Computer Science Degree Jobs

Computer Science Degree
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 156 118
Rank change year-on-year +51 -38 +43
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2,501 2,268 5,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.44% 2.33% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.03% 6.99% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 1,436 1,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +21.60% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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
England +54 2,224 £60,000 -4.00% 841
UK excluding London +39 1,573 £52,500 -13.65% 456
London +51 820 £75,000 -3.23% 404
Work from Home +107 792 £60,000 -7.69% 360
South East +29 536 £60,000 -1.32% 101
North of England +94 382 £50,000 -16.67% 108
Midlands +17 206 £50,000 -17.76% 87
North West +53 200 £50,000 -16.67% 57
Yorkshire +142 161 £46,000 -20.55% 36
South West -12 152 £47,500 -21.88% 61
West Midlands +44 133 £53,750 -14.00% 47
Scotland -55 129 £57,500 -2.79% 29
East of England +12 117 £40,000 -34.21% 57
East Midlands -30 71 £46,844 -1.38% 40
Wales -25 23 £34,000 -24.44% 7
North East -7 21 £52,500 +17.32% 18
Northern Ireland +9 19 £40,500 -10.00% 16
Isle of Man - 9 £37,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 107 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.16%) Apache
4 29 (1.16%) FileNet
5 25 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 21 (0.84%) Confluence
7 16 (0.64%) OpenStack
8 15 (0.60%) IIS
8 15 (0.60%) WordPress
9 8 (0.32%) CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Luigi
11 4 (0.16%) Appian
11 4 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WildFly
13 2 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.080%) Moodle
Applications
1 62 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.96%) Simulink
3 44 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.32%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.080%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.080%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.040%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.040%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.040%) Revit
8 1 (0.040%) Sketch
8 1 (0.040%) Trello
8 1 (0.040%) UXPin
8 1 (0.040%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.32%) Shopify
4 5 (0.20%) Odoo
4 5 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.16%) Magento
6 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.12%) Relativity
6 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.080%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.040%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.040%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.040%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.040%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.040%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 535 (21.39%) Azure
2 504 (20.15%) AWS
3 186 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
4 173 (6.92%) GCP
5 137 (5.48%) Power Platform
6 106 (4.24%) Amazon S3
7 94 (3.76%) SaaS
8 91 (3.64%) GitHub
9 90 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
10 82 (3.28%) Serverless
11 65 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
12 61 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
13 59 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
14 57 (2.28%) PowerApps
15 50 (2.00%) Amazon Kinesis
16 45 (1.80%) Power Automate
17 32 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
18 31 (1.24%) Snowflake
19 29 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
20 24 (0.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 139 (5.56%) Network Security
2 128 (5.12%) WAN
3 119 (4.76%) Firewall
4 99 (3.96%) Wireless
5 81 (3.24%) Cisco IOS
5 81 (3.24%) SD-WAN
6 74 (2.96%) WebEx
7 58 (2.32%) TCP/IP
8 55 (2.20%) DNS
9 52 (2.08%) LAN
10 42 (1.68%) VPN
11 38 (1.52%) DHCP
12 34 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (1.32%) HTTP
14 31 (1.24%) VLAN
15 29 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
16 28 (1.12%) SAN
17 26 (1.04%) Internet
18 17 (0.68%) NAS
19 12 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (10.80%) SQL Server
2 200 (8.00%) NoSQL
