Computer Science Degree Jobs in the West Midlands

Computer Science Degree
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 97 158
Rank change year-on-year -11 +61 +37
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 91 196 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.24% 2.26% 1.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.04% 8.60% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 57 102 64
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £39,600
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,367 £51,250 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.24% -19.61% +21.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £82,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,250 2,280 2,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.34% 26.34% 41.26%
Number of salaries quoted 585 1,283 960
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £38,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £68,250 £63,750 £66,055
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,048 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.76% -9.92% +9.09%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the West Midlands

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the West Midlands

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the West Midlands

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Birmingham +13 27 £35,000 -39.13% 114
Staffordshire +38 25 £35,000 -36.36% 99
Warwickshire +8 14 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Shropshire +10 10 - - 111
Herefordshire +12 4 £40,367 -
Tipton +12 1 £47,500 - 2
Walsall +7 1 £33,000 - 5
Worcestershire +2 1 - - 68
West Bromwich -2 1 £30,000 - 1
Coventry -4 1 - - 62
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (2.20%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (7.69%) Revit
4 1 (1.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (4.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (32.97%) Azure
2 21 (23.08%) AWS
3 12 (13.19%) Amazon ECS
4 9 (9.89%) Google Workspace
5 6 (6.59%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.59%) GCP
6 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.40%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (4.40%) Google App Engine
7 4 (4.40%) Google Compute Engine
7 4 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (4.40%) Serverless
8 3 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) Firewall
2 11 (12.09%) DNS
3 10 (10.99%) Broadband
3 10 (10.99%) DHCP
3 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
3 10 (10.99%) WLAN
4 9 (9.89%) BGP
4 9 (9.89%) OSPF
4 9 (9.89%) VLAN
5 3 (3.30%) HTTP
6 2 (2.20%) LAN
6 2 (2.20%) WAN
7 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.10%) PuTTY
7 1 (1.10%) VPN
7 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.69%) MySQL
3 5 (5.49%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.40%) BigQuery
4 4 (4.40%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (2.20%) Big Data
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) Subversion
General
1 46 (50.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (17.58%) Manufacturing
4 13 (14.29%) Retail
5 11 (12.09%) Finance
6 9 (9.89%) Automotive
7 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Games
8 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.20%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) iGaming
9 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (26.37%) Developer
2 15 (16.48%) Graduate
2 15 (16.48%) Graduate Developer
3 12 (13.19%) C# Developer
3 12 (13.19%) Site Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (10.99%) Graduate C# Developer
5 10 (10.99%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.79%) Software Developer
7 7 (7.69%) C# Software Developer
7 7 (7.69%) IT Graduate
8 6 (6.59%) Architect
8 6 (6.59%) Civil Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 6 (6.59%) Graduate Software Developer
8 6 (6.59%) Lead
8 6 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.49%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 5 (5.49%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (23.08%) .NET
2 12 (13.19%) Loki
3 10 (10.99%) HTML
4 9 (9.89%) CSS
5 8 (8.79%) React
6 7 (7.69%) ASP.NET
6 7 (7.69%) jQuery
6 7 (7.69%) WinForms
7 6 (6.59%) Node.js
8 4 (4.40%) Express.js
8 4 (4.40%) React Native
8 4 (4.40%) SailPoint
9 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.20%) HTML5
9 2 (2.20%) WPF
10 1 (1.10%) JSON
10 1 (1.10%) Laravel
10 1 (1.10%) REST
10 1 (1.10%) Restlet
10 1 (1.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Management Information System
1 10 (10.99%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (9.89%) Smartphone
3 5 (5.49%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.49%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.20%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.20%) Cyberattack
4 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.10%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.10%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Windows
2 11 (12.09%) Linux
3 9 (9.89%) Mac OS X
3 9 (9.89%) Ubuntu
3 9 (9.89%) Windows 10
3 9 (9.89%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.89%) Windows Server 2016
3 9 (9.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (98.90%) Computer Science
2 32 (35.16%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (19.78%) DevOps
4 14 (15.38%) Agile
5 12 (13.19%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
7 10 (10.99%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (10.99%) ERP
7 10 (10.99%) Performance Tuning
7 10 (10.99%) Roadmaps
8 9 (9.89%) Broadcast Engineering
8 9 (9.89%) Business Case
8 9 (9.89%) High Availability
8 9 (9.89%) Machine Learning
8 9 (9.89%) Product Management
8 9 (9.89%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (8.79%) Clean Code
9 8 (8.79%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 39 (42.86%) SQL
2 35 (38.46%) C#
3 21 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 20 (21.98%) Java
5 19 (20.88%) TypeScript
6 15 (16.48%) PHP
7 14 (15.38%) C++
8 13 (14.29%) Python
9 9 (9.89%) PowerShell
10 7 (7.69%) C
10 7 (7.69%) Dart
10 7 (7.69%) MATLAB
10 7 (7.69%) R
10 7 (7.69%) Ruby
10 7 (7.69%) Rust
11 2 (2.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (10.99%) HND
2 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (9.89%) HNC
3 9 (9.89%) MCSE
4 3 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.30%) CISSP
4 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.20%) CCSP
5 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.10%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.10%) CCNA
6 1 (1.10%) CCNP
6 1 (1.10%) OCA
6 1 (1.10%) OCP
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.10%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Docker
3 1 (1.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 12 (13.19%) Grafana
2 12 (13.19%) Prometheus
2 12 (13.19%) Terraform
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.29%) Google
3 11 (12.09%) Cisco
4 9 (9.89%) Apple
4 9 (9.89%) Dell
4 9 (9.89%) Fortinet
4 9 (9.89%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (4.40%) Okta
6 2 (2.20%) Oracle
7 1 (1.10%) IFS
7 1 (1.10%) Meraki
7 1 (1.10%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.10%) Remedy
7 1 (1.10%) SAP
7 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow