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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 88 133
Rank change year-on-year -159 +45 +63
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 379 933 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 3.33% 2.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.51% 7.76% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 273 414 1,021
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £34,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,625 £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 15,080 12,030 16,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.56% 42.91% 27.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,500 5,156 11,242
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £35,500
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 13 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 13 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 -45 146 £65,000 +4.00% 87
North of England -126 89 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Yorkshire -91 48 £70,000 +53.60% 15
Midlands -159 47 £50,000 +42.86% 36
South West -40 40 £62,500 -7.41% 21
East of England -50 36 £56,250 +6.13% 34
West Midlands -130 27 £42,500 +21.43% 16
North East -20 23 £51,500 -8.85% 4
East Midlands -85 22 £55,000 +57.14% 20
North West -86 18 £60,000 +5.26% 21
Northern Ireland -33 10 £40,000 -48.39% 3
Scotland -26 9 £75,000 +85.19% 12
Wales -25 3 £75,000 +37.18% 8
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 16 (4.22%) IIS
2 12 (3.17%) Confluence
3 10 (2.64%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.85%) SAS
5 5 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (2.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.53%) Weka
2 2 (0.53%) Windchill
3 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) 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 (41.42%) Azure
2 120 (31.66%) AWS
3 41 (10.82%) Serverless
4 38 (10.03%) GCP
5 31 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (5.28%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.43%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.17%) PaaS
11 10 (2.64%) GitHub
11 10 (2.64%) SaaS
12 7 (1.85%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.58%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.58%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.58%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.33%) Firewall
2 16 (4.22%) VLAN
3 15 (3.96%) Network Security
3 15 (3.96%) VPN
3 15 (3.96%) WAN
4 14 (3.69%) LAN
5 12 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.90%) BGP
7 10 (2.64%) OSPF
8 9 (2.37%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (2.37%) Wireless
9 8 (2.11%) Internet
9 8 (2.11%) SNMP
10 7 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.85%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (1.85%) EIGRP
10 7 (1.85%) WAAS
10 7 (1.85%) Wireless Security
11 5 (1.32%) MPLS
11 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.07%) MySQL
3 14 (3.69%) Power BI
4 13 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.17%) Metadata
5 12 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.90%) Big Data
7 10 (2.64%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.11%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.32%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.32%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.06%) Tableau
13 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 39 (10.29%) JIRA
2 25 (6.60%) Git
3 10 (2.64%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.64%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.32%) GitLab
6 3 (0.79%) ERwin
6 3 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.79%) Selenium
7 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.53%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.53%) JMeter
7 2 (0.53%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.53%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.53%) TestRail
7 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 161 (42.48%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.47%) Finance
3 57 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.39%) Manufacturing
5 18 (4.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 18 (4.75%) Retail
6 14 (3.69%) Law
7 12 (3.17%) Electronics
7 12 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.37%) Advertising
9 7 (1.85%) Marketing
10 6 (1.58%) Banking
10 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.58%) Legal
10 6 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.06%) Police
12 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (19.26%) Software Engineer
2 65 (17.15%) Developer
3 55 (14.51%) Architect
4 49 (12.93%) Senior
5 28 (7.39%) Support Engineer
6 27 (7.12%) Graduate
7 26 (6.86%) Analyst
8 25 (6.60%) Software Architect
9 23 (6.07%) IT Support
10 22 (5.80%) IT Engineer
10 22 (5.80%) Python Engineer
10 22 (5.80%) Software Developer
11 20 (5.28%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.28%) Lead
11 20 (5.28%) Python Software Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (4.22%) SQL Developer