3 119 (4.76%) Power BI
4 118 (4.72%) MySQL
4 118 (4.72%) Relational Database
5 117 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
6 98 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
7 76 (3.04%) Redis
8 66 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
9 57 (2.28%) Big Data
10 49 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 48 (1.92%) MongoDB
12 44 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
13 40 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 36 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (1.44%) Apache Cassandra
15 34 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
15 34 (1.36%) DynamoDB
16 33 (1.32%) RDBMS
17 29 (1.16%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 342 (13.67%) Git
2 92 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 77 (3.08%) JIRA
4 53 (2.12%) GitLab
5 38 (1.52%) JUnit
6 35 (1.40%) Jasmine
7 32 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 30 (1.20%) Postman
8 30 (1.20%) Subversion
9 29 (1.16%) Mockito
10 28 (1.12%) Burp Suite
10 28 (1.12%) Metasploit
11 21 (0.84%) CMake
12 19 (0.76%) Selenium
12 19 (0.76%) Vagrant
13 17 (0.68%) Gatling
14 16 (0.64%) Appium
14 16 (0.64%) Moq
15 13 (0.52%) NUnit
16 12 (0.48%) MSTest
General
1 1,251 (50.02%) Social Skills
2 448 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
3 433 (17.31%) Finance
4 147 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (5.16%) Manufacturing
6 124 (4.96%) Marketing
7 102 (4.08%) Electronics
8 90 (3.60%) Law
9 86 (3.44%) Public Sector
10 81 (3.24%) Retail
11 74 (2.96%) Legal
12 58 (2.32%) Banking
13 53 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 45 (1.80%) Games
16 42 (1.68%) Billing
17 32 (1.28%) Military
18 29 (1.16%) Back Office
19 26 (1.04%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 685 (27.39%) Developer
2 357 (14.27%) Senior
3 333 (13.31%) Software Engineer
4 232 (9.28%) Lead
5 213 (8.52%) Architect
6 157 (6.28%) Software Developer
7 125 (5.00%) Analyst
8 123 (4.92%) Senior Developer
9 97 (3.88%) Junior
10 95 (3.80%) IT Support
11 79 (3.16%) .NET Developer
11 79 (3.16%) IT Support Specialist
11 79 (3.16%) Support Specialist
12 75 (3.00%) Full Stack Developer
13 72 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 72 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
14 67 (2.68%) Data Engineer
15 65 (2.60%) Support Engineer
16 62 (2.48%) Graduate
17 54 (2.16%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 361 (14.43%) .NET
2 291 (11.64%) React
3 237 (9.48%) HTML
4 217 (8.68%) CSS
5 171 (6.84%) AngularJS
6 115 (4.60%) Spring
7 99 (3.96%) Node.js
7 99 (3.96%) REST
8 91 (3.64%) .NET Framework
9 90 (3.60%) ASP.NET
10 85 (3.40%) Web Services
11 82 (3.28%) JSON
12 77 (3.08%) Vue
13 75 (3.00%) RESTful
14 74 (2.96%) Kafka
15 70 (2.80%) .NET Core
16 60 (2.40%) XML
17 59 (2.36%) GraphQL
18 53 (2.12%) HTML5
18 53 (2.12%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 278 (11.12%) Management Information System
2 140 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
3 118 (4.72%) Algorithms
4 92 (3.68%) Cloud Native
5 75 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
6 72 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 72 (2.88%) Wiki
7 70 (2.80%) Mobile App
8 69 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 64 (2.56%) Product Ownership
10 55 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
11 47 (1.88%) Data Structures
12 45 (1.80%) IoT
13 42 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
14 40 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
15 37 (1.48%) Driving Licence
16 36 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
17 28 (1.12%) Life Science
17 28 (1.12%) Security Posture
18 25 (1.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 372 (14.87%) Windows
2 343 (13.71%) Linux
3 147 (5.88%) Android
4 96 (3.84%) Windows 10
5 78 (3.12%) Windows Server
6 49 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 40 (1.60%) Unix
8 38 (1.52%) Apple iOS
9 31 (1.24%) Ubuntu
10 29 (1.16%) Kali Linux
11 25 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (0.80%) Embedded Linux
13 18 (0.72%) CentOS
14 17 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
15 13 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
16 11 (0.44%) Debian
17 6 (0.24%) VMS
18 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
19 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
20 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,437 (97.44%) Computer Science
2 1,092 (43.66%) Problem-Solving
3 699 (27.95%) Agile
4 650 (25.99%) Software Engineering
5 421 (16.83%) DevOps
6 311 (12.44%) Artificial Intelligence
7 301 (12.04%) CI/CD
8 282 (11.28%) Mentoring
9 268 (10.72%) Machine Learning
10 219 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
11 217 (8.68%) Analytics
12 214 (8.56%) Mathematics
13 202 (8.08%) SDLC
14 195 (7.80%) Project Management
15 188 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 187 (7.48%) Data Modelling
16 187 (7.48%) Microservices
17 184 (7.36%) Roadmaps
18 175 (7.00%) Test Automation
19 174 (6.96%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 573 (22.91%) Python
2 567 (22.67%) SQL
3 485 (19.39%) C#
4 479 (19.15%) JavaScript
5 386 (15.43%) Java
6 187 (7.48%) TypeScript
7 183 (7.32%) C++
8 128 (5.12%) C
9 104 (4.16%) PHP
10 81 (3.24%) PowerShell
11 56 (2.24%) Scala
12 50 (2.00%) Bash
13 48 (1.92%) Kotlin
14 40 (1.60%) R
14 40 (1.60%) T-SQL
15 38 (1.52%) Go
16 17 (0.68%) Rust
16 17 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.64%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2,501 (100.00%) Degree
2 430 (17.19%) Master's Degree
3 187 (7.48%) Security Cleared
4 138 (5.52%) SC Cleared
5 125 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 93 (3.72%) CISSP
7 91 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
8 79 (3.16%) AWS Certification
9 71 (2.84%) Azure Certification
10 61 (2.44%) CCNA
11 54 (2.16%) CCNP
12 49 (1.96%) CISM
12 49 (1.96%) PhD
13 41 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 41 (1.64%) DBS Check
14 36 (1.44%) MCP
15 33 (1.32%) A+ Certification
15 33 (1.32%) PMI Certification
16 31 (1.24%) DV Cleared
17 28 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (7.00%) QA
2 85 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 51 (2.04%) GDPR
4 44 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.28%) NIST
6 29 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 22 (0.88%) SLA
8 18 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 13 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 12 (0.48%) PMO
12 10 (0.40%) COBIT
13 7 (0.28%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.24%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (0.20%) NCSC
15 5 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.080%) WAI
System Software
1 301 (12.04%) Docker
2 169 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 78 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
4 75 (3.00%) XenApp
5 72 (2.88%) Microsoft App-V
5 72 (2.88%) XenDesktop
6 39 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 31 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.68%) Firmware
9 15 (0.60%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.36%) vSphere
11 8 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.20%) KVM
12 5 (0.20%) pfSense
13 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.080%) HDFS
14 2 (0.080%) LXC
15 1 (0.040%) OpenAM
15 1 (0.040%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 274 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 146 (5.84%) Terraform
3 86 (3.44%) SCCM
4 72 (2.88%) AirWatch
5 59 (2.36%) Ansible
6 20 (0.80%) Puppet
7 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (0.56%) Grafana
9 12 (0.48%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.32%) Nagios
12 7 (0.28%) SCOM
12 7 (0.28%) WSUS
13 6 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 5 (0.20%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.20%) Nessus
14 5 (0.20%) Rancher
15 4 (0.16%) Argo
Vendors
1 500 (19.99%) Microsoft
2 149 (5.96%) Cisco
3 134 (5.36%) Google
4 93 (3.72%) Oracle
5 78 (3.12%) Citrix
6 57 (2.28%) SAP
7 51 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 49 (1.96%) VMware
9 40 (1.60%) Xilinx
10 38 (1.52%) Databricks
10 38 (1.52%) IBM
11 28 (1.12%) Splunk
12 24 (0.96%) Juniper
13 22 (0.88%) Apple
14 20 (0.80%) Facebook
15 16 (0.64%) F5
16 15 (0.60%) ServiceNow
16 15 (0.60%) Sony
17 14 (0.56%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.56%) Xamarin