Computer Science Graduate Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median Computer Science Graduate salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 495 704
Rank change year-on-year -59 +209 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Computer Science Graduate 3 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.023% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.025% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £29,200 £29,900 -
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +45.83% -
75th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 -
90th Percentile £32,400 - -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +45.83% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 50,792 23,546 58,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 89.68% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 32,312 14,311 43,655
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Computer Science Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Computer Science Graduate' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Computer Science Graduate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Graduate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Computer Science Graduate job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Computer Science Graduate job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Graduate
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Graduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
North East -21 2 £30,000 -1.64%
North of England -43 2 £30,000 -1.64%
East of England - 1 £31,000 -
Computer Science Graduate
UK

Computer Science Graduate Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Computer Science Graduate job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Computer Science Graduate in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) JSON
3 1 (33.33%) OAuth
3 1 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
3 1 (33.33%) XML

Computer Science Graduate Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk