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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 36 48
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,522 2,372 5,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.45% 6.91% 7.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.08% 7.25% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,460 1,828
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £98,125 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £120,000
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 21,505 32,733 66,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.16% 95.36% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 15,937 23,598 34,274
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,411 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,524 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,001 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
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 13 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 13 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 +31 283 £80,000 -5.88% 79
South London -2 24 £78,250 +28.70% 12
West London -28 20 £64,000 +5.18% 42
East London +14 9 £93,750 +70.45% 28
North London -11 2 £76,250 +8.93% 4
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
1 105 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.81%) Apache Spark
3 34 (2.23%) SharePoint
4 28 (1.84%) Apache
5 26 (1.71%) CMS
6 22 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (1.18%) Confluence
8 15 (0.99%) SAS
9 12 (0.79%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.53%) Apache Pig
10 8 (0.53%) 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 (0.066%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.85%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.66%) 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 (0.066%) InVision
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 22 (1.45%) SDL Web 8
2 17 (1.12%) 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 (0.066%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.066%) MetaTrader
6 1 (0.066%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.066%) Primavera
6 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.066%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 382 (25.10%) AWS
2 359 (23.59%) Azure
3 154 (10.12%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (9.07%) GCP
5 110 (7.23%) Power Platform
6 76 (4.99%) SaaS
7 55 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
8 54 (3.55%) Serverless
9 37 (2.43%) GitHub
10 36 (2.37%) PowerApps
11 33 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.64%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.58%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.58%) IaaS
15 23 (1.51%) PaaS
15 23 (1.51%) WhatsApp
16 16 (1.05%) Entra ID
17 14 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 98 (6.44%) WAN
2 92 (6.04%) Wireless
3 89 (5.85%) WebEx
4 88 (5.78%) Cisco IOS
4 88 (5.78%) SD-WAN
5 47 (3.09%) Network Security
6 31 (2.04%) Firewall
7 27 (1.77%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.38%) DNS
9 19 (1.25%) VPN
10 17 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.85%) Internet
12 11 (0.72%) DHCP
12 11 (0.72%) LAN
13 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.39%) HTTP
14 6 (0.39%) SAN
15 5 (0.33%) DKIM
16 3 (0.20%) VLAN
16 3 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.44%) Power BI
3 64 (4.20%) Big Data
4 59 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 57 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
6 54 (3.55%) MySQL
6 54 (3.55%) Redis
7 51 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
8 48 (3.15%) Tableau
9 43 (2.83%) NoSQL
10 38 (2.50%) Hadoop
11 30 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 25 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 24 (1.58%) MongoDB
14 19 (1.25%) Apache Hive
15 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.85%) RDBMS
17 11 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 153 (10.05%) Git
2 66 (4.34%) JIRA
3 49 (3.22%) GitLab
4 35 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 30 (1.97%) Visual Studio
6 28 (1.84%) Burp Suite
6 28 (1.84%) Metasploit
7 27 (1.77%) Moq
8 25 (1.64%) TeamCity
9 24 (1.58%) NUnit
10 16 (1.05%) JUnit
10 16 (1.05%) Sourcetree
11 15 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (0.92%) SpecFlow
13 13 (0.85%) git-flow
14 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.53%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.53%) Maven
14 8 (0.53%) Postman
14 8 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 770 (50.59%) Social Skills
2 403 (26.48%) Finance
3 344 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.31%) Marketing
5 84 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 62 (4.07%) Banking
7 56 (3.68%) Public Sector
8 52 (3.42%) Retail
9 51 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (3.29%) Front Office
11 45 (2.96%) Legal
12 38 (2.50%) Games
13 37 (2.43%) Law
14 32 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 31 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.97%) Back Office
17 26 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
18 25 (1.64%) Electronics
18 25 (1.64%) Investment Banking
19 20 (1.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 399 (26.22%) Developer
2 275 (18.07%) Senior
3 170 (11.17%) Lead
4 125 (8.21%) Analyst
