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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 50 70
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 -26
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 2,368 3,441 2,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.97% 4.59% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 5.58% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 2,253 1,365
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% -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 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +15 887 £60,000 - 420
North of England -18 489 £45,000 -5.26% 412
Midlands +32 383 £45,000 -10.00% 250
West Midlands +32 259 £47,500 -5.00% 146
North West -63 238 £51,763 +3.53% 242
South West +28 220 £40,101 -23.62% 137
East of England 0 217 £50,000 +11.11% 233
Yorkshire +21 211 £42,000 - 106
East Midlands +21 117 £40,101 -5.65% 104
Scotland -42 92 £40,300 -23.24% 133
Wales +54 72 £65,000 +91.18% 46
North East +29 44 £56,500 +16.82% 68
Northern Ireland +22 27 £67,500 +68.75% 70
Isle of Man +3 1 - - 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 43 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.10%) Jupyter
3 23 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.59%) CMS
5 14 (0.59%) WordPress
6 8 (0.34%) SAS
7 7 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.30%) Confluence
7 7 (0.30%) IIS
8 3 (0.13%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.084%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.084%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.042%) GemFire
Applications
1 138 (5.83%) Simulink
2 110 (4.65%) Chatbot
3 26 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.59%) Trello
6 8 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.30%) Revit
8 3 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.042%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 138 (5.83%) Teamcenter
2 10 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.42%) Shopify
3 7 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.25%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.13%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.084%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.084%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.042%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.042%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.042%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.042%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 285 (12.04%) Azure
2 191 (8.07%) AWS
3 74 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 68 (2.87%) GCP
5 50 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (1.31%) Power Automate
7 31 (1.31%) Serverless
8 27 (1.14%) PaaS
9 26 (1.10%) PowerApps
9 26 (1.10%) SaaS
10 23 (0.97%) GitHub
11 21 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 20 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (0.72%) Google Workspace
16 14 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
16 14 (0.59%) Amazon SageMaker
16 14 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 181 (7.64%) Broadband
2 60 (2.53%) Network Security
3 56 (2.36%) Firewall
4 49 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 40 (1.69%) WLAN
6 39 (1.65%) Internet
7 30 (1.27%) WAN
8 27 (1.14%) DNS
9 24 (1.01%) SAN
10 19 (0.80%) BGP
10 19 (0.80%) VLAN
11 18 (0.76%) DHCP
11 18 (0.76%) NAS
12 17 (0.72%) SD-WAN
12 17 (0.72%) VPN
13 16 (0.68%) 5G
14 15 (0.63%) OSPF
14 15 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (0.59%) LAN
16 12 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.27%) Big Data
3 66 (2.79%) Power BI
4 60 (2.53%) MySQL
5 54 (2.28%) Data Lake
5 54 (2.28%) Relational Database
6 38 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (1.60%) NoSQL
7 36 (1.52%) Tableau
8 28 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.76%) Hadoop
10 15 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.46%) Metadata
11 11 (0.46%) RDBMS
12 10 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.38%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 138 (5.83%) Rational DOORS
2 87 (3.67%) Git
3 81 (3.42%) JIRA
4 23 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 20 (0.84%) Selenium
7 10 (0.42%) GitLab
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.25%) ERwin
9 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.21%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.21%) Moq
10 5 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (0.21%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.17%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.17%) JUnit
11 4 (0.17%) MLflow
11 4 (0.17%) Vite
12 3 (0.13%) XCTest
General
1 860 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 276 (11.66%) Finance
3 197 (8.32%) Electronics
4 182 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (6.88%) Law
6 160 (6.76%) Aerospace
7 91 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 85 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 71 (3.00%) Retail
10 57 (2.41%) Marketing
11 50 (2.11%) Legal
12 45 (1.90%) Esports
13 38 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (1.56%) Games
15 31 (1.31%) Advertising
15 31 (1.31%) Automotive
16 28 (1.18%) Banking
17 25 (1.06%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.01%) Telecoms
19 23 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 364 (15.37%) Senior
2 295 (12.46%) Software Engineer
3 268 (11.32%) Lead
4 210 (8.87%) Developer
5 202 (8.53%) Systems Engineer
6 173 (7.31%) Junior
7 151 (6.38%) IT Manager
8 139 (5.87%) Architect
9 138 (5.83%) Junior Systems Engineer
10 110 (4.65%) Principal Engineer
11 109 (4.60%) Trainer
12 107 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
13 103 (4.35%) Principal Software Engineer
14 89 (3.76%) Analyst
15 77 (3.25%) Engineering Manager
16 71 (3.00%) Data Scientist
17 70 (2.96%) Graduate
18 67 (2.83%) Security Engineer