13 15 (3.96%) Applications Architect
14 14 (3.69%) C# Developer
14 14 (3.69%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.40%) CSS
2 40 (10.55%) .NET
3 36 (9.50%) React
4 34 (8.97%) HTML
5 27 (7.12%) Middleware
6 25 (6.60%) REST
7 21 (5.54%) Node.js
8 20 (5.28%) jQuery
9 19 (5.01%) .NET Framework
10 17 (4.49%) WinForms
11 14 (3.69%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.69%) SOAP
12 13 (3.43%) Entity Framework
13 12 (3.17%) Playwright
14 10 (2.64%) Vue
15 9 (2.37%) RESTful
16 7 (1.85%) FastAPI
17 6 (1.58%) .NET Core
17 6 (1.58%) Next.js
17 6 (1.58%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.97%) Management Information System
2 26 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.90%) Client/Server
5 11 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.64%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.85%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.58%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 56 (14.78%) Linux
2 46 (12.14%) Windows
3 16 (4.22%) Android
4 9 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.32%) Unix
6 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.53%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (94.20%) Computer Science
2 122 (32.19%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (28.23%) Agile
4 95 (25.07%) Software Engineering
5 94 (24.80%) DevOps
6 85 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (17.41%) CI/CD
8 59 (15.57%) Mentoring
9 48 (12.66%) Data Modelling
10 45 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 41 (10.82%) SDLC
12 40 (10.55%) AI
12 40 (10.55%) ITIL
13 38 (10.03%) Microservices
13 38 (10.03%) Test Automation
14 35 (9.23%) Analytics
14 35 (9.23%) Roadmaps
15 34 (8.97%) Application Security
15 34 (8.97%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (8.97%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 118 (31.13%) Python
2 101 (26.65%) SQL
3 78 (20.58%) C#
4 71 (18.73%) Java
5 70 (18.47%) JavaScript
6 50 (13.19%) C++
7 37 (9.76%) TypeScript
8 28 (7.39%) PHP
9 23 (6.07%) PowerShell
10 22 (5.80%) C
11 14 (3.69%) Rust
11 14 (3.69%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.37%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.11%) Bash
14 5 (1.32%) Delphi
14 5 (1.32%) R
15 4 (1.06%) Bicep
16 3 (0.79%) Scala
17 2 (0.53%) Perl
17 2 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 379 (100.00%) Degree
2 47 (12.40%) Master's Degree
3 34 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (8.44%) AWS Certification
5 30 (7.92%) Azure Certification
6 27 (7.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (6.86%) Security Cleared
8 25 (6.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 24 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (5.01%) SC Cleared
11 15 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (3.43%) CCNP
12 13 (3.43%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (3.17%) CISSP
14 10 (2.64%) CCIE
14 10 (2.64%) ISTQB
15 9 (2.37%) CISM
15 9 (2.37%) PMI Certification
16 8 (2.11%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.50%) QA
2 21 (5.54%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.28%) NIST
4 19 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (4.75%) Data Quality
6 13 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 10 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (2.37%) GDPR
9 7 (1.85%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.85%) PMO
10 6 (1.58%) NCSC
11 5 (1.32%) GxP
12 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.53%) ECSS
14 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.26%) GRC
15 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (8.71%) Docker
2 17 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.43%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.90%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.90%) KVM
5 7 (1.85%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.06%) vSphere
7 2 (0.53%) Firmware
7 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (9.23%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.01%) Terraform
3 15 (3.96%) Grafana
4 12 (3.17%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.64%) Ansible
5 10 (2.64%) Control-M
6 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.32%) SCCM
8 4 (1.06%) Nagios
9 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.79%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.53%) Kibana
10 2 (0.53%) Nessus
10 2 (0.53%) Nmap
11 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.26%) OpenView
11 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 87 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.54%) Cisco
3 18 (4.75%) VMware
4 15 (3.96%) Oracle
5 13 (3.43%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.17%) Sage
6 12 (3.17%) Xamarin
7 11 (2.90%) SAP
8 10 (2.64%) CheckPoint
9 9 (2.37%) Google
10 8 (2.11%) F5
11 7 (1.85%) Blue Coat
11 7 (1.85%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.85%) Infoblox
11 7 (1.85%) Motorola
11 7 (1.85%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.58%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.32%) Splunk
13 5 (1.32%) Zoho
14 4 (1.06%) Meraki