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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 34 48
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,548 2,213 5,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.32% 7.04% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.05% 7.41% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 1,397 1,821
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £52,500
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 £121,250 £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 21,954 29,884 72,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.57% 95.13% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15,939 21,954 34,489
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £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 9 June 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 9 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
Central London +33 306 £80,000 -5.88% 59
South London -2 22 £72,500 +19.24% 6
West London -41 20 £64,000 -2.21% 37
East London +21 10 £74,500 +35.45% 21
North London -7 2 £76,250 +8.93% 3
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 73 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (4.01%) Apache Spark
3 44 (2.84%) SharePoint
4 35 (2.26%) CMS
5 32 (2.07%) Apache
6 25 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (1.29%) Confluence
8 11 (0.71%) Jupyter
8 11 (0.71%) SAS
9 10 (0.65%) IIS
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.32%) Apache Pig
12 4 (0.26%) WordPress
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%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.065%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.16%) Photoshop
3 10 (0.65%) SPSS
4 9 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) Sketch
8 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.065%) InVision
9 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.065%) Trello
9 1 (0.065%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 32 (2.07%) SDL Web 8
2 19 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.84%) Ripple
4 5 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
4 5 (0.32%) Endur
5 4 (0.26%) 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%) Ripple XRP
7 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 390 (25.19%) AWS
2 387 (25.00%) Azure
3 145 (9.37%) GCP
4 133 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
5 123 (7.95%) Power Platform
6 67 (4.33%) SaaS
7 56 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
8 48 (3.10%) Serverless
9 44 (2.84%) PowerApps
10 33 (2.13%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.00%) GitHub
12 30 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.55%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.55%) WhatsApp
15 19 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 18 (1.16%) NuGet
17 17 (1.10%) IaaS
17 17 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.33%) WAN
2 62 (4.01%) Wireless
3 58 (3.75%) Network Security
4 57 (3.68%) WebEx
5 56 (3.62%) Cisco IOS
5 56 (3.62%) SD-WAN
6 34 (2.20%) TCP/IP
7 30 (1.94%) Firewall
8 24 (1.55%) Internet
9 23 (1.49%) VPN
10 16 (1.03%) DNS
11 15 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (0.90%) HTTP
13 12 (0.78%) LAN
14 9 (0.58%) Ethernet
15 8 (0.52%) BGP
15 8 (0.52%) DHCP
15 8 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
16 4 (0.26%) DKIM
16 4 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 111 (7.17%) Power BI
3 63 (4.07%) Big Data
4 60 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 54 (3.49%) MySQL
7 53 (3.42%) Tableau
8 51 (3.29%) Redis
9 44 (2.84%) NoSQL
10 35 (2.26%) Hadoop
11 30 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 24 (1.55%) Data Lake
12 24 (1.55%) MongoDB
13 21 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 18 (1.16%) Apache Hive
14 18 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
16 12 (0.78%) Presto
Development Applications
1 162 (10.47%) Git
2 74 (4.78%) JIRA
3 58 (3.75%) GitLab
4 40 (2.58%) Moq
5 38 (2.45%) Jenkins
6 35 (2.26%) TeamCity
6 35 (2.26%) Visual Studio
7 34 (2.20%) NUnit
8 30 (1.94%) Burp Suite
8 30 (1.94%) Metasploit
9 21 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
9 21 (1.36%) Sourcetree
10 19 (1.23%) SpecFlow
11 18 (1.16%) git-flow
12 13 (0.84%) JUnit
13 9 (0.58%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.52%) CMake
14 8 (0.52%) MSTest
15 7 (0.45%) Maven
General
1 788 (50.90%) Social Skills
2 421 (27.20%) Finance
3 367 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (6.52%) Marketing
5 93 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (4.78%) Banking
7 62 (4.01%) Legal
8 58 (3.75%) Public Sector
9 57 (3.68%) Retail
10 54 (3.49%) Law
11 52 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.84%) Front Office
13 36 (2.33%) Manufacturing
14 33 (2.13%) Games
14 33 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
15 31 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.94%) Financial Institution
17 28 (1.81%) Electronics
18 25 (1.61%) Back Office
19 21 (1.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 408 (26.36%) Developer
2 301 (19.44%) Senior
3 163 (10.53%) Lead
4 139 (8.98%) Software Engineer
5 133 (8.59%) Analyst
6 119 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 114 (7.36%) Architect
8 65 (4.20%) IT Support
9 62 (4.01%) C# Developer
10 61 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
11 59 (3.81%) Support Specialist
12 58 (3.75%) IT Support Specialist
13 54 (3.49%) .NET Developer
14 50 (3.23%) Data Scientist
14 50 (3.23%) Java Developer
