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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 191 102
Rank change year-on-year -54 -89 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 599 529 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.52% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.22% 4.12% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 424 306 624
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,700 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.98%

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 14,181 12,838 14,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.42% 36.87% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,036 4,937 5,991
10th Percentile £30,173 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 October 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 October 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 +10 245 £65,000 +18.18% 207
North of England -60 123 £62,500 +13.64% 145
Midlands -52 79 £46,250 +8.82% 77
South West -32 76 £41,250 -13.16% 78
North West -20 55 £47,500 -13.64% 73
East of England -52 52 £47,500 +7.95% 99
East Midlands -23 42 £25,000 -28.57% 23
West Midlands -61 37 £55,000 +29.41% 54
Yorkshire -45 35 £62,500 +13.64% 45
North East -49 33 £110,000 +113.59% 28
Wales -75 13 £30,000 -50.00% 15
Scotland -9 6 £82,500 +37.50% 86
Northern Ireland -87 5 £47,500 -32.86% 65
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 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.00%) Confluence
5 4 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.67%) CMS
5 4 (0.67%) WordPress
6 3 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.33%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) Luigi
7 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.34%) EPLAN
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.84%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 188 (31.39%) Azure
2 149 (24.87%) AWS
3 44 (7.35%) SaaS
4 43 (7.18%) GCP
5 32 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (4.17%) GitHub
9 23 (3.84%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.01%) Snowflake
11 13 (2.17%) IaaS
11 13 (2.17%) Serverless
12 11 (1.84%) Azure Functions
12 11 (1.84%) OneDrive
12 11 (1.84%) PaaS
13 10 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.67%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.50%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.67%) Internet
2 15 (2.50%) VPN
3 14 (2.34%) Firewall
4 11 (1.84%) DNS
4 11 (1.84%) Wireless
5 10 (1.67%) DHCP
6 9 (1.50%) Network Security
6 9 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.34%) Profibus
8 7 (1.17%) WAN
9 6 (1.00%) HTTP
9 6 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (1.00%) LAN
9 6 (1.00%) MQTT
9 6 (1.00%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.67%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.50%) VLAN
11 3 (0.50%) VoIP
12 2 (0.33%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (15.53%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.67%) Redis
2 22 (3.67%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.01%) NoSQL
4 14 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.34%) MySQL
5 12 (2.00%) Metadata
6 11 (1.84%) Power BI
7 10 (1.67%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.83%) ClickHouse
9 5 (0.83%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 93 (15.53%) Git
2 34 (5.68%) GitLab
3 32 (5.34%) Eclipse
4 31 (5.18%) Subversion
5 26 (4.34%) Jenkins
6 24 (4.01%) JIRA
7 23 (3.84%) JUnit
8 6 (1.00%) Burp Suite
8 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.00%) GDB
8 6 (1.00%) Postman
9 5 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
9 5 (0.83%) JMeter
9 5 (0.83%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.67%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.67%) Selenium
11 3 (0.50%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.50%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
General
1 224 (37.40%) Social Skills
2 91 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (12.02%) Finance
4 51 (8.51%) Manufacturing
5 32 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (5.34%) Retail
6 28 (4.67%) Aerospace
6 28 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.51%) Electronics
8 24 (4.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 21 (3.51%) Law
10 16 (2.67%) Legal
10 16 (2.67%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.84%) Banking
12 9 (1.50%) Marketing
12 9 (1.50%) Publishing
12 9 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.34%) Advertising
14 7 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 176 (29.38%) Developer
2 116 (19.37%) Software Engineer
3 73 (12.19%) Senior
4 63 (10.52%) Software Developer
5 47 (7.85%) C# Software Engineer
6 45 (7.51%) Lead
7 43 (7.18%) C++ Software Engineer
7 43 (7.18%) Graduate
8 40 (6.68%) Architect
9 34 (5.68%) Java Developer
9 34 (5.68%) Python Engineer
10 33 (5.51%) Junior
11 32 (5.34%) Analyst
11 32 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 31 (5.18%) Python Software Engineer
13 30 (5.01%) Web Developer
14 26 (4.34%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (4.34%) Junior Developer
15 25 (4.17%) AWS Software Engineer
15 25 (4.17%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (16.19%) .NET
