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 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 109 162 120
Rank change year-on-year +53 -42 +42
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2,474 2,280 5,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.48% 2.30% 3.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.00% 6.97% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 1,426 1,538
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £41,250
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 £51,250 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.58% +20.00% -

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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

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 18 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 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
England +64 2,203 £60,000 -4.00% 958
UK excluding London +36 1,541 £51,250 -14.58% 553
London +58 826 £75,000 -3.23% 507
Work from Home +105 766 £60,000 -7.69% 430
South East +30 530 £60,000 -1.32% 178
North of England +105 369 £50,000 -16.67% 119
Midlands +8 198 £50,000 -17.76% 88
North West +49 187 £50,000 -16.67% 64
Yorkshire +146 161 £45,500 -25.16% 39
South West -14 151 £45,000 -25.99% 56
West Midlands +46 130 £54,500 -12.80% 56
Scotland -64 125 £57,500 +4.55% 27
East of England +18 117 £40,000 -32.38% 64
East Midlands -29 66 £46,188 -2.76% 32
Wales -19 23 £34,000 -24.44% 15
North East -8 21 £52,500 +11.70% 18
Northern Ireland +9 19 £40,500 -4.71% 10
Isle of Man - 9 £37,500 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

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
1 120 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.17%) FileNet
5 23 (0.93%) Apache
6 21 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.81%) Confluence
8 16 (0.65%) WordPress
9 15 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 14 (0.57%) IIS
11 8 (0.32%) CMS
12 4 (0.16%) Appian
12 4 (0.16%) Luigi
12 4 (0.16%) OpenEdge
13 3 (0.12%) SAS
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.12%) WildFly
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.081%) Drupal
14 2 (0.081%) Moodle
Applications
1 59 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.82%) Simulink
3 42 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.32%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.081%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.081%) 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 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.32%) Shopify
4 5 (0.20%) Odoo
5 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.16%) Magento
5 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
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 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.081%) 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
1 515 (20.82%) Azure
2 483 (19.52%) AWS
3 202 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
4 166 (6.71%) GCP
5 129 (5.21%) Power Platform
6 107 (4.32%) Amazon S3
7 102 (4.12%) SaaS
8 94 (3.80%) GitHub
9 86 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
10 85 (3.44%) Serverless
11 66 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
12 63 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
13 58 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
14 55 (2.22%) PowerApps
15 43 (1.74%) Power Automate
16 40 (1.62%) Amazon Kinesis
17 30 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
18 29 (1.17%) Snowflake
19 28 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (1.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 141 (5.70%) WAN
2 132 (5.34%) Network Security
3 117 (4.73%) Firewall
4 112 (4.53%) Wireless
5 95 (3.84%) Cisco IOS
5 95 (3.84%) SD-WAN
6 88 (3.56%) WebEx
7 58 (2.34%) DNS
7 58 (2.34%) TCP/IP
8 51 (2.06%) LAN
9 45 (1.82%) VPN
10 41 (1.66%) DHCP
11 36 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (1.33%) HTTP
12 33 (1.33%) VLAN
13 28 (1.13%) SAN
14 26 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
15 25 (1.01%) Internet
16 17 (0.69%) NAS
17 12 (0.49%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (10.79%) SQL Server
2 187 (7.56%) NoSQL
3 121 (4.89%) MySQL
4 117 (4.73%) Relational Database
5 113 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
6 110 (4.45%) Power BI
7 85 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
8 65 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
9 63 (2.55%) Redis
10 53 (2.14%) Big Data
11 49 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 47 (1.90%) MongoDB
13 42 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
14 41 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 36 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
16 35 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
17 33 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 33 (1.33%) RDBMS
18 28 (1.13%) Tableau
19 25 (1.01%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 336 (13.58%) Git
2 90 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 80 (3.23%) JIRA
4 54 (2.18%) GitLab
5 35 (1.41%) Jasmine
5 35 (1.41%) JUnit
6 32 (1.29%) Subversion
6 32 (1.29%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.25%) Postman
8 29 (1.17%) Mockito
9 28 (1.13%) Burp Suite
9 28 (1.13%) Metasploit
10 21 (0.85%) CMake
11 17 (0.69%) Selenium
11 17 (0.69%) Vagrant
12 16 (0.65%) Appium
13 14 (0.57%) Moq
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
15 12 (0.49%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.44%) LabVIEW
General
1 1,238 (50.04%) Social Skills
2 445 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
3 429 (17.34%) Finance
4 141 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (5.09%) Manufacturing
6 124 (5.01%) Marketing
7 92 (3.72%) Law
8 90 (3.64%) Electronics
9 84 (3.40%) Public Sector
10 78 (3.15%) Retail
11 74 (2.99%) Legal
12 55 (2.22%) Banking
13 53 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 49 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 46 (1.86%) Games
16 34 (1.37%) Military
17 33 (1.33%) Billing
18 29 (1.17%) Back Office
19 26 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 675 (27.28%) Developer
2 354 (14.31%) Senior
3 320 (12.93%) Software Engineer
4 230 (9.30%) Lead
5 208 (8.41%) Architect
6 159 (6.43%) Software Developer
7 122 (4.93%) Analyst
7 122 (4.93%) Senior Developer
8 109 (4.41%) IT Support
9 98 (3.96%) Junior
10 93 (3.76%) IT Support Specialist
10 93 (3.76%) Support Specialist
