Computer Science
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 57 45
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 5,030 5,234 11,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.07% 5.18% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.92% 5.42% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,411 2,972 3,693
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the UK

Computer Science
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +17 4,196 £60,000 -7.69% 1,696
UK excluding London +22 3,339 £52,500 -4.55% 900
London +7 1,525 £77,500 -3.13% 806
Work from Home +9 1,413 £60,000 -11.11% 761
South East +7 1,026 £60,000 +9.09% 244
North of England +92 633 £48,000 -7.69% 197
Scotland +8 596 £52,500 -0.94% 31
Midlands +14 382 £50,000 -4.76% 154
South West +22 356 £50,000 -9.09% 97
North West +72 353 £50,000 -9.09% 115
West Midlands +32 262 £50,181 -7.50% 86
East of England +1 251 £46,000 -1.08% 151
Yorkshire +101 221 £45,000 -14.29% 49
East Midlands -8 114 £42,500 -5.56% 68
North East +5 59 £48,734 +14.67% 34
Northern Ireland +21 43 £40,000 -20.00% 19
Wales -54 39 £34,000 -40.87% 22
Isle of Man - 13 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

Computer Science
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
1 139 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 94 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 45 (0.89%) FileNet
5 41 (0.82%) Apache
6 38 (0.76%) Confluence
7 37 (0.74%) CMS
8 32 (0.64%) IIS
9 30 (0.60%) SAS
10 26 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
11 22 (0.44%) WordPress
12 19 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
13 15 (0.30%) OpenStack
14 12 (0.24%) Jupyter
14 12 (0.24%) Tomcat
15 8 (0.16%) Apache Pig
15 8 (0.16%) nginx
15 8 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
16 6 (0.12%) Moodle
17 5 (0.099%) Luigi
Applications
1 110 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 103 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (0.99%) Simulink
4 37 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 14 (0.28%) Trello
7 11 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.20%) SPSS
9 8 (0.16%) InfoPath
10 7 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.040%) Sketch
12 2 (0.040%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.040%) TargetLink
12 2 (0.040%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.020%) Autodesk Inventor
13 1 (0.020%) Fusion 360
13 1 (0.020%) InVision
13 1 (0.020%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 51 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (0.52%) SDL Web 8
3 22 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 19 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.18%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.16%) Shopify
8 5 (0.099%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.099%) Odoo
9 4 (0.080%) Magento
9 4 (0.080%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.080%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.080%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.060%) CA PPM
10 3 (0.060%) Endur
10 3 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
10 3 (0.060%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 936 (18.61%) AWS
2 872 (17.34%) Azure
3 282 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
4 268 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 267 (5.31%) GCP
6 183 (3.64%) SaaS
7 159 (3.16%) GitHub
8 141 (2.80%) Serverless
9 133 (2.64%) Amazon S3
10 127 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
11 112 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
12 105 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
13 65 (1.29%) PowerApps
14 58 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
15 56 (1.11%) Power Automate
16 49 (0.97%) IaaS
17 46 (0.91%) PaaS
18 42 (0.83%) Entra ID
19 37 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
20 36 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 177 (3.52%) Network Security
2 176 (3.50%) WAN
2 176 (3.50%) Wireless
3 158 (3.14%) Firewall
4 120 (2.39%) SD-WAN
5 112 (2.23%) TCP/IP
6 93 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
7 92 (1.83%) WebEx
8 91 (1.81%) DNS
9 89 (1.77%) VPN
10 67 (1.33%) HTTP
11 62 (1.23%) Internet
12 61 (1.21%) LAN
13 52 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
14 46 (0.91%) DHCP
15 44 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
16 30 (0.60%) SAN
17 29 (0.58%) Ethernet
17 29 (0.58%) VLAN
18 23 (0.46%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 440 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 284 (5.65%) NoSQL
3 246 (4.89%) Power BI
4 190 (3.78%) Relational Database
5 186 (3.70%) MySQL
6 174 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
7 154 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
8 122 (2.43%) Big Data
9 112 (2.23%) Redis
10 85 (1.69%) Tableau
11 78 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
11 78 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 65 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
12 65 (1.29%) Hadoop
13 61 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 52 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
15 50 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
16 49 (0.97%) MongoDB
17 47 (0.93%) Data Lake
18 42 (0.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 525 (10.44%) Git
2 176 (3.50%) JIRA
3 139 (2.76%) Jenkins
4 84 (1.67%) Visual Studio
5 81 (1.61%) GitLab
6 74 (1.47%) JUnit
7 57 (1.13%) Selenium
8 53 (1.05%) Mockito
9 52 (1.03%) Jasmine
10 45 (0.89%) Cypress.io
11 42 (0.83%) TeamCity
12 41 (0.82%) Moq
12 41 (0.82%) NUnit
13 40 (0.80%) Subversion
14 33 (0.66%) CMake
15 32 (0.64%) Postman
16 30 (0.60%) Burp Suite
17 28 (0.56%) Metasploit
18 27 (0.54%) Bitbucket
19 25 (0.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,043 (40.62%) Social Skills
2 1,064 (21.15%) Finance
3 878 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 762 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 462 (9.18%) Marketing
6 450 (8.95%) Law
7 255 (5.07%) Manufacturing
8 234 (4.65%) Electronics
9 192 (3.82%) Legal
10 180 (3.58%) Financial Institution
11 169 (3.36%) Banking
12 145 (2.88%) Games
13 141 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 140 (2.78%) Retail
15 128 (2.54%) Public Sector
16 120 (2.39%) Telecoms
17 92 (1.83%) Investment Banking
18 90 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
19 78 (1.55%) Automotive
20 67 (1.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,194 (23.74%) Developer
2 869 (17.28%) Senior
3 740 (14.71%) Software Engineer
4 437 (8.69%) Lead
5 296 (5.88%) Software Developer
6 292 (5.81%) Architect
7 286 (5.69%) Analyst
8 273 (5.43%) Senior Developer
9 215 (4.27%) Data Scientist
10 208 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
11 188 (3.74%) Engineering Manager
12 181 (3.60%) Junior
13 169 (3.36%) Software Engineering Manager
14 166 (3.30%) Graduate
15 136 (2.70%) IT Support
16 134 (2.66%) Full Stack Developer
17 125 (2.49%) .NET Developer
18 114 (2.27%) Support Specialist
19 105 (2.09%) Java Engineer
20 103 (2.05%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 683 (13.58%) .NET
2 528 (10.50%) React
3 454 (9.03%) HTML
4 397 (7.89%) CSS
5 365 (7.26%) AngularJS
6 244 (4.85%) Spring
7 215 (4.27%) RESTful
8 208 (4.14%) Node.js
9 190 (3.78%) Kafka
10 181 (3.60%) ASP.NET
11 171 (3.40%) .NET Core
12 168 (3.34%) HTML5
13 167 (3.32%) REST
14 145 (2.88%) Web Services
15 140 (2.78%) .NET Framework
16 112 (2.23%) JSON
17 110 (2.19%) Spring Boot
18 99 (1.97%) Vue
18 99 (1.97%) XML
19 97 (1.93%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 556 (11.05%) Algorithms
2 445 (8.85%) Management Information System
3 367 (7.30%) Cloud Native
4 258 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 220 (4.37%) Data Structures
6 149 (2.96%) Client/Server
7 138 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 137 (2.72%) Product Ownership
9 115 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
10 96 (1.91%) Mobile App
11 94 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
12 91 (1.81%) Data Centre
13 90 (1.79%) Wiki
14 86 (1.71%) IoT
15 71 (1.41%) Market Risk
16 69 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
17 67 (1.33%) Virtual Team
18 61 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
19 55 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
19 55 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 567 (11.27%) Windows
2 544 (10.82%) Linux
3 176 (3.50%) Android
4 138 (2.74%) Windows 10
5 103 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 90 (1.79%) Unix
7 65 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 59 (1.17%) Mac OS
9 33 (0.66%) Kali Linux
10 32 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
11 31 (0.62%) Ubuntu
12 22 (0.44%) CentOS
12 22 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
13 19 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (0.24%) Debian
15 8 (0.16%) VMS
16 6 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
17 4 (0.080%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.080%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,871 (37.20%) Problem-Solving
