Computer Science Jobs in the South West

Computer Science
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 77 69
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 362 252 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.50% 3.87% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 4.09% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 244 199 198
10th Percentile £31,800 £31,285 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,313 £38,250 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £86,250 £76,250
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,300 6,156 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.15% 94.62% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,880 3,489 5,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,186 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Bristol +24 169 £59,500 -13.55% 35
Devon +11 73 £35,000 -8.50% 7
Gloucestershire +13 47 £55,000 -1.79% 7
Wiltshire -30 25 £42,500 -39.29% 17
Dorset -17 22 £47,500 +15.65% 10
Somerset -7 15 £35,000 -40.27% 11
Cornwall -15 4 - - 1
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.76%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.93%) Apache
3 6 (1.66%) Confluence
4 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.38%) Luigi
5 4 (1.10%) Moodle
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.83%) WildFly
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (16.30%) AWS
2 55 (15.19%) Azure
3 25 (6.91%) GCP
4 16 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.14%) npm
6 14 (3.87%) GitHub
7 13 (3.59%) SaaS
8 12 (3.31%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (2.76%) Firebase
11 8 (2.21%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.21%) Serverless
12 6 (1.66%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.55%) dbt
13 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.55%) PaaS
13 2 (0.55%) Sentry
14 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.73%) WAN
2 24 (6.63%) Network Security
3 23 (6.35%) SD-WAN
4 19 (5.25%) 5G
5 18 (4.97%) Firewall
6 13 (3.59%) DNS
6 13 (3.59%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (2.76%) HTTP
9 8 (2.21%) Internet
9 8 (2.21%) LAN
9 8 (2.21%) SMTP
10 7 (1.93%) VLAN
11 6 (1.66%) Ethernet
11 6 (1.66%) RS-232
12 4 (1.10%) SAN
12 4 (1.10%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.10%) VPN
13 3 (0.83%) PABX
13 3 (0.83%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.97%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.70%) Big Data
4 14 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.31%) Power BI
6 10 (2.76%) Redis
7 9 (2.49%) Hadoop
7 9 (2.49%) MySQL
8 7 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.66%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.66%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.66%) Flink
9 6 (1.66%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.38%) Bigtable
10 5 (1.38%) CouchDB
10 5 (1.38%) RethinkDB
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.10%) Tableau
12 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 53 (14.64%) Git
2 21 (5.80%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.97%) Visual Studio
4 14 (3.87%) JIRA
5 13 (3.59%) Storybook
6 5 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.38%) Selenium
7 4 (1.10%) Maven
8 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.83%) GitLab
8 3 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) Rational Team Concert
10 1 (0.28%) Subversion
10 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 150 (41.44%) Social Skills
2 95 (26.24%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (14.09%) Finance
4 37 (10.22%) Electronics
5 34 (9.39%) Marketing
6 23 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.97%) Financial Institution
8 17 (4.70%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.87%) Law
11 13 (3.59%) Telecoms
12 11 (3.04%) Military
12 11 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.21%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.21%) Games
14 7 (1.93%) Aviation
14 7 (1.93%) Legal
14 7 (1.93%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (24.59%) Senior
2 83 (22.93%) Developer
3 48 (13.26%) Software Engineer
4 35 (9.67%) Lead
5 34 (9.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 27 (7.46%) Systems Engineer
7 19 (5.25%) Software Developer
8 18 (4.97%) Architect
9 17 (4.70%) Senior Developer
10 15 (4.14%) Data Scientist
10 15 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Penetration Tester
11 14 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Tester
12 13 (3.59%) Analyst
12 13 (3.59%) Linux Systems Engineer
13 12 (3.31%) Administrator
13 12 (3.31%) Technical Leader
14 11 (3.04%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (14.09%) AngularJS
