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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 97 131
Rank change year-on-year -149 +34 +56
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 428 832 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 3.03% 2.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.53% 7.04% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 343 414 1,190
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,625 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,844 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% +7.69% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,560 £82,850 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.48%

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 16,939 11,821 18,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 43.04% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,910 5,236 12,181
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,457 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.01%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -36 170 £65,000 +10.64% 98
North of England -136 89 £68,750 +25.00% 37
East of England -47 51 £31,500 -40.57% 33
Yorkshire -96 50 £75,000 +27.66% 11
Midlands -159 47 £43,000 +22.86% 37
South West -65 43 £52,249 -7.92% 22
West Midlands -127 24 £42,500 +21.43% 19
East Midlands -69 23 £55,000 +57.14% 18
North West -87 22 £43,500 -20.91% 18
North East -36 17 £67,500 +22.73% 8
Wales -25 13 £72,500 +8.61% 3
Northern Ireland -39 8 £40,000 -63.64% 2
Scotland -34 7 £75,000 +47.18% 12
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 12 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.10%) SAS
3 8 (1.87%) Confluence
4 6 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.70%) Apache
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.47%) IIS
8 1 (0.23%) Luigi
8 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (2.34%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.47%) Weka
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) FIS Private Capital Suite
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 185 (43.22%) Azure
2 153 (35.75%) AWS
3 47 (10.98%) Serverless
4 42 (9.81%) GCP
5 23 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (3.50%) SaaS
8 14 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 14 (3.27%) Power Platform
9 13 (3.04%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.57%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.34%) GitHub
12 10 (2.34%) PaaS
13 9 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.10%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.87%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.64%) IaaS
16 6 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.48%) WAN
2 27 (6.31%) Firewall
3 26 (6.07%) VPN
4 25 (5.84%) LAN
5 20 (4.67%) BGP
6 17 (3.97%) Network Security
7 15 (3.50%) Internet
8 13 (3.04%) DHCP
8 13 (3.04%) DNS
8 13 (3.04%) VLAN
9 12 (2.80%) MPLS
9 12 (2.80%) TCP/IP
10 11 (2.57%) OSPF
11 10 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (2.34%) SD-WAN
11 10 (2.34%) Wireless
12 9 (2.10%) SNMP
13 8 (1.87%) EIGRP
13 8 (1.87%) WAAS
13 8 (1.87%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (14.72%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.31%) MySQL
3 17 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.57%) Big Data
6 11 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.57%) Metadata
6 11 (2.57%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.34%) Power BI
8 9 (2.10%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.10%) Spark SQL
9 5 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.70%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (6.54%) JIRA
2 27 (6.31%) Git
3 11 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.34%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.64%) GitLab
6 5 (1.17%) Selenium
7 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.93%) Gatling
7 4 (0.93%) JMeter
7 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.93%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.70%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.70%) HP UFT
8 3 (0.70%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.70%) Postman
8 3 (0.70%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.70%) VectorCAST
8 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.47%) TestRail
General
1 151 (35.28%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.36%) Finance
3 69 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.07%) Manufacturing
5 21 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (4.21%) Law
8 17 (3.97%) Retail
9 14 (3.27%) Electronics
9 14 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.64%) Legal
13 6 (1.40%) Marketing
13 6 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.17%) Police
15 4 (0.93%) Advertising
15 4 (0.93%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.70%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 98 (22.90%) Developer
2 87 (20.33%) Software Engineer
3 62 (14.49%) Senior
4 57 (13.32%) Software Developer
5 55 (12.85%) Graduate
6 48 (11.21%) Architect
7 41 (9.58%) Graduate Developer
7 41 (9.58%) Python Engineer
8 38 (8.88%) Graduate Software Developer
9 37 (8.64%) Python Software Engineer
10 31 (7.24%) C++ Software Engineer
11 28 (6.54%) C# Software Engineer
11 28 (6.54%) Lead
