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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 89 130
Rank change year-on-year -135 +41 +74
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 383 1,035 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 3.19% 2.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 7.90% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 264 407 881
10th Percentile £30,150 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,625 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,625 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.96% +6.25%

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 14,559 13,106 14,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.40% 40.37% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,331 5,066 10,125
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £35,623
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -1.66%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £77,629
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 16 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 16 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 -40 134 £62,500 -3.85% 92
North of England -95 98 £55,000 +4.76% 31
Yorkshire -74 59 £55,000 +26.07% 7
Midlands -147 52 £50,000 +42.86% 38
South West -32 42 £62,500 -13.79% 19
West Midlands -109 35 £41,250 +17.86% 26
East of England -54 29 £50,000 -5.66% 25
North East -3 21 £51,500 -8.85% 6
East Midlands -77 20 £55,000 +57.14% 12
North West -63 18 £60,000 +11.63% 19
Scotland -20 15 £65,000 +58.54% 15
Wales -17 7 £70,000 +57.86% 2
Northern Ireland -40 7 £47,750 -38.39% 4
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 (5.48%) IIS
2 12 (3.13%) Confluence
3 11 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.52%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.18%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.09%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.09%) 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
1 157 (40.99%) Azure
2 113 (29.50%) AWS
3 39 (10.18%) Serverless
4 33 (8.62%) GCP
5 32 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.74%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.18%) SaaS
9 13 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.39%) GitHub
10 12 (3.13%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.13%) PaaS
11 9 (2.35%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.83%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.27%) Firewall
2 17 (4.44%) Network Security
3 16 (4.18%) VLAN
4 13 (3.39%) VPN
5 12 (3.13%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.61%) LAN
6 10 (2.61%) WAN
7 9 (2.35%) BGP
7 9 (2.35%) OSPF
8 8 (2.09%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.83%) Wireless
10 6 (1.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (1.57%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (1.57%) EIGRP
10 6 (1.57%) Modbus
10 6 (1.57%) SAN
10 6 (1.57%) SNMP
10 6 (1.57%) WAAS
10 6 (1.57%) Wireless Security
11 5 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.48%) MySQL
3 15 (3.92%) Power BI
4 12 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (3.13%) Metadata
4 12 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.83%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.57%) Big Data
7 6 (1.57%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.31%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.31%) Hadoop
8 5 (1.31%) Tableau
9 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (8.62%) JIRA
2 23 (6.01%) Git
3 10 (2.61%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.35%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.31%) GitLab
7 4 (1.04%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 4 (1.04%) Selenium
8 3 (0.78%) ERwin
8 3 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.78%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.52%) JMeter
9 2 (0.52%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.52%) TestRail
9 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 168 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.28%) Finance
3 66 (17.23%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.57%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.44%) Retail
6 14 (3.66%) Electronics
6 14 (3.66%) Law
7 13 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 13 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.61%) Advertising
9 9 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.09%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.83%) Banking
11 7 (1.83%) Marketing
12 6 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.57%) Legal
12 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.04%) Police
13 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (18.54%) Developer
2 65 (16.97%) Architect
2 65 (16.97%) Software Engineer
3 46 (12.01%) Senior
4 31 (8.09%) Support Engineer
5 29 (7.57%) Software Architect
6 27 (7.05%) Analyst
7 22 (5.74%) Graduate
7 22 (5.74%) IT Engineer
8 20 (5.22%) IT Support
8 20 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (4.70%) Applications Architect
9 18 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (4.70%) Software Developer
10 17 (4.44%) Python Engineer
11 16 (4.18%) Python Software Engineer
12 15 (3.92%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.13%) Graduate Developer
13 12 (3.13%) Lead
13 12 (3.13%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (13.58%) .NET
2 51 (13.32%) CSS
3 36 (9.40%) React
4 30 (7.83%) HTML
4 30 (7.83%) Middleware
5 27 (7.05%) REST
6 22 (5.74%) .NET Framework
7 20 (5.22%) ASP.NET
7 20 (5.22%) WinForms
8 18 (4.70%) Node.js
9 16 (4.18%) jQuery
10 14 (3.66%) SOAP
11 13 (3.39%) Entity Framework
12 12 (3.13%) WPF
13 11 (2.87%) Playwright
13 11 (2.87%) Vue
14 8 (2.09%) Blazor
14 8 (2.09%) RESTful
15 7 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.83%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.14%) Management Information System
2 32 (8.36%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.13%) Operational Technology
6 11 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.61%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.61%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.09%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.09%) SCADA
10 7 (1.83%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.57%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.31%) IoT
12 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.31%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.84%) Linux
2 47 (12.27%) Windows
3 17 (4.44%) Android
4 9 (2.35%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.04%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.78%) Unix
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (94.78%) Computer Science
2 127 (33.16%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (28.20%) Agile
4 96 (25.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 96 (25.07%) DevOps
5 83 (21.67%) Software Engineering
6 67 (17.49%) CI/CD
7 65 (16.97%) Mentoring
8 53 (13.84%) AI
9 51 (13.32%) Data Modelling
10 47 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 42 (10.97%) Microservices
12 41 (10.70%) ITIL
12 41 (10.70%) SDLC
13 37 (9.66%) Application Security
13 37 (9.66%) Migration
14 36 (9.40%) Analytics
14 36 (9.40%) Enterprise Architecture
15 34 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (8.36%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 118 (30.81%) Python
2 94 (24.54%) SQL
3 88 (22.98%) C#
4 86 (22.45%) Java
5 73 (19.06%) JavaScript
6 46 (12.01%) C++
7 37 (9.66%) TypeScript
8 30 (7.83%) PHP
9 18 (4.70%) C
9 18 (4.70%) PowerShell
10 15 (3.92%) T-SQL
11 12 (3.13%) Rust
12 9 (2.35%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.09%) R
14 7 (1.83%) Bash
15 5 (1.31%) Delphi
16 4 (1.04%) Bicep
16 4 (1.04%) Julia
17 3 (0.78%) Go
17 3 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 383 (100.00%) Degree
2 44 (11.49%) Master's Degree
3 39 (10.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (8.88%) AWS Certification
5 33 (8.62%) Azure Certification
6 32 (8.36%) Security Cleared
7 31 (8.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (7.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 29 (7.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (6.01%) SC Cleared
11 16 (4.18%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (3.13%) CISSP
14 11 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (2.61%) CCNP
16 9 (2.35%) CISM
16 9 (2.35%) PMI Certification
17 8 (2.09%) A+ Certification
18 7 (1.83%) CCIE
18 7 (1.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.83%) QA
2 20 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.96%) NIST
4 16 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 15 (3.92%) Data Quality
6 14 (3.66%) Accessibility
7 10 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (2.61%) IEC 61131
8 8 (2.09%) NCSC
9 7 (1.83%) GDPR
10 6 (1.57%) PMO
11 5 (1.31%) GxP
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 2 (0.52%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.52%) ECSS
14 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (8.88%) Docker
2 15 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.87%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.83%) KVM
5 6 (1.57%) ProxySG
5 6 (1.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (8.36%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.96%) Terraform
3 14 (3.66%) Grafana
4 12 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.61%) Control-M
6 9 (2.35%) Ansible
7 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.31%) SCCM
9 4 (1.04%) Nagios
9 4 (1.04%) Nessus
9 4 (1.04%) Nmap
10 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.78%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.52%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.26%) Graylog
12 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.27%) Oracle
3 16 (4.18%) Cisco
3 16 (4.18%) VMware
4 13 (3.39%) SAP
5 12 (3.13%) Google
5 12 (3.13%) Sage
5 12 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.13%) Xamarin
6 8 (2.09%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.09%) Fortinet
7 7 (1.83%) F5
7 7 (1.83%) Palo Alto
7 7 (1.83%) Splunk
8 6 (1.57%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.57%) Dell
8 6 (1.57%) Infoblox
8 6 (1.57%) Motorola
8 6 (1.57%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.31%) Syncfusion