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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 183 102
Rank change year-on-year -55 -81 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 615 563 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 1.64% 2.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.20% 4.55% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 462 328 718
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £51,707 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -1.51% -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% - -7.69%

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 14,649 12,381 14,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.09% 36.11% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7,911 4,961 6,417
10th Percentile £30,173 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.67% -3.61%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -2 256 £65,000 +18.18% 202
North of England -60 120 £62,500 +13.64% 124
South West -37 80 £42,500 -12.82% 111
Midlands -64 73 £42,500 - 90
East of England -44 57 £37,500 -14.77% 85
North West -36 49 £56,250 +2.27% 79
East Midlands -18 38 £25,000 -28.57% 30
Yorkshire -44 38 £62,500 +11.11% 30
West Midlands -74 35 £48,750 +14.71% 60
North East -48 33 £110,000 +113.59% 15
Wales -69 20 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Scotland -23 5 £82,500 +50.00% 76
Northern Ireland -97 4 £41,250 -41.70% 61
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 20 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.98%) Confluence
5 4 (0.65%) CMS
5 4 (0.65%) WordPress
6 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 2 (0.33%) Luigi
7 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) EPLAN
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.46%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 208 (33.82%) Azure
2 155 (25.20%) AWS
3 46 (7.48%) SaaS
4 45 (7.32%) GCP
5 34 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.74%) GitHub
7 23 (3.74%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (2.93%) Snowflake
10 16 (2.60%) Serverless
11 14 (2.28%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.11%) IaaS
13 12 (1.95%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.79%) PaaS
15 10 (1.63%) OneDrive
16 9 (1.46%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.46%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.88%) Internet
2 20 (3.25%) Firewall
2 20 (3.25%) VPN
3 18 (2.93%) DNS
4 17 (2.76%) DHCP
4 17 (2.76%) WAN
5 12 (1.95%) LAN
6 11 (1.79%) Network Security
6 11 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.79%) Wireless
7 10 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.14%) BGP
9 6 (0.98%) HTTP
9 6 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.98%) MQTT
9 6 (0.98%) VoIP
9 6 (0.98%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.81%) MPLS
10 5 (0.81%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (16.59%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.58%) Redis
5 19 (3.09%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.76%) MySQL
7 16 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.79%) Metadata
8 11 (1.79%) Power BI
9 10 (1.63%) Spark SQL
10 8 (1.30%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.98%) ClickHouse
12 5 (0.81%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
12 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.65%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 91 (14.80%) Git
2 32 (5.20%) Eclipse
3 31 (5.04%) Subversion
4 30 (4.88%) GitLab
5 26 (4.23%) Jenkins
6 24 (3.90%) JIRA
7 23 (3.74%) JUnit
8 7 (1.14%) Burp Suite
8 7 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.14%) Postman
9 6 (0.98%) GDB
9 6 (0.98%) JMeter
10 5 (0.81%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.81%) Eclipse RCP
10 5 (0.81%) Selenium
11 4 (0.65%) Gatling
11 4 (0.65%) HP UFT
11 4 (0.65%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 225 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 93 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (12.36%) Finance
4 46 (7.48%) Manufacturing
5 32 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (4.72%) Aerospace
8 25 (4.07%) Retail
9 24 (3.90%) Electronics
9 24 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 23 (3.74%) Law
11 22 (3.58%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.60%) Legal
13 11 (1.79%) Banking
14 9 (1.46%) Marketing
14 9 (1.46%) Publishing
14 9 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.30%) Advertising
16 7 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 186 (30.24%) Developer
2 124 (20.16%) Software Engineer
3 74 (12.03%) Software Developer
4 68 (11.06%) Senior
5 53 (8.62%) Graduate
6 49 (7.97%) C# Software Engineer
7 47 (7.64%) C++ Software Engineer
8 44 (7.15%) Architect
8 44 (7.15%) Lead
9 40 (6.50%) Python Engineer
10 36 (5.85%) Java Developer
10 36 (5.85%) Python Software Engineer
11 34 (5.53%) Analyst
12 33 (5.37%) Junior
13 32 (5.20%) Web Developer
14 31 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
15 30 (4.88%) Graduate Developer
16 26 (4.23%) Junior Developer
17 25 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (4.07%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (16.59%) .NET
2 71 (11.54%) React
3 60 (9.76%) CSS
4 58 (9.43%) RESTful
5 48 (7.80%) HTML
6 44 (7.15%) jQuery
7 36 (5.85%) REST
8 32 (5.20%) Vue
8 32 (5.20%) Web Services
9 29 (4.72%) Node.js
10 28 (4.55%) Jakarta EE
11 27 (4.39%) Struts
11 27 (4.39%) Terraform
12 18 (2.93%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.76%) Kafka
14 15 (2.44%) PySpark
15 14 (2.28%) ARM Templates
16 12 (1.95%) Yocto
17 11 (1.79%) AngularJS
17 11 (1.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.08%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.85%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.90%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (3.58%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.25%) Embedded Systems
6 19 (3.09%) Robotics
7 18 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.93%) Life Science
8 17 (2.76%) IoT
8 17 (2.76%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.76%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.60%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.11%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.95%) Device Driver
12 12 (1.95%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.79%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.63%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.30%) CMDB
15 8 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 88 (14.31%) Linux
2 34 (5.53%) Windows
3 12 (1.95%) Unix
4 11 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (1.14%) Debian
7 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.65%) Android
8 4 (0.65%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.65%) Robot Operating System
8 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.49%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.33%) Solaris
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
11 1 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (91.22%) Computer Science
2 210 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
3 202 (32.85%) Software Engineering
4 160 (26.02%) AI
4 160 (26.02%) CI/CD
5 146 (23.74%) Agile
6 129 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (16.75%) DevOps
8 89 (14.47%) Mentoring
9 77 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
10 63 (10.24%) Test Automation
11 60 (9.76%) Containerisation
12 56 (9.11%) SDLC
13 54 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (8.62%) Microservices
15 52 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
15 52 (8.46%) Data Modelling
15 52 (8.46%) Design Patterns
15 52 (8.46%) Roadmaps
16 50 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 191 (31.06%) Python
2 139 (22.60%) C#
3 128 (20.81%) JavaScript
4 126 (20.49%) C++
5 120 (19.51%) SQL
6 105 (17.07%) Java
7 60 (9.76%) PHP
8 51 (8.29%) TypeScript
9 34 (5.53%) PowerShell
10 29 (4.72%) Rust
11 25 (4.07%) C
11 25 (4.07%) Perl
12 19 (3.09%) Bash
13 18 (2.93%) Go
14 7 (1.14%) Bicep
15 6 (0.98%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.98%) Embedded C++
16 5 (0.81%) Scala
17 4 (0.65%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 615 (100.00%) Degree
2 63 (10.24%) Master's Degree
3 61 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 41 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.90%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.76%) CISSP
7 15 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.28%) PhD
9 12 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.46%) CCNP
11 9 (1.46%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.30%) CEH
12 8 (1.30%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.98%) CCNA
14 5 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.81%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.29%) QA
2 49 (7.97%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (4.07%) GDPR
5 23 (3.74%) NIST
6 10 (1.63%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.46%) GxP
7 9 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.14%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.98%) Def Stans
10 6 (0.98%) JTAG
11 5 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.65%) IEC 61508
13 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.49%) GRC
13 3 (0.49%) IEC 61131
13 3 (0.49%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (11.38%) Docker
2 24 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.46%) Firmware
4 9 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.65%) vSphere
8 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) Ceph
9 1 (0.16%) KVM
9 1 (0.16%) Lustre
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) Samba
9 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (10.24%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.79%) Ansible
3 10 (1.63%) Grafana
4 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.65%) SCCM
6 3 (0.49%) Kibana
6 3 (0.49%) Nmap
6 3 (0.49%) Plesk
6 3 (0.49%) Podman
6 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.33%) MaaS360
8 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 122 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.09%) Databricks
3 18 (2.93%) Oracle
4 17 (2.76%) VMware
5 16 (2.60%) Cisco
6 9 (1.46%) Meraki
7 8 (1.30%) Google
8 7 (1.14%) Splunk
9 4 (0.65%) Adobe
9 4 (0.65%) Apple
9 4 (0.65%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.65%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.65%) Veracode
10 3 (0.49%) NVIDIA
10 3 (0.49%) Sage
10 3 (0.49%) SAP
10 3 (0.49%) Siemens
10 3 (0.49%) Thales
11 2 (0.33%) IFS