Computer Science Jobs in London

Computer Science
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 36 49
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,525 2,354 5,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.45% 6.98% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.08% 7.32% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 1,448 1,813
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,438 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,541 32,138 66,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.06% 95.35% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,921 23,160 34,012
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,241 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,073 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
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 London

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in London.

Salary trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London +33 291 £80,000 -5.88% 75
South London -3 22 £81,500 +34.05% 12
West London -36 20 £64,000 +5.09% 38
East London +14 9 £93,750 +70.45% 25
North London -8 2 £76,250 +8.93% 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 103 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (4.00%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 30 (1.97%) Apache
5 28 (1.84%) CMS
6 24 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (1.18%) Confluence
8 15 (0.98%) SAS
9 11 (0.72%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.52%) Apache Pig
10 8 (0.52%) IIS
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.33%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.13%) Drupal
13 2 (0.13%) Luigi
13 2 (0.13%) Moodle
14 1 (0.066%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.066%) Umbraco
Applications
1 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.92%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.66%) SPSS
5 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
8 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.066%) InVision
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) SDL Web 8
2 17 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.20%) Endur
4 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.066%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.066%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.066%) Primavera
6 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.066%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 379 (24.85%) AWS
2 366 (24.00%) Azure
3 155 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
4 139 (9.11%) GCP
5 111 (7.28%) Power Platform
6 76 (4.98%) SaaS
7 56 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
8 55 (3.61%) Serverless
9 37 (2.43%) GitHub
9 37 (2.43%) PowerApps
10 33 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.70%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.57%) Amazon S3
14 22 (1.44%) IaaS
14 22 (1.44%) WhatsApp
15 21 (1.38%) PaaS
16 15 (0.98%) Entra ID
17 14 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 14 (0.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.30%) WAN
2 90 (5.90%) Wireless
3 87 (5.70%) WebEx
4 86 (5.64%) Cisco IOS
4 86 (5.64%) SD-WAN
5 48 (3.15%) Network Security
6 29 (1.90%) Firewall
7 27 (1.77%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.38%) DNS
9 19 (1.25%) VPN
10 18 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.85%) Internet
12 11 (0.72%) DHCP
12 11 (0.72%) LAN
13 6 (0.39%) HTTP
13 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.39%) SAN
14 5 (0.33%) DKIM
15 3 (0.20%) VLAN
15 3 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (10.62%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.43%) Power BI
3 63 (4.13%) Big Data
4 60 (3.93%) Relational Database
5 57 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (3.61%) MySQL
7 54 (3.54%) Redis
8 53 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
9 48 (3.15%) Tableau
10 42 (2.75%) NoSQL
11 38 (2.49%) Hadoop
12 29 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 24 (1.57%) Data Lake
13 24 (1.57%) MongoDB
13 24 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (1.38%) Apache Hive
15 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.85%) RDBMS
17 11 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 155 (10.16%) Git
2 68 (4.46%) JIRA
3 51 (3.34%) GitLab
4 36 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.03%) Visual Studio
6 29 (1.90%) Moq
7 28 (1.84%) Burp Suite
7 28 (1.84%) Metasploit
7 28 (1.84%) TeamCity
8 26 (1.70%) NUnit
9 17 (1.11%) Sourcetree
10 16 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (0.98%) JUnit
11 15 (0.98%) SpecFlow
12 14 (0.92%) git-flow
13 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.52%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.52%) CMake
13 8 (0.52%) Postman
13 8 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 778 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 404 (26.49%) Finance
3 350 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (6.49%) Marketing
5 84 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 65 (4.26%) Banking
7 56 (3.67%) Public Sector
8 52 (3.41%) Retail
9 51 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (3.08%) Front Office
11 44 (2.89%) Legal
12 38 (2.49%) Games
13 37 (2.43%) Law
14 32 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 31 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.90%) Back Office
16 29 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 27 (1.77%) Electronics
18 25 (1.64%) Investment Banking
19 20 (1.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 400 (26.23%) Developer
2 279 (18.30%) Senior
3 170 (11.15%) Lead
4 126 (8.26%) Software Engineer
5 123 (8.07%) Analyst
6 108 (7.08%) Architect
