Computer Science Jobs in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 39 34
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,029 924 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.10% 6.45% 8.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 6.83% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 762 465 668
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £77,875
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,228 13,538 18,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.33% 94.57% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,873 7,885 11,857
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £83,450
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 South East

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the South East.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +15 528 £60,000 -1.48% 116
Berkshire +21 246 £70,000 -6.67% 52
Buckinghamshire +58 175 £41,000 -21.90% 20
Hampshire +2 166 £50,000 +25.00% 29
Surrey -18 128 £61,250 -5.77% 42
Oxfordshire -13 107 £52,500 +5.00% 44
West Sussex +6 74 £64,000 -8.57% 11
East Sussex +32 56 £50,000 -7.62% 15
Kent -5 50 £65,000 +128.07% 10
Sussex - 14 £60,000 - 3
Middlesex - 8 £62,500 -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (0.97%) OpenStack
2 8 (0.78%) SAS
3 7 (0.68%) IIS
4 6 (0.58%) Apache
4 6 (0.58%) CMS
4 6 (0.58%) nginx
5 5 (0.49%) Confluence
5 5 (0.49%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.097%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.57%) Simulink
2 18 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.19%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.097%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.097%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.097%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) Odoo
4 4 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 152 (14.77%) Azure
2 126 (12.24%) AWS
3 43 (4.18%) SaaS
4 35 (3.40%) Serverless
5 34 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
5 34 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 31 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (2.43%) GCP
8 20 (1.94%) Amazon S3
8 20 (1.94%) GitHub
9 15 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.46%) IaaS
10 13 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.26%) CloudFront
10 13 (1.26%) Route 53
10 13 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 12 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.28%) Firewall
2 38 (3.69%) Network Security
3 28 (2.72%) Intrusion Detection
4 21 (2.04%) VPN
5 19 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.65%) HTTP
6 17 (1.65%) Internet
7 16 (1.55%) Wireless
8 10 (0.97%) LAN
8 10 (0.97%) SSL
8 10 (0.97%) WAN
9 9 (0.87%) DNS
10 7 (0.68%) BGP
10 7 (0.68%) IPsec
10 7 (0.68%) OSPF
11 6 (0.58%) VLAN
12 5 (0.49%) NGFW
12 5 (0.49%) SAN
13 4 (0.39%) NAS
14 3 (0.29%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (10.40%) SQL Server
2 94 (9.14%) NoSQL
3 45 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (3.69%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.30%) Power BI
6 28 (2.72%) MySQL
7 17 (1.65%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.46%) Tableau
10 14 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (1.26%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.97%) GIS
12 10 (0.97%) Redis
13 8 (0.78%) Big Data
14 6 (0.58%) EDMS
14 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
15 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 163 (15.84%) Git
2 34 (3.30%) Cypress.io
3 33 (3.21%) Selenium
4 32 (3.11%) Subversion
5 23 (2.24%) GitLab
6 22 (2.14%) Visual Studio
7 20 (1.94%) CMake
8 19 (1.85%) JIRA
9 16 (1.55%) Vagrant
10 13 (1.26%) Jenkins
11 12 (1.17%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.58%) Maven
12 6 (0.58%) NUnit
13 4 (0.39%) Moq
13 4 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.39%) TestRail
14 3 (0.29%) Babel
14 3 (0.29%) GDB
14 3 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 301 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 122 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (7.87%) Finance
5 46 (4.47%) Electronics
6 45 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 41 (3.98%) Military
8 35 (3.40%) Marketing
9 26 (2.53%) Legal
10 23 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 21 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.94%) Retail
13 19 (1.85%) Aviation
14 15 (1.46%) Games
15 14 (1.36%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.07%) Law
17 11 (1.07%) Publishing
18 6 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 289 (28.09%) Developer
2 178 (17.30%) Senior
3 159 (15.45%) Software Engineer
4 130 (12.63%) Software Developer
5 120 (11.66%) Data Scientist
6 77 (7.48%) Senior Developer
7 66 (6.41%) Lead
8 52 (5.05%) Architect
8 52 (5.05%) Graduate
9 51 (4.96%) Junior
10 41 (3.98%) Senior Software Developer
11 40 (3.89%) Analyst
12 37 (3.60%) C++ Software Engineer
12 37 (3.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 31 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
14 28 (2.72%) Graduate Developer
15 24 (2.33%) Full Stack Developer
15 24 (2.33%) Lead Developer
16 22 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (2.04%) ERP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (17.59%) .NET