14 50 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
15 47 (3.04%) Software Developer
16 46 (2.97%) Data Engineer
17 40 (2.58%) Python Developer
18 33 (2.13%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (15.25%) .NET
2 159 (10.27%) HTML
3 158 (10.21%) CSS
4 135 (8.72%) React
5 88 (5.68%) ASP.NET
6 72 (4.65%) Web Services
7 66 (4.26%) RESTful
8 65 (4.20%) .NET Framework
9 63 (4.07%) AngularJS
10 58 (3.75%) jQuery
11 57 (3.68%) REST
12 56 (3.62%) Kafka
13 54 (3.49%) XML
14 53 (3.42%) ASP.NET MVC
14 53 (3.42%) Spring
15 50 (3.23%) Entity Framework
16 49 (3.17%) SOAP
17 44 (2.84%) HTML5
18 39 (2.52%) Node.js
19 38 (2.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.56%) Algorithms
2 137 (8.85%) Management Information System
3 99 (6.40%) Data Structures
4 88 (5.68%) Client/Server
5 85 (5.49%) Greenfield Project
6 66 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 64 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
9 56 (3.62%) Wiki
10 44 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 44 (2.84%) Hedge funds
11 37 (2.39%) Product Ownership
12 34 (2.20%) Blockchain
12 34 (2.20%) Virtual Team
13 33 (2.13%) Legacy Code
14 32 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
15 31 (2.00%) Life Science
16 30 (1.94%) IoT
16 30 (1.94%) Mobile App
16 30 (1.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 165 (10.66%) Windows
2 137 (8.85%) Linux
3 71 (4.59%) Android
4 63 (4.07%) Windows 10
5 36 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 30 (1.94%) Kali Linux
7 21 (1.36%) Unix
8 17 (1.10%) Mac OS
9 16 (1.03%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.19%) CentOS
11 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.065%) Debian
12 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.065%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (36.50%) Problem-Solving
2 404 (26.10%) Agile
3 395 (25.52%) Software Engineering
4 231 (14.92%) Mathematics
5 225 (14.53%) Machine Learning
6 214 (13.82%) Data Science
7 209 (13.50%) Analytics
8 175 (11.30%) Statistics
9 167 (10.79%) Artificial Intelligence
10 166 (10.72%) DevOps
11 163 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 150 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
13 137 (8.85%) CI/CD
14 135 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
15 129 (8.33%) Data Modelling
16 127 (8.20%) Full Stack Development
17 125 (8.07%) Data Analysis
18 124 (8.01%) Roadmaps
19 119 (7.69%) Visualisation
20 113 (7.30%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 455 (29.39%) Python
2 412 (26.61%) SQL
3 319 (20.61%) C#
4 243 (15.70%) JavaScript
5 221 (14.28%) Java
6 81 (5.23%) TypeScript
7 80 (5.17%) C++
8 62 (4.01%) R
9 56 (3.62%) PowerShell
10 54 (3.49%) T-SQL
11 48 (3.10%) C
12 36 (2.33%) PHP
13 35 (2.26%) Scala
14 32 (2.07%) Go
15 28 (1.81%) Kotlin
16 25 (1.61%) XPath
17 24 (1.55%) Rust
18 20 (1.29%) MATLAB
19 18 (1.16%) Bash
19 18 (1.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,368 (88.37%) Degree
2 808 (52.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 371 (23.97%) Master's Degree
4 89 (5.75%) PhD
5 74 (4.78%) CISSP
6 70 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (3.88%) CISM
8 54 (3.49%) Security Cleared
9 46 (2.97%) SC Cleared
10 31 (2.00%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.74%) CISA
12 25 (1.61%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
13 18 (1.16%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.84%) CREST Certified
14 13 (0.84%) PMP
15 12 (0.78%) GIAC
16 11 (0.71%) MCSE
17 10 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.97%) QA
2 53 (3.42%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.26%) GDPR
5 25 (1.61%) NIST
6 21 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.39%) COBIT
8 6 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.39%) SLA
9 5 (0.32%) GRC
9 5 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
10 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.19%) CDISC
11 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 132 (8.53%) Docker
2 90 (5.81%) Active Directory
3 59 (3.81%) VMware ESXi
4 56 (3.62%) Microsoft App-V
4 56 (3.62%) XenApp
4 56 (3.62%) XenDesktop
5 26 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.45%) HDFS
8 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.19%) Firmware
10 3 (0.19%) KVM
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) LXC
12 1 (0.065%) NFS
12 1 (0.065%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.065%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 94 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.78%) Terraform
3 58 (3.75%) SCCM
4 56 (3.62%) AirWatch
5 24 (1.55%) Ansible
6 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.52%) Grafana
8 7 (0.45%) CASB
8 7 (0.45%) QRadar
8 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.39%) CloudHub
9 6 (0.39%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.26%) Argo
11 4 (0.26%) DatAdvantage
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.19%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 301 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.17%) Cisco
3 79 (5.10%) Google
4 58 (3.75%) Citrix
5 41 (2.65%) Oracle
6 30 (1.94%) Adobe
7 25 (1.61%) Databricks
7 25 (1.61%) SAP
8 18 (1.16%) Cognizant
9 17 (1.10%) Splunk
9 17 (1.10%) VMware
10 12 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.65%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.58%) Apple
12 9 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.45%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.45%) Kenna
14 7 (0.45%) Rapid7