Computer Science Degree Jobs

Computer Science Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 94 152 144
Rank change year-on-year +58 -8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,698 2,951 3,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.25% 2.41% 2.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.95% 8.20% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 1,270 1,713
10th Percentile £37,900 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,438 £79,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,067 35,981 31,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 29.44% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10,705 16,977 17,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,670 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 18 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 10 December 2023. 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 +68 1,490 £65,000 +13.04% 957
UK excluding London +52 863 £60,000 +20.00% 553
London +83 757 £80,000 +6.67% 502
Work from Home +36 469 £70,000 +21.74% 410
North of England +163 223 £60,000 +14.29% 138
South East -9 203 £60,000 +20.00% 197
Midlands +34 112 £60,000 +14.29% 62
South West +49 110 £60,000 +20.00% 37
North West +144 107 £55,000 +10.00% 76
Yorkshire +96 100 £60,000 +14.29% 48
Scotland +30 93 £60,000 +13.21% 41
West Midlands +74 63 £60,000 +9.09% 39
East of England +13 59 £65,000 +44.44% 69
Wales +41 49 £60,000 +50.00% 9
East Midlands +3 49 £60,000 +20.00% 22
North East +47 16 £60,000 +26.98% 15
Northern Ireland -1 14 £60,000 +37.14% 11
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 104 (6.12%) MS Exchange
2 36 (2.12%) Confluence
3 32 (1.88%) Apache
4 27 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.35%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.71%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.47%) OpenEdge
8 8 (0.47%) WordPress
9 7 (0.41%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.41%) Luigi
9 7 (0.41%) SAS
9 7 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.35%) CMS
10 6 (0.35%) IIS
11 4 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.18%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) Drupal
13 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 31 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.29%) Trello
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) 3ds Max
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Mathcad
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.24%) NetSuite
2 17 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.059%) Endur
4 1 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.059%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.059%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.059%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.059%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 429 (25.27%) AWS
2 415 (24.44%) Azure
3 207 (12.19%) GCP
4 163 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (5.89%) SaaS
6 85 (5.01%) Power Platform
7 75 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (4.42%) GitHub
8 61 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
9 49 (2.89%) Serverless
10 40 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
11 34 (2.00%) Amazon S3
11 34 (2.00%) PaaS
12 32 (1.88%) IaaS
13 27 (1.59%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.35%) PowerApps
17 22 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (1.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 130 (7.66%) WAN
2 125 (7.36%) SD-WAN
3 115 (6.77%) WebEx
4 113 (6.65%) Wireless
5 106 (6.24%) Cisco IOS
6 62 (3.65%) Firewall
7 37 (2.18%) Network Security
8 34 (2.00%) VPN
9 32 (1.88%) DNS
10 31 (1.83%) TCP/IP
11 30 (1.77%) DHCP
12 23 (1.35%) VoIP
13 18 (1.06%) SAN
14 15 (0.88%) HTTP
14 15 (0.88%) Internet
14 15 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
14 15 (0.88%) Unified Communications
15 14 (0.82%) 5G
16 12 (0.71%) H.323
16 12 (0.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 93 (5.48%) MySQL
3 88 (5.18%) NoSQL
4 80 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
5 71 (4.18%) Power BI
6 65 (3.83%) Big Data
7 64 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
8 57 (3.36%) Data Lake
9 55 (3.24%) Relational Database
10 40 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
11 35 (2.06%) Tableau
12 28 (1.65%) MongoDB
13 26 (1.53%) Redis
14 24 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 23 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 18 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (1.00%) Hadoop
18 16 (0.94%) Delta Lake
19 13 (0.77%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 213 (12.54%) Git
2 108 (6.36%) Jenkins
3 72 (4.24%) JIRA
4 43 (2.53%) Maven
5 26 (1.53%) IntelliJ
6 21 (1.24%) GitLab
7 20 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 16 (0.94%) Bitbucket
8 16 (0.94%) Selenium
9 15 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
10 14 (0.82%) Subversion
11 9 (0.53%) CMake
11 9 (0.53%) Gradle
11 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.47%) Postman
13 7 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.41%) Xcode
14 5 (0.29%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.29%) Serilog
15 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 776 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 329 (19.38%) Finance
3 288 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (8.95%) Telecoms
5 90 (5.30%) Marketing
6 68 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 67 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 61 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (2.59%) Legal
10 44 (2.59%) Retail
11 37 (2.18%) Banking
11 37 (2.18%) Financial Institution
12 36 (2.12%) Electronics
13 29 (1.71%) Games
14 25 (1.47%) Front Office
15 23 (1.35%) Law
16 21 (1.24%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.12%) Back Office
18 17 (1.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 458 (26.97%) Developer
2 392 (23.09%) Senior
