Computer Science Jobs in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 41 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,041 904 1,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.03% 6.38% 8.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 6.75% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 766 464 659
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +16.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £77,500
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
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,434 13,394 19,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.67% 94.49% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,994 7,821 11,800
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 the South East

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +15 536 £60,000 -7.69% 116
Berkshire +21 255 £70,000 -9.09% 60
Buckinghamshire +49 174 £41,750 -27.39% 23
Hampshire -3 166 £50,000 +25.00% 31
Surrey -12 129 £60,000 -5.88% 30
Oxfordshire -10 107 £52,500 +2.44% 33
West Sussex +7 76 £64,000 -8.57% 14
East Sussex +24 57 £50,000 -7.62% 22
Kent -7 50 £65,000 +128.07% 16
Sussex - 14 £60,000 - 4
Middlesex - 8 £62,500 -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (0.96%) OpenStack
2 8 (0.77%) SAS
3 7 (0.67%) IIS
4 6 (0.58%) Apache
4 6 (0.58%) CMS
4 6 (0.58%) nginx
5 5 (0.48%) Confluence
6 4 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.096%) JBoss
8 1 (0.096%) Umbraco
Applications
1 51 (4.90%) Simulink
2 18 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.19%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.096%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.096%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.48%) Odoo
4 4 (0.38%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 155 (14.89%) Azure
2 128 (12.30%) AWS
3 41 (3.94%) SaaS
4 37 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 34 (3.27%) Serverless
6 33 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
7 30 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (2.31%) GCP
9 20 (1.92%) Amazon S3
9 20 (1.92%) GitHub
10 15 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.44%) IaaS
11 13 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.25%) CloudFront
11 13 (1.25%) Route 53
11 13 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 12 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.32%) Firewall
2 36 (3.46%) Network Security
3 28 (2.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 20 (1.92%) VPN
5 18 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.63%) HTTP
6 17 (1.63%) Internet
7 16 (1.54%) Wireless
8 10 (0.96%) LAN
8 10 (0.96%) SSL
8 10 (0.96%) WAN
9 8 (0.77%) DNS
10 7 (0.67%) BGP
10 7 (0.67%) IPsec
10 7 (0.67%) OSPF
11 6 (0.58%) VLAN
12 5 (0.48%) NGFW
12 5 (0.48%) SAN
13 4 (0.38%) NAS
14 3 (0.29%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (10.28%) SQL Server
2 95 (9.13%) NoSQL
3 46 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (3.65%) Relational Database
5 37 (3.55%) Power BI
6 26 (2.50%) MySQL
7 17 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.63%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.44%) Tableau
10 12 (1.15%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.06%) GIS
12 10 (0.96%) Redis
13 8 (0.77%) Big Data
14 6 (0.58%) EDMS
14 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
15 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.38%) Power Query
15 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 164 (15.75%) Git
2 34 (3.27%) Cypress.io
2 34 (3.27%) Selenium
3 32 (3.07%) Subversion
4 25 (2.40%) GitLab
5 23 (2.21%) Visual Studio
6 20 (1.92%) CMake
7 19 (1.83%) JIRA
8 18 (1.73%) Vagrant
9 14 (1.34%) Jenkins
10 12 (1.15%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.58%) NUnit
12 5 (0.48%) Maven
13 4 (0.38%) Moq
13 4 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.38%) TestRail
14 3 (0.29%) Babel
14 3 (0.29%) GDB
14 3 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 304 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 123 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (7.78%) Finance
5 43 (4.13%) Electronics
5 43 (4.13%) Manufacturing
6 41 (3.94%) Military
7 32 (3.07%) Marketing
8 26 (2.50%) Legal
9 21 (2.02%) Public Sector
10 20 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (1.92%) Retail
11 19 (1.83%) Aviation
11 19 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.44%) Games
13 14 (1.34%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.06%) Law
15 11 (1.06%) Publishing
16 6 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 291 (27.95%) Developer
2 182 (17.48%) Senior
3 170 (16.33%) Software Engineer
4 133 (12.78%) Software Developer
5 120 (11.53%) Data Scientist
6 76 (7.30%) Senior Developer
7 65 (6.24%) Lead
8 55 (5.28%) Architect
9 53 (5.09%) Graduate
10 50 (4.80%) Junior
11 41 (3.94%) Senior Software Developer
12 40 (3.84%) Analyst
13 36 (3.46%) C++ Software Engineer
13 36 (3.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 36 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
14 28 (2.69%) Graduate Developer
15 24 (2.31%) Full Stack Developer
