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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 36 49
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,528 2,338 5,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.44% 7.06% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.10% 7.41% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 1,452 1,807
10th Percentile £41,389 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,688 £56,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £130,000 £122,500
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 21,520 31,571 68,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.66% 95.35% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,854 22,760 34,170
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 24 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 24 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 +27 287 £80,000 -5.88% 84
South London +1 22 £81,500 +34.05% 16
West London -35 19 £64,000 +5.18% 56
East London +16 9 £93,750 +70.45% 23
North London -9 2 £76,250 +8.93% 7
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 97 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (4.19%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 33 (2.16%) Apache
4 33 (2.16%) CMS
5 26 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
6 21 (1.37%) Confluence
7 13 (0.85%) SAS
8 12 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.52%) IIS
10 7 (0.46%) Apache Pig
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.065%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 33 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.05%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.65%) SPSS
5 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
8 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.065%) InVision
9 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.065%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 29 (1.90%) SDL Web 8
2 16 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.26%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.065%) MetaTrader
7 1 (0.065%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.065%) Primavera
7 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 383 (25.07%) AWS
2 376 (24.61%) Azure
3 154 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
4 141 (9.23%) GCP
5 115 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 73 (4.78%) SaaS
7 59 (3.86%) Cloud Computing
8 51 (3.34%) Serverless
9 39 (2.55%) PowerApps
10 35 (2.29%) GitHub
11 32 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 28 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.51%) Amazon S3
15 22 (1.44%) WhatsApp
16 21 (1.37%) IaaS
17 20 (1.31%) PaaS
18 16 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 16 (1.05%) NuGet
19 15 (0.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 90 (5.89%) WAN
2 84 (5.50%) Wireless
3 81 (5.30%) WebEx
4 80 (5.24%) Cisco IOS
4 80 (5.24%) SD-WAN
5 53 (3.47%) Network Security
6 31 (2.03%) Firewall
7 29 (1.90%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.37%) VPN
9 20 (1.31%) DNS
10 17 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.98%) Internet
12 11 (0.72%) LAN
13 10 (0.65%) DHCP
14 8 (0.52%) HTTP
15 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.33%) DKIM
16 5 (0.33%) SAN
17 4 (0.26%) Ethernet
18 3 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (11.13%) SQL Server
2 104 (6.81%) Power BI
3 62 (4.06%) Big Data
3 62 (4.06%) Relational Database
4 58 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 54 (3.53%) MySQL
5 54 (3.53%) Redis
6 53 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (3.08%) NoSQL
7 47 (3.08%) Tableau
8 38 (2.49%) Hadoop
9 30 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.70%) Data Lake
11 24 (1.57%) MongoDB
12 23 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (1.37%) Apache Hive
14 16 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.85%) RDBMS
17 12 (0.79%) Presto
Development Applications
1 157 (10.27%) Git
2 72 (4.71%) JIRA
3 56 (3.66%) GitLab
4 39 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 35 (2.29%) Moq
6 33 (2.16%) TeamCity
6 33 (2.16%) Visual Studio
7 31 (2.03%) NUnit
8 28 (1.83%) Burp Suite
8 28 (1.83%) Metasploit
9 19 (1.24%) Sourcetree
10 18 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 17 (1.11%) SpecFlow
12 16 (1.05%) git-flow
13 15 (0.98%) JUnit
14 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.52%) CMake
16 7 (0.46%) Checkstyle
16 7 (0.46%) Maven
General
1 779 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 400 (26.18%) Finance
3 352 (23.04%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (6.81%) Marketing
5 89 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 63 (4.12%) Banking
7 58 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 55 (3.60%) Retail
9 52 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (2.95%) Front Office
10 45 (2.95%) Legal
11 37 (2.42%) Law
12 36 (2.36%) Games
13 35 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.96%) Electronics
16 29 (1.90%) Back Office
16 29 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 22 (1.44%) Investment Banking
18 20 (1.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 401 (26.24%) Developer
2 284 (18.59%) Senior
3 165 (10.80%) Lead
4 129 (8.44%) Software Engineer
5 120 (7.85%) Analyst
6 111 (7.26%) Architect
7 110 (7.20%) Senior Developer
8 87 (5.69%) IT Support
9 83 (5.43%) Support Specialist
10 82 (5.37%) IT Support Specialist
11 58 (3.80%) C# Developer
12 57 (3.73%) Full Stack Developer
13 56 (3.66%) Data Scientist
