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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 110 102
Rank change year-on-year -99 -8 +63
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 908 1,296 2,478
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 2.95% 2.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 7.37% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 672 702 1,855
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.48%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,175 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,450 £52,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.70% +0.48% -12.50%

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 21,135 17,582 26,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.91% 40.04% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,169 7,539 17,165
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,000 £38,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,315 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -4.18%

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 21 May 2026.

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 21 May 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
England -94 823 £65,000 +8.33% 370
UK excluding London -113 468 £59,450 +12.70% 268
London -31 368 £80,000 +6.67% 157
Work from Home -30 286 £65,000 +8.33% 232
South East -20 189 £65,000 +18.18% 101
North of England -111 100 £62,500 +10.62% 50
East of England -36 55 £45,000 -14.29% 29
Midlands -116 55 £45,000 +28.57% 30
Yorkshire -81 53 £75,000 +27.66% 20
South West -68 41 £47,500 -13.64% 31
East Midlands -39 30 £55,000 +57.14% 13
North West -63 27 £40,000 -31.62% 23
West Midlands -127 25 £45,000 +28.57% 17
North East -39 20 £62,500 +13.64% 8
Wales -24 13 £72,500 +11.54% 5
Northern Ireland -43 8 £40,000 -63.64% 10
Scotland -15 7 £75,000 +44.47% 19

