Computer Science Jobs in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 129 126
Rank change year-on-year +82 -3 -25
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 241 113 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.10% 2.50% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 2.60% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 173 71 66
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +10.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £66,313
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £76,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,922 4,348 5,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.78% 96.22% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,570 2,480 3,570
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,421
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Oldham +22 7 £52,500 -13.65% 2
Bolton - 6 £70,500 -
Stockport +19 3 £55,000 -5.94% 5
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Bury - 2 £75,000 -
Rochdale - 2 £37,500 -
Sale - 2 £29,000 - 1
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (2.49%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.66%) SAS
3 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (29.05%) AWS
2 39 (16.18%) Azure
3 29 (12.03%) Amazon Kinesis
4 19 (7.88%) GCP
5 10 (4.15%) Google Play
6 8 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.32%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.24%) GitHub
9 3 (1.24%) SaaS
10 2 (0.83%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.83%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.83%) Serverless
11 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.98%) Firewall
2 11 (4.56%) DNS
2 11 (4.56%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.56%) VPN
3 10 (4.15%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.15%) RS-232
4 6 (2.49%) DHCP
4 6 (2.49%) Network Security
5 5 (2.07%) IPsec
5 5 (2.07%) SSL
6 2 (0.83%) Internet
7 1 (0.41%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.41%) LAN
7 1 (0.41%) LTE
7 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.41%) VLAN
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.41%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.45%) NoSQL
2 29 (12.03%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (10.37%) DynamoDB
3 25 (10.37%) Redis
4 22 (9.13%) Amazon Aurora
5 14 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (5.81%) MySQL
6 10 (4.15%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.49%) Big Data
8 6 (2.49%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.07%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.66%) ActiveReports
10 4 (1.66%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.66%) Cognos Framework Manager
10 4 (1.66%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.66%) Power BI
10 4 (1.66%) SQL Server
11 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (11.62%) Git
2 24 (9.96%) Gatling
3 10 (4.15%) Appium
4 5 (2.07%) JIRA
4 5 (2.07%) Subversion
5 4 (1.66%) CMake
5 4 (1.66%) GCC
5 4 (1.66%) GDB
5 4 (1.66%) IntelliJ
5 4 (1.66%) JUnit
5 4 (1.66%) Mockito
5 4 (1.66%) Postman
6 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.83%) Selenium
7 2 (0.83%) webpack
8 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 119 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.69%) Electronics
4 24 (9.96%) Billing
5 22 (9.13%) Games
6 17 (7.05%) Finance
7 8 (3.32%) Legal
7 8 (3.32%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.49%) Health Technology
8 6 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Retail
9 4 (1.66%) Banking
9 4 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.66%) Law
10 3 (1.24%) Automotive
10 3 (1.24%) Marketing
11 2 (0.83%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 69 (28.63%) Senior
2 66 (27.39%) Software Engineer
3 54 (22.41%) Developer
4 19 (7.88%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (6.64%) Lead
5 16 (6.64%) Senior Developer
6 14 (5.81%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.56%) Analyst
7 11 (4.56%) Software Developer
7 11 (4.56%) Software Manager
8 10 (4.15%) Android Developer
8 10 (4.15%) PHP Developer
8 10 (4.15%) Senior Android Developer
9 9 (3.73%) .NET Developer
9 9 (3.73%) Architect
10 8 (3.32%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.32%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.32%) Scala Engineer
10 8 (3.32%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.32%) Senior Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.01%) .NET
2 37 (15.35%) Web Services
3 36 (14.94%) REST
4 26 (10.79%) GraphQL
5 25 (10.37%) HTML
6 24 (9.96%) JSON
6 24 (9.96%) Node.js
7 22 (9.13%) http4s
7 22 (9.13%) Scalaz
8 16 (6.64%) CSS
8 16 (6.64%) Lambda Expressions
9 14 (5.81%) .NET Framework
10 10 (4.15%) Android SDK
10 10 (4.15%) Electron
11 9 (3.73%) RESTful
12 8 (3.32%) React
13 5 (2.07%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.07%) Spring
14 4 (1.66%) WCF
14 4 (1.66%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.96%) Blog
1 24 (9.96%) Media Streaming
2 12 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.32%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.90%) Video\Live Streaming
7 5 (2.07%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.07%) Social Media
8 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.96%) Linux
2 12 (4.98%) Android
3 10 (4.15%) Windows
4 4 (1.66%) Windows Vista
5 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (39.42%) Software Engineering
2 81 (33.61%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (30.29%) Agile
4 49 (20.33%) Open Source
5 46 (19.09%) Analytics
6 45 (18.67%) DevOps
7 43 (17.84%) Mentoring
8 35 (14.52%) Mathematics
9 32 (13.28%) Project Management
10 27 (11.20%) Unit Testing
11 26 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (10.79%) Software Testing
12 25 (10.37%) A/B Testing
12 25 (10.37%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (10.37%) Customer Retention
12 25 (10.37%) Integration Testing
13 24 (9.96%) End-to-End Testing
13 24 (9.96%) SDLC
14 23 (9.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.58%) Java
2 49 (20.33%) Python
3 48 (19.92%) C#
4 35 (14.52%) SQL
5 34 (14.11%) JavaScript
6 27 (11.20%) Scala
7 19 (7.88%) C
8 16 (6.64%) C++
9 15 (6.22%) TypeScript
10 14 (5.81%) PHP
11 13 (5.39%) Kotlin
12 10 (4.15%) Embedded C
13 7 (2.90%) Rust
14 5 (2.07%) R
15 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.41%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.41%) Go
17 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 235 (97.51%) Degree
2 139 (57.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (12.45%) Master's Degree
4 21 (8.71%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (8.30%) CCNP
6 12 (4.98%) CISSP
7 11 (4.56%) CCNA
8 10 (4.15%) CISM
9 9 (3.73%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.73%) CCIE
10 8 (3.32%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.32%) PhD
11 6 (2.49%) CISA
11 6 (2.49%) PCI QSA
11 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.07%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (2.07%) CEH
13 4 (1.66%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.47%) QA
2 16 (6.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.56%) NIST
4 7 (2.90%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.66%) GDPR
5 4 (1.66%) PMO
6 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.41%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.41%) NCSC
8 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (3.73%) Firmware
2 7 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.24%) Docker
3 3 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) XenApp
4 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.90%) Terraform
2 4 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (5.81%) Cisco
2 12 (4.98%) Google
3 10 (4.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.49%) F5
5 5 (2.07%) Juniper
6 4 (1.66%) Cognos
6 4 (1.66%) IBM
7 3 (1.24%) Databricks
8 2 (0.83%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.83%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.41%) Citrix
9 1 (0.41%) EMC
9 1 (0.41%) iManage
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle
9 1 (0.41%) Renesas
9 1 (0.41%) SAP
9 1 (0.41%) Sitecore