11 79 (3.19%) .NET Developer
12 72 (2.91%) Full Stack Developer
12 72 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
13 70 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
14 66 (2.67%) Support Engineer
15 62 (2.51%) Data Engineer
16 61 (2.47%) Graduate
17 53 (2.14%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (14.47%) .NET
2 291 (11.76%) React
3 225 (9.09%) HTML
4 207 (8.37%) CSS
5 169 (6.83%) AngularJS
6 114 (4.61%) Spring
7 95 (3.84%) Node.js
8 91 (3.68%) REST
9 90 (3.64%) .NET Framework
10 87 (3.52%) ASP.NET
11 83 (3.35%) JSON
12 74 (2.99%) Kafka
12 74 (2.99%) Web Services
13 73 (2.95%) Vue
14 72 (2.91%) RESTful
15 69 (2.79%) .NET Core
16 55 (2.22%) XML
17 51 (2.06%) HTML5
18 49 (1.98%) GraphQL
19 46 (1.86%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 270 (10.91%) Management Information System
2 143 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
3 119 (4.81%) Algorithms
4 90 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 88 (3.56%) Video Conferencing
6 86 (3.48%) Wiki
7 72 (2.91%) Onboarding
8 70 (2.83%) Mobile App
9 68 (2.75%) Data Centre
10 65 (2.63%) Product Ownership
11 48 (1.94%) Data Structures
12 47 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
13 44 (1.78%) IoT
14 42 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
15 39 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
16 37 (1.50%) Driving Licence
16 37 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
17 28 (1.13%) Life Science
17 28 (1.13%) Security Posture
18 26 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 391 (15.80%) Windows
2 336 (13.58%) Linux
3 158 (6.39%) Android
4 115 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 81 (3.27%) Windows Server
6 49 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 39 (1.58%) Apple iOS
7 39 (1.58%) Unix
8 29 (1.17%) Kali Linux
9 27 (1.09%) Ubuntu
10 22 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 19 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
13 16 (0.65%) CentOS
14 15 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
15 10 (0.40%) Debian
16 6 (0.24%) VMS
17 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
18 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
19 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,409 (97.37%) Computer Science
2 1,069 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
3 672 (27.16%) Agile
4 636 (25.71%) Software Engineering
5 406 (16.41%) DevOps
6 306 (12.37%) Artificial Intelligence
7 299 (12.09%) CI/CD
8 273 (11.03%) Mentoring
9 253 (10.23%) Machine Learning
10 217 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
11 214 (8.65%) Mathematics
12 202 (8.16%) SDLC
13 201 (8.12%) Analytics
14 194 (7.84%) Project Management
15 186 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 184 (7.44%) Data Modelling
17 180 (7.28%) Roadmaps
18 175 (7.07%) Microservices
19 173 (6.99%) Test Automation
20 171 (6.91%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 548 (22.15%) SQL
2 543 (21.95%) Python
3 480 (19.40%) C#
4 468 (18.92%) JavaScript
5 373 (15.08%) Java
6 185 (7.48%) TypeScript
7 182 (7.36%) C++
8 125 (5.05%) C
9 102 (4.12%) PHP
10 79 (3.19%) PowerShell
11 51 (2.06%) Bash
12 44 (1.78%) Kotlin
13 42 (1.70%) Scala
14 39 (1.58%) Go
14 39 (1.58%) R
15 37 (1.50%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.69%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.69%) Rust
17 15 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2,474 (100.00%) Degree
2 438 (17.70%) Master's Degree
3 179 (7.24%) Security Cleared
4 132 (5.34%) SC Cleared
5 123 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 90 (3.64%) CISSP
7 89 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
8 77 (3.11%) AWS Certification
9 68 (2.75%) Azure Certification
10 59 (2.38%) CCNA
11 53 (2.14%) CCNP
12 51 (2.06%) PhD
13 46 (1.86%) CISM
14 40 (1.62%) DBS Check
15 39 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 36 (1.46%) MCP
17 33 (1.33%) A+ Certification
17 33 (1.33%) PMI Certification
18 28 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
18 28 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (7.24%) QA
2 75 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.02%) GDPR
4 44 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.33%) NIST
6 28 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 23 (0.93%) SLA
8 18 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 12 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 12 (0.49%) PMO
12 10 (0.40%) COBIT
13 7 (0.28%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.24%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
16 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.081%) WAI
System Software
1 308 (12.45%) Docker
2 185 (7.48%) Active Directory
3 90 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
4 89 (3.60%) XenApp
5 86 (3.48%) Microsoft App-V
5 86 (3.48%) XenDesktop
6 39 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
7 27 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.69%) Firmware
9 16 (0.65%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.36%) vSphere
11 6 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.20%) pfSense
13 4 (0.16%) KVM
14 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.081%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.081%) HDFS
15 2 (0.081%) LXC
16 1 (0.040%) OpenAM
16 1 (0.040%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 277 (11.20%) Kubernetes
2 142 (5.74%) Terraform
3 102 (4.12%) SCCM
4 86 (3.48%) AirWatch
5 55 (2.22%) Ansible
6 19 (0.77%) Puppet
7 18 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.49%) Grafana
8 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
9 10 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.36%) Progress Chef
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%) Argo
14 5 (0.20%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.20%) Kubeflow
14 5 (0.20%) Nessus
14 5 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 511 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.55%) Cisco
3 129 (5.21%) Google
4 93 (3.76%) Oracle
5 92 (3.72%) Citrix
6 56 (2.26%) SAP
7 51 (2.06%) VMware
8 49 (1.98%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.54%) IBM
10 36 (1.46%) Xilinx
11 34 (1.37%) Databricks
12 23 (0.93%) Juniper
12 23 (0.93%) Splunk
13 21 (0.85%) Apple
14 20 (0.81%) Facebook
15 16 (0.65%) F5
16 15 (0.61%) Sony
17 14 (0.57%) Atlassian
17 14 (0.57%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.57%) Xamarin