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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 93 115
Rank change year-on-year -115 +22 +47
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 397 1,196 794
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.05% 2.72% 2.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.29% 8.35% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 278 555 620
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 12,080 14,329 9,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.83% 32.58% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,191 5,691 6,659
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,263 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,069
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 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 3 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 -61 118 £55,000 -15.38% 150
North of England -48 101 £55,000 +10.00% 62
Midlands -98 59 £40,367 +15.33% 26
Yorkshire -7 48 £55,000 +19.18% 22
South West -13 45 £50,000 -24.53% 49
West Midlands -72 45 £40,367 +15.33% 11
East of England -41 39 £25,000 -57.26% 41
North West -45 35 £60,000 +20.00% 33
Scotland -6 22 £65,000 +22.95% 25
North East +8 18 £51,500 +14.44% 8
East Midlands -63 17 £35,000 - 14
Wales -5 10 £51,250 +14.73% 12
Northern Ireland -27 4 £40,500 -22.86% 4
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 (5.54%) IIS
2 7 (1.76%) Confluence
3 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.50%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.50%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.77%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.02%) AutoCAD
4 8 (2.02%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.50%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.25%) Weka
7 1 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (38.04%) Azure
2 85 (21.41%) AWS
3 31 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (7.05%) Power Platform
4 28 (7.05%) SaaS
5 24 (6.05%) GCP
6 22 (5.54%) GitHub
6 22 (5.54%) Serverless
7 10 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.27%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.02%) PaaS
10 6 (1.51%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.26%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.01%) Firebase
12 4 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.01%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.79%) Firewall
2 14 (3.53%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.27%) VLAN
4 11 (2.77%) Network Security
5 10 (2.52%) VPN
6 9 (2.27%) SAN
7 7 (1.76%) DNS
7 7 (1.76%) Modbus
7 7 (1.76%) Wireshark
8 6 (1.51%) DHCP
9 5 (1.26%) Bluetooth
9 5 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.26%) VoIP
10 4 (1.01%) BGP
10 4 (1.01%) Internet
10 4 (1.01%) OSPF
10 4 (1.01%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.01%) WAN
10 4 (1.01%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.76%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (18.14%) SQL Server
2 36 (9.07%) MySQL
3 23 (5.79%) Power BI
4 12 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.52%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.02%) Metadata
8 6 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.26%) Big Data
9 5 (1.26%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.26%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.01%) Tableau
11 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 35 (8.82%) JIRA
2 26 (6.55%) Git
3 10 (2.52%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.02%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.02%) GitLab
5 5 (1.26%) Selenium
6 4 (1.01%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.01%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.76%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.76%) ERwin
7 3 (0.76%) Maven
7 3 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.76%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.50%) JMeter
8 2 (0.50%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.50%) TestRail
General
1 200 (50.38%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.17%) Finance
3 63 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.56%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.78%) Law
7 14 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.53%) Retail
8 11 (2.77%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.77%) Banking
8 11 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (2.77%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.52%) Electronics
9 10 (2.52%) Marketing
10 8 (2.02%) Advertising
11 7 (1.76%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.51%) Back Office
12 6 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.01%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 91 (22.92%) Developer
2 59 (14.86%) Architect
3 46 (11.59%) Software Engineer
4 45 (11.34%) Graduate
5 34 (8.56%) Senior
5 34 (8.56%) Support Engineer
6 33 (8.31%) Analyst
6 33 (8.31%) Software Architect
7 30 (7.56%) Graduate Developer
8 26 (6.55%) IT Graduate
9 22 (5.54%) Software Developer
10 21 (5.29%) IT Support
10 21 (5.29%) Technical Support
11 19 (4.79%) IT Engineer
12 17 (4.28%) C# Developer
13 16 (4.03%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (4.03%) SQL Developer
14 14 (3.53%) PHP Developer
14 14 (3.53%) Software Support Engineer
