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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 79 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 365 258 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.66% 3.92% 4.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.15% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 248 204 201
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,263 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,505 £38,188 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,191 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +18.38% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £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 8,072 6,218 8,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.00% 94.50% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,484 5,006
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,507 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,222 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +8.44% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £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 1 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 1 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 +23 167 £59,500 -13.55% 38
Devon +17 74 £35,000 -12.50% 7
Gloucestershire 0 49 £55,000 -0.90% 7
Dorset -12 25 £47,500 +15.65% 13
Wiltshire -25 24 £42,500 -37.04% 20
Somerset +1 15 £35,000 -40.27% 6
Cornwall -14 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 (2.74%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.92%) Apache
3 6 (1.64%) Confluence
4 5 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.37%) Luigi
5 4 (1.10%) Moodle
6 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.82%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.82%) WildFly
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.89%) AWS
2 51 (13.97%) Azure
3 25 (6.85%) GCP
4 16 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.11%) GitHub
5 15 (4.11%) npm
6 14 (3.84%) SaaS
7 12 (3.29%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.74%) Firebase
8 10 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.19%) Azure Functions
9 8 (2.19%) Serverless
10 6 (1.64%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.55%) dbt
11 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.55%) PaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Sentry
12 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.67%) WAN
2 25 (6.85%) Network Security
3 23 (6.30%) SD-WAN
4 19 (5.21%) 5G
5 16 (4.38%) Firewall
6 13 (3.56%) DNS
7 12 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (3.01%) TCP/IP
9 10 (2.74%) HTTP
10 8 (2.19%) Internet
10 8 (2.19%) LAN
10 8 (2.19%) SMTP
11 6 (1.64%) Ethernet
11 6 (1.64%) RS-232
12 5 (1.37%) VLAN
13 4 (1.10%) SAN
14 3 (0.82%) Bluetooth
14 3 (0.82%) MPLS
14 3 (0.82%) VoIP
14 3 (0.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.66%) Big Data
2 17 (4.66%) Relational Database
3 15 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.29%) Power BI
5 11 (3.01%) Redis
6 9 (2.47%) Hadoop
6 9 (2.47%) MySQL
7 7 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.64%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.64%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.64%) Flink
8 6 (1.64%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.37%) Bigtable
9 5 (1.37%) CouchDB
9 5 (1.37%) RethinkDB
9 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.10%) Tableau
11 3 (0.82%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 52 (14.25%) Git
2 22 (6.03%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.93%) Visual Studio
4 14 (3.84%) JIRA
5 13 (3.56%) Storybook
6 5 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.37%) Selenium
7 4 (1.10%) Maven
8 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.82%) GitLab
8 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) JUnit
9 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 150 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 99 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (14.25%) Finance
4 36 (9.86%) Electronics
5 35 (9.59%) Marketing
6 23 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.93%) Financial Institution
7 18 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.66%) Manufacturing
9 16 (4.38%) Law
10 15 (4.11%) Military
11 13 (3.56%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (3.01%) Aerospace
13 11 (3.01%) Aviation
14 9 (2.47%) Games
15 8 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.92%) Legal
16 7 (1.92%) Public Sector
17 6 (1.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (24.38%) Senior
2 83 (22.74%) Developer
3 49 (13.42%) Software Engineer
4 35 (9.59%) Lead
5 34 (9.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 26 (7.12%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.48%) Software Developer
8 17 (4.66%) Architect
8 17 (4.66%) Senior Developer
9 15 (4.11%) Data Scientist
9 15 (4.11%) Linux Engineer
9 15 (4.11%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.84%) Data Engineer
