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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 175 122
Rank change year-on-year +67 -53 +40
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2,453 2,137 4,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.48% 2.11% 3.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.94% 6.45% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,851 1,357 1,543
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £107,500 £98,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -

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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +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 9 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 9 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 +71 2,180 £60,000 -4.00% 834
UK excluding London +53 1,510 £51,250 -6.82% 441
London +66 833 £75,000 -3.23% 396
Work from Home +95 742 £60,000 -4.00% 381
South East +26 525 £60,000 - 96
North of England +138 357 £50,000 -9.09% 108
Midlands +9 189 £50,000 -16.67% 90
North West +74 181 £50,000 -9.09% 63
Yorkshire +166 156 £46,250 -15.91% 28
South West +10 147 £45,000 -18.18% 49
Scotland -48 126 £57,500 +4.55% 11
West Midlands +45 124 £53,250 -16.47% 56
East of England +28 114 £40,000 -27.93% 63
East Midlands -32 63 £45,000 - 34
Wales -13 24 £34,000 -24.44% 12
North East -4 20 £52,500 +23.53% 18
Northern Ireland +23 19 £40,500 -4.71% 13
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
1 125 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.18%) FileNet
4 28 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 21 (0.86%) Apache
6 19 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 17 (0.69%) Confluence
7 17 (0.69%) WordPress
8 15 (0.61%) OpenStack
9 14 (0.57%) IIS
10 7 (0.29%) CMS
11 4 (0.16%) Appian
11 4 (0.16%) Luigi
11 4 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WildFly
13 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.082%) Drupal
13 2 (0.082%) Moodle
Applications
1 57 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.63%) Simulink
3 11 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.33%) InfoPath
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.082%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.082%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.082%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.041%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.041%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.041%) Revit
7 1 (0.041%) Sketch
7 1 (0.041%) Trello
7 1 (0.041%) UXPin
7 1 (0.041%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 28 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.33%) Shopify
4 5 (0.20%) Odoo
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
6 3 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.082%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.041%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.041%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.041%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.041%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.041%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 497 (20.26%) Azure
2 468 (19.08%) AWS
3 200 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
4 164 (6.69%) GCP
5 119 (4.85%) Power Platform
6 106 (4.32%) Amazon S3
7 105 (4.28%) SaaS
8 93 (3.79%) GitHub
9 83 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
10 81 (3.30%) Serverless
11 65 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 58 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
13 57 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (2.12%) PowerApps
15 40 (1.63%) Power Automate
16 33 (1.35%) Amazon Kinesis
17 29 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
17 29 (1.18%) Snowflake
18 28 (1.14%) IaaS
19 26 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 145 (5.91%) WAN
2 131 (5.34%) Network Security
3 118 (4.81%) Firewall
4 116 (4.73%) Wireless
5 100 (4.08%) Cisco IOS
5 100 (4.08%) SD-WAN
6 93 (3.79%) WebEx
7 58 (2.36%) DNS
8 57 (2.32%) TCP/IP
9 50 (2.04%) LAN
10 45 (1.83%) VPN
11 41 (1.67%) DHCP
12 36 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (1.39%) HTTP
14 32 (1.30%) VLAN
15 29 (1.18%) SAN
16 26 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
17 25 (1.02%) Internet
18 18 (0.73%) NAS
19 12 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 177 (7.22%) NoSQL
3 125 (5.10%) MySQL
4 116 (4.73%) Relational Database
5 105 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
6 102 (4.16%) Power BI
7 77 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
9 54 (2.20%) Redis
10 53 (2.16%) Big Data
11 48 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 47 (1.92%) MongoDB
13 42 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
14 40 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 36 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 35 (1.43%) Apache Cassandra
17 33 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
17 33 (1.35%) RDBMS
18 28 (1.14%) Tableau
19 25 (1.02%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 332 (13.53%) Git
2 85 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 76 (3.10%) JIRA
4 50 (2.04%) GitLab
5 35 (1.43%) Jasmine
6 34 (1.39%) JUnit
7 32 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 31 (1.26%) Postman
8 31 (1.26%) Subversion
9 29 (1.18%) Mockito
10 28 (1.14%) Burp Suite
10 28 (1.14%) Metasploit
11 20 (0.82%) CMake
12 17 (0.69%) Selenium
13 16 (0.65%) Appium
14 15 (0.61%) Vagrant
15 13 (0.53%) Moq
15 13 (0.53%) NUnit
16 12 (0.49%) Bitbucket
17 10 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,217 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 446 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 431 (17.57%) Finance
4 141 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (5.14%) Manufacturing
6 122 (4.97%) Marketing
7 93 (3.79%) Law
8 82 (3.34%) Electronics
8 82 (3.34%) Public Sector
9 77 (3.14%) Retail
10 75 (3.06%) Legal
11 54 (2.20%) Banking
12 53 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 52 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 46 (1.88%) Games
15 35 (1.43%) Military
16 30 (1.22%) Back Office
17 28 (1.14%) Billing
18 25 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 672 (27.40%) Developer
2 350 (14.27%) Senior
3 310 (12.64%) Software Engineer
4 232 (9.46%) Lead
5 209 (8.52%) Architect
6 161 (6.56%) Software Developer
7 126 (5.14%) Analyst
8 121 (4.93%) Senior Developer
9 112 (4.57%) IT Support
10 99 (4.04%) Junior
11 98 (4.00%) IT Support Specialist
11 98 (4.00%) Support Specialist
12 77 (3.14%) .NET Developer
13 73 (2.98%) Full Stack Developer
14 71 (2.89%) Senior Software Engineer
14 71 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
15 67 (2.73%) Support Engineer
16 62 (2.53%) Data Engineer
17 60 (2.45%) Graduate
18 53 (2.16%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (14.47%) .NET
2 294 (11.99%) React
3 224 (9.13%) HTML
4 205 (8.36%) CSS
5 168 (6.85%) AngularJS
6 116 (4.73%) Spring
7 95 (3.87%) Node.js
8 88 (3.59%) .NET Framework
9 86 (3.51%) ASP.NET
10 85 (3.47%) REST
11 83 (3.38%) JSON
12 75 (3.06%) Kafka
13 74 (3.02%) RESTful
14 73 (2.98%) Vue
15 69 (2.81%) .NET Core
15 69 (2.81%) Web Services
16 54 (2.20%) XML
17 51 (2.08%) HTML5
18 46 (1.88%) Hibernate
19 45 (1.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 270 (11.01%) Management Information System
2 143 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
3 117 (4.77%) Algorithms
4 93 (3.79%) Video Conferencing
5 91 (3.71%) Wiki
6 90 (3.67%) Cloud Native
7 73 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 70 (2.85%) Mobile App
9 68 (2.77%) Data Centre
10 65 (2.65%) Product Ownership
11 49 (2.00%) Data Structures
12 46 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
13 44 (1.79%) IoT
14 41 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
15 38 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
15 38 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
16 36 (1.47%) Driving Licence
17 30 (1.22%) Security Posture
18 28 (1.14%) Life Science
19 26 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 397 (16.18%) Windows
2 332 (13.53%) Linux
3 161 (6.56%) Android
4 121 (4.93%) Windows 10
5 83 (3.38%) Windows Server
6 49 (2.00%) Mac OS
7 40 (1.63%) Apple iOS
8 38 (1.55%) Unix
9 29 (1.18%) Kali Linux
10 25 (1.02%) Ubuntu
11 20 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 20 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
12 16 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
13 14 (0.57%) CentOS
14 9 (0.37%) Debian
15 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.24%) VMS
17 4 (0.16%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,386 (97.27%) Computer Science
2 1,060 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
3 654 (26.66%) Agile
4 622 (25.36%) Software Engineering
5 387 (15.78%) DevOps
6 300 (12.23%) Artificial Intelligence
7 289 (11.78%) CI/CD
8 270 (11.01%) Mentoring
9 244 (9.95%) Machine Learning
10 222 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
11 212 (8.64%) Mathematics
12 198 (8.07%) SDLC
13 191 (7.79%) Project Management
14 188 (7.66%) Analytics
15 185 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 179 (7.30%) Data Modelling
17 173 (7.05%) Test Automation
18 172 (7.01%) Roadmaps
19 171 (6.97%) Full Stack Development
20 167 (6.81%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 544 (22.18%) SQL
2 532 (21.69%) Python
3 480 (19.57%) C#
4 467 (19.04%) JavaScript
5 363 (14.80%) Java
6 188 (7.66%) TypeScript
7 179 (7.30%) C++
8 123 (5.01%) C
9 102 (4.16%) PHP
10 82 (3.34%) PowerShell
11 50 (2.04%) Bash
12 40 (1.63%) Kotlin
13 39 (1.59%) Go
13 39 (1.59%) R
14 37 (1.51%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.35%) Scala
16 17 (0.69%) Rust
17 16 (0.65%) Swift
18 15 (0.61%) MATLAB
18 15 (0.61%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2,453 (100.00%) Degree
2 448 (18.26%) Master's Degree
3 171 (6.97%) Security Cleared
4 126 (5.14%) SC Cleared
5 120 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 91 (3.71%) CISSP
7 89 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
8 77 (3.14%) AWS Certification
9 70 (2.85%) Azure Certification
10 58 (2.36%) CCNA
11 52 (2.12%) CCNP
12 51 (2.08%) PhD
13 47 (1.92%) CISM
14 39 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 38 (1.55%) DBS Check
16 36 (1.47%) MCP
17 33 (1.35%) A+ Certification
18 30 (1.22%) PMI Certification
19 27 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
20 26 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (7.17%) QA
2 76 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.04%) GDPR
4 47 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (1.43%) NIST
6 28 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.02%) SLA
8 18 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.49%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.49%) PMO
11 11 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 10 (0.41%) COBIT
13 7 (0.29%) ISO 13485
14 6 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.24%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
16 2 (0.082%) WAI
System Software
1 311 (12.68%) Docker
2 192 (7.83%) Active Directory
3 95 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
4 94 (3.83%) XenApp
5 91 (3.71%) Microsoft App-V
5 91 (3.71%) XenDesktop
6 42 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 25 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (0.69%) Hyper-V
9 16 (0.65%) Firmware
10 9 (0.37%) vSphere
11 5 (0.20%) pfSense
11 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.16%) KVM
13 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.082%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.082%) HDFS
14 2 (0.082%) LXC
15 1 (0.041%) OpenAM
15 1 (0.041%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 279 (11.37%) Kubernetes
2 135 (5.50%) Terraform
3 106 (4.32%) SCCM
4 91 (3.71%) AirWatch
5 51 (2.08%) Ansible
6 17 (0.69%) Puppet
7 16 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
9 11 (0.45%) Grafana
10 10 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.33%) Nagios
12 7 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.29%) SCOM
12 7 (0.29%) 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
1 505 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 165 (6.73%) Cisco
3 126 (5.14%) Google
4 97 (3.95%) Citrix
5 94 (3.83%) Oracle
6 57 (2.32%) SAP
7 54 (2.20%) VMware
8 49 (2.00%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.55%) IBM
10 31 (1.26%) Xilinx
11 30 (1.22%) Databricks
12 23 (0.94%) Juniper
12 23 (0.94%) Splunk
13 21 (0.86%) Apple
14 20 (0.82%) 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