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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 156 114
Rank change year-on-year +47 -42 +47
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2,547 2,214 5,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.38% 2.36% 3.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.04% 6.95% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,870 1,460 1,489
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,588 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £47,500 £40,000
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 £91,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £60,800 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.71% +21.60% -

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 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 6 June 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 6 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
England +51 2,266 £60,000 -4.00% 771
UK excluding London +40 1,619 £51,250 -15.71% 425
Work from Home +104 832 £60,000 -7.69% 366
London +43 819 £75,000 -3.23% 370
South East +38 548 £60,000 -1.32% 95
North of England +75 391 £50,000 -16.67% 100
Midlands +17 217 £50,000 -17.76% 85
North West +37 211 £50,000 -16.67% 56
Yorkshire +118 159 £45,000 -18.18% 28
South West -18 157 £47,500 -21.88% 58
West Midlands +19 139 £51,250 -18.00% 48
Scotland -64 129 £58,500 -3.78% 31
East of England +2 122 £40,000 -32.38% 46
East Midlands -25 76 £47,500 - 37
Wales -18 25 £34,000 -24.44% 5
North East -17 21 £52,500 +23.53% 19
Northern Ireland +9 19 £40,500 -10.99% 13
Isle of Man - 10 £37,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

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 97 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.14%) Apache
4 29 (1.14%) FileNet
5 25 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 21 (0.82%) Confluence
7 17 (0.67%) WordPress
8 16 (0.63%) IIS
8 16 (0.63%) OpenStack
9 9 (0.35%) CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Luigi
11 4 (0.16%) Appian
11 4 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.12%) WildFly
13 2 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.079%) Drupal
13 2 (0.079%) Moodle
Applications
1 67 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (2.08%) Simulink
3 47 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.31%) InfoPath
6 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.12%) Fusion 360
7 3 (0.12%) Revit
7 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.079%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.079%) Trello
9 1 (0.039%) Sketch
9 1 (0.039%) UXPin
9 1 (0.039%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.31%) Shopify
4 5 (0.20%) Odoo
4 5 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.16%) Magento
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 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.039%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.039%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.039%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.039%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.039%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.039%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 563 (22.10%) Azure
2 518 (20.34%) AWS
3 182 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
4 171 (6.71%) GCP
5 147 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 105 (4.12%) Amazon S3
7 96 (3.77%) SaaS
8 89 (3.49%) GitHub
9 86 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
10 82 (3.22%) Serverless
11 65 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 62 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
13 61 (2.39%) PowerApps
14 60 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
15 56 (2.20%) Amazon Kinesis
16 48 (1.88%) Power Automate
17 33 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
18 31 (1.22%) Snowflake
19 28 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
20 26 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 145 (5.69%) Network Security
2 123 (4.83%) Firewall
3 117 (4.59%) WAN
4 87 (3.42%) Wireless
5 70 (2.75%) SD-WAN
6 69 (2.71%) Cisco IOS
7 62 (2.43%) TCP/IP
7 62 (2.43%) WebEx
8 55 (2.16%) DNS
9 53 (2.08%) LAN
10 44 (1.73%) VPN
11 38 (1.49%) DHCP
12 34 (1.33%) VLAN
13 33 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
14 32 (1.26%) HTTP