2 174 (16.91%) React
3 107 (10.40%) HTML
4 92 (8.94%) CSS
5 66 (6.41%) AngularJS
5 66 (6.41%) HTML5
6 56 (5.44%) CSS3
7 47 (4.57%) .NET Core
8 33 (3.21%) ASP.NET
8 33 (3.21%) Jest
9 32 (3.11%) XML
10 30 (2.92%) Node.js
11 28 (2.72%) Kafka
12 24 (2.33%) .NET Framework
12 24 (2.33%) RESTful
13 23 (2.24%) Middleware
14 22 (2.14%) jQuery
14 22 (2.14%) Qt
14 22 (2.14%) React Native
15 20 (1.94%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 247 (24.00%) Algorithms
2 91 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 48 (4.66%) Data Structures
4 41 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (3.89%) Data Centre
6 39 (3.79%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.53%) CUDA
8 21 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (1.94%) IoT
10 18 (1.75%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (1.46%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.26%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.87%) Taxonomies
17 8 (0.78%) FMCG
17 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 147 (14.29%) Linux
2 136 (13.22%) Windows
3 35 (3.40%) Android
4 31 (3.01%) Unix
5 24 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.65%) CentOS
6 17 (1.65%) Embedded Linux
6 17 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.65%) Ubuntu
7 16 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.49%) Kali Linux
8 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.19%) VMS
9 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.097%) Solaris
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (38.00%) Problem-Solving
2 337 (32.75%) Agile
3 296 (28.77%) Mathematics
4 265 (25.75%) Software Engineering
5 217 (21.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 189 (18.37%) Mentoring
7 175 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
8 169 (16.42%) DevOps
9 159 (15.45%) Decision-Making
10 151 (14.67%) Coaching
11 140 (13.61%) Data Science
12 137 (13.31%) Data Analysis
13 133 (12.93%) Machine Learning
14 131 (12.73%) Physics
15 112 (10.88%) Red Team
16 107 (10.40%) Propensity Modelling
17 105 (10.20%) Statistical Modelling
18 102 (9.91%) Digital Forensics
19 82 (7.97%) CI/CD
20 73 (7.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 323 (31.39%) Python
2 284 (27.60%) C#
3 270 (26.24%) JavaScript
4 177 (17.20%) C++
5 161 (15.65%) SQL
6 122 (11.86%) TypeScript
7 116 (11.27%) C
8 114 (11.08%) Java
9 79 (7.68%) Fortran
10 42 (4.08%) PHP
11 41 (3.98%) Go
12 33 (3.21%) Bash
13 27 (2.62%) Kotlin
14 23 (2.24%) PowerShell
15 21 (2.04%) R
16 19 (1.85%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.87%) Perl
17 9 (0.87%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.49%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 982 (95.43%) Degree
2 521 (50.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 170 (16.52%) Master's Degree
4 135 (13.12%) Security Cleared
5 96 (9.33%) PhD
6 73 (7.09%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.60%) CISSP
8 29 (2.82%) AWS Certification
9 21 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (1.94%) Numerate Degree
11 17 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.65%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (1.07%) CISM
15 10 (0.97%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.97%) GIAC
15 10 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.87%) MBA
17 8 (0.78%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.93%) QA
2 37 (3.60%) GDPR
3 32 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 31 (3.01%) WCAG
5 29 (2.82%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.55%) NIST
8 15 (1.46%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.97%) GRC
10 8 (0.78%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.68%) CDISC
11 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.58%) SLA
13 5 (0.49%) PMO
14 2 (0.19%) NCSC
14 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 198 (19.24%) Docker
2 11 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.87%) Firmware
3 9 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) HDFS
6 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 159 (15.45%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.08%) Terraform
3 34 (3.30%) Ansible
4 13 (1.26%) ZABBIX
5 11 (1.07%) Puppet
6 8 (0.78%) Nessus
7 6 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.49%) Suricata
9 3 (0.29%) Grafana
9 3 (0.29%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.19%) Netcool
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.19%) WSUS
11 1 (0.097%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.097%) QRadar
11 1 (0.097%) SCCM
11 1 (0.097%) yum
Vendors
1 111 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.50%) Xilinx
3 28 (2.72%) Google
4 22 (2.14%) SAP
5 13 (1.26%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.07%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.97%) Apple
7 10 (0.97%) Juniper
8 9 (0.87%) Oracle
8 9 (0.87%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.78%) Cisco
9 8 (0.78%) IFS
9 8 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.78%) Splunk
10 6 (0.58%) iManage
10 6 (0.58%) Qualys
10 6 (0.58%) VMware
10 6 (0.58%) YouTube
11 5 (0.49%) New Relic
11 5 (0.49%) Palo Alto