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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 35 49
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,528 2,367 5,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.46% 7.04% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.10% 7.39% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,460 1,819
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £40,235
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,438 £53,000
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 £121,250 £130,000 £122,500
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 21,526 32,049 67,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.97% 95.35% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15,906 23,132 34,106
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,257 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,500
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 18 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 18 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 +28 286 £80,000 -5.88% 66
South London -3 22 £81,500 +34.05% 15
West London -32 20 £64,000 +5.18% 37
East London +16 9 £93,750 +70.45% 205
North London -9 2 £76,250 +8.93% 2
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 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (3.99%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 30 (1.96%) Apache
5 28 (1.83%) CMS
6 24 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (1.31%) Confluence
8 14 (0.92%) SAS
9 12 (0.79%) 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 (0.065%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.065%) Umbraco
Applications
1 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.92%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.65%) 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 (0.065%) InVision
9 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.065%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) SDL Web 8
2 16 (1.05%) 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 (0.065%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.065%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.065%) Primavera
6 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 385 (25.20%) AWS
2 369 (24.15%) Azure
3 157 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
4 139 (9.10%) GCP
5 111 (7.26%) Power Platform
6 75 (4.91%) SaaS
7 58 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
8 55 (3.60%) Serverless
9 37 (2.42%) GitHub
9 37 (2.42%) 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 (1.37%) PaaS
16 15 (0.98%) Entra ID
16 15 (0.98%) Figma
17 14 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.28%) WAN
2 90 (5.89%) Wireless
3 87 (5.69%) WebEx
4 86 (5.63%) Cisco IOS
4 86 (5.63%) SD-WAN
5 49 (3.21%) Network Security
6 30 (1.96%) Firewall
7 28 (1.83%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.37%) DNS
9 20 (1.31%) VPN
10 18 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.92%) Internet
12 11 (0.72%) DHCP
12 11 (0.72%) LAN
13 7 (0.46%) HTTP
14 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.39%) SAN
15 5 (0.33%) DKIM
16 3 (0.20%) VLAN
16 3 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (10.60%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.48%) Power BI
3 63 (4.12%) Big Data
4 61 (3.99%) Relational Database
5 57 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (3.60%) MySQL
7 54 (3.53%) Redis
8 53 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
9 47 (3.08%) Tableau
10 45 (2.95%) NoSQL
11 38 (2.49%) Hadoop
12 29 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (1.64%) Data Lake
14 24 (1.57%) MongoDB
14 24 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (1.37%) Apache Hive
16 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
17 13 (0.85%) RDBMS
18 11 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 154 (10.08%) Git
2 70 (4.58%) JIRA
3 53 (3.47%) GitLab
4 39 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.03%) Visual Studio
6 29 (1.90%) Moq
7 28 (1.83%) Burp Suite
7 28 (1.83%) Metasploit
7 28 (1.83%) TeamCity
8 26 (1.70%) NUnit
9 17 (1.11%) Sourcetree
10 16 (1.05%) JUnit
10 16 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (0.98%) SpecFlow
12 14 (0.92%) git-flow
13 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.52%) CMake
14 8 (0.52%) Postman
14 8 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 783 (51.24%) Social Skills
2 403 (26.37%) Finance
3 352 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (6.48%) Marketing
5 86 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (4.19%) Banking
7 57 (3.73%) Public Sector
8 52 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
8 52 (3.40%) Retail
9 45 (2.95%) Front Office
10 44 (2.88%) Legal
11 37 (2.42%) Games
11 37 (2.42%) Law
12 33 (2.16%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.03%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.90%) Back Office
14 29 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
15 27 (1.77%) Electronics
16 24 (1.57%) Investment Banking
17 20 (1.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 397 (25.98%) Developer
2 279 (18.26%) Senior
3 170 (11.13%) Lead