10 14 (3.84%) Penetration Tester
10 14 (3.84%) Tester
11 13 (3.56%) Analyst
11 13 (3.56%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.29%) Administrator
12 12 (3.29%) Technical Leader
13 11 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.97%) AngularJS
2 33 (9.04%) React
3 32 (8.77%) .NET
4 30 (8.22%) CSS
5 29 (7.95%) HTML
6 25 (6.85%) Node.js
7 21 (5.75%) REST
8 15 (4.11%) .NET Framework
9 13 (3.56%) ASP.NET
9 13 (3.56%) Sass
10 10 (2.74%) ASP.NET Core
10 10 (2.74%) HTML5
10 10 (2.74%) Ionic Framework
10 10 (2.74%) PySpark
11 9 (2.47%) Kafka
11 9 (2.47%) Lambda Expressions
11 9 (2.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 9 (2.47%) Vue
12 8 (2.19%) ASP.NET Web API
12 8 (2.19%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.78%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (7.67%) GNSS
3 25 (6.85%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.66%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.38%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.11%) Mobile App
6 15 (4.11%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.01%) Client/Server
7 11 (3.01%) FPGA
7 11 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.01%) Reinsurance
7 11 (3.01%) Robotics
8 10 (2.74%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (2.74%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.19%) CUDA
9 8 (2.19%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.19%) Tandem
9 8 (2.19%) VHDL
10 7 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (23.01%) Linux
2 53 (14.52%) Windows
3 21 (5.75%) Unix
4 13 (3.56%) Android
4 13 (3.56%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.74%) Debian
5 10 (2.74%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.55%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (45.21%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (24.11%) Software Engineering
3 79 (21.64%) Agile
4 60 (16.44%) Project Management
5 57 (15.62%) Test Automation
6 51 (13.97%) B2B
7 47 (12.88%) Mentoring
8 46 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (12.33%) CI/CD
9 45 (12.33%) Validation
10 43 (11.78%) Containerisation
11 42 (11.51%) Defect Tracking
11 42 (11.51%) Machine Learning
12 40 (10.96%) DevOps
12 40 (10.96%) Requirements Analysis
13 37 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
14 34 (9.32%) Data Science
14 34 (9.32%) Mathematics
15 33 (9.04%) Unit Testing
16 32 (8.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 85 (23.29%) Python
1 85 (23.29%) SQL
2 69 (18.90%) JavaScript
3 51 (13.97%) Java
4 46 (12.60%) TypeScript
5 43 (11.78%) C++
6 39 (10.68%) C
7 37 (10.14%) C#
8 21 (5.75%) Perl
9 20 (5.48%) Bash
10 14 (3.84%) Scala
11 11 (3.01%) MATLAB
11 11 (3.01%) VB
12 10 (2.74%) Objective-C
12 10 (2.74%) Swift
13 8 (2.19%) Tcl
14 7 (1.92%) PHP
15 5 (1.37%) Go
15 5 (1.37%) R
16 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 330 (90.41%) Degree
2 154 (42.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 58 (15.89%) Security Cleared
4 31 (8.49%) Master's Degree
5 28 (7.67%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.56%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.01%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.74%) A+ Certification
8 10 (2.74%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (2.74%) MCP
8 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.74%) OSCP
8 10 (2.74%) PMP
9 8 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.37%) CCNP
11 5 (1.37%) CISA
11 5 (1.37%) CISSP
11 5 (1.37%) PhD
11 5 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.49%) PMO
2 22 (6.03%) QA
3 9 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.92%) IEC 61508
4 7 (1.92%) NIST
5 5 (1.37%) GDPR
5 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 5 (1.37%) SOC 1
5 5 (1.37%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.10%) DO-254
6 4 (1.10%) SLA
7 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.82%) JTAG
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (6.85%) Docker
2 20 (5.48%) Firmware
3 17 (4.66%) Embedded Firmware
4 16 (4.38%) Active Directory
5 15 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.82%) KVM
7 3 (0.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.92%) Terraform
3 6 (1.64%) Nagios
4 5 (1.37%) Rancher
5 3 (0.82%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (0.82%) OfficeScan
5 3 (0.82%) WSUS
6 2 (0.55%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Ansible
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.48%) Oracle
3 17 (4.66%) Cisco
4 15 (4.11%) VMware
5 12 (3.29%) Databricks
6 11 (3.01%) Google
7 9 (2.47%) IBM
8 8 (2.19%) Altera
8 8 (2.19%) Green Hills
8 8 (2.19%) Motorola
8 8 (2.19%) Xilinx
9 6 (1.64%) Centreon
9 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.64%) Teradata
10 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.82%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 3 (0.82%) Coverity
11 3 (0.82%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.82%) Veeam