Computer Science Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 48 73
Rank change year-on-year +9 +25 -33
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 2,236 3,616 2,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.57% 4.42% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 5.52% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 2,279 1,352
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £71,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,417 65,562 52,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.68% 80.14% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,878 44,405 28,133
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +17 926 £60,000 - 1,738
North of England -32 415 £44,500 -6.32% 1,366
Midlands -4 266 £45,000 -10.00% 900
South West +29 232 £38,500 -26.67% 636
North West -59 223 £51,763 +3.53% 757
East of England +3 218 £47,500 +5.56% 906
West Midlands -3 171 £50,000 - 548
Yorkshire -3 150 £42,000 -4.55% 479
Scotland -37 103 £40,101 -23.62% 520
East Midlands 0 88 £40,101 -5.65% 348
Wales +57 69 £65,000 +91.18% 178
North East +19 44 £55,000 +14.58% 130
Northern Ireland +19 27 £67,500 +68.75% 152
Isle of Man +3 1 - -
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.03%) Jupyter
4 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.49%) CMS
5 11 (0.49%) WordPress
6 7 (0.31%) Apache
6 7 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.31%) Confluence
6 7 (0.31%) IIS
6 7 (0.31%) SAS
7 3 (0.13%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.089%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.089%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.045%) GemFire
Applications
1 138 (6.17%) Simulink
2 133 (5.95%) Chatbot
3 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
5 17 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.63%) Trello
7 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.27%) Revit
9 3 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.045%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.045%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.045%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 138 (6.17%) Teamcenter
2 9 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.31%) Shopify
4 6 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.27%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.22%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.089%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.045%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.045%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.045%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.045%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 290 (12.97%) Azure
2 194 (8.68%) AWS
3 80 (3.58%) Power Platform
4 70 (3.13%) GCP
5 48 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (1.43%) Power Automate
8 28 (1.25%) Serverless
9 26 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 24 (1.07%) GitHub
10 24 (1.07%) PaaS
11 22 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
11 22 (0.98%) SaaS
12 21 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 20 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (0.72%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 182 (8.14%) Broadband
2 51 (2.28%) Firewall
3 46 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.48%) WAN
5 32 (1.43%) Network Security
6 25 (1.12%) DNS
7 23 (1.03%) SAN
8 20 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 19 (0.85%) 5G
10 17 (0.76%) NAS
10 17 (0.76%) VPN
11 16 (0.72%) BGP
11 16 (0.72%) DHCP
11 16 (0.72%) VLAN
12 15 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (0.63%) LAN
14 12 (0.54%) OSPF
15 11 (0.49%) Modbus
16 10 (0.45%) Internet
17 9 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (5.55%) SQL Server
2 102 (4.56%) Big Data
3 72 (3.22%) Power BI
4 61 (2.73%) MySQL
5 53 (2.37%) Relational Database
6 51 (2.28%) Data Lake
7 36 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 34 (1.52%) Tableau
10 33 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (0.81%) Hadoop
12 15 (0.67%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.54%) Metadata
14 11 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.49%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
17 8 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 138 (6.17%) Rational DOORS
2 78 (3.49%) JIRA
3 75 (3.35%) Git
4 23 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 16 (0.72%) Selenium
7 11 (0.49%) GitLab
8 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.27%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.27%) ERwin
8 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.22%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.22%) Moq
9 5 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.22%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.18%) Maven
10 4 (0.18%) MLflow
10 4 (0.18%) Postman
10 4 (0.18%) Vite
11 3 (0.13%) XCTest
General
1 886 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 284 (12.70%) Finance
3 198 (8.86%) Electronics
4 189 (8.45%) Law
5 188 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 162 (7.25%) Aerospace
7 93 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (3.98%) Manufacturing
9 72 (3.22%) Legal
10 71 (3.18%) Retail
11 56 (2.50%) Marketing
12 54 (2.42%) Esports
13 39 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
15 37 (1.65%) Games
16 33 (1.48%) Automotive
16 33 (1.48%) Banking
17 32 (1.43%) Advertising
18 26 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
19 25 (1.12%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 293 (13.10%) Lead
1 293 (13.10%) Senior
2 262 (11.72%) Software Engineer
3 201 (8.99%) Developer
4 199 (8.90%) Systems Engineer
5 175 (7.83%) Junior
6 167 (7.47%) Architect
7 138 (6.17%) Junior Systems Engineer
8 133 (5.95%) Trainer
9 103 (4.61%) Principal Engineer