12 27 (6.31%) C# Developer
13 26 (6.07%) C# Software Developer
13 26 (6.07%) Graduate C# Developer
13 26 (6.07%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 26 (6.07%) SQL Developer
14 24 (5.61%) Graduate SQL Developer
15 21 (4.91%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (14.02%) CSS
2 48 (11.21%) .NET
3 41 (9.58%) jQuery
4 39 (9.11%) HTML
5 36 (8.41%) REST
6 33 (7.71%) React
7 25 (5.84%) Middleware
8 22 (5.14%) SOAP
9 20 (4.67%) RESTful
10 19 (4.44%) Node.js
11 13 (3.04%) JSON
11 13 (3.04%) XML
12 12 (2.80%) Playwright
13 11 (2.57%) ARM Templates
14 9 (2.10%) .NET Core
14 9 (2.10%) OAuth
14 9 (2.10%) PySpark
15 8 (1.87%) Vue
16 7 (1.64%) Django
16 7 (1.64%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.07%) Distributed Systems
1 26 (6.07%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.91%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.04%) Client/Server
6 12 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.80%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.34%) Distributed Computing
7 10 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.64%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.40%) CMDB
9 6 (1.40%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.17%) Robotics
10 5 (1.17%) SCADA
10 5 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 51 (11.92%) Linux
2 29 (6.78%) Windows
3 14 (3.27%) Android
4 10 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.10%) Unix
6 3 (0.70%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (89.25%) Computer Science
2 130 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (27.10%) Agile
4 113 (26.40%) Software Engineering
5 87 (20.33%) CI/CD
6 82 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (18.46%) DevOps
8 59 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 51 (11.92%) Data Modelling
10 50 (11.68%) Test Automation
11 48 (11.21%) AI
12 42 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (9.35%) ITIL
14 34 (7.94%) MVC
15 33 (7.71%) Microservices
16 32 (7.48%) Containerisation
17 31 (7.24%) Analytics
17 31 (7.24%) Enterprise Architecture
17 31 (7.24%) Machine Learning
17 31 (7.24%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 168 (39.25%) Python
2 123 (28.74%) SQL
3 113 (26.40%) C#
4 83 (19.39%) Java
5 81 (18.93%) C++
6 67 (15.65%) JavaScript
7 58 (13.55%) PHP
8 37 (8.64%) TypeScript
9 29 (6.78%) PowerShell
10 23 (5.37%) C
11 15 (3.50%) Rust
12 14 (3.27%) Bash
13 7 (1.64%) Scala
14 6 (1.40%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.93%) Bicep
16 2 (0.47%) Delphi
16 2 (0.47%) Julia
16 2 (0.47%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.47%) Perl
16 2 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 428 (100.00%) Degree
2 51 (11.92%) Master's Degree
3 31 (7.24%) Security Cleared
4 26 (6.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (5.61%) SC Cleared
7 23 (5.37%) Azure Certification
8 22 (5.14%) AWS Certification
9 20 (4.67%) CCNP
10 18 (4.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.74%) CISSP
12 15 (3.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (3.27%) CCIE
13 14 (3.27%) PhD
14 12 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (2.80%) DV Cleared
15 10 (2.34%) CISM
16 9 (2.10%) ISTQB
17 8 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (1.87%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.38%) QA
2 24 (5.61%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.91%) Data Quality
4 20 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (4.21%) NIST
6 16 (3.74%) GDPR
7 11 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.87%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.87%) PMO
9 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 4 (0.93%) GxP
10 4 (0.93%) SLA
10 4 (0.93%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.70%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.70%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.47%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 36 (8.41%) Docker
2 31 (7.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.67%) Active Directory
4 16 (3.74%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.04%) KVM
6 9 (2.10%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.87%) ProxySG
7 8 (1.87%) vSphere
8 4 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.70%) Firmware
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.01%) Terraform
3 18 (4.21%) Ansible
4 12 (2.80%) Grafana
5 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.93%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.70%) Control-M
8 3 (0.70%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.47%) Plesk
10 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.23%) CASB
10 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.23%) Graylog
10 1 (0.23%) Kibana
10 1 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 86 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.48%) VMware
3 26 (6.07%) Cisco
4 16 (3.74%) Oracle
5 14 (3.27%) Databricks
6 11 (2.57%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.10%) F5
8 8 (1.87%) Blue Coat
8 8 (1.87%) Infoblox
8 8 (1.87%) Motorola
8 8 (1.87%) SolarWinds
8 8 (1.87%) Splunk
9 7 (1.64%) Meraki
10 6 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.40%) SAP
11 5 (1.17%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.70%) Google
13 3 (0.70%) Veracode