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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 87 131
Rank change year-on-year -145 +44 +61
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 376 935 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 3.31% 2.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 7.75% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 267 412 1,022
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,750 £29,775
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% +0.95% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -

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 14,811 12,071 16,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.69% 42.67% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,349 5,141 11,229
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £41,250 £35,529
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £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 9 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 9 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 -45 147 £65,000 +6.12% 119
North of England -113 87 £55,000 - 60
Yorkshire -79 46 £55,000 +20.68% 29
Midlands -150 46 £51,250 +46.43% 58
South West -39 43 £63,750 -7.27% 37
East of England -49 32 £53,750 +1.42% 54
West Midlands -122 28 £41,250 +17.86% 30
North East -14 23 £51,500 -3.74% 7
East Midlands -85 20 £55,000 +57.14% 27
North West -83 18 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Northern Ireland -37 10 £40,000 -48.39% 2
Scotland -21 8 £75,000 +85.19% 18
Wales -20 4 - - 14
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 17 (4.52%) IIS
2 12 (3.19%) Confluence
3 10 (2.66%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.33%) SAS
5 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (2.39%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.53%) Weka
2 2 (0.53%) Windchill
3 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 158 (42.02%) Azure
2 119 (31.65%) AWS
3 39 (10.37%) Serverless
4 36 (9.57%) GCP
5 33 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.05%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.46%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.19%) PaaS
11 11 (2.93%) GitHub
11 11 (2.93%) SaaS
12 9 (2.39%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.60%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.60%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.60%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.12%) Firewall
2 17 (4.52%) VLAN
3 16 (4.26%) Network Security
4 14 (3.72%) VPN
5 13 (3.46%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.19%) LAN
6 12 (3.19%) WAN
7 10 (2.66%) BGP
7 10 (2.66%) OSPF
8 9 (2.39%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.13%) SNMP
9 8 (2.13%) Wireless
10 7 (1.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.86%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (1.86%) EIGRP
10 7 (1.86%) Internet
10 7 (1.86%) WAAS
10 7 (1.86%) Wireless Security
11 6 (1.60%) Modbus
12 5 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.12%) MySQL
3 13 (3.46%) Amazon Redshift
3 13 (3.46%) Metadata
3 13 (3.46%) Power BI
4 12 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.66%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.13%) Big Data
6 8 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.33%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.06%) Tableau
11 3 (0.80%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.80%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 37 (9.84%) JIRA
2 25 (6.65%) Git
3 10 (2.66%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.66%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.60%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.33%) GitLab
6 4 (1.06%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.06%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.80%) ERwin
7 3 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.80%) Selenium
8 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.53%) JMeter
8 2 (0.53%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.53%) TestRail
8 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 161 (42.82%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.62%) Finance
3 58 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.98%) Manufacturing
5 18 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (4.26%) Law
6 16 (4.26%) Retail
7 12 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.19%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.93%) Electronics
9 10 (2.66%) Advertising
10 7 (1.86%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.60%) Banking
11 6 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.60%) Legal
11 6 (1.60%) Marketing
11 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.06%) Dutch Language
13 4 (1.06%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (19.15%) Software Engineer
2 67 (17.82%) Developer
3 57 (15.16%) Architect
4 49 (13.03%) Senior
5 29 (7.71%) Support Engineer
6 26 (6.91%) Analyst
6 26 (6.91%) Graduate
7 25 (6.65%) Software Architect
8 24 (6.38%) Software Developer
9 22 (5.85%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.85%) IT Support
10 21 (5.59%) Python Engineer
11 20 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.32%) Python Software Engineer
