Computer Science Degree Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 132 166 162
Rank change year-on-year +34 -4 +16
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1,541 1,228 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.15% 2.08% 2.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.90% 5.66% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 731 729
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,508 21,700 22,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.28% 36.77% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,056 10,336
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,063 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,090 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +4.18% +1.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the UK excluding London 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
South East +30 530 £60,000 -1.32% 185
North of England +109 369 £50,000 -16.67% 118
Midlands +8 198 £50,000 -17.76% 85
North West +47 187 £50,000 -16.67% 63
Yorkshire +143 161 £45,500 -25.16% 40
South West 0 151 £45,000 -25.99% 56
West Midlands +51 130 £54,500 -12.80% 55
Scotland -54 125 £57,500 +4.55% 26
East of England +21 117 £40,000 -32.38% 68
East Midlands -31 66 £46,188 -2.76% 30
Wales -11 23 £34,000 -24.44% 18
North East -5 21 £52,500 +11.70% 17
Northern Ireland +13 19 £40,500 -4.71% 11
Isle of Man - 9 £37,500 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 32 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.88%) FileNet
3 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.97%) OpenStack
5 12 (0.78%) Confluence
5 12 (0.78%) WordPress
6 8 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.45%) IIS
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
8 4 (0.26%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.19%) Apache
9 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.19%) WildFly
10 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.13%) Appian
10 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.13%) Luigi
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 1 (0.065%) Mule
11 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 51 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.92%) Simulink
3 35 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.52%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.065%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.065%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.065%) Revit
7 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.17%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.52%) Shopify
4 5 (0.32%) Odoo
5 4 (0.26%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.26%) Magento
6 3 (0.19%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 274 (17.78%) Azure
2 269 (17.46%) AWS
3 87 (5.65%) Amazon S3
4 69 (4.48%) GitHub
5 65 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (4.09%) GCP
7 62 (4.02%) Power Platform
8 54 (3.50%) SaaS
9 51 (3.31%) Serverless
10 47 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
11 46 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
12 38 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
14 30 (1.95%) Amazon Kinesis
15 19 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (1.23%) Route 53
16 18 (1.17%) Snowflake
17 17 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
18 16 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 104 (6.75%) Firewall
2 86 (5.58%) Network Security
3 54 (3.50%) WAN
4 48 (3.11%) LAN
5 47 (3.05%) TCP/IP
6 46 (2.99%) DNS
7 37 (2.40%) VPN
8 36 (2.34%) DHCP
9 32 (2.08%) HTTP
10 30 (1.95%) VLAN
11 24 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
11 24 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (1.49%) Wireless
13 15 (0.97%) NAS
13 15 (0.97%) SAN
14 13 (0.84%) Internet
15 12 (0.78%) SSL
16 11 (0.71%) MPLS
16 11 (0.71%) MQTT
16 11 (0.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 154 (9.99%) NoSQL
3 93 (6.04%) MySQL
4 77 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 66 (4.28%) Relational Database
6 59 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
6 59 (3.83%) Power BI
7 54 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.01%) Redis
10 29 (1.88%) Apache Cassandra
11 28 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.69%) Big Data
12 26 (1.69%) RDBMS
13 25 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 24 (1.56%) MongoDB
15 21 (1.36%) DynamoDB
16 19 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 17 (1.10%) MS Access
18 15 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 241 (15.64%) Git
2 59 (3.83%) Jenkins
3 57 (3.70%) JIRA
4 32 (2.08%) Subversion
5 31 (2.01%) JUnit
6 30 (1.95%) Jasmine
7 29 (1.88%) Mockito
8 22 (1.43%) Postman
9 21 (1.36%) CMake
9 21 (1.36%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.04%) Appium
10 16 (1.04%) Vagrant
11 14 (0.91%) GitLab
12 12 (0.78%) NUnit
12 12 (0.78%) Selenium
13 11 (0.71%) LabVIEW
14 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 9 (0.58%) Moq
15 9 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
16 7 (0.45%) Gatling
General
1 688 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 241 (15.64%) Analytical Skills
3 193 (12.52%) Finance
4 106 (6.88%) Manufacturing
5 89 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.26%) Marketing
7 70 (4.54%) Electronics
8 69 (4.48%) Law
9 49 (3.18%) Retail
10 48 (3.11%) Legal
11 44 (2.86%) Games
12 43 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.27%) Public Sector
14 33 (2.14%) Military
15 31 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.49%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.04%) Banking
18 16 (1.04%) Publishing
19 15 (0.97%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 481 (31.21%) Developer
2 232 (15.06%) Software Engineer
3 218 (14.15%) Senior
4 150 (9.73%) Software Developer
5 141 (9.15%) Lead
6 88 (5.71%) Architect
7 84 (5.45%) Senior Developer
8 73 (4.74%) Analyst
9 70 (4.54%) Junior
10 59 (3.83%) .NET Developer
11 54 (3.50%) Full Stack Developer
11 54 (3.50%) Support Engineer
12 48 (3.11%) C++ Software Engineer
13 47 (3.05%) Graduate
14 46 (2.99%) Senior Software Developer
15 43 (2.79%) Network Engineer
16 40 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
17 39 (2.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 39 (2.53%) Lead Developer
18 37 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (15.83%) .NET
2 213 (13.82%) React
3 152 (9.86%) HTML
4 131 (8.50%) CSS
5 123 (7.98%) AngularJS
6 75 (4.87%) Spring
7 63 (4.09%) .NET Framework
7 63 (4.09%) Node.js
8 62 (4.02%) JSON
9 58 (3.76%) Kafka
10 50 (3.24%) .NET Core
11 48 (3.11%) Vue
12 44 (2.86%) REST
13 41 (2.66%) GraphQL
14 39 (2.53%) HTML5
15 38 (2.47%) RESTful
16 37 (2.40%) Web Services
17 36 (2.34%) XML
18 35 (2.27%) ASP.NET
19 33 (2.14%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 169 (10.97%) Management Information System
2 98 (6.36%) Algorithms
3 87 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (5.39%) Cloud Native
5 55 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 52 (3.37%) Mobile App
7 47 (3.05%) Product Ownership
8 41 (2.66%) Onboarding
9 35 (2.27%) IoT
10 32 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (2.08%) Driving Licence
11 28 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
12 25 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.49%) Client/Server
13 23 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.17%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.10%) Life Science
15 17 (1.10%) Replication
15 17 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
16 16 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 263 (17.07%) Windows
2 235 (15.25%) Linux
3 66 (4.28%) Android
4 64 (4.15%) Windows Server
5 45 (2.92%) Mac OS
6 31 (2.01%) Apple iOS
7 30 (1.95%) Unix
8 26 (1.69%) Ubuntu
9 23 (1.49%) Windows 10
10 22 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
12 16 (1.04%) CentOS
13 11 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
14 9 (0.58%) Debian
15 7 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
16 6 (0.39%) VMS
17 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
18 4 (0.26%) Windows Vista
19 3 (0.19%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,484 (96.30%) Computer Science
2 659 (42.76%) Problem-Solving
3 456 (29.59%) Agile
4 424 (27.51%) Software Engineering
5 271 (17.59%) DevOps
6 217 (14.08%) Artificial Intelligence
7 177 (11.49%) CI/CD
8 171 (11.10%) Mentoring
9 163 (10.58%) Machine Learning
10 161 (10.45%) Mathematics
11 155 (10.06%) SDLC
12 133 (8.63%) Project Management
13 125 (8.11%) Analytics
14 120 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
15 117 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 115 (7.46%) Full Stack Development
17 112 (7.27%) Roadmaps
18 110 (7.14%) Test Automation
19 108 (7.01%) Data Modelling
20 106 (6.88%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 349 (22.65%) SQL
2 346 (22.45%) JavaScript
3 342 (22.19%) Python
4 313 (20.31%) C#
5 245 (15.90%) Java
6 155 (10.06%) C++
7 131 (8.50%) TypeScript
8 113 (7.33%) C
9 70 (4.54%) PHP
10 48 (3.11%) PowerShell
11 40 (2.60%) Bash
12 29 (1.88%) R
13 27 (1.75%) Go
13 27 (1.75%) Kotlin
14 20 (1.30%) Scala
15 19 (1.23%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.97%) MATLAB
17 14 (0.91%) VB
18 13 (0.84%) Rust
19 12 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,541 (100.00%) Degree
2 185 (12.01%) Master's Degree
3 134 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 92 (5.97%) SC Cleared
5 76 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
6 59 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (3.70%) CCNA
8 53 (3.44%) AWS Certification
9 51 (3.31%) CCNP
10 46 (2.99%) CISSP
11 42 (2.73%) Azure Certification
11 42 (2.73%) PhD
12 35 (2.27%) DBS Check
13 32 (2.08%) MCP
14 30 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.82%) DV Cleared
16 27 (1.75%) A+ Certification
16 27 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
17 23 (1.49%) CCIE
18 22 (1.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (6.94%) QA
2 38 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 33 (2.14%) GDPR
4 22 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.91%) NIST
6 14 (0.91%) SLA
7 13 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.78%) HIPAA
8 12 (0.78%) PMO
9 10 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.45%) ISO 13485
11 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.19%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.065%) GMP
14 1 (0.065%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 196 (12.72%) Docker
2 81 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 35 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.10%) Firmware
5 16 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.58%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.32%) pfSense
10 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.19%) KVM
11 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.19%) XenApp
12 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.13%) HDFS
13 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 200 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 73 (4.74%) Terraform
3 44 (2.86%) Ansible
4 18 (1.17%) Puppet
5 12 (0.78%) SCCM
5 12 (0.78%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.52%) Nagios
7 7 (0.45%) Grafana
7 7 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.45%) SCOM
7 7 (0.45%) WSUS
8 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.32%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) Rancher
10 3 (0.19%) Autotask
10 3 (0.19%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 249 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 71 (4.61%) Oracle
3 68 (4.41%) Cisco
3 68 (4.41%) Google
4 42 (2.73%) VMware
5 37 (2.40%) SAP
6 36 (2.34%) Xilinx
7 28 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.23%) Apple
9 17 (1.10%) Juniper
10 16 (1.04%) Databricks
10 16 (1.04%) F5
11 14 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 14 (0.91%) Xamarin
12 13 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.78%) NVIDIA
13 12 (0.78%) Veeam
14 11 (0.71%) Splunk
15 10 (0.65%) IBM
15 10 (0.65%) ServiceNow