Computer Science Job Trends in the West Midlands

Computer Science
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 32 61
Rank change year-on-year -47 +29 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 100 333 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.78% 6.06% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 7.31% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 63 89 127
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,879 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,735 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -27.27% +12.24%
75th Percentile £62,630 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +7.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,015 4,557 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.80% 82.91% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 2,075 2,517
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,009 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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 -22 33 £52,500 +61.54% 28
Staffordshire -10 25 £65,000 +85.71% 8
Warwickshire -1 6 £50,000 +11.11% 13
Herefordshire 0 5 £40,367 - 4
Worcestershire -19 5 £40,727 +16.36% 7
Wednesbury +1 4 £42,500 -
Shropshire - 4 £47,500 - 9
Coventry -12 3 - - 10
West Bromwich +3 2 £30,000 -
Tipton +2 1 £47,500 - 2
Dudley +1 1 - -
Walsall 0 1 £33,000 - 1
Solihull -4 1 - - 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (6.00%) IIS
2 1 (1.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.00%) CMS
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (8.00%) Chatbot
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (7.00%) NetSuite
2 5 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.00%) Odoo
4 1 (1.00%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (1.00%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.00%) Azure
2 11 (11.00%) SaaS
3 9 (9.00%) AWS
3 9 (9.00%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.00%) GCP
7 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.00%) Firebase
8 2 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.00%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.00%) GitHub
9 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.00%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) HTTP
2 3 (3.00%) Firewall
3 2 (2.00%) Modbus
4 1 (1.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.00%) DHCP
4 1 (1.00%) DNS
4 1 (1.00%) LAN
4 1 (1.00%) PuTTY
4 1 (1.00%) WAN
4 1 (1.00%) Wireless
4 1 (1.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.00%) Power BI
3 5 (5.00%) MySQL
4 4 (4.00%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.00%) Tableau
6 2 (2.00%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.00%) Hazelcast
6 2 (2.00%) Metadata
7 1 (1.00%) Big Data
7 1 (1.00%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.00%) Power Query
7 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (7.00%) JIRA
2 6 (6.00%) Git
3 2 (2.00%) ERwin
3 2 (2.00%) GitLab
4 1 (1.00%) Selenium
4 1 (1.00%) TestRail
General
1 55 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.00%) Finance
4 15 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Law
9 2 (2.00%) Back Office
9 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.00%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.00%) Legal
9 2 (2.00%) Marketing
10 1 (1.00%) Advertising
10 1 (1.00%) Electronics
10 1 (1.00%) Games
10 1 (1.00%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 17 (17.00%) Developer
2 9 (9.00%) Analyst
3 8 (8.00%) Trainer
4 7 (7.00%) Graduate
4 7 (7.00%) Software Engineer
4 7 (7.00%) Support Engineer
5 6 (6.00%) Architect
5 6 (6.00%) Graduate Developer
5 6 (6.00%) Lead
5 6 (6.00%) Technical Engineer
5 6 (6.00%) Technical Support
5 6 (6.00%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (5.00%) Junior
7 4 (4.00%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
7 4 (4.00%) Identity Management Engineer
8 3 (3.00%) Associate Director
8 3 (3.00%) ERP Developer
8 3 (3.00%) PHP Software Engineer
8 3 (3.00%) Python Engineer
8 3 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.00%) HTML
2 10 (10.00%) .NET
2 10 (10.00%) React
3 8 (8.00%) CSS
4 6 (6.00%) EDI
5 5 (5.00%) Node.js
6 4 (4.00%) SailPoint
7 3 (3.00%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.00%) JSON
7 3 (3.00%) Laravel
7 3 (3.00%) Next.js
7 3 (3.00%) React Native
7 3 (3.00%) Vue
7 3 (3.00%) XML
8 2 (2.00%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.00%) Hibernate
8 2 (2.00%) jQuery
8 2 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (2.00%) Spring
8 2 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) IoT
2 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.00%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.00%) SCADA
4 3 (3.00%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.00%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.00%) Life Science
5 2 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.00%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.00%) FMCG
6 1 (1.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (22.00%) AI
3 18 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (17.00%) Analytics
4 17 (17.00%) Machine Learning
5 13 (13.00%) CRM
6 12 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.00%) ERP
7 11 (11.00%) Mathematics
8 10 (10.00%) Agile
8 10 (10.00%) Data Privacy
8 10 (10.00%) Project Management
8 10 (10.00%) Software Engineering
8 10 (10.00%) Statistics
9 9 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (8.00%) Conversational UI
11 7 (7.00%) Decision-Making
11 7 (7.00%) Mentoring
11 7 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.00%) SQL
2 25 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 25 (25.00%) Python
3 22 (22.00%) PHP
4 20 (20.00%) C#
5 19 (19.00%) Java
6 9 (9.00%) C
6 9 (9.00%) C++
6 9 (9.00%) R
7 7 (7.00%) Dart
7 7 (7.00%) MATLAB
7 7 (7.00%) Ruby
7 7 (7.00%) Rust
7 7 (7.00%) TypeScript
8 3 (3.00%) VBA
9 2 (2.00%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.00%) Bash
10 1 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (79.00%) Degree
2 58 (58.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (14.00%) Master's Degree
4 8 (8.00%) PhD
4 8 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.00%) CISSP
7 5 (5.00%) CITP
8 4 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.00%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (3.00%) CCSP
9 3 (3.00%) CISM
9 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.00%) CCNA
11 1 (1.00%) CCNP
11 1 (1.00%) HND
11 1 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.00%) NIST
3 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.00%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.00%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.00%) QA
5 1 (1.00%) GDPR
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.00%) PayPal
3 6 (6.00%) Oracle
3 6 (6.00%) SAP
4 5 (5.00%) Epicor
4 5 (5.00%) Infor
5 4 (4.00%) Okta
6 3 (3.00%) Google
7 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.00%) Sparx
8 1 (1.00%) Cisco
8 1 (1.00%) Concur
8 1 (1.00%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.00%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.00%) Pegasus
8 1 (1.00%) Peregrine
8 1 (1.00%) Remedy
8 1 (1.00%) Rockwell
8 1 (1.00%) Sage
8 1 (1.00%) Siemens