12 18 (4.79%) Lead
13 16 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.26%) SQL Developer
14 15 (3.99%) Applications Architect
14 15 (3.99%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.72%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.77%) CSS
2 44 (11.70%) .NET
3 37 (9.84%) React
4 35 (9.31%) HTML
5 27 (7.18%) Middleware
6 25 (6.65%) REST
7 21 (5.59%) .NET Framework
7 21 (5.59%) Node.js
8 19 (5.05%) jQuery
9 18 (4.79%) WinForms
10 15 (3.99%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.72%) SOAP
12 13 (3.46%) Entity Framework
13 12 (3.19%) Playwright
14 10 (2.66%) Vue
15 9 (2.39%) RESTful
15 9 (2.39%) WPF
16 7 (1.86%) .NET Core
16 7 (1.86%) XML
17 6 (1.60%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.04%) Management Information System
2 26 (6.91%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.93%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.66%) Client/Server
6 10 (2.66%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.66%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.66%) Operational Technology
6 10 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.86%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.86%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.60%) SCADA
10 5 (1.33%) IoT
10 5 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.16%) Linux
2 46 (12.23%) Windows
3 18 (4.79%) Android
4 9 (2.39%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.33%) Unix
6 4 (1.06%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (94.15%) Computer Science
2 116 (30.85%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (27.93%) Agile
4 95 (25.27%) DevOps
5 91 (24.20%) Software Engineering
6 82 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (18.09%) CI/CD
8 58 (15.43%) Mentoring
9 48 (12.77%) Data Modelling
10 45 (11.97%) AI
10 45 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 41 (10.90%) Microservices
12 39 (10.37%) ITIL
13 38 (10.11%) SDLC
14 36 (9.57%) Test Automation
15 34 (9.04%) Application Security
15 34 (9.04%) Enterprise Architecture
15 34 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (8.78%) Collaborative Culture
16 33 (8.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 117 (31.12%) Python
2 102 (27.13%) SQL
3 81 (21.54%) C#
4 74 (19.68%) Java
5 72 (19.15%) JavaScript
6 49 (13.03%) C++
7 37 (9.84%) TypeScript
8 28 (7.45%) PHP
9 21 (5.59%) PowerShell
10 20 (5.32%) C
11 15 (3.99%) Rust
12 14 (3.72%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.39%) PL/SQL
14 8 (2.13%) Bash
15 7 (1.86%) R
16 5 (1.33%) Delphi
17 4 (1.06%) Bicep
18 3 (0.80%) Scala
19 2 (0.53%) Julia
19 2 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 376 (100.00%) Degree
2 46 (12.23%) Master's Degree
3 34 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (8.24%) AWS Certification
5 30 (7.98%) Azure Certification
6 29 (7.71%) Security Cleared
7 28 (7.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (6.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (6.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (5.85%) SC Cleared
10 13 (3.46%) Chartered Engineer
10 13 (3.46%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (3.19%) CCNP
11 12 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (2.93%) CISSP
13 9 (2.39%) CCIE
13 9 (2.39%) CISM
13 9 (2.39%) PMI Certification
14 8 (2.13%) A+ Certification
14 8 (2.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.78%) QA
2 20 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.05%) NIST
4 18 (4.79%) Data Quality
4 18 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.86%) GDPR
7 7 (1.86%) PMO
8 6 (1.60%) NCSC
9 5 (1.33%) GxP
9 5 (1.33%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.80%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.53%) ECSS
12 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.27%) GRC
13 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (8.78%) Docker
2 15 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.19%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.93%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.66%) KVM
6 7 (1.86%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.06%) vSphere
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.79%) Terraform
3 14 (3.72%) Grafana
4 12 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.66%) Control-M
6 9 (2.39%) Ansible
7 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.33%) SCCM
9 4 (1.06%) Nagios
9 4 (1.06%) Nessus
9 4 (1.06%) Nmap
10 3 (0.80%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.80%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.53%) Kibana
12 1 (0.27%) CASB
12 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.27%) Graylog
12 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.32%) Cisco
3 17 (4.52%) Oracle
4 16 (4.26%) VMware
5 13 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.19%) Sage
6 12 (3.19%) Xamarin
7 11 (2.93%) Google
7 11 (2.93%) SAP
8 9 (2.39%) CheckPoint
9 8 (2.13%) F5
10 7 (1.86%) Blue Coat
10 7 (1.86%) Infoblox
10 7 (1.86%) Motorola
10 7 (1.86%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.86%) Splunk
11 6 (1.60%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.33%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.33%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.33%) Zoho