7 104 (6.82%) Senior Developer
8 93 (6.10%) IT Support
9 89 (5.84%) Support Specialist
10 88 (5.77%) IT Support Specialist
11 59 (3.87%) Data Scientist
11 59 (3.87%) Java Developer
12 54 (3.54%) C# Developer
13 51 (3.34%) Full Stack Developer
14 50 (3.28%) Data Engineer
15 49 (3.21%) .NET Developer
16 47 (3.08%) Software Developer
17 42 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
18 36 (2.36%) Lead Developer
19 35 (2.30%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (14.56%) .NET
2 145 (9.51%) HTML
3 144 (9.44%) CSS
4 125 (8.20%) React
5 80 (5.25%) ASP.NET
6 65 (4.26%) Web Services
7 61 (4.00%) AngularJS
8 57 (3.74%) RESTful
9 56 (3.67%) Kafka
9 56 (3.67%) REST
10 54 (3.54%) Spring
11 53 (3.48%) .NET Framework
12 44 (2.89%) ASP.NET MVC
12 44 (2.89%) XML
13 43 (2.82%) HTML5
14 42 (2.75%) SOAP
15 41 (2.69%) jQuery
16 40 (2.62%) .NET Core
16 40 (2.62%) Entity Framework
17 38 (2.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.51%) Algorithms
2 129 (8.46%) Management Information System
3 102 (6.69%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.77%) Client/Server
4 88 (5.77%) Video Conferencing
5 86 (5.64%) Wiki
6 85 (5.57%) Greenfield Project
7 74 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
8 55 (3.61%) Onboarding
9 44 (2.89%) Hedge funds
10 43 (2.82%) Product Ownership
11 40 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 32 (2.10%) Virtual Team
13 30 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.84%) Life Science
14 28 (1.84%) Security Posture
15 27 (1.77%) IoT
16 26 (1.70%) Fixed Income
17 25 (1.64%) Blockchain
17 25 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 192 (12.59%) Windows
2 135 (8.85%) Linux
3 101 (6.62%) Android
4 99 (6.49%) Windows 10
5 35 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.84%) Kali Linux
7 21 (1.38%) Unix
8 19 (1.25%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.79%) Mac OS
10 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.066%) Debian
13 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
2 379 (24.85%) Software Engineering
3 375 (24.59%) Agile
4 230 (15.08%) Mathematics
5 224 (14.69%) Machine Learning
6 223 (14.62%) Data Science
7 195 (12.79%) Analytics
8 178 (11.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 166 (10.89%) DevOps
10 163 (10.69%) Statistics
11 153 (10.03%) Mentoring
12 139 (9.11%) CI/CD
13 134 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
14 129 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
15 125 (8.20%) Full Stack Development
16 123 (8.07%) Data Modelling
17 121 (7.93%) Roadmaps
18 112 (7.34%) Microservices
19 111 (7.28%) Fintech
20 110 (7.21%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 432 (28.33%) Python
2 395 (25.90%) SQL
3 306 (20.07%) C#
4 220 (14.43%) Java
5 215 (14.10%) JavaScript
6 80 (5.25%) C++
7 74 (4.85%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.93%) R
9 51 (3.34%) PowerShell
10 47 (3.08%) C
11 44 (2.89%) T-SQL
12 37 (2.43%) PHP
13 33 (2.16%) Scala
14 28 (1.84%) Kotlin
15 26 (1.70%) Go
16 21 (1.38%) XPath
17 19 (1.25%) MATLAB
18 16 (1.05%) Bash
19 14 (0.92%) Rust
19 14 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,349 (88.46%) Degree
2 816 (53.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 387 (25.38%) Master's Degree
4 86 (5.64%) PhD
5 72 (4.72%) CISSP
6 61 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (3.54%) CISM
8 46 (3.02%) Security Cleared
9 38 (2.49%) SC Cleared
10 28 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.77%) CISA
12 23 (1.51%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
14 19 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.85%) PMP
17 11 (0.72%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.72%) MCSE
18 10 (0.66%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (5.57%) QA
2 52 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.23%) GDPR
5 26 (1.70%) NIST
6 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.59%) SLA
9 8 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.39%) COBIT
10 6 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.33%) GRC
12 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
12 4 (0.26%) NCSC
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) CDISC
13 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 128 (8.39%) Docker
2 123 (8.07%) Active Directory
3 87 (5.70%) VMware ESXi
4 86 (5.64%) Microsoft App-V
4 86 (5.64%) XenApp
4 86 (5.64%) XenDesktop
5 18 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.66%) HDFS
8 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Firmware
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) LXC
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.066%) KVM
11 1 (0.066%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (5.97%) SCCM
2 86 (5.64%) AirWatch
2 86 (5.64%) Kubernetes
3 69 (4.52%) Terraform
4 20 (1.31%) Ansible
5 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.46%) Kubeflow
6 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.39%) CASB
7 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
7 6 (0.39%) Grafana
7 6 (0.39%) QRadar
8 5 (0.33%) Argo
9 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
9 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 324 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.15%) Cisco
3 87 (5.70%) Citrix
4 79 (5.18%) Google
5 40 (2.62%) Oracle
6 28 (1.84%) SAP
7 26 (1.70%) Adobe
8 24 (1.57%) Databricks
9 19 (1.25%) VMware
10 14 (0.92%) Cognizant
11 13 (0.85%) Splunk
12 11 (0.72%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.59%) Apple
13 9 (0.59%) Charles River
13 9 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.52%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.52%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
16 6 (0.39%) Rapid7
16 6 (0.39%) Zuora