16 23 (2.21%) Lead Developer
17 22 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
18 21 (2.02%) ERP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (17.29%) .NET
2 168 (16.14%) React
3 107 (10.28%) HTML
4 93 (8.93%) CSS
5 66 (6.34%) AngularJS
5 66 (6.34%) HTML5
6 57 (5.48%) CSS3
7 48 (4.61%) .NET Core
8 33 (3.17%) ASP.NET
8 33 (3.17%) Jest
9 32 (3.07%) XML
10 28 (2.69%) Kafka
10 28 (2.69%) Node.js
11 25 (2.40%) Middleware
12 24 (2.31%) .NET Framework
12 24 (2.31%) RESTful
13 22 (2.11%) Qt
13 22 (2.11%) React Native
14 21 (2.02%) jQuery
15 20 (1.92%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 254 (24.40%) Algorithms
2 92 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 48 (4.61%) Data Structures
4 41 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (3.84%) Data Centre
6 39 (3.75%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.50%) CUDA
8 21 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (1.92%) IoT
10 18 (1.73%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (1.44%) Client/Server
13 12 (1.15%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.96%) NHS
16 9 (0.86%) FMCG
16 9 (0.86%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 157 (15.08%) Linux
2 134 (12.87%) Windows
3 37 (3.55%) Android
3 37 (3.55%) Unix
4 24 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.83%) CentOS
5 19 (1.83%) Embedded Linux
5 19 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.83%) Ubuntu
6 16 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
7 5 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.096%) Solaris
9 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (37.75%) Problem-Solving
2 340 (32.66%) Agile
3 305 (29.30%) Mathematics
4 277 (26.61%) Software Engineering
5 221 (21.23%) Artificial Intelligence
6 190 (18.25%) Mentoring
7 175 (16.81%) Cybersecurity
8 173 (16.62%) DevOps
9 159 (15.27%) Decision-Making
10 151 (14.51%) Coaching
11 142 (13.64%) Physics
12 140 (13.45%) Data Science
13 137 (13.16%) Data Analysis
13 137 (13.16%) Machine Learning
14 112 (10.76%) Red Team
15 105 (10.09%) Propensity Modelling
15 105 (10.09%) Statistical Modelling
16 102 (9.80%) Digital Forensics
17 83 (7.97%) CI/CD
18 74 (7.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 336 (32.28%) Python
2 283 (27.19%) C#
3 269 (25.84%) JavaScript
4 185 (17.77%) C++
5 169 (16.23%) SQL
6 120 (11.53%) TypeScript
7 119 (11.43%) C
8 118 (11.34%) Java
9 88 (8.45%) Fortran
10 41 (3.94%) Go
10 41 (3.94%) PHP
11 39 (3.75%) Bash
12 29 (2.79%) Kotlin
13 22 (2.11%) PowerShell
14 21 (2.02%) R
15 19 (1.83%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.86%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.77%) Perl
18 7 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 4 (0.38%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 993 (95.39%) Degree
2 527 (50.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 178 (17.10%) Master's Degree
4 146 (14.02%) Security Cleared
5 103 (9.89%) PhD
6 74 (7.11%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.55%) CISSP
8 29 (2.79%) AWS Certification
9 21 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (2.02%) Numerate Degree
10 19 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (1.06%) CISM
15 10 (0.96%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.96%) GIAC
15 10 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.86%) MBA
17 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.96%) QA
2 37 (3.55%) GDPR
3 32 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 31 (2.98%) WCAG
5 29 (2.79%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.54%) NIST
8 15 (1.44%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.96%) GRC
10 8 (0.77%) ISO 13485
10 8 (0.77%) SLA
11 7 (0.67%) CDISC
11 7 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.48%) PMO
14 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 193 (18.54%) Docker
2 12 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.86%) Firmware
3 9 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) HDFS
6 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 156 (14.99%) Kubernetes
2 44 (4.23%) Terraform
3 36 (3.46%) Ansible
4 13 (1.25%) ZABBIX
5 11 (1.06%) Puppet
6 8 (0.77%) Nessus
7 6 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.48%) Suricata
9 4 (0.38%) Grafana
10 3 (0.29%) Nagios
11 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.19%) Netcool
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
12 1 (0.096%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.096%) Oracle ZFS
12 1 (0.096%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.096%) QRadar
12 1 (0.096%) SCCM
Vendors
1 121 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.84%) Xilinx
3 27 (2.59%) Google
4 20 (1.92%) SAP
5 13 (1.25%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.96%) Apple
7 10 (0.96%) Juniper
7 10 (0.96%) Oracle
8 9 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.86%) Splunk
9 8 (0.77%) Cisco
9 8 (0.77%) IFS
9 8 (0.77%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.58%) iManage
10 6 (0.58%) Qualys
10 6 (0.58%) VMware
10 6 (0.58%) YouTube
11 5 (0.48%) Darktrace
11 5 (0.48%) Palo Alto