4 127 (8.31%) Software Engineer
5 122 (7.98%) Analyst
6 109 (7.13%) Architect
7 104 (6.81%) Senior Developer
8 93 (6.09%) IT Support
9 89 (5.82%) Support Specialist
10 88 (5.76%) IT Support Specialist
11 58 (3.80%) Data Scientist
12 57 (3.73%) Java Developer
13 54 (3.53%) C# Developer
14 51 (3.34%) Full Stack Developer
15 50 (3.27%) Data Engineer
16 49 (3.21%) .NET Developer
17 47 (3.08%) Software Developer
18 42 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
19 36 (2.36%) Lead Developer
20 35 (2.29%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (14.53%) .NET
2 145 (9.49%) HTML
3 144 (9.42%) CSS
4 125 (8.18%) React
5 80 (5.24%) ASP.NET
6 65 (4.25%) Web Services
7 61 (3.99%) AngularJS
8 57 (3.73%) RESTful
9 56 (3.66%) Kafka
9 56 (3.66%) REST
10 53 (3.47%) .NET Framework
10 53 (3.47%) Spring
11 44 (2.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 44 (2.88%) XML
12 43 (2.81%) HTML5
13 42 (2.75%) SOAP
14 41 (2.68%) jQuery
15 40 (2.62%) .NET Core
15 40 (2.62%) Entity Framework
16 38 (2.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.55%) Algorithms
2 130 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 102 (6.68%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.76%) Client/Server
4 88 (5.76%) Video Conferencing
5 86 (5.63%) Wiki
6 84 (5.50%) Greenfield Project
7 74 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
8 55 (3.60%) Onboarding
9 44 (2.88%) Hedge funds
9 44 (2.88%) Product Ownership
10 39 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 32 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 30 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (1.83%) IoT
13 28 (1.83%) Life Science
13 28 (1.83%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.64%) Blockchain
14 25 (1.64%) Fixed Income
14 25 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 192 (12.57%) Windows
2 135 (8.84%) Linux
3 101 (6.61%) Android
4 99 (6.48%) Windows 10
5 35 (2.29%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.83%) Kali Linux
7 21 (1.37%) Unix
8 19 (1.24%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.79%) Mac OS
10 10 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.065%) Debian
13 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.065%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (35.01%) Problem-Solving
2 380 (24.87%) Software Engineering
3 378 (24.74%) Agile
4 230 (15.05%) Mathematics
5 224 (14.66%) Data Science
5 224 (14.66%) Machine Learning
6 194 (12.70%) Analytics
7 178 (11.65%) Artificial Intelligence
8 169 (11.06%) DevOps
9 163 (10.67%) Statistics
10 153 (10.01%) Mentoring
11 142 (9.29%) CI/CD
12 135 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
13 131 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
14 124 (8.12%) Full Stack Development
14 124 (8.12%) Roadmaps
15 123 (8.05%) Data Modelling
16 111 (7.26%) Data Analysis
16 111 (7.26%) Fintech
16 111 (7.26%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 433 (28.34%) Python
2 397 (25.98%) SQL
3 307 (20.09%) C#
4 220 (14.40%) Java
5 215 (14.07%) JavaScript
6 80 (5.24%) C++
7 74 (4.84%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.86%) R
9 51 (3.34%) PowerShell
10 46 (3.01%) C
11 44 (2.88%) T-SQL
12 37 (2.42%) PHP
13 32 (2.09%) Scala
14 28 (1.83%) Kotlin
15 26 (1.70%) Go
16 21 (1.37%) XPath
17 19 (1.24%) MATLAB
18 17 (1.11%) Bash
19 14 (0.92%) Rust
19 14 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,353 (88.55%) Degree
2 819 (53.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 387 (25.33%) Master's Degree
4 84 (5.50%) PhD
5 73 (4.78%) CISSP
6 61 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (3.60%) CISM
8 48 (3.14%) Security Cleared
9 40 (2.62%) SC Cleared
10 27 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.77%) CISA
11 25 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
14 18 (1.18%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (0.85%) PMP
16 11 (0.72%) CREST Certified
16 11 (0.72%) MCSE
17 10 (0.65%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.63%) QA
2 51 (3.34%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.29%) GDPR
5 27 (1.77%) NIST
6 19 (1.24%) 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)
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 129 (8.44%) Docker
2 124 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 87 (5.69%) VMware ESXi
4 86 (5.63%) Microsoft App-V
4 86 (5.63%) XenApp
4 86 (5.63%) XenDesktop
5 18 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.65%) 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 (0.065%) KVM
11 1 (0.065%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (5.96%) SCCM
2 87 (5.69%) Kubernetes
3 86 (5.63%) AirWatch
4 72 (4.71%) Terraform
5 21 (1.37%) Ansible
6 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.39%) CASB
8 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.39%) Grafana
8 6 (0.39%) QRadar
9 5 (0.33%) Argo
10 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) cPanel
12 2 (0.13%) Graphite
Vendors
1 324 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.13%) Cisco
3 87 (5.69%) Citrix
4 79 (5.17%) Google
5 40 (2.62%) Oracle
6 28 (1.83%) SAP
7 27 (1.77%) Adobe
8 24 (1.57%) Databricks
9 19 (1.24%) 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