2 71 (11.85%) React
3 56 (9.35%) RESTful
4 53 (8.85%) CSS
5 47 (7.85%) HTML
6 35 (5.84%) jQuery
7 34 (5.68%) REST
8 33 (5.51%) Web Services
9 31 (5.18%) Vue
10 30 (5.01%) Node.js
11 28 (4.67%) Jakarta EE
12 27 (4.51%) Struts
13 24 (4.01%) Terraform
14 17 (2.84%) Kafka
14 17 (2.84%) PySpark
15 16 (2.67%) .NET Core
16 13 (2.17%) ARM Templates
17 12 (2.00%) Yocto
18 11 (1.84%) ASP.NET
19 10 (1.67%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.02%) Management Information System
2 35 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 25 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
4 20 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
6 18 (3.01%) Robotics
7 17 (2.84%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (2.84%) IoT
7 17 (2.84%) Life Science
8 15 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.00%) Device Driver
10 10 (1.67%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.67%) SCADA
10 10 (1.67%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.17%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.02%) Linux
2 28 (4.67%) Windows
3 9 (1.50%) Unix
4 8 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (1.17%) Debian
6 5 (0.83%) Android
6 5 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.67%) Robot Operating System
7 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.50%) Gentoo
8 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.33%) Solaris
9 2 (0.33%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (91.65%) Computer Science
2 207 (34.56%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (33.22%) Software Engineering
4 164 (27.38%) AI
5 157 (26.21%) CI/CD
6 142 (23.71%) Agile
7 140 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (16.36%) DevOps
9 94 (15.69%) Mentoring
10 80 (13.36%) Full-Stack Development
11 64 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 61 (10.18%) Test Automation
13 60 (10.02%) Containerisation
14 58 (9.68%) SDLC
15 55 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
16 53 (8.85%) Data Modelling
16 53 (8.85%) Design Patterns
16 53 (8.85%) Microservices
16 53 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 47 (7.85%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 179 (29.88%) Python
2 134 (22.37%) JavaScript
3 121 (20.20%) C#
4 117 (19.53%) C++
5 107 (17.86%) SQL
6 103 (17.20%) Java
7 55 (9.18%) TypeScript
8 49 (8.18%) PHP
9 29 (4.84%) Rust
10 27 (4.51%) PowerShell
11 25 (4.17%) C
11 25 (4.17%) Perl
12 20 (3.34%) Go
13 16 (2.67%) Bash
14 8 (1.34%) Bicep
14 8 (1.34%) Ladder Logic
15 6 (1.00%) Embedded C
15 6 (1.00%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.67%) Delphi
16 4 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 599 (100.00%) Degree
2 63 (10.52%) Master's Degree
3 58 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 37 (6.18%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.34%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.50%) CISSP
7 12 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.00%) PhD
8 11 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.50%) ISTQB
11 8 (1.34%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.34%) CEH
12 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.00%) CCNP
14 5 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.83%) CREST Certified
14 5 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
15 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.85%) Accessibility
2 44 (7.35%) QA
3 26 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (3.84%) GDPR
5 22 (3.67%) NIST
6 13 (2.17%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.67%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.50%) GxP
9 8 (1.34%) IEC 61131
10 7 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.00%) JTAG
11 6 (1.00%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
13 4 (0.67%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.50%) GRC
14 3 (0.50%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.33%) IEC 61508
15 2 (0.33%) NCSC
15 2 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (11.19%) Docker
2 16 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.00%) Firmware
4 10 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) Ceph
9 1 (0.17%) KVM
9 1 (0.17%) Lustre
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Samba
9 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.34%) Grafana
2 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.83%) Ansible
4 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
4 3 (0.50%) Kibana
4 3 (0.50%) Nmap
4 3 (0.50%) Podman
4 3 (0.50%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.50%) SCCM
5 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.33%) MaaS360
5 2 (0.33%) Plesk
6 1 (0.17%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 125 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.51%) Oracle
3 15 (2.50%) Databricks
4 12 (2.00%) Cisco
5 9 (1.50%) VMware
6 8 (1.34%) Google
6 8 (1.34%) Meraki
6 8 (1.34%) Siemens
7 5 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.67%) Adobe
8 4 (0.67%) Apple
8 4 (0.67%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.50%) Foundry
9 3 (0.50%) NVIDIA
9 3 (0.50%) Sage
9 3 (0.50%) SAP
9 3 (0.50%) Splunk
9 3 (0.50%) Thales
9 3 (0.50%) Veracode