Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 29 July 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 29 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Computer Science (Computing Science, Comp Sci)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
29 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 54 122 108
Rank change year-on-year +68 -14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,207 125 244
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.28% 2.31% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 2.48% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 718 99 222
10th Percentile £36,250 £22,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -15.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,625 £89,000 £87,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,505 5,047 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.14% 93.17% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 17,088 4,365 6,627
10th Percentile £36,000 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £75,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

Computer Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science.

Computer Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.

Computer Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 29 July 2021, Computer Science job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Computer Science.

1 953 (78.96%) Degree
2 567 (46.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 464 (38.44%) Agile Software Development
4 381 (31.57%) JavaScript
5 365 (30.24%) Social Skills
6 358 (29.66%) SQL
7 329 (27.26%) Java
8 290 (24.03%) Software Engineering
9 286 (23.70%) Python
10 244 (20.22%) Mathematics
11 223 (18.48%) AWS
12 218 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
13 210 (17.40%) C#
14 206 (17.07%) Azure
15 196 (16.24%) React
16 188 (15.58%) .NET
17 185 (15.33%) DevOps
18 179 (14.83%) Docker
19 178 (14.75%) Git (software)
20 171 (14.17%) Full Stack Development
21 159 (13.17%) Finance
22 156 (12.92%) Statistics
23 153 (12.68%) Pharmaceutical
24 149 (12.34%) CSS
25 146 (12.10%) HTML
25 146 (12.10%) Microsoft
26 144 (11.93%) Linux
27 143 (11.85%) Microservices
28 138 (11.43%) Analytics
28 138 (11.43%) Scrum

Computer Science
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 113 (9.36%) SAS
2 36 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 30 (2.49%) Confluence
4 29 (2.40%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.82%) CMS
6 17 (1.41%) Documentum
7 16 (1.33%) Apache
7 16 (1.33%) IIS
8 7 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
9 6 (0.50%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.41%) nginx
11 4 (0.33%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.17%) Apache Pig
13 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.17%) WordPress
14 1 (0.083%) GeoServer
Applications
1 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.66%) InVision
3 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.50%) Figma
4 6 (0.50%) Marvel
4 6 (0.50%) Sketch
4 6 (0.50%) UserZoom
5 5 (0.41%) Windchill
6 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.17%) GIMP
7 2 (0.17%) SPSS
7 2 (0.17%) Weka
8 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.083%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Oracle Clinical
2 10 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (0.75%) TrackWise
4 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.083%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 223 (18.48%) AWS
2 206 (17.07%) Azure
3 126 (10.44%) SaaS
4 79 (6.55%) GCP
5 56 (4.64%) Serverless
6 46 (3.81%) GitHub
7 33 (2.73%) Amazon S3
8 32 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 32 (2.65%) Veeva
9 27 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (1.41%) Azure Functions
12 17 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.08%) PaaS
15 12 (0.99%) Firebase
16 11 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (0.91%) PowerApps
17 10 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.07%) TCP/IP
1 25 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (1.99%) Wireless
3 23 (1.91%) Bluetooth
4 18 (1.49%) MQTT
5 17 (1.41%) Ethernet
6 16 (1.33%) Firewall
7 15 (1.24%) Broadband
8 14 (1.16%) Internet
9 13 (1.08%) FTP
10 9 (0.75%) SMS
11 8 (0.66%) ZigBee
12 6 (0.50%) Asterisk PBX
12 6 (0.50%) Modbus
13 4 (0.33%) 5G
13 4 (0.33%) MPLS
13 4 (0.33%) OSPF
13 4 (0.33%) SAN
13 4 (0.33%) VPN
14 3 (0.25%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.88%) NoSQL
3 60 (4.97%) MySQL
4 58 (4.81%) Relational Database
5 55 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (3.40%) Big Data
7 34 (2.82%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
9 28 (2.32%) Power BI
9 28 (2.32%) Redis
10 23 (1.91%) RDBMS
11 22 (1.82%) BigQuery
12 21 (1.74%) Tableau
13 20 (1.66%) Base SAS
13 20 (1.66%) Data Lake
14 19 (1.57%) SQL Server 2012
14 19 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 18 (1.49%) Apache Hive
16 15 (1.24%) Hadoop
16 15 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 178 (14.75%) Git (software)
2 61 (5.05%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.05%) JIRA
3 27 (2.24%) Selenium
3 27 (2.24%) Visual Studio
4 25 (2.07%) Cucumber
4 25 (2.07%) Gradle
5 22 (1.82%) webpack
6 18 (1.49%) GitLab
7 15 (1.24%) Subversion
8 14 (1.16%) JUnit
8 14 (1.16%) Maven
9 13 (1.08%) IntelliJ
9 13 (1.08%) Mercurial
10 12 (0.99%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.91%) SpecFlow
12 10 (0.83%) Visual Studio Team System
13 8 (0.66%) Ant
13 8 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 365 (30.24%) Social Skills
2 159 (13.17%) Finance
3 153 (12.68%) Pharmaceutical
4 137 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (4.97%) Marketing
6 55 (4.56%) Retail
7 44 (3.65%) Games
8 38 (3.15%) Banking
9 36 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (2.90%) French Language
11 27 (2.24%) German Language
11 27 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.99%) Electronics
13 19 (1.57%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.49%) Legal
15 17 (1.41%) Italian Language
15 17 (1.41%) Spanish Language
16 15 (1.24%) Publishing
17 13 (1.08%) Public Sector
18 12 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 513 (42.50%) Developer
2 115 (9.53%) Programmer
3 103 (8.53%) Software Engineer
4 86 (7.13%) React Developer
5 85 (7.04%) Senior Developer
6 82 (6.79%) Statistical Programmer
7 80 (6.63%) Full Stack Developer
8 75 (6.21%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 75 (6.21%) Java Developer
9 72 (5.97%) Software Developer
10 66 (5.47%) JavaScript Developer
11 64 (5.30%) Analyst
12 60 (4.97%) .NET Developer
13 59 (4.89%) Data Engineer
14 52 (4.31%) Senior Programmer
15 51 (4.23%) Architect
15 51 (4.23%) C# Developer
16 44 (3.65%) Android Developer
17 42 (3.48%) Angular Developer
17 42 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (16.24%) React
2 188 (15.58%) .NET
3 149 (12.34%) CSS
4 146 (12.10%) HTML
5 130 (10.77%) Node.js
6 114 (9.44%) AngularJS
7 112 (9.28%) REST
8 73 (6.05%) Web Services
9 62 (5.14%) .NET Core
10 57 (4.72%) RESTful
11 55 (4.56%) ASP.NET
12 44 (3.65%) .NET Framework
13 40 (3.31%) Spring
14 38 (3.15%) Redux
15 35 (2.90%) jQuery
15 35 (2.90%) React Native
16 33 (2.73%) Sass
16 33 (2.73%) Vue.js
17 32 (2.65%) Django
18 31 (2.57%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.78%) Mobile App
2 105 (8.70%) Life Science
3 74 (6.13%) User Experience
4 72 (5.97%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 58 (4.81%) Data Structures
7 52 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (3.73%) Biotechnology
9 41 (3.40%) Virtual Team
10 27 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
11 26 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.82%) Client/Server
12 22 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
13 20 (1.66%) LIMS
14 15 (1.24%) Device Driver
15 13 (1.08%) Pharmacovigilance
16 11 (0.91%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.91%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 144 (11.93%) Linux
2 103 (8.53%) Windows
3 83 (6.88%) Android
4 22 (1.82%) Unix
5 21 (1.74%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.75%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.58%) SUSE
9 6 (0.50%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.083%) AIX
12 1 (0.083%) CentOS
12 1 (0.083%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.083%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.083%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (38.44%) Agile Software Development
2 290 (24.03%) Software Engineering
3 244 (20.22%) Mathematics
4 218 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
5 185 (15.33%) DevOps
6 171 (14.17%) Full Stack Development
7 156 (12.92%) Statistics
8 143 (11.85%) Microservices
9 138 (11.43%) Analytics
9 138 (11.43%) Scrum
10 137 (11.35%) Mentoring
11 126 (10.44%) TDD
12 117 (9.69%) Data Management
13 114 (9.44%) SDLC
14 109 (9.03%) OO
14 109 (9.03%) Test Automation
15 98 (8.12%) Data Science
16 95 (7.87%) Artificial Intelligence
17 89 (7.37%) Front End Development
18 80 (6.63%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 381 (31.57%) JavaScript
2 358 (29.66%) SQL
3 329 (27.26%) Java
4 286 (23.70%) Python
5 210 (17.40%) C#
6 122 (10.11%) C++
7 113 (9.36%) TypeScript
8 66 (5.47%) Scala
9 65 (5.39%) C
10 53 (4.39%) ES6
10 53 (4.39%) Kotlin
11 50 (4.14%) Go
12 48 (3.98%) R
13 41 (3.40%) PHP
13 41 (3.40%) Ruby
14 30 (2.49%) Bash Shell
15 28 (2.32%) VB
16 27 (2.24%) Embedded C++
17 24 (1.99%) Java 8
18 22 (1.82%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 953 (78.96%) Degree
2 567 (46.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 58 (4.81%) Master's Degree
4 47 (3.89%) Numerate Degree
5 23 (1.91%) PhD
6 21 (1.74%) CISSP
6 21 (1.74%) Security Cleared
7 17 (1.41%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 11 (0.91%) GIAC
9 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.66%) SANS
11 7 (0.58%) PMP
12 6 (0.50%) HND
12 6 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.50%) MCP
13 5 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.21%) QA
2 60 (4.97%) CDISC
3 32 (2.65%) Good Clinical Practice
4 25 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.49%) GDPR
6 14 (1.16%) NIST
7 13 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.99%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.66%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.58%) COBIT
10 7 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.41%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) HL7
14 2 (0.17%) IEC 61131
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 179 (14.83%) Docker
2 24 (1.99%) Firmware
3 12 (0.99%) vSphere
4 11 (0.91%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.66%) HDFS
6 7 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.25%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.083%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.083%) KVM
9 1 (0.083%) NFS
9 1 (0.083%) Postfix
9 1 (0.083%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.083%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 44 (3.65%) Terraform
3 17 (1.41%) Ansible
4 9 (0.75%) Hadoop YARN
5 7 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
5 7 (0.58%) Grafana
5 7 (0.58%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.58%) Puppet
5 7 (0.58%) Rancher
6 6 (0.50%) FlexNet
7 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.33%) Opscode Chef
8 2 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.17%) vRealize
8 2 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.083%) CASB
9 1 (0.083%) Consul
9 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 146 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.63%) Oracle
3 47 (3.89%) Google
4 25 (2.07%) Salesforce.com
5 21 (1.74%) SAP
6 15 (1.24%) Databricks
7 13 (1.08%) Apple
8 12 (0.99%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.75%) Cisco
9 9 (0.75%) JD Edwards
9 9 (0.75%) Xamarin
10 8 (0.66%) Qubit
11 7 (0.58%) VMware
12 6 (0.50%) ANSYS
12 6 (0.50%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.50%) HP
12 6 (0.50%) OpenText
13 5 (0.41%) Dell
13 5 (0.41%) IBM
13 5 (0.41%) PTC