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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 95 114
Rank change year-on-year -85 +19 +39
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 460 1,209 842
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.27% 2.55% 2.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.85% 8.49% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 307 539 662
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £47,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +16.07%

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 11,935 14,242 10,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.88% 30.03% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,144 5,492 6,880
10th Percentile £27,849 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,336 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.00%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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 -55 151 £50,000 -23.08% 128
North of England -33 108 £55,000 +10.00% 65
Midlands -84 69 £41,434 +18.38% 63
West Midlands -61 53 £41,434 +18.38% 37
South West -16 45 £47,500 -25.49% 37
North West -29 45 £56,250 +12.50% 35
East of England -42 44 £50,000 -14.53% 50
Yorkshire -7 43 £62,500 +35.44% 21
Scotland -25 22 £60,000 +9.09% 34
North East +8 20 £51,500 +14.44% 10
East Midlands -58 19 £39,000 +11.43% 25
Wales -3 13 £56,250 +25.92% 10
Northern Ireland -17 8 £36,000 -31.43% 15
Isle of Man +10 1 - -
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 24 (5.22%) IIS
2 7 (1.52%) Confluence
3 6 (1.30%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.65%) CMS
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.65%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.43%) SAS
5 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.74%) AutoCAD
4 8 (1.74%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 173 (37.61%) Azure
2 102 (22.17%) AWS
3 38 (8.26%) GCP
4 31 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (6.52%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.30%) SaaS
7 25 (5.43%) GitHub
8 24 (5.22%) Serverless
9 13 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.39%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.96%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.96%) PaaS
13 7 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.30%) Entra ID
15 4 (0.87%) Amazon EMR
15 4 (0.87%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.00%) Firewall
2 17 (3.70%) VLAN
3 12 (2.61%) SAN
3 12 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.17%) Network Security
5 9 (1.96%) DNS
5 9 (1.96%) VPN
6 8 (1.74%) DHCP
7 7 (1.52%) Modbus
7 7 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.52%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.09%) Bluetooth
8 5 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.09%) VoIP
9 4 (0.87%) HTTP
9 4 (0.87%) Internet
9 4 (0.87%) WAN
9 4 (0.87%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.65%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.52%) SQL Server
2 36 (7.83%) MySQL
3 26 (5.65%) Power BI
4 18 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.04%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.39%) Data Lake
6 11 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.96%) Big Data
7 9 (1.96%) Metadata
8 6 (1.30%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.30%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.30%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.09%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.09%) Tableau
10 4 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 45 (9.78%) JIRA
2 33 (7.17%) Git
3 14 (3.04%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.74%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.30%) GitLab
7 5 (1.09%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.87%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.87%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.87%) Maven
8 4 (0.87%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.87%) Selenium
8 4 (0.87%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.87%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.65%) ERwin
9 3 (0.65%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.65%) Vite
9 3 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 250 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 115 (25.00%) Finance
3 73 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.61%) Law
5 30 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.48%) Legal
7 14 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.83%) Banking
8 13 (2.83%) Retail
9 12 (2.61%) Advertising
9 12 (2.61%) Marketing
9 12 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.39%) Aerospace
11 10 (2.17%) Electronics
12 9 (1.96%) Back Office
13 8 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (25.22%) Developer
2 62 (13.48%) Architect
3 47 (10.22%) Graduate
3 47 (10.22%) Senior
4 40 (8.70%) Software Engineer
4 40 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 34 (7.39%) Analyst
6 33 (7.17%) Graduate Developer
6 33 (7.17%) Software Architect
7 30 (6.52%) IT Graduate
8 23 (5.00%) IT Support
9 22 (4.78%) Technical Support
10 21 (4.57%) IT Engineer
10 21 (4.57%) Software Developer
11 19 (4.13%) Lead
12 18 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (3.70%) C# Developer
13 17 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (3.70%) Junior
14 16 (3.48%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (15.87%) .NET
2 63 (13.70%) CSS
3 41 (8.91%) ASP.NET
4 33 (7.17%) HTML
4 33 (7.17%) jQuery
4 33 (7.17%) React
5 27 (5.87%) Middleware
6 24 (5.22%) .NET Framework
7 23 (5.00%) REST
8 22 (4.78%) WinForms
9 19 (4.13%) PyTorch
9 19 (4.13%) TensorFlow
10 14 (3.04%) Hugging Face
10 14 (3.04%) LangChain
10 14 (3.04%) RESTful
11 13 (2.83%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.83%) Vue
11 13 (2.83%) WPF
12 12 (2.61%) .NET Core
12 12 (2.61%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.13%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.91%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.61%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.39%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.39%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.17%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.96%) SCADA
10 8 (1.74%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.52%) IoT
11 7 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 6 (1.30%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.30%) NHS
13 5 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.35%) Windows
2 58 (12.61%) Linux
3 8 (1.74%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.30%) Android
4 6 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.09%) Mac OS X
6 4 (0.87%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (96.74%) Computer Science
2 162 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (33.91%) Agile
4 123 (26.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (24.78%) DevOps
6 87 (18.91%) Mentoring
7 80 (17.39%) Software Engineering
8 74 (16.09%) CI/CD
9 62 (13.48%) AI
10 59 (12.83%) SDLC
11 57 (12.39%) ITIL
12 49 (10.65%) OOP
13 47 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
14 46 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (10.00%) Machine Learning
15 43 (9.35%) Analytics
15 43 (9.35%) OO
15 43 (9.35%) Test Automation
16 41 (8.91%) Project Management
17 40 (8.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (25.22%) C#
2 112 (24.35%) SQL
3 100 (21.74%) Java
4 85 (18.48%) Python
5 75 (16.30%) JavaScript
6 52 (11.30%) C++
7 41 (8.91%) PHP
8 24 (5.22%) TypeScript
9 21 (4.57%) PowerShell
10 20 (4.35%) C
11 17 (3.70%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.17%) Bash
13 9 (1.96%) R
14 8 (1.74%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.30%) Delphi
16 5 (1.09%) Rust
17 4 (0.87%) Julia
18 3 (0.65%) Go
18 3 (0.65%) Perl
18 3 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 457 (99.35%) Degree
2 58 (12.61%) Master's Degree
3 42 (9.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (9.13%) Security Cleared
4 39 (8.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (6.09%) Azure Certification
6 26 (5.65%) SC Cleared
7 25 (5.43%) Chartered Engineer
8 22 (4.78%) AWS Certification
8 22 (4.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (3.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.96%) A+ Certification
11 9 (1.96%) CISSP
11 9 (1.96%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.96%) MCP
11 9 (1.96%) MCSE
11 9 (1.96%) PMI Certification
11 9 (1.96%) PMP
12 8 (1.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 17 (3.70%) NIST
4 16 (3.48%) QA
5 14 (3.04%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.83%) GDPR
7 12 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 11 (2.39%) NCSC
9 10 (2.17%) IEC 61131
10 6 (1.30%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.43%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.43%) ECSS
12 2 (0.43%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.43%) SLA
12 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 27 (5.87%) Docker
2 17 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.61%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.17%) Firmware
5 8 (1.74%) vSphere
6 5 (1.09%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.65%) GPFS
8 3 (0.65%) Lustre
8 3 (0.65%) NFS
9 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.43%) Grafana
3 23 (5.00%) Prometheus
4 17 (3.70%) Terraform
5 12 (2.61%) Control-M
6 9 (1.96%) Ansible
7 4 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.87%) Nessus
7 4 (0.87%) Nmap
7 4 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.65%) Nagios
8 3 (0.65%) SCCM
8 3 (0.65%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.43%) Kibana
10 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.22%) Podman
10 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 114 (24.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.00%) Oracle
3 19 (4.13%) Google
4 18 (3.91%) VMware
5 13 (2.83%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.61%) Sage
6 12 (2.61%) Xamarin
7 10 (2.17%) Cisco
7 10 (2.17%) SAP
7 10 (2.17%) Splunk
8 9 (1.96%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.52%) Dell
10 6 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.30%) Remedy
10 6 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.30%) Veeam
11 5 (1.09%) Syncfusion
11 5 (1.09%) Telerik
11 5 (1.09%) Zoho