15 13 (3.27%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (16.12%) .NET
2 55 (13.85%) CSS
3 36 (9.07%) ASP.NET
4 30 (7.56%) jQuery
5 28 (7.05%) React
6 26 (6.55%) Middleware
7 22 (5.54%) REST
8 21 (5.29%) HTML
9 20 (5.04%) .NET Framework
9 20 (5.04%) WinForms
10 12 (3.02%) Entity Framework
10 12 (3.02%) Vue
10 12 (3.02%) WPF
11 10 (2.52%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.52%) Node.js
11 10 (2.52%) Playwright
12 9 (2.27%) Blazor
12 9 (2.27%) RESTful
12 9 (2.27%) XML
13 8 (2.02%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.53%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.27%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.02%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.77%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.27%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.02%) SCADA
9 8 (2.02%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.76%) NHS
10 7 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (1.76%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.51%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.51%) IoT
12 5 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.11%) Linux
1 60 (15.11%) Windows
2 7 (1.76%) Android
2 7 (1.76%) Mac OS
2 7 (1.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.26%) Mac OS X
4 4 (1.01%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.01%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.76%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (95.97%) Computer Science
2 146 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (35.26%) Agile
4 108 (27.20%) DevOps
5 99 (24.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (19.40%) Mentoring
7 74 (18.64%) Software Engineering
8 69 (17.38%) CI/CD
9 53 (13.35%) SDLC
10 49 (12.34%) OOP
11 48 (12.09%) AI
12 42 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
13 41 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (10.33%) ITIL
14 37 (9.32%) Analytics
14 37 (9.32%) OO
14 37 (9.32%) Test Automation
15 36 (9.07%) MVC
16 35 (8.82%) Design Patterns
17 33 (8.31%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 105 (26.45%) C#
2 98 (24.69%) SQL
3 97 (24.43%) Java
4 81 (20.40%) Python
5 60 (15.11%) JavaScript
6 54 (13.60%) C++
7 41 (10.33%) PHP
8 27 (6.80%) TypeScript
9 21 (5.29%) C
10 16 (4.03%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.78%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.77%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.52%) Bash
13 10 (2.52%) R
14 7 (1.76%) Delphi
15 5 (1.26%) Rust
16 4 (1.01%) Go
16 4 (1.01%) Julia
17 3 (0.76%) VBA
18 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 394 (99.24%) Degree
2 41 (10.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (10.08%) Master's Degree
4 38 (9.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (9.57%) Security Cleared
5 28 (7.05%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.30%) SC Cleared
7 24 (6.05%) Chartered Engineer
8 23 (5.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (5.54%) AWS Certification
10 20 (5.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.52%) A+ Certification
11 10 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (2.27%) CISSP
12 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.27%) MCP
13 8 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (2.02%) MCSE
14 7 (1.76%) CCNP
14 7 (1.76%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 23 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.53%) QA
4 15 (3.78%) NIST
5 12 (3.02%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.52%) IEC 61131
7 9 (2.27%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.27%) NCSC
8 8 (2.02%) GDPR
9 6 (1.51%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.50%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.50%) ECSS
10 2 (0.50%) GxP
10 2 (0.50%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.25%) GRC
11 1 (0.25%) SLA
11 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (7.56%) Docker
2 15 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.77%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.52%) Firmware
5 8 (2.02%) vSphere
6 5 (1.26%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) GPFS
8 1 (0.25%) Lustre
8 1 (0.25%) NFS
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.79%) Terraform
3 12 (3.02%) Grafana
4 11 (2.77%) Ansible
4 11 (2.77%) Control-M
4 11 (2.77%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.01%) Nessus
5 4 (1.01%) Nmap
5 4 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.76%) Nagios
6 3 (0.76%) SCCM
6 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.50%) Kibana
8 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.25%) Podman
8 1 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 106 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.54%) Oracle
3 16 (4.03%) Google
3 16 (4.03%) VMware
4 12 (3.02%) Sage
4 12 (3.02%) Xamarin
5 11 (2.77%) SAP
6 10 (2.52%) Cisco
6 10 (2.52%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.02%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.02%) Splunk
8 7 (1.76%) Dell
8 7 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.26%) Syncfusion
9 5 (1.26%) Telerik
9 5 (1.26%) Zoho
10 4 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.01%) Qualtrics
10 4 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.01%) Veeam