Computer Science Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Computer Science
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 18 57
Rank change year-on-year -23 +39 +128
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 92 116 92
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 4.96% 8.08% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 9.15% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 56 21 65
10th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £43,840 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% -7.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £71,250
90th Percentile - £65,000 £72,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,487 1,268 1,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 80.20% 88.36% 91.60%
Number of salaries quoted 872 629 1,426
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £41,250 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in West Yorkshire

Computer Science
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Leeds -20 61 £61,250 +22.50% 10
Wakefield +3 11 £42,500 - 2
Huddersfield -1 7 - - 1
Bradford -14 7 £56,250 +2.27% 11
Brighouse +5 4 £30,500 -
Halifax +14 2 - -
Computer Science
Yorkshire

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 2 (2.17%) CMS
1 2 (2.17%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Autodesk Inventor
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.35%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.09%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 33 (35.87%) AWS
2 30 (32.61%) Azure
3 27 (29.35%) Serverless
4 4 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.26%) SaaS
6 2 (2.17%) Amazon Cognito
6 2 (2.17%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.17%) Figma
6 2 (2.17%) GCP
6 2 (2.17%) GitHub
7 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Firewall
1 1 (1.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.17%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.17%) Metadata
2 2 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.09%) Big Data
3 1 (1.09%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Git
General
1 68 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.04%) Manufacturing
3 9 (9.78%) Retail
4 8 (8.70%) Esports
4 8 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (6.52%) Finance
6 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.26%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.26%) Legal
8 2 (2.17%) Marketing
8 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (30.43%) Architect
2 27 (29.35%) Developer
3 21 (22.83%) JIRA Developer
4 15 (16.30%) Graduate
5 14 (15.22%) Applications Architect
6 11 (11.96%) Software Architect
7 8 (8.70%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Linux Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Logistics Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Software Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Software Engineering Graduate
8 4 (4.35%) Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Graduate Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Graduate Technical Support
8 4 (4.35%) Software Support Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Technical Support
8 4 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) Micronaut
1 3 (3.26%) React
2 2 (2.17%) Next.js
2 2 (2.17%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.17%) Swagger
3 1 (1.09%) .NET
3 1 (1.09%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.09%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.09%) CSS
3 1 (1.09%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.09%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.09%) HTML
3 1 (1.09%) Kafka
3 1 (1.09%) REST
3 1 (1.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.17%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.70%) Social Media
3 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.17%) CMDB
5 2 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.04%) Windows
2 10 (10.87%) Linux
3 4 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (33.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (30.43%) Mentoring
3 28 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 26 (28.26%) Data Modelling
4 26 (28.26%) ITSM
5 25 (27.17%) Architectural Patterns
5 25 (27.17%) Enterprise Architecture
5 25 (27.17%) ITIL
5 25 (27.17%) Microservices
5 25 (27.17%) Migration
6 24 (26.09%) Application Security
6 24 (26.09%) EAI
6 24 (26.09%) TOGAF
7 23 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 22 (23.91%) Change Management
9 21 (22.83%) Asset Management
9 21 (22.83%) Service Management
10 18 (19.57%) Software Engineering
11 11 (11.96%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 49 (53.26%) JavaScript
2 36 (39.13%) Java
3 31 (33.70%) C#
4 30 (32.61%) Python
5 27 (29.35%) TypeScript
6 23 (25.00%) PowerShell
7 13 (14.13%) SQL
8 8 (8.70%) C
8 8 (8.70%) C++
8 8 (8.70%) PL/SQL
9 4 (4.35%) Delphi
10 2 (2.17%) Bash
11 1 (1.09%) PHP
11 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (88.04%) Degree
2 46 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (30.43%) AWS Certification
4 26 (28.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (26.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 24 (26.09%) Azure Certification
5 24 (26.09%) TOGAF Certification
6 21 (22.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (8.70%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.17%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.17%) IIBA
9 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.17%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.17%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.09%) CISM
10 1 (1.09%) CISSP
10 1 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.35%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.09%) NCSC
3 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.17%) SCCM
2 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (22.83%) Atlassian
3 4 (4.35%) Autodesk
3 4 (4.35%) Sage
4 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.17%) Nexthink
4 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.09%) Google
5 1 (1.09%) PayPal