18 67 (2.83%) Software Architect
19 65 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (6.08%) .NET
2 110 (4.65%) HTML
3 91 (3.84%) Middleware
4 85 (3.59%) CSS
5 64 (2.70%) React
6 53 (2.24%) REST
7 52 (2.20%) ASP.NET
8 45 (1.90%) jQuery
9 43 (1.82%) Node.js
10 35 (1.48%) TensorFlow
11 34 (1.44%) PyTorch
12 33 (1.39%) RESTful
13 30 (1.27%) Kafka
14 29 (1.22%) AngularJS
15 26 (1.10%) .NET Core
15 26 (1.10%) .NET Framework
16 23 (0.97%) Spring
17 22 (0.93%) SOAP
18 21 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
19 19 (0.80%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.21%) Social Media
2 131 (5.53%) Algorithms
3 116 (4.90%) Management Information System
4 56 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (2.28%) Product Ownership
6 48 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 47 (1.98%) Cyberattack
8 45 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 42 (1.77%) SCADA
10 38 (1.60%) Cloud Native
11 37 (1.56%) Security Posture
12 34 (1.44%) Operational Technology
13 31 (1.31%) Data Structures
14 25 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
15 23 (0.97%) Robotics
16 22 (0.93%) Mobile App
16 22 (0.93%) Onboarding
17 18 (0.76%) Acoustics
17 18 (0.76%) Life Science
17 18 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 268 (11.32%) Windows
2 141 (5.95%) Linux
3 132 (5.57%) Windows Vista
4 25 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 22 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 20 (0.84%) Android
7 18 (0.76%) Unix
8 16 (0.68%) Ubuntu
9 13 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.51%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.46%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.46%) Mac OS X
12 9 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.17%) CentOS
14 3 (0.13%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.042%) Debian
15 1 (0.042%) Rocky
15 1 (0.042%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 760 (32.09%) Problem-Solving
2 584 (24.66%) Agile
3 491 (20.73%) Software Engineering
4 459 (19.38%) Mathematics
5 446 (18.83%) Mentoring
6 396 (16.72%) UML
7 388 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 321 (13.56%) Project Management
9 318 (13.43%) Artificial Intelligence
10 289 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 259 (10.94%) Waterfall
12 251 (10.60%) DevOps
13 234 (9.88%) Product Management
14 223 (9.42%) High Availability
15 215 (9.08%) Configuration Management
16 203 (8.57%) Physics
17 196 (8.28%) Test Automation
18 195 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
19 192 (8.11%) Statistics
20 191 (8.07%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 362 (15.29%) Python
2 290 (12.25%) Java
3 274 (11.57%) SQL
4 249 (10.52%) C#
5 199 (8.40%) MATLAB
6 195 (8.23%) C++
7 185 (7.81%) JavaScript
8 117 (4.94%) PHP
9 111 (4.69%) Ada
10 102 (4.31%) C
11 100 (4.22%) TypeScript
12 88 (3.72%) Rust
13 75 (3.17%) PowerShell
14 61 (2.58%) R
15 49 (2.07%) Ruby
16 48 (2.03%) Dart
17 46 (1.94%) Ada 95
18 27 (1.14%) Bash
19 22 (0.93%) Apex Code
20 16 (0.68%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2,126 (89.78%) Degree
2 1,059 (44.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 432 (18.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 265 (11.19%) Master's Degree
5 179 (7.56%) Chartered Engineer
6 173 (7.31%) DBS Check
7 156 (6.59%) PhD
8 129 (5.45%) Security Cleared
9 68 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 64 (2.70%) DV Cleared
10 64 (2.70%) SC Cleared
11 52 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
12 47 (1.98%) MCSE
13 39 (1.65%) CCNA
13 39 (1.65%) CCNP
14 38 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
15 30 (1.27%) LPIC
16 29 (1.22%) Azure Certification
16 29 (1.22%) CISSP
16 29 (1.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 75 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (1.94%) GDPR
5 41 (1.73%) QA
6 36 (1.52%) NIST
7 24 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 16 (0.68%) NCSC
9 12 (0.51%) PMO
10 10 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.34%) SLA
12 6 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.25%) GxP
13 5 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 5 (0.21%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.17%) GRC
15 3 (0.13%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (2.83%) Docker
2 42 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.30%) Firmware
6 5 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.21%) vSphere
7 4 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.13%) HDFS
9 2 (0.084%) GPFS
9 2 (0.084%) Lustre
9 2 (0.084%) NFS
10 1 (0.042%) KVM
10 1 (0.042%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 94 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.65%) Terraform
3 38 (1.60%) Grafana
4 29 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.06%) Ansible
6 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.25%) ArcSight ESM
7 6 (0.25%) QRadar
8 5 (0.21%) Puppet
9 4 (0.17%) Kibana
9 4 (0.17%) Nessus
10 3 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.084%) CASB
11 2 (0.084%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.084%) Netcool
11 2 (0.084%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 2 (0.084%) Nmap
11 2 (0.084%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 237 (10.01%) Microsoft
2 150 (6.33%) IBM
3 110 (4.65%) PayPal
4 63 (2.66%) Cisco
5 54 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 44 (1.86%) Google
7 34 (1.44%) Oracle
8 32 (1.35%) SAP
8 32 (1.35%) VMware
9 29 (1.22%) Salesforce
10 21 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 18 (0.76%) Databricks
12 15 (0.63%) Dell
13 14 (0.59%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.59%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.51%) Apple
15 11 (0.46%) McAfee
15 11 (0.46%) Splunk
15 11 (0.46%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (0.46%) WooCommerce