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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 176 107
Rank change year-on-year -55 -69 +20
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 599 656 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.89% 2.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.31% 5.14% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 479 379 909
10th Percentile £25,400 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,125 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 13,895 12,767 15,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.98% 36.75% 25.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,147 5,304 8,226
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,988 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -10 241 £65,000 +13.04% 175
North of England -53 124 £62,500 +13.64% 80
South West -40 76 £42,500 -5.56% 56
Midlands -60 67 £38,250 -10.00% 77
East of England -36 66 £45,000 - 86
North West -42 47 £40,000 -27.27% 45
Yorkshire -27 41 £75,000 +25.00% 20
East Midlands -18 38 £26,000 -25.71% 43
North East -39 36 £110,000 +311.21% 15
West Midlands -70 29 £43,000 +1.18% 34
Wales -53 16 £72,500 +20.83% 13
Northern Ireland -76 5 £40,000 -43.46% 19
Scotland -20 4 £74,250 +41.43% 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 13 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.34%) SAS
3 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.67%) CMS
4 4 (0.67%) Confluence
4 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.67%) WordPress
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) Luigi
6 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 224 (37.40%) Azure
2 172 (28.71%) AWS
3 54 (9.02%) GCP
4 39 (6.51%) SaaS
5 30 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.67%) Serverless
7 24 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.84%) Power Platform
9 18 (3.01%) Snowflake
10 16 (2.67%) Azure Functions
11 15 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.17%) IaaS
13 12 (2.00%) GitHub
14 11 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (1.84%) PaaS
15 10 (1.67%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.50%) Power Automate
17 8 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.67%) Internet
2 27 (4.51%) Firewall
3 26 (4.34%) WAN
4 25 (4.17%) VPN
5 19 (3.17%) LAN
6 17 (2.84%) DHCP
6 17 (2.84%) DNS
7 15 (2.50%) Network Security
7 15 (2.50%) Wireless
8 13 (2.17%) BGP
9 11 (1.84%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (1.50%) MPLS
12 8 (1.34%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.34%) VLAN
12 8 (1.34%) VoIP
13 6 (1.00%) HTTP
13 6 (1.00%) MQTT
13 6 (1.00%) ZigBee
14 5 (0.83%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 24 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (3.84%) MySQL
5 21 (3.51%) Redis
6 17 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.50%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.00%) Big Data
8 12 (2.00%) Power BI
8 12 (2.00%) Spark SQL
9 11 (1.84%) Metadata
10 9 (1.50%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.00%) ClickHouse
12 5 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.67%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 80 (13.36%) Git
2 31 (5.18%) Eclipse
3 29 (4.84%) Subversion
4 28 (4.67%) JIRA
5 22 (3.67%) JUnit
6 19 (3.17%) Jenkins
7 18 (3.01%) GitLab
8 6 (1.00%) Burp Suite
8 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.00%) GDB
9 5 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
9 5 (0.83%) JMeter
10 4 (0.67%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.67%) Selenium
11 3 (0.50%) Gatling
11 3 (0.50%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.50%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.50%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
General
1 204 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.02%) Finance
3 82 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.01%) Manufacturing
5 35 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (4.84%) Law
7 24 (4.01%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.51%) Aerospace
9 20 (3.34%) Electronics
9 20 (3.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.50%) Retail
12 14 (2.34%) Legal
13 11 (1.84%) Marketing
14 9 (1.50%) Banking
14 9 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.34%) Advertising
16 7 (1.17%) Automotive
17 5 (0.83%) Military
17 5 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 190 (31.72%) Developer
2 132 (22.04%) Software Engineer
3 83 (13.86%) Software Developer
4 63 (10.52%) Graduate
5 55 (9.18%) Senior
6 54 (9.02%) Lead
7 48 (8.01%) C# Software Engineer
7 48 (8.01%) C++ Software Engineer
8 47 (7.85%) Python Engineer
9 43 (7.18%) Architect
10 41 (6.84%) Graduate Developer
10 41 (6.84%) Python Software Engineer
11 36 (6.01%) Graduate Software Developer
11 36 (6.01%) Java Developer
12 32 (5.34%) Web Developer
13 30 (5.01%) Full-Stack Developer
14 29 (4.84%) C# Developer
15 26 (4.34%) Junior