4 125 (8.21%) Software Engineer
5 110 (7.23%) Architect
6 102 (6.70%) Senior Developer
7 95 (6.24%) IT Support
8 91 (5.98%) Support Specialist
9 90 (5.91%) IT Support Specialist
10 62 (4.07%) Java Developer
11 59 (3.88%) Data Scientist
12 53 (3.48%) C# Developer
13 49 (3.22%) .NET Developer
13 49 (3.22%) Full Stack Developer
14 48 (3.15%) Data Engineer
15 47 (3.09%) Software Developer
16 42 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
17 35 (2.30%) Lead Developer
18 34 (2.23%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (14.32%) .NET
2 143 (9.40%) HTML
3 141 (9.26%) CSS
4 126 (8.28%) React
5 78 (5.12%) ASP.NET
6 63 (4.14%) Web Services
7 62 (4.07%) AngularJS
8 57 (3.75%) Kafka
8 57 (3.75%) RESTful
9 56 (3.68%) REST
10 55 (3.61%) Spring
11 52 (3.42%) .NET Framework
12 43 (2.83%) XML
13 42 (2.76%) ASP.NET MVC
13 42 (2.76%) HTML5
14 40 (2.63%) .NET Core
14 40 (2.63%) SOAP
15 39 (2.56%) jQuery
16 38 (2.50%) Entity Framework
16 38 (2.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 143 (9.40%) Algorithms
2 125 (8.21%) Management Information System
3 103 (6.77%) Data Structures
4 90 (5.91%) Video Conferencing
5 88 (5.78%) Client/Server
5 88 (5.78%) Wiki
6 86 (5.65%) Greenfield Project
7 75 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
8 55 (3.61%) Onboarding
9 48 (3.15%) Hedge funds
10 43 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 43 (2.83%) Product Ownership
11 32 (2.10%) Virtual Team
12 30 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 30 (1.97%) Fixed Income
13 29 (1.91%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.77%) IoT
15 25 (1.64%) Blockchain
15 25 (1.64%) Equities
15 25 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 192 (12.61%) Windows
2 135 (8.87%) Linux
3 103 (6.77%) Android
4 102 (6.70%) Windows 10
5 36 (2.37%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.84%) Kali Linux
7 20 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 20 (1.31%) Unix
8 11 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.066%) Debian
12 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (34.63%) Problem-Solving
2 374 (24.57%) Software Engineering
3 370 (24.31%) Agile
4 230 (15.11%) Mathematics
5 223 (14.65%) Machine Learning
6 221 (14.52%) Data Science
7 192 (12.61%) Analytics
8 178 (11.70%) Artificial Intelligence
9 162 (10.64%) DevOps
10 160 (10.51%) Statistics
11 152 (9.99%) Mentoring
12 136 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
13 135 (8.87%) CI/CD
14 130 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
15 123 (8.08%) Full Stack Development
16 122 (8.02%) Roadmaps
17 120 (7.88%) Data Modelling
18 113 (7.42%) Fintech
19 112 (7.36%) Microservices
20 109 (7.16%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 432 (28.38%) Python
2 391 (25.69%) SQL
3 304 (19.97%) C#
4 221 (14.52%) Java
5 214 (14.06%) JavaScript
6 79 (5.19%) C++
7 75 (4.93%) TypeScript
8 59 (3.88%) R
9 51 (3.35%) PowerShell
10 46 (3.02%) C
11 43 (2.83%) T-SQL
12 37 (2.43%) PHP
13 31 (2.04%) Scala
14 26 (1.71%) Go
14 26 (1.71%) Kotlin
15 20 (1.31%) XPath
16 18 (1.18%) MATLAB
17 15 (0.99%) Bash
18 14 (0.92%) Rust
19 13 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,343 (88.24%) Degree
2 818 (53.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 386 (25.36%) Master's Degree
4 83 (5.45%) PhD
5 72 (4.73%) CISSP
6 61 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 52 (3.42%) CISM
8 46 (3.02%) Security Cleared
9 38 (2.50%) SC Cleared
10 29 (1.91%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.77%) CISA
12 25 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
15 16 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 13 (0.85%) PMP
18 12 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 11 (0.72%) CREST Certified
19 11 (0.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.39%) QA
2 53 (3.48%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.23%) GDPR
5 27 (1.77%) NIST
6 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.59%) SLA
8 9 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.39%) COBIT
9 6 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.26%) NCSC
11 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) CDISC
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 129 (8.48%) Docker
2 126 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 89 (5.85%) VMware ESXi
4 88 (5.78%) Microsoft App-V
4 88 (5.78%) XenApp
4 88 (5.78%) XenDesktop
5 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.66%) 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 (0.066%) KVM
11 1 (0.066%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 93 (6.11%) SCCM
2 88 (5.78%) AirWatch
3 87 (5.72%) Kubernetes
4 67 (4.40%) Terraform
5 20 (1.31%) Ansible
6 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.39%) Grafana
9 5 (0.33%) Argo
9 5 (0.33%) CASB
9 5 (0.33%) QRadar
10 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) WSUS
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 322 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.23%) Cisco
3 89 (5.85%) Citrix
4 77 (5.06%) Google
5 38 (2.50%) Oracle
6 28 (1.84%) SAP
7 24 (1.58%) Adobe
8 22 (1.45%) Databricks
9 19 (1.25%) VMware
10 13 (0.85%) Cognizant
10 13 (0.85%) Splunk
11 11 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.66%) Charles River
13 9 (0.59%) Apple
13 9 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.46%) Bloomberg
16 6 (0.39%) Juniper
16 6 (0.39%) Sybase