10 99 (4.43%) Engineering Manager
11 96 (4.29%) Principal Software Engineer
12 95 (4.25%) Software Architect
13 89 (3.98%) Graduate
14 84 (3.76%) Analyst
15 74 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
16 65 (2.91%) Data Scientist
17 55 (2.46%) Graduate Developer
18 51 (2.28%) Test Engineer
19 48 (2.15%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (6.17%) .NET
2 120 (5.37%) Middleware
3 103 (4.61%) HTML
4 80 (3.58%) CSS
5 57 (2.55%) ASP.NET
6 56 (2.50%) React
7 55 (2.46%) REST
8 51 (2.28%) jQuery
9 37 (1.65%) Node.js
10 34 (1.52%) TensorFlow
11 33 (1.48%) Kafka
11 33 (1.48%) PyTorch
12 31 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 31 (1.39%) RESTful
13 29 (1.30%) Spring
14 26 (1.16%) .NET Core
14 26 (1.16%) .NET Framework
15 22 (0.98%) SOAP
16 21 (0.94%) Lightning Web Components
17 19 (0.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 169 (7.56%) Social Media
2 130 (5.81%) Algorithms
3 110 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 63 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 49 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (2.10%) Cyberattack
6 47 (2.10%) Product Ownership
7 43 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 40 (1.79%) Security Posture
9 39 (1.74%) SCADA
10 36 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 33 (1.48%) Operational Technology
12 25 (1.12%) Robotics
13 24 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
14 22 (0.98%) Life Science
14 22 (0.98%) Onboarding
15 20 (0.89%) Mobile App
16 19 (0.85%) Driving Licence
16 19 (0.85%) Self-Driving Car
17 18 (0.81%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 252 (11.27%) Windows
2 152 (6.80%) Windows Vista
3 108 (4.83%) Linux
4 25 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.85%) Android
6 18 (0.81%) Unix
6 18 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.40%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.18%) CentOS
13 3 (0.13%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.089%) Debian
15 1 (0.045%) Rocky
15 1 (0.045%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 744 (33.27%) Problem-Solving
2 564 (25.22%) Agile
3 481 (21.51%) Mathematics
4 479 (21.42%) Software Engineering
5 452 (20.21%) Mentoring
6 428 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 381 (17.04%) UML
8 360 (16.10%) Project Management
9 335 (14.98%) Artificial Intelligence
10 297 (13.28%) Roadmaps
11 277 (12.39%) DevOps
12 245 (10.96%) Waterfall
13 228 (10.20%) Configuration Management
14 224 (10.02%) Product Management
15 219 (9.79%) SDLC
16 218 (9.75%) High Availability
17 215 (9.62%) Statistics
18 197 (8.81%) Test Automation
19 196 (8.77%) Physics
20 186 (8.32%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 358 (16.01%) Python
2 294 (13.15%) Java
3 279 (12.48%) SQL
4 237 (10.60%) C#
5 200 (8.94%) MATLAB
6 197 (8.81%) C++
7 181 (8.09%) JavaScript
8 117 (5.23%) PHP
9 96 (4.29%) C
10 93 (4.16%) Ada
11 88 (3.94%) Rust
12 87 (3.89%) TypeScript
13 70 (3.13%) PowerShell
14 63 (2.82%) Ada 95
15 62 (2.77%) R
16 49 (2.19%) Ruby
17 48 (2.15%) Dart
18 29 (1.30%) Bash
19 22 (0.98%) Apex Code
20 14 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,953 (87.34%) Degree
2 940 (42.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 436 (19.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 290 (12.97%) Master's Degree
5 200 (8.94%) Chartered Engineer
6 196 (8.77%) DBS Check
7 182 (8.14%) PhD
8 125 (5.59%) Security Cleared
9 64 (2.86%) DV Cleared
10 61 (2.73%) SC Cleared
11 47 (2.10%) Numerate Degree
12 41 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 29 (1.30%) Azure Certification
14 27 (1.21%) PMI Certification
14 27 (1.21%) PMP
15 25 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
15 25 (1.12%) CISSP
16 23 (1.03%) HND
17 18 (0.81%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 70 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 44 (1.97%) GDPR
5 43 (1.92%) QA
6 34 (1.52%) NIST
7 21 (0.94%) Accessibility
8 16 (0.72%) NCSC
9 12 (0.54%) PMO
10 10 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.40%) SLA
12 8 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.27%) GxP
14 5 (0.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 5 (0.22%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.13%) COBIT
16 3 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (2.68%) Docker
2 41 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) Firmware
6 5 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.22%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.13%) GPFS
8 3 (0.13%) HDFS
8 3 (0.13%) Lustre
8 3 (0.13%) NFS
9 1 (0.045%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 86 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.83%) Terraform
3 39 (1.74%) Grafana
4 29 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 24 (1.07%) Ansible
6 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.27%) ArcSight ESM
7 6 (0.27%) QRadar
8 5 (0.22%) Puppet
9 4 (0.18%) Nessus
9 4 (0.18%) Netcool
9 4 (0.18%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 4 (0.18%) Tivoli
10 3 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.13%) Kibana
10 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.089%) CASB
11 2 (0.089%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.089%) Nmap
12 1 (0.045%) logstash
Vendors
1 214 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 152 (6.80%) IBM
3 133 (5.95%) PayPal
4 57 (2.55%) ServiceNow
5 43 (1.92%) Google
6 40 (1.79%) Oracle
7 33 (1.48%) SAP
8 32 (1.43%) Cisco
9 31 (1.39%) VMware
10 29 (1.30%) Salesforce
11 21 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 16 (0.72%) Databricks
13 14 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 13 (0.58%) Splunk
15 12 (0.54%) Dell
16 11 (0.49%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.49%) McAfee
17 9 (0.40%) Apple
17 9 (0.40%) Informatica
18 8 (0.36%) Siemens