16 25 (4.17%) Data Engineer
16 25 (4.17%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (16.19%) .NET
2 67 (11.19%) CSS
3 66 (11.02%) React
4 55 (9.18%) RESTful
5 53 (8.85%) jQuery
6 46 (7.68%) HTML
7 36 (6.01%) REST
8 33 (5.51%) Vue
9 31 (5.18%) Web Services
10 27 (4.51%) Jakarta EE
11 26 (4.34%) Node.js
11 26 (4.34%) Struts
12 19 (3.17%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.84%) Kafka
14 16 (2.67%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.67%) PySpark
15 13 (2.17%) JSON
16 11 (1.84%) AngularJS
16 11 (1.84%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.68%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.17%) Algorithms
4 19 (3.17%) Distributed Computing
5 17 (2.84%) Embedded Systems
6 16 (2.67%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.50%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.50%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.34%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.17%) IoT
10 12 (2.00%) Life Science
10 12 (2.00%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.67%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.67%) Robotics
12 9 (1.50%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.34%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.02%) Linux
2 34 (5.68%) Windows
3 15 (2.50%) Unix
4 11 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.17%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.50%) Android
7 3 (0.50%) Debian
7 3 (0.50%) Gentoo
7 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.33%) Solaris
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
8 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (90.98%) Computer Science
2 197 (32.89%) Software Engineering
3 192 (32.05%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (25.71%) CI/CD
5 150 (25.04%) Agile
6 135 (22.54%) AI
7 118 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 109 (18.20%) DevOps
9 75 (12.52%) Mentoring
10 73 (12.19%) Test Automation
11 72 (12.02%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (9.35%) Containerisation
13 53 (8.85%) Microservices
13 53 (8.85%) SDLC
14 50 (8.35%) Data Modelling
14 50 (8.35%) Web Development
15 48 (8.01%) Scrum
16 46 (7.68%) Clean Code
16 46 (7.68%) Machine Learning
17 45 (7.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 197 (32.89%) Python
2 148 (24.71%) C#
3 138 (23.04%) C++
4 129 (21.54%) SQL
5 126 (21.04%) JavaScript
6 104 (17.36%) Java
7 71 (11.85%) PHP
8 55 (9.18%) TypeScript
9 39 (6.51%) PowerShell
10 35 (5.84%) Rust
11 29 (4.84%) C
12 24 (4.01%) Perl
13 17 (2.84%) Go
14 16 (2.67%) Bash
15 7 (1.17%) Bicep
16 5 (0.83%) Scala
17 4 (0.67%) Delphi
17 4 (0.67%) Embedded C
17 4 (0.67%) Embedded C++
17 4 (0.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 599 (100.00%) Degree
2 71 (11.85%) Master's Degree
3 55 (9.18%) Security Cleared
4 37 (6.18%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.01%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.84%) PhD
8 15 (2.50%) CCNP
9 14 (2.34%) CISSP
10 12 (2.00%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.67%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.50%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.50%) CCNA
14 8 (1.34%) CCIE
14 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.68%) Accessibility
2 50 (8.35%) QA
3 26 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (3.67%) GDPR
5 21 (3.51%) NIST
6 16 (2.67%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.84%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (1.00%) JTAG
11 5 (0.83%) SLA
12 4 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.50%) GxP
13 3 (0.50%) IEC 61508
13 3 (0.50%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.50%) PMO
14 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (11.02%) Docker
2 24 (4.01%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.50%) Firmware
5 9 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.17%) KVM
7 5 (0.83%) vSphere
8 4 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.50%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.68%) Terraform
3 14 (2.34%) Ansible
4 10 (1.67%) Grafana
5 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.50%) Nmap
7 3 (0.50%) Plesk
7 3 (0.50%) Podman
7 3 (0.50%) SCCM
8 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.33%) Kibana
8 2 (0.33%) MaaS360
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) Argo
9 1 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 103 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.34%) Cisco
3 24 (4.01%) VMware
4 22 (3.67%) Databricks
5 16 (2.67%) Oracle
6 13 (2.17%) Meraki
7 9 (1.50%) Splunk
8 7 (1.17%) Google
9 4 (0.67%) Adobe
9 4 (0.67%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.67%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.50%) Apple
10 3 (0.50%) Blue Coat
10 3 (0.50%) F5
10 3 (0.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.50%) Motorola
10 3 (0.50%) Sage
10 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.50%) Veracode