Computer Scientist
UK
The median Computer Scientist salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 710 | 883 | 958 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +173 | +75 | +233 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Computer Scientist | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.004% | 0.024% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.004% | 0.025% | 0.001% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £67,250 | £61,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £68,750 | £61,875 | £162,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £72,500 | £175,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -58.57% | +191.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £73,750 | £187,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £72,500 | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
Computer Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Computer Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Computer Scientist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Scientist.
Computer Scientist
Top 4 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Scientist within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +130 | 2 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +146 | 1 | £72,500 | - | 9 |
| London | +116 | 1 | £77,500 | +5.08% | 10 |
| South West | - | 1 | £72,500 | - | 3 |
Computer Scientist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Computer Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Computer Scientist in the job title.
|
|
Computer Scientist Skill Set
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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||