3 176 (10.37%) Architect
4 139 (8.19%) Project Manager
5 138 (8.13%) Lead
6 131 (7.71%) Senior Manager
7 125 (7.36%) Software Engineer
8 124 (7.30%) Java Developer
9 122 (7.18%) Senior Project Manager
10 121 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
11 119 (7.01%) Senior Developer
12 109 (6.42%) IT Support
13 103 (6.07%) Support Specialist
14 102 (6.01%) IT Support Specialist
15 95 (5.59%) Enterprise Architect
16 92 (5.42%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
17 90 (5.30%) Analyst
18 84 (4.95%) Data Engineer
19 76 (4.48%) Software Developer
20 58 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (10.48%) HTML
2 155 (9.13%) CSS
3 148 (8.72%) React
4 136 (8.01%) .NET
5 113 (6.65%) RESTful
6 102 (6.01%) AngularJS
7 60 (3.53%) Spring
8 56 (3.30%) Vue
9 45 (2.65%) REST
10 42 (2.47%) .NET Framework
11 40 (2.36%) JSON
12 39 (2.30%) HTML5
12 39 (2.30%) Spring Boot
12 39 (2.30%) Web Services
13 37 (2.18%) ASP.NET
14 35 (2.06%) Node.js
15 30 (1.77%) React Native
16 28 (1.65%) J2EE
17 27 (1.59%) Redux
17 27 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 224 (13.19%) Management Information System
2 120 (7.07%) Virtual Team
3 113 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
4 111 (6.54%) Algorithms
5 104 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
6 103 (6.07%) Wiki
7 69 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
8 54 (3.18%) Product Ownership
9 50 (2.94%) Data Structures
10 39 (2.30%) Fixed Income
11 33 (1.94%) Mobile App
11 33 (1.94%) Onboarding
12 29 (1.71%) Hedge funds
13 27 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 25 (1.47%) Cyberattack
15 22 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 21 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
17 19 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 237 (13.96%) Windows
2 150 (8.83%) Linux
3 141 (8.30%) Android
4 133 (7.83%) Windows 10
5 47 (2.77%) Windows Server
6 36 (2.12%) Mac OS
7 29 (1.71%) Unix
8 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.00%) Mac OS X
10 15 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.29%) Debian
12 4 (0.24%) Windows 2000
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.12%) CentOS
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,679 (98.88%) Computer Science
2 634 (37.34%) Problem-Solving
3 500 (29.45%) Agile
4 360 (21.20%) DevOps
5 341 (20.08%) Software Engineering
6 287 (16.90%) Mathematics
7 236 (13.90%) SDLC
8 234 (13.78%) Project Management
9 210 (12.37%) Scrum
10 207 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
11 204 (12.01%) Mentoring
12 190 (11.19%) Project Delivery
13 163 (9.60%) CI/CD
14 154 (9.07%) Analytics
15 153 (9.01%) Migration
16 151 (8.89%) ERP
17 143 (8.42%) PRINCE2
18 127 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
18 127 (7.48%) Validation
19 126 (7.42%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 386 (22.73%) Python
2 375 (22.08%) SQL
3 337 (19.85%) JavaScript
4 324 (19.08%) Java
5 214 (12.60%) C#
6 137 (8.07%) C++
7 102 (6.01%) TypeScript
8 99 (5.83%) PowerShell
9 97 (5.71%) Bash
10 64 (3.77%) C
11 46 (2.71%) R
12 42 (2.47%) Go
13 40 (2.36%) PHP
14 22 (1.30%) Rust
15 20 (1.18%) Ruby
16 19 (1.12%) Kotlin
16 19 (1.12%) Perl
17 17 (1.00%) Scala
18 15 (0.88%) Shell Script
19 12 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,696 (99.88%) Degree
2 319 (18.79%) Master's Degree
3 135 (7.95%) Security Cleared
4 92 (5.42%) TOGAF Certification
5 89 (5.24%) SC Cleared
6 66 (3.89%) Azure Certification
7 43 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (2.47%) DV Cleared
9 40 (2.36%) CISSP
10 37 (2.18%) AWS Certification
11 25 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.30%) PMP
13 21 (1.24%) CISM
13 21 (1.24%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.94%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.82%) MCSA
16 13 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (0.71%) HNC
17 12 (0.71%) MCSE
17 12 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.95%) QA
2 42 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 39 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.00%) NIST
5 22 (1.30%) GDPR
6 17 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.00%) SLA
7 14 (0.82%) PMO
8 13 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.65%) NCSC
10 6 (0.35%) JSP 440
10 6 (0.35%) RMADS
11 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.12%) HL7
13 2 (0.12%) WCAG
14 1 (0.059%) DICOM
System Software
1 246 (14.49%) Docker
2 184 (10.84%) Active Directory
3 106 (6.24%) VMware ESXi
4 102 (6.01%) Microsoft App-V
4 102 (6.01%) XenApp
4 102 (6.01%) XenDesktop
5 43 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (1.47%) Hyper-V
7 15 (0.88%) Firmware
8 8 (0.47%) vSphere
9 6 (0.35%) KVM
9 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.12%) OpenSIPS
11 1 (0.059%) QEMU
11 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.059%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 199 (11.72%) Kubernetes
2 114 (6.71%) SCCM
3 91 (5.36%) AirWatch
4 73 (4.30%) Terraform
5 45 (2.65%) Ansible
6 12 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
6 12 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
6 12 (0.71%) Cisco UCCX
7 9 (0.53%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.41%) Puppet
10 6 (0.35%) Grafana
10 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.29%) Argo
12 4 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.24%) vRealize
12 4 (0.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 336 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 133 (7.83%) Salesforce
3 126 (7.42%) Cisco
4 109 (6.42%) Citrix
5 106 (6.24%) NEC
6 77 (4.53%) Google
7 62 (3.65%) VMware
8 45 (2.65%) SAP
9 34 (2.00%) Oracle
10 29 (1.71%) Databricks
11 17 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.88%) Apple
13 15 (0.88%) Splunk
14 14 (0.82%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.71%) Bloomberg
15 12 (0.71%) LogicMonitor
16 11 (0.65%) Okta
17 9 (0.53%) AppDynamics
17 9 (0.53%) Atlassian