Computer Science Degree Job Trends

Computer Science Degree
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 85 101
Rank change year-on-year -71 +16 +90
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 917 1,857 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.54% 3.31% 3.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.70% 9.45% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 561 909 1,097
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,500 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.27% +14.78%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £105,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.36% -11.67% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,531 19,649 15,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.73% 35.02% 30.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,849 7,967 10,500
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 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
England -73 818 £65,000 - 875
London -4 445 £85,000 +13.33% 247
UK excluding London -125 393 £51,750 -2.36% 721
Work from Home -18 328 £72,500 +11.54% 521
South East -61 117 £55,000 -15.38% 210
North of England -71 106 £55,000 +10.00% 157
Yorkshire -57 56 £55,000 +10.00% 57
Midlands -125 56 £42,500 +21.43% 124
South West -9 42 £60,000 -17.24% 64
West Midlands -95 40 £42,500 +21.43% 65
East of England -49 39 £30,000 -46.90% 116
North West -52 30 £60,000 +20.00% 83
North East +11 20 £51,500 +8.42% 17
Scotland -13 20 £75,000 +54.64% 35
East Midlands -74 19 £39,000 +11.43% 55
Wales -7 10 £51,250 +13.89% 17
Northern Ireland -31 4 £40,500 -22.86% 13

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 30 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.62%) IIS
3 17 (1.85%) Confluence
4 14 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.87%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.65%) Apache
6 6 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.55%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) Luigi
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.22%) SAS
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.51%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (1.42%) Maya
5 8 (0.87%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.87%) SOLIDWORKS
6 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.33%) Sketch
8 2 (0.22%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.22%) Weka
8 2 (0.22%) Windchill
9 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.87%) Endur
3 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.11%) Pegasus Opera
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 411 (44.82%) Azure
2 285 (31.08%) AWS
3 102 (11.12%) GCP
4 85 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (8.51%) GitHub
6 72 (7.85%) SaaS
7 71 (7.74%) Power Platform
8 63 (6.87%) Serverless
9 51 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (5.34%) PaaS
11 46 (5.02%) Vertex AI
12 42 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
13 39 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
14 35 (3.82%) Power Automate
15 27 (2.94%) Entra ID
16 26 (2.84%) Amazon Bedrock
17 22 (2.40%) Azure AI
18 21 (2.29%) Amazon SageMaker
18 21 (2.29%) PowerApps
19 19 (2.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.65%) Firewall
2 36 (3.93%) VPN
3 29 (3.16%) LAN
3 29 (3.16%) WAN
4 28 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (2.73%) Network Security
5 25 (2.73%) TCP/IP
6 22 (2.40%) Cisco ASA
6 22 (2.40%) VLAN
7 20 (2.18%) Wireless
8 17 (1.85%) BGP
8 17 (1.85%) OSPF
9 16 (1.74%) DNS
10 15 (1.64%) DHCP
11 14 (1.53%) SAN
12 13 (1.42%) EIGRP
13 11 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (1.20%) WAAS
14 9 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.98%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (12.87%) SQL Server
2 52 (5.67%) MySQL
3 51 (5.56%) Power BI
4 41 (4.47%) NoSQL
5 35 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (3.05%) Metadata
6 28 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (2.73%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.96%) BigQuery
9 17 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.53%) Big Data
10 14 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.42%) Tableau
12 12 (1.31%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.31%) Redis
13 11 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.20%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.09%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
16 6 (0.65%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 75 (8.18%) Git
2 57 (6.22%) JIRA
3 22 (2.40%) Cypress.io
3 22 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.74%) Bitbucket
5 15 (1.64%) GitLab
6 13 (1.42%) Selenium
7 8 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.87%) webpack
8 7 (0.76%) ERwin
8 7 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.65%) Babel
10 5 (0.55%) Chocolatey
10 5 (0.55%) Vite
11 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.44%) JMeter
11 4 (0.44%) Maven
11 4 (0.44%) Metasploit
General
1 415 (45.26%) Social Skills
2 279 (30.43%) Finance
3 208 (22.68%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.29%) Banking
5 68 (7.42%) Law
6 62 (6.76%) Marketing
7 61 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (6.43%) Retail
9 48 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 48 (5.23%) Public Sector
10 44 (4.80%) Telecoms
11 38 (4.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 35 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.94%) Legal
14 20 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (2.07%) Games
15 19 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.85%) Front Office