2 33 (9.12%) .NET
2 33 (9.12%) React
3 30 (8.29%) CSS
3 30 (8.29%) HTML
4 24 (6.63%) Node.js
5 21 (5.80%) REST
6 15 (4.14%) .NET Framework
7 14 (3.87%) ASP.NET
8 13 (3.59%) Sass
9 10 (2.76%) ASP.NET Core
9 10 (2.76%) HTML5
9 10 (2.76%) Ionic Framework
9 10 (2.76%) PySpark
9 10 (2.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 9 (2.49%) Kafka
10 9 (2.49%) Lambda Expressions
10 9 (2.49%) Vue
11 8 (2.21%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (2.21%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.88%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (7.73%) GNSS
3 26 (7.18%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.70%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.42%) Algorithms
5 16 (4.42%) Mobile App
6 15 (4.14%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.04%) Client/Server
7 11 (3.04%) FPGA
7 11 (3.04%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.04%) Reinsurance
7 11 (3.04%) Robotics
8 10 (2.76%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (2.76%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.21%) CUDA
9 8 (2.21%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.21%) Tandem
9 8 (2.21%) VHDL
10 7 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.48%) Linux
2 53 (14.64%) Windows
3 21 (5.80%) Unix
4 13 (3.59%) Android
4 13 (3.59%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.76%) Debian
5 10 (2.76%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.21%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.55%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (46.13%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (23.76%) Software Engineering
3 78 (21.55%) Agile
4 60 (16.57%) Project Management
5 57 (15.75%) Test Automation
6 51 (14.09%) B2B
7 47 (12.98%) Mentoring
8 45 (12.43%) CI/CD
8 45 (12.43%) Validation
9 44 (12.15%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (11.88%) Containerisation
11 42 (11.60%) Defect Tracking
11 42 (11.60%) Machine Learning
12 40 (11.05%) Requirements Analysis
13 39 (10.77%) DevOps
14 37 (10.22%) Continuous Integration
15 34 (9.39%) Mathematics
16 33 (9.12%) Data Science
16 33 (9.12%) Project Delivery
16 33 (9.12%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.03%) SQL
2 84 (23.20%) Python
3 69 (19.06%) JavaScript
4 50 (13.81%) Java
5 46 (12.71%) TypeScript
6 43 (11.88%) C++
7 39 (10.77%) C
8 38 (10.50%) C#
9 21 (5.80%) Perl
10 20 (5.52%) Bash
11 14 (3.87%) Scala
12 12 (3.31%) VB
13 11 (3.04%) MATLAB
14 10 (2.76%) Objective-C
14 10 (2.76%) Swift
15 8 (2.21%) Tcl
16 7 (1.93%) PHP
17 5 (1.38%) Go
17 5 (1.38%) R
18 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 331 (91.44%) Degree
2 154 (42.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 60 (16.57%) Security Cleared
4 31 (8.56%) Master's Degree
5 28 (7.73%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.87%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.04%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.76%) A+ Certification
8 10 (2.76%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.76%) MCP
8 10 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.76%) OSCP
8 10 (2.76%) PMP
9 7 (1.93%) CCNP
10 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.38%) CISA
11 5 (1.38%) CISM
11 5 (1.38%) CISSP
11 5 (1.38%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.56%) PMO
2 22 (6.08%) QA
3 9 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.93%) IEC 61508
4 7 (1.93%) NIST
5 5 (1.38%) GDPR
5 5 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 5 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 5 (1.38%) SOC 1
5 5 (1.38%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.83%) JTAG
6 3 (0.83%) SLA
7 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.28%) DO-254
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (6.91%) Docker
2 21 (5.80%) Firmware
3 17 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.70%) Embedded Firmware
4 16 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.83%) KVM
6 3 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.66%) Nagios
2 6 (1.66%) Terraform
3 5 (1.38%) Rancher
4 3 (0.83%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (0.83%) OfficeScan
4 3 (0.83%) WSUS
5 2 (0.55%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.52%) Oracle
3 19 (5.25%) Cisco
4 16 (4.42%) VMware
5 12 (3.31%) Databricks
6 11 (3.04%) Google
7 9 (2.49%) IBM
8 8 (2.21%) Altera
8 8 (2.21%) Green Hills
8 8 (2.21%) Motorola
8 8 (2.21%) Xilinx
9 6 (1.66%) Centreon
9 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.66%) Teradata
10 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.83%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.83%) Coverity
11 3 (0.83%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.83%) Veeam