2 1,612 (32.05%) Software Engineering
3 1,440 (28.63%) Agile
4 1,046 (20.80%) Mathematics
5 696 (13.84%) Artificial Intelligence
6 630 (12.52%) Machine Learning
7 582 (11.57%) CI/CD
8 568 (11.29%) Mentoring
9 553 (10.99%) SDLC
10 539 (10.72%) DevOps
11 536 (10.66%) Analytics
12 533 (10.60%) Decision-Making
13 513 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
14 483 (9.60%) Data Science
15 422 (8.39%) Project Management
16 398 (7.91%) Data Analysis
17 356 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 354 (7.04%) Full Stack Development
19 351 (6.98%) Microservices
20 349 (6.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,189 (23.64%) Python
2 1,127 (22.41%) SQL
3 956 (19.01%) C#
4 820 (16.30%) JavaScript
5 752 (14.95%) Java
6 410 (8.15%) C++
7 395 (7.85%) C
8 361 (7.18%) TypeScript
9 156 (3.10%) PHP
10 142 (2.82%) PowerShell
11 109 (2.17%) R
12 101 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 96 (1.91%) Bash
14 79 (1.57%) Embedded C
15 78 (1.55%) Go
16 77 (1.53%) Fortran
17 62 (1.23%) Kotlin
18 61 (1.21%) MATLAB
19 54 (1.07%) Scala
20 53 (1.05%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4,278 (85.05%) Degree
2 2,391 (47.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 798 (15.86%) Master's Degree
4 287 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 252 (5.01%) PhD
6 170 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 166 (3.30%) CISSP
8 145 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 104 (2.07%) CISM
10 100 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 88 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 79 (1.57%) Azure Certification
13 67 (1.33%) PMI Certification
14 60 (1.19%) PMP
15 59 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
16 58 (1.15%) CCNA
17 56 (1.11%) CCNP
18 48 (0.95%) CISA
19 45 (0.89%) A+ Certification
20 44 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (5.67%) QA
2 109 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 109 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 98 (1.95%) GDPR
4 82 (1.63%) NIST
5 81 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 43 (0.85%) PMO
7 40 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 33 (0.66%) WCAG
9 29 (0.58%) SLA
10 28 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.46%) ISO 13485
12 22 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 16 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 15 (0.30%) GRC
14 15 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.28%) COBIT
15 14 (0.28%) NCSC
16 13 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 13 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 445 (8.85%) Docker
2 236 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 141 (2.80%) Firmware
4 97 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
5 94 (1.87%) XenApp
6 90 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 90 (1.79%) XenDesktop
7 75 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
8 48 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
9 38 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
10 33 (0.66%) Hyper-V
11 12 (0.24%) HDFS
12 10 (0.20%) vSphere
13 9 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
14 8 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
15 7 (0.14%) KVM
16 4 (0.080%) pfSense
17 2 (0.040%) LXC
17 2 (0.040%) NFS
18 1 (0.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 403 (8.01%) Kubernetes
2 179 (3.56%) Terraform
3 106 (2.11%) SCCM
4 90 (1.79%) AirWatch
5 67 (1.33%) Ansible
6 22 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.42%) Grafana
8 19 (0.38%) Puppet
9 15 (0.30%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 11 (0.22%) Nagios
11 11 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 11 (0.22%) WSUS
12 9 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.16%) Nessus
13 8 (0.16%) SCOM
14 7 (0.14%) CASB
14 7 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.14%) Kubeflow
14 7 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 764 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 198 (3.94%) Google
3 185 (3.68%) Cisco
4 167 (3.32%) Oracle
5 102 (2.03%) SAP
6 97 (1.93%) Citrix
7 90 (1.79%) VMware
8 78 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 48 (0.95%) IBM
10 41 (0.82%) Databricks
11 39 (0.78%) Xilinx
12 36 (0.72%) Splunk
13 31 (0.62%) Juniper
14 29 (0.58%) Adobe
15 28 (0.56%) Apple
16 24 (0.48%) Facebook
16 24 (0.48%) ServiceNow
17 23 (0.46%) Atlassian
18 19 (0.38%) F5
18 19 (0.38%) Xamarin