14 55 (3.60%) Java Developer
15 52 (3.40%) Data Engineer
16 51 (3.34%) .NET Developer
17 48 (3.14%) Software Developer
18 42 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
19 37 (2.42%) Python Developer
20 34 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (14.99%) .NET
2 155 (10.14%) HTML
3 154 (10.08%) CSS
4 128 (8.38%) React
5 86 (5.63%) ASP.NET
6 70 (4.58%) Web Services
7 63 (4.12%) RESTful
8 60 (3.93%) AngularJS
9 59 (3.86%) .NET Framework
10 56 (3.66%) Kafka
11 55 (3.60%) REST
12 51 (3.34%) Spring
13 50 (3.27%) ASP.NET MVC
13 50 (3.27%) jQuery
14 47 (3.08%) XML
15 46 (3.01%) Entity Framework
16 45 (2.95%) SOAP
17 43 (2.81%) HTML5
18 40 (2.62%) .NET Core
19 39 (2.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.55%) Algorithms
2 134 (8.77%) Management Information System
3 102 (6.68%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.76%) Client/Server
5 86 (5.63%) Greenfield Project
6 82 (5.37%) Video Conferencing
7 80 (5.24%) Wiki
8 72 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
9 54 (3.53%) Onboarding
10 42 (2.75%) Hedge funds
11 41 (2.68%) Product Ownership
12 38 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 33 (2.16%) Virtual Team
14 30 (1.96%) Legacy Code
15 29 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
16 28 (1.83%) IoT
16 28 (1.83%) Life Science
16 28 (1.83%) Security Posture
17 24 (1.57%) Fixed Income
17 24 (1.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 185 (12.11%) Windows
2 136 (8.90%) Linux
3 94 (6.15%) Android
4 91 (5.96%) Windows 10
5 35 (2.29%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.83%) Kali Linux
7 21 (1.37%) Unix
8 17 (1.11%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.79%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.065%) Debian
13 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.065%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (35.67%) Problem-Solving
2 384 (25.13%) Agile
3 383 (25.07%) Software Engineering
4 226 (14.79%) Machine Learning
5 222 (14.53%) Mathematics
6 219 (14.33%) Data Science
7 193 (12.63%) Analytics
8 175 (11.45%) Artificial Intelligence
9 172 (11.26%) DevOps
10 159 (10.41%) Statistics
11 153 (10.01%) Mentoring
12 142 (9.29%) CI/CD
13 138 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
14 136 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
15 128 (8.38%) Full Stack Development
16 123 (8.05%) Roadmaps
17 120 (7.85%) Data Modelling
18 117 (7.66%) Data Analysis
19 113 (7.40%) Microservices
20 108 (7.07%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 439 (28.73%) Python
2 399 (26.11%) SQL
3 316 (20.68%) C#
4 225 (14.73%) JavaScript
5 218 (14.27%) Java
6 77 (5.04%) C++
7 75 (4.91%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.93%) R
9 54 (3.53%) PowerShell
10 51 (3.34%) T-SQL
11 47 (3.08%) C
12 35 (2.29%) PHP
13 34 (2.23%) Scala
14 29 (1.90%) Kotlin
15 27 (1.77%) Go
16 23 (1.51%) XPath
17 19 (1.24%) MATLAB
18 17 (1.11%) Bash
19 16 (1.05%) VBA
20 15 (0.98%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,358 (88.87%) Degree
2 820 (53.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 380 (24.87%) Master's Degree
4 82 (5.37%) PhD
5 74 (4.84%) CISSP
6 64 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (3.73%) CISM
8 49 (3.21%) Security Cleared
9 41 (2.68%) SC Cleared
10 29 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.77%) CISA
12 26 (1.70%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
14 18 (1.18%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.85%) PMP
16 12 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 11 (0.72%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.37%) QA
2 53 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.29%) GDPR
3 35 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.70%) NIST
5 21 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.52%) SLA
8 7 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.39%) COBIT
9 6 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.26%) NCSC
11 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.20%) CDISC
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 128 (8.38%) Docker
2 117 (7.66%) Active Directory
3 82 (5.37%) VMware ESXi
4 80 (5.24%) Microsoft App-V
4 80 (5.24%) XenApp
4 80 (5.24%) XenDesktop
5 22 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (0.59%) HDFS
8 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.20%) Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.13%) LXC
11 2 (0.13%) NFS
12 1 (0.065%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 85 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 84 (5.50%) SCCM
3 80 (5.24%) AirWatch
4 74 (4.84%) Terraform
5 22 (1.44%) Ansible
6 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) CASB
7 7 (0.46%) Grafana
7 7 (0.46%) Kubeflow
7 7 (0.46%) QRadar
7 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
9 5 (0.33%) Argo
9 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.13%) Puppet
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 319 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.81%) Cisco
3 81 (5.30%) Citrix
4 80 (5.24%) Google
5 40 (2.62%) Oracle
6 30 (1.96%) Adobe
7 27 (1.77%) SAP
8 25 (1.64%) Databricks
9 17 (1.11%) VMware
10 16 (1.05%) Cognizant
11 15 (0.98%) Splunk
12 11 (0.72%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.59%) Apple
14 8 (0.52%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.52%) Charles River
14 8 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.52%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.46%) Kenna
15 7 (0.46%) Rapid7
15 7 (0.46%) ServiceNow