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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 100 86
Rank change year-on-year +34 -14 +6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 253 205 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.49% 3.12% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 3.22% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 177 99 129
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £66,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 6,033 6,360 6,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.12% 96.80% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,272 4,767
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,713 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +16 89 £57,500 -6.81% 28
Warwickshire +38 50 £57,500 +12.20% 6
Worcestershire -2 27 £55,000 -18.52% 14
Staffordshire -12 20 £48,750 -18.75% 9
Shropshire - 17 £50,000 - 2
Wolverhampton +21 11 £26,000 -57.27% 2
Solihull +4 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Coventry +24 4 - - 19
Walsall +18 2 £39,649 -8.85% 1
Herefordshire -13 1 - - 2
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 19 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.95%) WordPress
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.79%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.79%) Appian
4 2 (0.79%) Captiva
4 2 (0.79%) Documentum
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.79%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) Shopify
3 4 (1.58%) Magento
4 3 (1.19%) Sage 200
4 3 (1.19%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.34%) Azure
2 28 (11.07%) Power Platform
3 19 (7.51%) AWS
4 13 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.14%) Power Automate
4 13 (5.14%) PowerApps
5 11 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.77%) Amazon S3
6 7 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.77%) GCP
7 6 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.98%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.58%) Amazon Kinesis
9 4 (1.58%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.19%) SaaS
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) WAN
2 9 (3.56%) Firewall
3 6 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.98%) DHCP
4 5 (1.98%) DNS
4 5 (1.98%) Intranet
4 5 (1.98%) LAN
4 5 (1.98%) Network Security
4 5 (1.98%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.98%) WLAN
5 4 (1.58%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (1.58%) iSCSI
5 4 (1.58%) MPLS
5 4 (1.58%) SNMP
5 4 (1.58%) VPN
6 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.40%) VSAN
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.07%) Power BI
2 25 (9.88%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (5.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (4.35%) MySQL
5 11 (4.35%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (2.77%) Power Query
7 7 (2.77%) Tableau
8 6 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.37%) Looker
8 6 (2.37%) Redis
8 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.58%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.58%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.79%) EDMS
11 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.11%) Git
2 17 (6.72%) JIRA
3 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.98%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.58%) Postman
5 4 (1.58%) Xcode
6 1 (0.40%) Moq
6 1 (0.40%) NUnit
6 1 (0.40%) Sourcetree
General
1 83 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 61 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.04%) Finance
4 30 (11.86%) Manufacturing
5 27 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (7.51%) Automotive
6 19 (7.51%) Retail
7 9 (3.56%) Electronics
8 5 (1.98%) Digital Healthcare
8 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.58%) Games
9 4 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Marketing
10 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Social Science
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.40%) Law
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (23.72%) Developer
2 28 (11.07%) Senior
3 26 (10.28%) Analyst
4 23 (9.09%) Lead
4 23 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 20 (7.91%) Data Scientist
6 19 (7.51%) Software Developer
7 14 (5.53%) Architect
7 14 (5.53%) Full Stack Developer
8 13 (5.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 12 (4.74%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.74%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.95%) Junior
10 10 (3.95%) Junior Developer
11 8 (3.16%) Administrator
11 8 (3.16%) Software Manager
12 7 (2.77%) Technical Leader
13 6 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.37%) Senior Software Developer
13 6 (2.37%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.25%) .NET
2 20 (7.91%) AngularJS
3 19 (7.51%) RESTful
4 18 (7.11%) CSS
4 18 (7.11%) HTML
5 13 (5.14%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.95%) Node.js
7 9 (3.56%) SOAP
8 8 (3.16%) Kafka
9 6 (2.37%) PyTorch
9 6 (2.37%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.37%) Vue
9 6 (2.37%) XML
10 5 (1.98%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.98%) React
10 5 (1.98%) WinForms
10 5 (1.98%) WPF
11 4 (1.58%) OpenAPI
11 4 (1.58%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.04%) Algorithms
2 19 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.51%) Mobile App
3 16 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.53%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.14%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.37%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.37%) Industry 4.0
6 6 (2.37%) PMI
6 6 (2.37%) Replication
6 6 (2.37%) SCADA
6 6 (2.37%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (1.98%) CUDA
7 5 (1.98%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.98%) Infotainment
7 5 (1.98%) IoT
8 4 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.58%) LIMS
8 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.86%) Windows
2 20 (7.91%) Linux
3 7 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.37%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.58%) VMS
6 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.40%) Unix
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (51.38%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (27.67%) Agile
3 54 (21.34%) Software Engineering
4 47 (18.58%) Mathematics
5 45 (17.79%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (17.39%) Mentoring
7 43 (17.00%) Data Analysis
8 41 (16.21%) Decision-Making
9 36 (14.23%) SDLC
10 34 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (13.44%) Project Management
11 30 (11.86%) Data Science
12 28 (11.07%) Full Stack Development
13 27 (10.67%) Analytics
14 24 (9.49%) Artificial Intelligence
14 24 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (9.09%) Digital Forensics
15 23 (9.09%) Test Strategy
16 22 (8.70%) DevOps
16 22 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.55%) SQL
2 47 (18.58%) JavaScript
3 35 (13.83%) C#
4 27 (10.67%) Python
5 17 (6.72%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.74%) Java
7 10 (3.95%) PHP
7 10 (3.95%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.16%) C++
9 5 (1.98%) C
10 4 (1.58%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.79%) R
13 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 236 (93.28%) Degree
2 120 (47.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (10.28%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.53%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.35%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.56%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.56%) CISM
7 9 (3.56%) CISSP
8 7 (2.77%) CCNA
8 7 (2.77%) CCNP
8 7 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.77%) PhD
9 6 (2.37%) CISA
10 5 (1.98%) CAPM
10 5 (1.98%) ISEB
10 5 (1.98%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.98%) PCI QSA
10 5 (1.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) QA
2 9 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (2.37%) NIST
4 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.58%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.77%) Docker
4 4 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.58%) pfSense
5 3 (1.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.98%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.98%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 47 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.14%) Cisco
3 10 (3.95%) VMware
4 8 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.37%) Dell
6 5 (1.98%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.98%) HP
6 5 (1.98%) NVIDIA
6 5 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.98%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (1.98%) Xamarin
7 4 (1.58%) BroadSoft
7 4 (1.58%) Brocade
7 4 (1.58%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (1.58%) DevExpress
7 4 (1.58%) Juniper
7 4 (1.58%) QNAP
7 4 (1.58%) Veeam
7 4 (1.58%) Zerto
8 3 (1.19%) QNX