15 30 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
16 28 (1.10%) Internet
17 27 (1.06%) SAN
18 17 (0.67%) NAS
19 12 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (10.60%) SQL Server
2 211 (8.28%) NoSQL
3 128 (5.03%) Power BI
4 122 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
5 121 (4.75%) MySQL
6 118 (4.63%) Relational Database
7 110 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
8 78 (3.06%) Redis
9 72 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
10 62 (2.43%) Big Data
11 56 (2.20%) MongoDB
12 47 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 45 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
14 44 (1.73%) DynamoDB
15 38 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 37 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
17 36 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
18 35 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
19 32 (1.26%) RDBMS
20 31 (1.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 346 (13.58%) Git
2 91 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 75 (2.94%) JIRA
4 56 (2.20%) GitLab
5 37 (1.45%) JUnit
6 34 (1.33%) Jasmine
7 33 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 30 (1.18%) Subversion
9 29 (1.14%) Mockito
10 28 (1.10%) Burp Suite
10 28 (1.10%) Metasploit
10 28 (1.10%) Postman
11 23 (0.90%) Gatling
12 21 (0.82%) CMake
12 21 (0.82%) Vagrant
13 18 (0.71%) Selenium
14 16 (0.63%) Appium
14 16 (0.63%) Moq
15 13 (0.51%) Bitbucket
15 13 (0.51%) NUnit
General
1 1,272 (49.94%) Social Skills
2 458 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
3 438 (17.20%) Finance
4 149 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 130 (5.10%) Manufacturing
6 126 (4.95%) Marketing
7 106 (4.16%) Electronics
8 92 (3.61%) Law
9 86 (3.38%) Public Sector
10 83 (3.26%) Retail
11 76 (2.98%) Legal
12 58 (2.28%) Banking
13 56 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 52 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
15 46 (1.81%) Billing
15 46 (1.81%) Games
16 44 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 31 (1.22%) Military
18 26 (1.02%) Automotive
19 24 (0.94%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 701 (27.52%) Developer
2 363 (14.25%) Senior
3 344 (13.51%) Software Engineer
4 235 (9.23%) Lead
5 217 (8.52%) Architect
6 156 (6.12%) Software Developer
7 129 (5.06%) Analyst
8 127 (4.99%) Senior Developer
9 104 (4.08%) Junior
10 86 (3.38%) IT Support
11 80 (3.14%) .NET Developer
12 78 (3.06%) Full Stack Developer
13 72 (2.83%) Senior Software Engineer
14 69 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
15 68 (2.67%) Graduate
15 68 (2.67%) IT Support Specialist
15 68 (2.67%) Support Specialist
16 66 (2.59%) Support Engineer
17 64 (2.51%) Data Engineer
18 58 (2.28%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (14.41%) .NET
2 285 (11.19%) React
3 244 (9.58%) HTML
4 223 (8.76%) CSS
5 169 (6.64%) AngularJS
6 112 (4.40%) Spring
7 107 (4.20%) REST
8 98 (3.85%) Node.js
9 94 (3.69%) ASP.NET
10 91 (3.57%) .NET Framework
11 90 (3.53%) Web Services
12 84 (3.30%) JSON
13 78 (3.06%) RESTful
14 76 (2.98%) Vue
15 75 (2.94%) Kafka
16 72 (2.83%) .NET Core
17 66 (2.59%) GraphQL
18 62 (2.43%) XML
19 56 (2.20%) jQuery
20 54 (2.12%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 286 (11.23%) Management Information System
2 136 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
3 119 (4.67%) Algorithms
4 92 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 78 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 75 (2.94%) Mobile App
7 69 (2.71%) Data Centre
8 64 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
9 63 (2.47%) Product Ownership
10 60 (2.36%) Wiki
11 58 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
12 46 (1.81%) Data Structures
13 43 (1.69%) IoT
14 41 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
15 40 (1.57%) Driving Licence
15 40 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
16 36 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
17 28 (1.10%) Client/Server
17 28 (1.10%) Life Science
18 27 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 364 (14.29%) Windows
2 353 (13.86%) Linux
3 141 (5.54%) Android
4 84 (3.30%) Windows 10
5 80 (3.14%) Windows Server
6 53 (2.08%) Mac OS
7 42 (1.65%) Apple iOS
8 38 (1.49%) Ubuntu
9 37 (1.45%) Unix
10 29 (1.14%) Kali Linux
11 27 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
13 20 (0.79%) CentOS
14 18 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
