Science
9 12 (2.03%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.86%) Robotics
11 10 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.69%) Device Driver
12 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 82 (13.87%) Linux
2 33 (5.58%) Windows
3 14 (2.37%) Unix
4 11 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.68%) Debian
7 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.51%) Gentoo
9 2 (0.34%) Android
9 2 (0.34%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.34%) Solaris
9 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.34%) VMS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (90.86%) Computer Science
2 194 (32.83%) Software Engineering
3 193 (32.66%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (26.06%) CI/CD
5 148 (25.04%) Agile
6 139 (23.52%) AI
7 119 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 109 (18.44%) DevOps
9 77 (13.03%) Mentoring
10 72 (12.18%) Full-Stack Development
10 72 (12.18%) Test Automation
11 55 (9.31%) Containerisation
11 55 (9.31%) SDLC
12 51 (8.63%) Microservices
13 50 (8.46%) Data Modelling
13 50 (8.46%) Web Development
14 49 (8.29%) Scrum
15 46 (7.78%) Clean Code
15 46 (7.78%) Machine Learning
16 45 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 194 (32.83%) Python
2 144 (24.37%) C#
3 134 (22.67%) C++
4 125 (21.15%) JavaScript
5 124 (20.98%) SQL
6 102 (17.26%) Java
7 68 (11.51%) PHP
8 54 (9.14%) TypeScript
9 39 (6.60%) PowerShell
10 33 (5.58%) Rust
11 27 (4.57%) C
12 25 (4.23%) Perl
13 17 (2.88%) Go
14 16 (2.71%) Bash
15 7 (1.18%) Bicep
16 5 (0.85%) Scala
17 4 (0.68%) Delphi
17 4 (0.68%) Embedded C
17 4 (0.68%) Embedded C++
17 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 591 (100.00%) Degree
2 71 (12.01%) Master's Degree
3 55 (9.31%) Security Cleared
4 35 (5.92%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.06%) DV Cleared
6 21 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.88%) PhD
8 13 (2.20%) CCNP
8 13 (2.20%) CISSP
9 11 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.86%) ISTQB
10 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.35%) CCNA
12 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.02%) CCIE
14 5 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.63%) Accessibility
1 51 (8.63%) QA
2 25 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.55%) GDPR
4 20 (3.38%) NIST
5 15 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.18%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.02%) JTAG
9 5 (0.85%) SLA
10 4 (0.68%) GxP
10 4 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.51%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.34%) NCSC
12 2 (0.34%) PMO
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 66 (11.17%) Docker
2 24 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.52%) Firmware
4 9 (1.52%) VMware NSX
5 8 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.85%) KVM
6 5 (0.85%) vSphere
7 4 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.34%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (11.51%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.37%) Ansible
3 11 (1.86%) Grafana
4 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.68%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.68%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.51%) Nmap
6 3 (0.51%) Plesk
6 3 (0.51%) Podman
6 3 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.34%) Kibana
7 2 (0.34%) MaaS360
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 105 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.06%) Cisco
3 22 (3.72%) Databricks
3 22 (3.72%) VMware
4 15 (2.54%) Oracle
5 13 (2.20%) Meraki
6 9 (1.52%) Splunk
7 7 (1.18%) Google
8 4 (0.68%) Adobe
8 4 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.68%) Veracode
9 3 (0.51%) Apple
9 3 (0.51%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.51%) Sage
10 2 (0.34%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.34%) Infor
10 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds