Computer Science Jobs in the West Midlands

Computer Science
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 64 74 89
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 136 333 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.16% 4.04% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 4.17% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 119 140 155
10th Percentile £25,600 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +15.29% -2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,875 £74,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,026 7,984 6,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 92.62% 96.85% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 4,391 5,185
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £30,475
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,170 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +4.34% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Birmingham +49 49 £60,000 - 35
Warwickshire +11 28 £37,500 -23.47% 17
Coventry +44 19 £60,750 - 7
Staffordshire +2 5 £29,000 +3.57% 11
Wolverhampton +20 4 £60,000 - 2
Herefordshire +2 3 £50,000 - 1
Solihull +3 2 £26,500 -64.67% 3
Worcestershire -13 1 - - 7
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 -
Halesowen - 1 - - 1
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 4 (2.94%) SAS
2 2 (1.47%) Alfresco
2 2 (1.47%) Captiva
2 2 (1.47%) Documentum
2 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.74%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (6.62%) ProductWriter
2 8 (5.88%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.94%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) Power Platform
2 24 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 22 (16.18%) Power Automate
4 21 (15.44%) Azure
4 21 (15.44%) PowerApps
5 6 (4.41%) AWS
6 5 (3.68%) GitHub
6 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.94%) GCP
7 4 (2.94%) SaaS
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Firewall
2 2 (1.47%) Network Security
2 2 (1.47%) VPN
3 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.74%) DHCP
3 1 (0.74%) DNS
3 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.74%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.74%) SMTP
3 1 (0.74%) SNMP
3 1 (0.74%) SSH
3 1 (0.74%) SSL
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (19.85%) Power BI
2 11 (8.09%) Data Hub
3 9 (6.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (5.88%) Data Mining
5 6 (4.41%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.21%) Tableau
8 2 (1.47%) EDMS
9 1 (0.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Git
2 6 (4.41%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (3.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.74%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 70 (51.47%) Social Skills
2 48 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (33.09%) Finance
4 21 (15.44%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.82%) Automotive
6 9 (6.62%) Marketing
7 3 (2.21%) Electronics
7 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Retail
8 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.74%) Back Office
9 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.74%) French Language
9 1 (0.74%) German Language
9 1 (0.74%) Law
9 1 (0.74%) Legal
9 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (22.79%) Developer
2 29 (21.32%) Analyst
3 20 (14.71%) Consultant
4 19 (13.97%) Technical Consultant
5 13 (9.56%) Digital Analyst
5 13 (9.56%) Forensic Analyst
5 13 (9.56%) Senior
6 12 (8.82%) Project Manager
7 11 (8.09%) Graduate
8 10 (7.35%) Pricing Developer
9 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Consultant
10 8 (5.88%) Business Analyst
10 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
10 8 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
10 8 (5.88%) NetSuite Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Angular Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Architect
11 6 (4.41%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.97%) .NET
2 10 (7.35%) RESTful
3 9 (6.62%) Middleware
4 8 (5.88%) Restlet
5 7 (5.15%) CSS
5 7 (5.15%) HTML
6 6 (4.41%) Angular 2
6 6 (4.41%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.41%) CSS3
6 6 (4.41%) HTML5
7 4 (2.94%) PyTorch
7 4 (2.94%) TensorFlow
8 3 (2.21%) NumPy
8 3 (2.21%) Pandas
8 3 (2.21%) scikit-learn
8 3 (2.21%) SOAP
9 2 (1.47%) Velocity
9 2 (1.47%) XML
10 1 (0.74%) LDAP
10 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 19 (13.97%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (13.24%) Algorithms
4 13 (9.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (8.09%) Data Structures
6 10 (7.35%) Virtual Team
7 6 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (4.41%) Operational Technology
8 5 (3.68%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.94%) Infotainment
9 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (2.21%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.47%) Media Streaming
11 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.74%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.68%) FreeRTOS
1 5 (3.68%) Linux
2 3 (2.21%) Android
2 3 (2.21%) Windows
3 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.53%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (30.88%) Agile
3 39 (28.68%) Project Management
4 33 (24.26%) Translating Business Requirements
5 27 (19.85%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (15.44%) Analytics
7 20 (14.71%) Software Engineering
8 19 (13.97%) Migration
9 18 (13.24%) CRM
9 18 (13.24%) Data Modelling
10 16 (11.76%) ERP
11 15 (11.03%) Presales
11 15 (11.03%) Scrum
11 15 (11.03%) SDLC
11 15 (11.03%) User Acceptance Testing
12 14 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (10.29%) Data Analysis
12 14 (10.29%) User Experience
13 13 (9.56%) Digital Forensics
13 13 (9.56%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (25.74%) SQL
2 34 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 22 (16.18%) C#
4 16 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 12 (8.82%) Python
6 9 (6.62%) Java
7 7 (5.15%) R
8 6 (4.41%) C
9 5 (3.68%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.94%) C++
10 4 (2.94%) Rust
11 1 (0.74%) Go
11 1 (0.74%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.74%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.74%) Swift
11 1 (0.74%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 136 (100.00%) Degree
2 67 (49.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (8.09%) Master's Degree
4 6 (4.41%) CISM
4 6 (4.41%) CISSP
5 4 (2.94%) CRISC
6 3 (2.21%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.21%) CFCE
6 3 (2.21%) EnCE
6 3 (2.21%) MCITP
6 3 (2.21%) MCTS
6 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.21%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.47%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 2 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) QA
2 3 (2.21%) ISO 26262
2 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (1.47%) MISRA
3 2 (1.47%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (3.68%) Firmware
2 3 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) Terraform
2 1 (0.74%) Ansible
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.29%) Salesforce
3 8 (5.88%) JD Edwards
4 7 (5.15%) Oracle
5 6 (4.41%) NEC
6 3 (2.21%) Databricks
7 2 (1.47%) Cadence
7 2 (1.47%) Cisco
7 2 (1.47%) Google
7 2 (1.47%) SAP
8 1 (0.74%) Apple
8 1 (0.74%) Aruba
8 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.74%) Sparx