15 13 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
16 11 (0.43%) Debian
17 6 (0.24%) VMS
18 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
19 4 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
19 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,480 (97.37%) Computer Science
2 1,123 (44.09%) Problem-Solving
3 718 (28.19%) Agile
4 668 (26.23%) Software Engineering
5 431 (16.92%) DevOps
6 314 (12.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 301 (11.82%) CI/CD
8 286 (11.23%) Mentoring
9 275 (10.80%) Machine Learning
10 233 (9.15%) Analytics
11 220 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
11 220 (8.64%) Mathematics
12 203 (7.97%) SDLC
13 198 (7.77%) Project Management
14 191 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 190 (7.46%) Microservices
16 189 (7.42%) Data Modelling
17 185 (7.26%) Roadmaps
18 176 (6.91%) Test Automation
19 175 (6.87%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 593 (23.28%) SQL
2 591 (23.20%) Python
3 493 (19.36%) C#
4 491 (19.28%) JavaScript
5 392 (15.39%) Java
6 190 (7.46%) C++
7 184 (7.22%) TypeScript
8 136 (5.34%) C
9 106 (4.16%) PHP
10 81 (3.18%) PowerShell
11 61 (2.39%) Scala
12 51 (2.00%) Bash
13 50 (1.96%) Kotlin
14 41 (1.61%) T-SQL
15 40 (1.57%) R
16 38 (1.49%) Go
17 17 (0.67%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.67%) Rust
17 17 (0.67%) VBA
18 16 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,547 (100.00%) Degree
2 420 (16.49%) Master's Degree
3 197 (7.73%) Security Cleared
4 146 (5.73%) SC Cleared
5 131 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 94 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
7 91 (3.57%) CISSP
8 78 (3.06%) AWS Certification
9 73 (2.87%) Azure Certification
10 62 (2.43%) CCNA
11 57 (2.24%) CCNP
12 52 (2.04%) PhD
13 47 (1.85%) CISM
14 41 (1.61%) DBS Check
15 40 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 40 (1.57%) MCP
16 37 (1.45%) A+ Certification
17 33 (1.30%) DV Cleared
17 33 (1.30%) PMI Certification
18 27 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (6.79%) QA
2 82 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.08%) GDPR
4 45 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.26%) NIST
6 29 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.75%) SLA
8 18 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 14 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.47%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.47%) PMO
11 10 (0.39%) COBIT
12 7 (0.27%) ISO 13485
13 6 (0.24%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.20%) NCSC
14 5 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.079%) WAI
System Software
1 298 (11.70%) Docker
2 157 (6.16%) Active Directory
3 67 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
4 64 (2.51%) XenApp
5 61 (2.39%) XenDesktop
6 60 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
7 40 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
8 33 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (0.71%) Firmware
10 16 (0.63%) Hyper-V
11 10 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.35%) vSphere
13 6 (0.24%) KVM
14 5 (0.20%) pfSense
15 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
16 2 (0.079%) HDFS
16 2 (0.079%) LXC
17 1 (0.039%) OpenAM
17 1 (0.039%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 273 (10.72%) Kubernetes
2 156 (6.12%) Terraform
3 73 (2.87%) SCCM
4 64 (2.51%) Ansible
5 60 (2.36%) AirWatch
6 24 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.82%) Puppet
8 14 (0.55%) Grafana
9 12 (0.47%) ZABBIX
10 11 (0.43%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.39%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.31%) Nagios
13 7 (0.27%) SCOM
13 7 (0.27%) WSUS
14 6 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 5 (0.20%) HP ALM
15 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.20%) Nessus
15 5 (0.20%) Rancher
16 4 (0.16%) Argo
Vendors
1 499 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 141 (5.54%) Cisco
3 133 (5.22%) Google
4 91 (3.57%) Oracle
5 68 (2.67%) Citrix
6 53 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 51 (2.00%) SAP
8 48 (1.88%) VMware
9 44 (1.73%) Xilinx
10 41 (1.61%) Databricks
11 38 (1.49%) IBM
12 30 (1.18%) Splunk
13 25 (0.98%) Juniper
14 23 (0.90%) Apple
15 20 (0.79%) F5
15 20 (0.79%) Facebook
16 17 (0.67%) ServiceNow
17 15 (0.59%) Sony
18 14 (0.55%) Atlassian
18 14 (0.55%) Fortinet