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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 128 173
Rank change year-on-year +56 +45 +14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 143 133 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.47% 1.70% 1.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.05% 6.48% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 48 98 59
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £38,186
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,500 £53,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £53,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% -14.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £65,125 £80,375 £83,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -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 2,364 2,051 2,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.43% 26.24% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 543 1,298 964
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,575
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +12.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £65,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +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 29 May 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 29 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
Warwickshire +46 50 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Birmingham +20 27 £35,000 -39.13% 83
Staffordshire +35 25 £35,000 -36.36% 97
Shropshire +10 10 - - 105
Coventry -7 5 - - 56
Worcestershire +12 3 - - 59
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Herefordshire +9 2 £40,367 - 1
Solihull +4 2 - - 3
Wolverhampton +20 1 - - 54
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - - 1
Walsall - 1 £33,000 - 2
Willenhall - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
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 (1.40%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.90%) Revit
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.28%) Azure
2 20 (13.99%) AWS
3 12 (8.39%) Amazon ECS
4 11 (7.69%) Google Workspace
5 6 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.80%) Cloud Functions
6 4 (2.80%) GCP
6 4 (2.80%) Google App Engine
6 4 (2.80%) Google Compute Engine
6 4 (2.80%) Serverless
7 3 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.40%) Asana
8 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 34 (23.78%) WLAN
2 22 (15.38%) Internet
2 22 (15.38%) Network Security
3 14 (9.79%) Firewall
4 13 (9.09%) DNS
5 12 (8.39%) DHCP
5 12 (8.39%) TCP/IP
6 11 (7.69%) BGP
6 11 (7.69%) OSPF
6 11 (7.69%) VLAN
7 10 (6.99%) Broadband
8 2 (1.40%) LAN
8 2 (1.40%) WAN
9 1 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.70%) HTTP
9 1 (0.70%) PuTTY
9 1 (0.70%) VPN
9 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) MySQL
1 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.50%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.80%) BigQuery
3 4 (2.80%) Cloud Spanner
4 2 (1.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Git
1 2 (1.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 43 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.49%) Retail
3 14 (9.79%) Manufacturing
4 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.69%) Automotive
6 9 (6.29%) Finance
7 4 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Games
8 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.40%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.70%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 40 (27.97%) IT Manager
2 34 (23.78%) IT Engineer
3 24 (16.78%) Support Engineer
4 23 (16.08%) IT Support
4 23 (16.08%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (13.29%) Developer
6 13 (9.09%) Graduate
6 13 (9.09%) Graduate Developer
6 13 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Site Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) C# Developer
9 10 (6.99%) Graduate C# Developer
10 7 (4.90%) IT Graduate
10 7 (4.90%) Software Developer
11 6 (4.20%) C# Software Developer
11 6 (4.20%) Civil Engineer
11 6 (4.20%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 6 (4.20%) Graduate Software Developer
11 6 (4.20%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.99%) .NET
2 12 (8.39%) Loki
3 9 (6.29%) HTML
4 8 (5.59%) CSS
5 7 (4.90%) ASP.NET
5 7 (4.90%) jQuery
5 7 (4.90%) WinForms
6 5 (3.50%) Node.js
6 5 (3.50%) React
7 4 (2.80%) Express.js
7 4 (2.80%) React Native
8 2 (1.40%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.70%) HTML5
9 1 (0.70%) Laravel
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.70%) Pixi.js
9 1 (0.70%) REST
9 1 (0.70%) Swagger
9 1 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.79%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.69%) Smartphone
4 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.50%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.50%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.80%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.40%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.40%) PKI
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.70%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.17%) Windows
2 34 (23.78%) Linux
3 11 (7.69%) Mac OS X
3 11 (7.69%) Ubuntu
3 11 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 51 (35.66%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (27.97%) Customer-Centricity
4 33 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 24 (16.78%) ITIL
6 22 (15.38%) Asset Management
6 22 (15.38%) IT Asset Management
6 22 (15.38%) Network Management
7 18 (12.59%) DevOps
8 15 (10.49%) Agile
9 12 (8.39%) Performance Tuning
9 12 (8.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 11 (7.69%) Business Case
10 11 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
11 10 (6.99%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (6.99%) Roadmaps
12 9 (6.29%) Broadcast Engineering
12 9 (6.29%) High Availability
12 9 (6.29%) Machine Learning
12 9 (6.29%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.87%) SQL
2 34 (23.78%) C#
3 22 (15.38%) Java
4 19 (13.29%) TypeScript
5 17 (11.89%) JavaScript
6 16 (11.19%) C++
7 15 (10.49%) PHP
8 13 (9.09%) Python
9 11 (7.69%) PowerShell
10 7 (4.90%) C
10 7 (4.90%) Dart
10 7 (4.90%) MATLAB
10 7 (4.90%) R
10 7 (4.90%) Ruby
10 7 (4.90%) Rust
11 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 143 (100.00%) Degree
2 34 (23.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 33 (23.08%) MCSE
4 23 (16.08%) CCNA
4 23 (16.08%) CCNP
4 23 (16.08%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (15.38%) LPIC
5 22 (15.38%) MCP
6 12 (8.39%) HND
7 11 (7.69%) HNC
8 3 (2.10%) CISSP
8 3 (2.10%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.10%) PMP
9 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.40%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.70%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.10%) NIST
2 2 (1.40%) GDPR
2 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 11 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (9.79%) Kubernetes
2 12 (8.39%) Grafana
2 12 (8.39%) Prometheus
2 12 (8.39%) Terraform
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 46 (32.17%) Microsoft
2 35 (24.48%) Cisco
3 15 (10.49%) Google
4 11 (7.69%) Apple
4 11 (7.69%) Dell
4 11 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 11 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (1.40%) Okta
6 1 (0.70%) Meraki
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle
6 1 (0.70%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.70%) Remedy
6 1 (0.70%) SAP
6 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow