Computer Science Jobs in the North of England

Computer Science
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 57 122 75
Rank change year-on-year +65 -47 +36
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 686 449 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.48% 2.83% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 2.92% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 509 286 333
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +37.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £66,500 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £66,250
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
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,869 15,355 17,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.46% 96.77% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,723 7,789 10,714
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,275 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the North of England.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the North of England

Computer Science
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the North of England 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
North West +61 395 £50,000 -16.67% 106
Yorkshire +74 225 £41,500 -20.95% 55
North East +3 66 £48,367 +13.80% 29
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.31%) Confluence
3 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.02%) CMS
4 7 (1.02%) IIS
5 6 (0.87%) SAS
6 4 (0.58%) WordPress
7 3 (0.44%) Apache
7 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.29%) Resin
9 1 (0.15%) Moodle
9 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) Site Server
Applications
1 26 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) Trello
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.46%) SAP ERP
3 9 (1.31%) SAP CX
4 5 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.58%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.44%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 146 (21.28%) AWS
2 102 (14.87%) Azure
3 42 (6.12%) Amazon Kinesis
4 35 (5.10%) GCP
5 30 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.35%) GitHub
7 20 (2.92%) Amazon S3
8 19 (2.77%) Power Platform
9 18 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.48%) SaaS
11 16 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (2.33%) Serverless
12 15 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.46%) Google Play
14 8 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.17%) OCI
15 7 (1.02%) Google Tag Manager
16 6 (0.87%) Firebase
16 6 (0.87%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.10%) Firewall
1 35 (5.10%) Network Security
2 26 (3.79%) TCP/IP
2 26 (3.79%) VPN
3 25 (3.64%) DNS
4 19 (2.77%) DHCP
5 14 (2.04%) RS-232
6 11 (1.60%) VLAN
6 11 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.46%) Ethernet
7 10 (1.46%) Internet
8 9 (1.31%) SSL
9 8 (1.17%) SAN
10 6 (0.87%) LAN
11 5 (0.73%) IPsec
11 5 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.73%) WAN
12 4 (0.58%) NAS
12 4 (0.58%) VoIP
12 4 (0.58%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.33%) MySQL
2 50 (7.29%) SQL Server
3 42 (6.12%) Redis
4 41 (5.98%) NoSQL
5 37 (5.39%) Relational Database
6 36 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
8 31 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (3.64%) DynamoDB
10 22 (3.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 22 (3.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (2.62%) RDBMS
12 17 (2.48%) MS Access
13 15 (2.19%) Power BI
14 10 (1.46%) Big Data
14 10 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.17%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
18 5 (0.73%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 77 (11.22%) Git
2 30 (4.37%) JIRA
3 24 (3.50%) Gatling
4 18 (2.62%) Postman
5 12 (1.75%) TeamCity
6 10 (1.46%) Appium
7 9 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.17%) Selenium
9 7 (1.02%) Subversion
9 7 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.87%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.73%) HP UFT
11 5 (0.73%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.73%) JMeter
11 5 (0.73%) MSTest
11 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.58%) CMake
12 4 (0.58%) GCC
12 4 (0.58%) GDB
12 4 (0.58%) Mockito
General
1 334 (48.69%) Social Skills
2 115 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (9.33%) Finance
4 55 (8.02%) Electronics
4 55 (8.02%) Manufacturing
5 50 (7.29%) Games
6 32 (4.66%) Legal
7 30 (4.37%) Retail
8 28 (4.08%) Marketing
9 27 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (3.64%) Billing
11 24 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.04%) Banking
13 11 (1.60%) Law
14 7 (1.02%) Front Office
14 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.87%) Advertising
15 6 (0.87%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 167 (24.34%) Developer
2 121 (17.64%) Software Engineer
3 106 (15.45%) Senior
4 48 (7.00%) Lead
5 37 (5.39%) Architect
6 36 (5.25%) .NET Developer
6 36 (5.25%) Analyst
7 27 (3.94%) IT Manager
8 26 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (3.35%) Junior
10 22 (3.21%) Graduate
11 21 (3.06%) Senior Developer
11 21 (3.06%) Software Developer
12 19 (2.77%) PHP Developer
13 18 (2.62%) Applications Manager
13 18 (2.62%) Project Manager
13 18 (2.62%) Technical Leader
14 17 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (2.48%) Service Manager
15 16 (2.33%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (16.47%) .NET
2 59 (8.60%) HTML
3 55 (8.02%) CSS
4 50 (7.29%) Web Services
5 48 (7.00%) Node.js
6 47 (6.85%) REST
7 38 (5.54%) JSON
8 34 (4.96%) Vue
9 33 (4.81%) React
10 29 (4.23%) .NET Framework
10 29 (4.23%) RESTful
11 27 (3.94%) GraphQL
12 24 (3.50%) AngularJS
13 22 (3.21%) http4s
13 22 (3.21%) Scalaz
14 20 (2.92%) .NET Core
15 19 (2.77%) ASP.NET
15 19 (2.77%) Spring
16 17 (2.48%) Spring Boot
16 17 (2.48%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 86 (12.54%) Management Information System
2 33 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.50%) Blog
3 24 (3.50%) Media Streaming
4 23 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 21 (3.06%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.48%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.33%) Client/Server
9 14 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.75%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.75%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.60%) Online Games
13 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.31%) Animation
15 8 (1.17%) AS400
15 8 (1.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.04%) Windows
2 56 (8.16%) Linux
3 15 (2.19%) Android
3 15 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.60%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.58%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (44.31%) Problem-Solving
2 207 (30.17%) Software Engineering
3 181 (26.38%) Agile
4 105 (15.31%) Project Management
5 104 (15.16%) DevOps
6 90 (13.12%) Analytics
7 69 (10.06%) ERP
8 68 (9.91%) ITIL
9 67 (9.77%) Mentoring
10 65 (9.48%) Design Patterns
10 65 (9.48%) Mathematics
11 57 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (8.16%) Open Source
13 55 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
14 53 (7.73%) SDLC
15 48 (7.00%) CI/CD
15 48 (7.00%) Roadmaps
16 44 (6.41%) Data Modelling
16 44 (6.41%) Software Testing
16 44 (6.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 158 (23.03%) SQL
2 132 (19.24%) C#
3 108 (15.74%) JavaScript
4 96 (13.99%) Java
5 77 (11.22%) Python
6 49 (7.14%) C
7 40 (5.83%) PHP
8 36 (5.25%) TypeScript
9 27 (3.94%) Scala
10 20 (2.92%) Embedded C
11 19 (2.77%) C++
12 14 (2.04%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.75%) PowerShell
13 12 (1.75%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.17%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.17%) VB
15 7 (1.02%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.02%) R
15 7 (1.02%) Rust
15 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 634 (92.42%) Degree
2 383 (55.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 37 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.08%) CCNP
7 26 (3.79%) CISSP
8 24 (3.50%) CCNA
9 21 (3.06%) PMP
10 20 (2.92%) PMI Certification
11 19 (2.77%) PhD
12 16 (2.33%) Azure Certification
13 15 (2.19%) A+ Certification
13 15 (2.19%) DBS Check
13 15 (2.19%) MCP
14 14 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
14 14 (2.04%) Security Cleared
15 13 (1.90%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.75%) CCIE
16 12 (1.75%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.96%) QA
2 19 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.90%) NIST
4 11 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.31%) GDPR
6 9 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.87%) PMO
9 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.44%) SLA
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) COBIT
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) GLBA
11 1 (0.15%) CDISC
11 1 (0.15%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 39 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.64%) Docker
3 15 (2.19%) Firmware
4 13 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.58%) vSphere
7 3 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) XenApp
9 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (5.25%) Terraform
2 19 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.73%) Grafana
3 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.73%) SCOM
4 4 (0.58%) SCCM
4 4 (0.58%) WSUS
5 3 (0.44%) Ansible
5 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.15%) CASB
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
6 1 (0.15%) yum
Vendors
1 90 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.81%) SAP
3 32 (4.66%) Google
4 28 (4.08%) Oracle
5 26 (3.79%) Cisco
6 16 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.04%) VMware
8 12 (1.75%) F5
9 7 (1.02%) Juniper
10 5 (0.73%) Autodesk
10 5 (0.73%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.58%) Cognos
11 4 (0.58%) Facebook
11 4 (0.58%) IBM
11 4 (0.58%) Sophos
11 4 (0.58%) Veeam
12 3 (0.44%) Adobe
12 3 (0.44%) Databricks
12 3 (0.44%) Informatica
12 3 (0.44%) Meraki