17 15 (1.64%) Electronics
18 14 (1.53%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 181 (19.74%) Senior
2 176 (19.19%) Developer
3 112 (12.21%) Architect
4 89 (9.71%) Software Engineer
5 85 (9.27%) Lead
6 56 (6.11%) Consultant
7 53 (5.78%) Analyst
8 52 (5.67%) Graduate
9 38 (4.14%) Support Engineer
10 36 (3.93%) Senior Consultant
11 35 (3.82%) Senior Developer
11 35 (3.82%) Software Architect
12 34 (3.71%) Graduate Developer
12 34 (3.71%) Security Engineer
13 33 (3.60%) Software Developer
14 30 (3.27%) IT Graduate
14 30 (3.27%) IT Support
15 29 (3.16%) IT Engineer
16 28 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
17 27 (2.94%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (11.23%) .NET
2 93 (10.14%) CSS
3 80 (8.72%) React
4 55 (6.00%) RESTful
5 51 (5.56%) HTML
6 48 (5.23%) REST
7 45 (4.91%) Middleware
8 41 (4.47%) Node.js
9 39 (4.25%) ASP.NET
9 39 (4.25%) Kafka
10 37 (4.03%) .NET Framework
11 33 (3.60%) jQuery
12 28 (3.05%) LangChain
13 25 (2.73%) Entity Framework
14 24 (2.62%) Spring
15 23 (2.51%) PyTorch
15 23 (2.51%) TensorFlow
16 20 (2.18%) YAML
17 19 (2.07%) gRPC
17 19 (2.07%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 106 (11.56%) Management Information System
2 58 (6.32%) Enterprise Software
3 53 (5.78%) Data Centre
4 49 (5.34%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
7 35 (3.82%) Onboarding
8 31 (3.38%) Data Structures
9 30 (3.27%) Algorithms
9 30 (3.27%) Security Posture
10 28 (3.05%) NHS
11 27 (2.94%) Life Science
12 22 (2.40%) Product Ownership
12 22 (2.40%) Virtual Team
13 21 (2.29%) Pharmacovigilance
14 20 (2.18%) Driving Licence
14 20 (2.18%) Mobile App
15 19 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
16 17 (1.85%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 101 (11.01%) Linux
2 99 (10.80%) Windows
3 29 (3.16%) Android
4 24 (2.62%) Unix
5 19 (2.07%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.31%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.55%) Mac OS X
7 5 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.44%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 899 (98.04%) Computer Science
2 327 (35.66%) Agile
3 313 (34.13%) Problem-Solving
4 243 (26.50%) DevOps
5 209 (22.79%) AI
6 190 (20.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 178 (19.41%) Mentoring
8 174 (18.97%) CI/CD
9 167 (18.21%) Software Engineering
10 142 (15.49%) Machine Learning
11 132 (14.39%) Microservices
12 119 (12.98%) Analytics
13 116 (12.65%) SDLC
14 102 (11.12%) Cybersecurity
15 97 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 91 (9.92%) Test Automation
17 86 (9.38%) Data Science
18 84 (9.16%) Design Patterns
18 84 (9.16%) Roadmaps
19 83 (9.05%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 205 (22.36%) Python
2 176 (19.19%) SQL
3 168 (18.32%) Java
4 163 (17.78%) C#
5 122 (13.30%) JavaScript
6 85 (9.27%) TypeScript
7 79 (8.62%) C++
8 49 (5.34%) PHP
9 46 (5.02%) PowerShell
10 32 (3.49%) Go
11 30 (3.27%) C
12 26 (2.84%) Bash
13 15 (1.64%) Rust
13 15 (1.64%) T-SQL
14 14 (1.53%) Kotlin
14 14 (1.53%) R
15 13 (1.42%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.98%) Scala
17 7 (0.76%) Delphi
18 6 (0.65%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 914 (99.67%) Degree
2 180 (19.63%) Master's Degree
3 90 (9.81%) Security Cleared
4 72 (7.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 70 (7.63%) SC Cleared
6 57 (6.22%) Azure Certification
7 44 (4.80%) AWS Certification
8 43 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 36 (3.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 36 (3.93%) CISSP
11 30 (3.27%) TOGAF Certification
12 29 (3.16%) CCNP
13 26 (2.84%) CISM
14 24 (2.62%) CCIE
15 23 (2.51%) Chartered Engineer
16 18 (1.96%) PMI Certification
17 17 (1.85%) MCP
17 17 (1.85%) PMP
18 16 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.07%) QA
2 69 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (5.45%) GDPR
4 39 (4.25%) NIST
5 37 (4.03%) Accessibility
6 36 (3.93%) Data Quality
7 25 (2.73%) HIPAA
8 24 (2.62%) EU AI Act
9 23 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 23 (2.51%) NCSC
10 21 (2.29%) PSD2
10 21 (2.29%) Solvency II
11 13 (1.42%) PMO
12 12 (1.31%) ISO 9001
13 10 (1.09%) IEC 61131
14 8 (0.87%) EMIR
14 8 (0.87%) ISAE 3402
15 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.65%) SLA
16 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (8.40%) Docker
2 43 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.85%) vSphere
5 13 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.09%) Firmware
7 9 (0.98%) ProxySG
8 8 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 39 (4.25%) Terraform
3 30 (3.27%) Grafana
4 29 (3.16%) Ansible
5 27 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.20%) Control-M
8 10 (1.09%) SCCM
9 9 (0.98%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.87%) Data Guard
10 8 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 8 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.55%) Kibana
11 5 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.44%) Argo
12 4 (0.44%) Nessus
12 4 (0.44%) Nmap
13 3 (0.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 240 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.71%) Google
3 48 (5.23%) Oracle
4 33 (3.60%) Cisco
5 31 (3.38%) VMware
6 22 (2.40%) Databricks
6 22 (2.40%) Dell
7 20 (2.18%) CheckPoint
8 19 (2.07%) Fortinet
8 19 (2.07%) Splunk
9 18 (1.96%) SAP
10 15 (1.64%) SolarWinds
11 13 (1.42%) NVIDIA
12 12 (1.31%) Sage
12 12 (1.31%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.31%) Xamarin
13 11 (1.20%) Infoblox
13 11 (1.20%) Motorola
13 11 (1.20%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.20%) Software AG