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 35 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.32%) Confluence
4 9 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.88%) SAS
6 7 (0.77%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.44%) CMS
7 4 (0.44%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.44%) WordPress
8 2 (0.22%) Luigi
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 21 (2.31%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.77%) Maya
5 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) Sketch
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Weka
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.11%) Endur
3 1 (0.11%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.11%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 408 (44.93%) Azure
2 305 (33.59%) AWS
3 127 (13.99%) GCP
4 65 (7.16%) SaaS
5 63 (6.94%) Serverless
6 62 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (4.41%) Power Platform
8 37 (4.07%) GitHub
8 37 (4.07%) PaaS
9 35 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (3.19%) IaaS
11 27 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (2.75%) Power Automate
13 22 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (2.09%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.09%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.76%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 72 (7.93%) Firewall
2 52 (5.73%) WAN
3 51 (5.62%) VPN
4 45 (4.96%) LAN
5 41 (4.52%) Network Security
6 31 (3.41%) BGP
7 29 (3.19%) VLAN
8 28 (3.08%) Cisco ASA
9 27 (2.97%) DHCP
9 27 (2.97%) DNS
10 26 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (2.86%) Wireless
11 22 (2.42%) OSPF
12 20 (2.20%) TCP/IP
13 18 (1.98%) SNMP
14 17 (1.87%) Internet
15 16 (1.76%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (1.76%) EIGRP
15 16 (1.76%) WAAS
15 16 (1.76%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (12.67%) SQL Server
2 38 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (3.52%) BigQuery
5 31 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (3.41%) MySQL
5 31 (3.41%) Power BI
6 30 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.53%) Relational Database
8 22 (2.42%) Big Data
8 22 (2.42%) Metadata
9 17 (1.87%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (1.43%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.32%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.99%) Redis
14 6 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.66%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.66%) GIS
15 5 (0.55%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 81 (8.92%) Git
2 36 (3.96%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.74%) JIRA
4 13 (1.43%) GitLab
5 12 (1.32%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.99%) Chocolatey
7 8 (0.88%) Gradle
7 8 (0.88%) Selenium
8 7 (0.77%) Postman
9 6 (0.66%) JMeter
9 6 (0.66%) Maven
9 6 (0.66%) MLflow
10 5 (0.55%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.44%) Gatling
11 4 (0.44%) JUnit
11 4 (0.44%) Storybook
11 4 (0.44%) webpack
12 3 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 327 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 227 (25.00%) Finance
3 166 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (6.83%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.72%) Law
6 60 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (5.73%) Banking
8 37 (4.07%) Manufacturing
9 32 (3.52%) Front Office
10 29 (3.19%) Retail
11 26 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.64%) Legal
14 20 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.98%) Electronics
15 18 (1.98%) Marketing
16 14 (1.54%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (1.10%) Advertising
19 9 (0.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 216 (23.79%) Developer
2 185 (20.37%) Senior
3 148 (16.30%) Software Engineer
4 85 (9.36%) Architect
5 84 (9.25%) Graduate
6 78 (8.59%) Software Developer
7 63 (6.94%) Python Engineer
8 59 (6.50%) Graduate Developer
9 55 (6.06%) Graduate Software Developer
10 53 (5.84%) Lead
11 52 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
12 51 (5.62%) Analyst
13 47 (5.18%) Senior Developer
14 44 (4.85%) Python Software Engineer
15 43 (4.74%) C# Developer
16 42 (4.63%) Data Engineer
17 39 (4.30%) C# Software Engineer
17 39 (4.30%) SQL Developer
18 38 (4.19%) C# Software Developer
18 38 (4.19%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (11.23%) React
2 100 (11.01%) CSS
3 79 (8.70%) .NET
4 73 (8.04%) HTML
5 69 (7.60%) RESTful
6 67 (7.38%) REST
7 60 (6.61%) Node.js
8 48 (5.29%) jQuery
9 40 (4.41%) Middleware
10 36 (3.96%) Django
11 33 (3.63%) Kafka
12 28 (3.08%) SOAP
13 26 (2.86%) Spring
14 23 (2.53%) OAuth
15 22 (2.42%) FIX Protocol
16 21 (2.31%) Vue
17 20 (2.20%) PySpark
17 20 (2.20%) Spring Boot
18 17 (1.87%) JSON
19 16 (1.76%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.60%) Management Information System
2 60 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (6.28%) Cloud Native
4 55 (6.06%) Data Centre
5 47 (5.18%) Data Structures
6 44 (4.85%) Algorithms
7 43 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (3.63%) Product Ownership
9 30 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 23 (2.53%) Security Posture
12 22 (2.42%) Onboarding
12 22 (2.42%) Virtual Team
13 21 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.87%) Client/Server
14 17 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.87%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
16 14 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
17 13 (1.43%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 90 (9.91%) Linux
2 64 (7.05%) Windows
3 31 (3.41%) Unix
4 26 (2.86%) Android
5 19 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.33%) AIX
8 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) CentOS
9 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (93.83%) Computer Science
2 288 (31.72%) Problem-Solving
3 246 (27.09%) Agile
4 230 (25.33%) Software Engineering
5 186 (20.48%) CI/CD
6 183 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 175 (19.27%) DevOps
8 146 (16.08%) AI
9 117 (12.89%) Mentoring
10 98 (10.79%) Microservices
11 89 (9.80%) Test Automation
12 87 (9.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 79 (8.70%) Analytics
14 78 (8.59%) Data Modelling
15 74 (8.15%) Machine Learning
16 73 (8.04%) Scrum
17 72 (7.93%) Containerisation
17 72 (7.93%) SDLC
18 71 (7.82%) Project Delivery
19 70 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 303 (33.37%) Python
2 202 (22.25%) SQL
3 179 (19.71%) C#
4 139 (15.31%) Java
5 138 (15.20%) JavaScript
6 117 (12.89%) C++
7 95 (10.46%) TypeScript
8 79 (8.70%) PHP
9 50 (5.51%) PowerShell
10 32 (3.52%) Bash
10 32 (3.52%) C
11 28 (3.08%) Rust
12 20 (2.20%) Go
13 14 (1.54%) Scala
14 7 (0.77%) Bicep
14 7 (0.77%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.55%) Perl
15 5 (0.55%) R
15 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 908 (100.00%) Degree
2 99 (10.90%) Master's Degree
3 90 (9.91%) Security Cleared
4 65 (7.16%) SC Cleared
5 59 (6.50%) Cisco Certification
6 57 (6.28%) CISSP
7 47 (5.18%) Azure Certification
8 46 (5.07%) CCNP
9 42 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 39 (4.30%) CCIE
11 25 (2.75%) AWS Certification
12 24 (2.64%) CCNA
13 22 (2.42%) CISM
14 19 (2.09%) DV Cleared
14 19 (2.09%) PhD
15 16 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 16 (1.76%) CCSE
16 15 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.54%) PMI Certification
18 12 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.48%) QA
2 39 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 37 (4.07%) Data Quality
4 33 (3.63%) NIST
5 31 (3.41%) GDPR
6 29 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (2.42%) PMO
8 16 (1.76%) SLA
9 12 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.66%) COBIT
12 6 (0.66%) GRC
12 6 (0.66%) GxP
13 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.44%) MiFID
14 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.33%) IEC 61508
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 76 (8.37%) Docker
2 50 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 36 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.76%) ProxySG
6 14 (1.54%) KVM
7 9 (0.99%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.77%) vSphere
9 6 (0.66%) Firmware
9 6 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (9.69%) Kubernetes
2 60 (6.61%) Terraform
3 27 (2.97%) Ansible
4 26 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.76%) Grafana
5 16 (1.76%) SCCM
6 13 (1.43%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.33%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.33%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.33%) Plesk
11 2 (0.22%) OpenView
11 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.11%) Nagios
12 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 179 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.73%) Cisco
3 48 (5.29%) Google
3 48 (5.29%) VMware
4 37 (4.07%) Databricks
5 35 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 31 (3.41%) Oracle
7 21 (2.31%) F5
8 20 (2.20%) Fortinet
8 20 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.98%) SolarWinds
10 16 (1.76%) Blue Coat
10 16 (1.76%) Infoblox
10 16 (1.76%) Motorola
11 11 (1.21%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.21%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.10%) Splunk
13 9 (0.99%) AppDynamics
13 9 (0.99%) Meraki
13 9 (0.99%) Tenable