Computer Science Jobs in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 134 118
Rank change year-on-year +86 -16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 229 118 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.26% 2.51% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 2.61% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 172 72 66
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +7.23% +19.37%
75th Percentile £76,875 £72,625 £66,750
90th Percentile £87,375 £84,375 £76,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,571 4,527 5,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.09% 96.28% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,465 2,480 3,566
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 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
Oldham +32 7 £52,500 -13.65%
Bolton - 6 £70,500 - 1
Stockport +24 3 £55,000 -5.94% 1
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Bury - 2 £75,000 -
Rochdale - 2 £37,500 -
Sale - 2 £29,000 - 1
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (1.75%) Apache Spark
1 4 (1.75%) SAS
2 1 (0.44%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (26.64%) AWS
2 39 (17.03%) Azure
3 21 (9.17%) Amazon Kinesis
4 19 (8.30%) GCP
5 10 (4.37%) Google Play
6 8 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.49%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.18%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.87%) GitHub
10 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.87%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.87%) SaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.24%) Firewall
2 11 (4.80%) DNS
2 11 (4.80%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.80%) VPN
3 10 (4.37%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.37%) RS-232
4 6 (2.62%) DHCP
4 6 (2.62%) Network Security
5 5 (2.18%) IPsec
5 5 (2.18%) SSL
6 2 (0.87%) Internet
7 1 (0.44%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.44%) LTE
7 1 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
7 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.44%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.48%) NoSQL
2 20 (8.73%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (7.42%) DynamoDB
3 17 (7.42%) Redis
4 16 (6.99%) Amazon Aurora
5 14 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (5.24%) MySQL
7 10 (4.37%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.93%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.18%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.75%) ActiveReports
10 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.75%) Big Data
10 4 (1.75%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.75%) Cognos Framework Manager
10 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.75%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.75%) Power BI
10 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.87%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 27 (11.79%) Git
2 16 (6.99%) Gatling
3 10 (4.37%) Appium
4 5 (2.18%) JIRA
4 5 (2.18%) Subversion
5 4 (1.75%) CMake
5 4 (1.75%) GCC
5 4 (1.75%) GDB
5 4 (1.75%) IntelliJ
5 4 (1.75%) JUnit
5 4 (1.75%) Mockito
5 4 (1.75%) Postman
6 3 (1.31%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.31%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.87%) Selenium
7 2 (0.87%) webpack
8 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.44%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 109 (47.60%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.92%) Electronics
4 22 (9.61%) Games
5 18 (7.86%) Finance
6 16 (6.99%) Billing
7 9 (3.93%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.06%) Legal
9 6 (2.62%) Health Technology
9 6 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.62%) Retail
10 4 (1.75%) Banking
10 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.75%) Marketing
11 3 (1.31%) Automotive
11 3 (1.31%) Law
11 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.87%) Cantonese Language
13 1 (0.44%) Advertising
13 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 66 (28.82%) Senior
2 60 (26.20%) Software Engineer
3 51 (22.27%) Developer
4 19 (8.30%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (6.99%) Lead
5 16 (6.99%) Senior Developer
6 14 (6.11%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.80%) Software Developer
7 11 (4.80%) Software Manager
8 10 (4.37%) Analyst
8 10 (4.37%) Android Developer
8 10 (4.37%) PHP Developer
8 10 (4.37%) Senior Android Developer
9 9 (3.93%) .NET Developer
9 9 (3.93%) Architect
9 9 (3.93%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.49%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) C Software Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.90%) .NET
2 29 (12.66%) Web Services
3 28 (12.23%) REST
4 24 (10.48%) HTML
4 24 (10.48%) JSON
5 22 (9.61%) Node.js
6 18 (7.86%) GraphQL
7 16 (6.99%) http4s
7 16 (6.99%) Scalaz
8 15 (6.55%) CSS
9 14 (6.11%) .NET Framework
10 11 (4.80%) Lambda Expressions
11 10 (4.37%) Android SDK
11 10 (4.37%) Electron
12 9 (3.93%) RESTful
13 6 (2.62%) React
14 5 (2.18%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (2.18%) Spring
15 4 (1.75%) WCF
15 4 (1.75%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.99%) Blog
1 16 (6.99%) Media Streaming
2 10 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.49%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.06%) Video\Live Streaming
6 5 (2.18%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.18%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.18%) Social Media
7 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.31%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.48%) Linux
2 10 (4.37%) Android
3 9 (3.93%) Windows
4 4 (1.75%) Windows Vista
5 3 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.99%) Software Engineering
2 79 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (27.95%) Agile
4 41 (17.90%) Open Source
5 40 (17.47%) Mentoring
6 38 (16.59%) Analytics
7 36 (15.72%) DevOps
8 35 (15.28%) Mathematics
9 32 (13.97%) Project Management
10 26 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (11.35%) Software Testing
11 24 (10.48%) SDLC
12 23 (10.04%) CI/CD
12 23 (10.04%) Scrum
13 22 (9.61%) Design Patterns
14 18 (7.86%) Unit Testing
15 17 (7.42%) A/B Testing
15 17 (7.42%) Continuous Integration
15 17 (7.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.52%) C#
2 46 (20.09%) Java
3 45 (19.65%) Python
4 35 (15.28%) SQL
5 32 (13.97%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.30%) Scala
7 18 (7.86%) C
8 15 (6.55%) C++
9 14 (6.11%) PHP
9 14 (6.11%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.37%) Kotlin
11 9 (3.93%) Embedded C
12 7 (3.06%) Rust
13 5 (2.18%) R
14 3 (1.31%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.31%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 223 (97.38%) Degree
2 128 (55.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (12.23%) Master's Degree
4 21 (9.17%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (8.73%) CCNP
6 12 (5.24%) CISSP
7 11 (4.80%) CCNA
8 10 (4.37%) CISM
9 9 (3.93%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.93%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.93%) CCIE
10 8 (3.49%) PhD
11 6 (2.62%) CISA
11 6 (2.62%) PCI QSA
11 6 (2.62%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.18%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (2.18%) CEH
13 4 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.31%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.86%) QA
2 16 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.80%) NIST
4 7 (3.06%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.75%) GDPR
5 4 (1.75%) PMO
6 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.44%) NCSC
8 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (3.49%) Firmware
2 6 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.31%) Docker
4 2 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.18%) Terraform
2 3 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (6.11%) Cisco
2 11 (4.80%) Google
3 10 (4.37%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.62%) F5
5 5 (2.18%) Juniper
6 4 (1.75%) Cognos
6 4 (1.75%) IBM
7 2 (0.87%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.87%) SAP
7 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.87%) SYSPRO
8 1 (0.44%) Databricks
8 1 (0.44%) EMC
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle
8 1 (0.44%) Renesas
8 1 (0.44%) Sitecore