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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 86 122
Rank change year-on-year -122 +36 +70
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 389 1,184 763
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.93% 3.12% 2.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.71% 8.49% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 265 516 597
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -11.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +13.04%

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 14,380 13,941 9,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.22% 36.73% 34.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,158 5,495 6,478
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,000 £38,060
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,272 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.21% +3.08% -

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 -62 118 £55,000 -15.38% 253
North of England -75 102 £55,000 +10.00% 153
Midlands -120 54 £41,250 +17.86% 133
Yorkshire -57 52 £55,000 +10.00% 59
South West -16 42 £60,000 -17.24% 79
West Midlands -92 40 £42,500 +21.43% 68
East of England -57 38 £30,000 -46.90% 130
North West -41 30 £60,000 +19.40% 77
Scotland -8 22 £70,000 +44.33% 35
North East +8 20 £51,500 +8.42% 17
East Midlands -73 17 £35,000 - 58
Wales -16 10 £51,250 +14.73% 19
Northern Ireland -32 4 £40,500 -22.86% 11
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 22 (5.66%) IIS
2 11 (2.83%) Confluence
3 7 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.51%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.34%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.06%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.06%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.51%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.51%) Weka
6 2 (0.51%) Windchill
7 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.51%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 151 (38.82%) Azure
2 91 (23.39%) AWS
3 30 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (6.94%) SaaS
5 25 (6.43%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.17%) Serverless
7 23 (5.91%) GCP
8 22 (5.66%) GitHub
9 16 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.31%) Google Workspace
11 8 (2.06%) PaaS
12 7 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.80%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.03%) Firebase
13 4 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.03%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.03%) SurveyMonkey
14 3 (0.77%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.68%) Firewall
2 17 (4.37%) TCP/IP
3 15 (3.86%) VLAN
4 14 (3.60%) Network Security
5 13 (3.34%) VPN
6 9 (2.31%) SAN
7 7 (1.80%) DNS
7 7 (1.80%) WAN
7 7 (1.80%) Wireshark
8 6 (1.54%) BGP
8 6 (1.54%) DHCP
8 6 (1.54%) LAN
8 6 (1.54%) Modbus
8 6 (1.54%) OSPF
9 5 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.29%) VoIP
10 4 (1.03%) Bluetooth
10 4 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.03%) Internet
10 4 (1.03%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (16.20%) SQL Server
2 31 (7.97%) MySQL
3 19 (4.88%) Power BI
4 12 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.31%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.31%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.06%) Metadata
9 6 (1.54%) Big Data
9 6 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.29%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.29%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.03%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.03%) Tableau
12 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (9.25%) JIRA
2 25 (6.43%) Git
3 11 (2.83%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.31%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.06%) GitLab
6 7 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.54%) Selenium
8 4 (1.03%) Burp Suite
8 4 (1.03%) Metasploit
8 4 (1.03%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.77%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.77%) ERwin
9 3 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.51%) JMeter
10 2 (0.51%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.51%) TestRail
11 1 (0.26%) Gatling
General
1 185 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.54%) Finance
3 61 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.46%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.11%) Retail
6 15 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (3.60%) Law
8 13 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.08%) Electronics
9 12 (3.08%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.83%) Aerospace
11 10 (2.57%) Marketing
12 9 (2.31%) Advertising
12 9 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.06%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.80%) Banking
15 6 (1.54%) Back Office
16 5 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (1.03%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 81 (20.82%) Developer
2 63 (16.20%) Architect
3 47 (12.08%) Software Engineer
4 40 (10.28%) Senior
5 35 (9.00%) Software Architect
5 35 (9.00%) Support Engineer
6 32 (8.23%) Graduate
7 28 (7.20%) Analyst
8 23 (5.91%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.66%) Graduate Developer
10 21 (5.40%) IT Support
11 20 (5.14%) Software Developer
12 19 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
12 19 (4.88%) Technical Support
13 17 (4.37%) IT Graduate
14 14 (3.60%) C# Developer
15 13 (3.34%) SQL Developer
16 12 (3.08%) Applications Architect
16 12 (3.08%) Software Support Engineer
17 11 (2.83%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (15.17%) .NET
2 50 (12.85%) CSS
3 30 (7.71%) ASP.NET
4 28 (7.20%) Middleware
5 25 (6.43%) React
6 23 (5.91%) REST
7 22 (5.66%) jQuery
8 20 (5.14%) .NET Framework
8 20 (5.14%) WinForms
9 19 (4.88%) HTML
10 12 (3.08%) Entity Framework
10 12 (3.08%) Vue
10 12 (3.08%) WPF
11 11 (2.83%) Playwright
12 10 (2.57%) Node.js
12 10 (2.57%) RESTful
13 9 (2.31%) Blazor
13 9 (2.31%) XML
14 8 (2.06%) AngularJS
15 7 (1.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.97%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.40%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.86%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.34%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.06%) SCADA
7 7 (1.80%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.80%) NHS
7 7 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.54%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.29%) IoT
9 5 (1.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.94%) Linux
2 61 (15.68%) Windows
3 10 (2.57%) Android
4 7 (1.80%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.29%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.77%) Unix
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (95.89%) Computer Science
2 137 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (32.90%) Agile
4 106 (27.25%) DevOps
5 96 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 78 (20.05%) Mentoring
7 68 (17.48%) CI/CD
7 68 (17.48%) Software Engineering
8 53 (13.62%) SDLC
9 52 (13.37%) AI
10 45 (11.57%) ITIL
11 43 (11.05%) OOP
12 40 (10.28%) Analytics
13 39 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (9.77%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (9.77%) Data Modelling
15 36 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 36 (9.25%) Test Automation
16 35 (9.00%) Design Patterns
16 35 (9.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 104 (26.74%) C#
2 97 (24.94%) Java
3 92 (23.65%) SQL
4 89 (22.88%) Python
5 56 (14.40%) JavaScript
6 51 (13.11%) C++
7 35 (9.00%) PHP
8 31 (7.97%) TypeScript
9 22 (5.66%) C
10 17 (4.37%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.86%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.83%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.57%) R
14 9 (2.31%) Bash
15 7 (1.80%) Delphi
16 6 (1.54%) Rust
17 4 (1.03%) Go
17 4 (1.03%) Julia
18 3 (0.77%) VBA
19 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 386 (99.23%) Degree
2 46 (11.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (11.05%) Master's Degree
4 40 (10.28%) Security Cleared
5 39 (10.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 34 (8.74%) Azure Certification
7 29 (7.46%) AWS Certification
8 26 (6.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (6.68%) SC Cleared
9 25 (6.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 24 (6.17%) Chartered Engineer
11 12 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (2.57%) A+ Certification
12 10 (2.57%) CCNP
12 10 (2.57%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (2.31%) CISSP
13 9 (2.31%) MCP
14 8 (2.06%) CISM
15 7 (1.80%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 23 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.14%) QA
4 15 (3.86%) NIST
5 12 (3.08%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.57%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.57%) IEC 61131
7 8 (2.06%) NCSC
8 7 (1.80%) GDPR
8 7 (1.80%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.29%) GxP
10 4 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.51%) ECSS
12 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (8.48%) Docker
2 16 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.34%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.57%) Firmware
5 9 (2.31%) vSphere
6 6 (1.54%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.51%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (8.23%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.63%) Terraform
3 12 (3.08%) Grafana
4 11 (2.83%) Ansible
4 11 (2.83%) Control-M
4 11 (2.83%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.03%) Nessus
5 4 (1.03%) Nmap
5 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.77%) Nagios
6 3 (0.77%) SCCM
6 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.26%) Podman
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 116 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.14%) Oracle
3 17 (4.37%) VMware
4 14 (3.60%) Google
5 13 (3.34%) Cisco
6 12 (3.08%) Sage
6 12 (3.08%) Xamarin
7 11 (2.83%) SAP
8 10 (2.57%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.31%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.06%) Dell
10 8 (2.06%) Splunk
11 7 (1.80%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.29%) Syncfusion
12 5 (1.29%) Telerik
12 5 (1.29%) Veeam
12 5 (1.29%) Zoho
13 4 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.03%) Qualtrics