Computer Science Jobs in the West Midlands

Computer Science
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 53 96 86
Rank change year-on-year +43 -10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 331 184 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.92% 3.18% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 3.29% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 188 107 129
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,650 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £43,875 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,813 £71,250 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £75,000 £77,500
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,802 5,593 7,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.54% 96.68% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,753 3,137 4,863
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,935 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +7 104 £57,500 -8.00% 35
Warwickshire +41 64 £57,500 +112.96% 7
Worcestershire 0 42 £50,000 -2.44% 10
Staffordshire -12 27 £48,750 -2.50% 17
Shropshire - 17 £50,000 - 1
Solihull +4 12 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Wolverhampton +21 10 £26,000 -57.24% 1
Coventry +15 5 - - 5
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £27,000 -
Walsall +14 4 £39,649 -
Wednesbury - 3 - - 2
Herefordshire -13 1 - - 1
Tipton - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - - 1
Halesowen - 1 - - 2
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 21 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.02%) WordPress
3 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.60%) Appian
4 2 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.91%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (0.91%) Fusion 360
4 3 (0.91%) Revit
5 1 (0.30%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.51%) Shopify
3 4 (1.21%) Magento
4 3 (0.91%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.91%) Sage 300 ERP
5 2 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 64 (19.34%) Azure
2 35 (10.57%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.34%) AWS
4 16 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.93%) Power Automate
5 13 (3.93%) PowerApps
6 11 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.11%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.11%) GCP
8 6 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (1.81%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.51%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.21%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.91%) SaaS
11 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.82%) Network Security
2 55 (16.62%) WLAN
3 50 (15.11%) Internet
4 12 (3.63%) Firewall
5 11 (3.32%) WAN
6 8 (2.42%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.81%) DHCP
7 6 (1.81%) DNS
7 6 (1.81%) LAN
8 5 (1.51%) Intranet
8 5 (1.51%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.51%) VPN
9 4 (1.21%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.21%) iSCSI
9 4 (1.21%) MPLS
9 4 (1.21%) SNMP
10 2 (0.60%) VLAN
10 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.60%) Wireless
11 1 (0.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.57%) Power BI
2 34 (10.27%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (4.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (3.32%) MySQL
6 11 (3.32%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.42%) Power Query
7 8 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (2.11%) Tableau
9 6 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.81%) Looker
9 6 (1.81%) Redis
10 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.21%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.21%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (5.74%) Git
2 17 (5.14%) JIRA
3 6 (1.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.51%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.21%) Postman
5 4 (1.21%) Xcode
6 1 (0.30%) CMake
6 1 (0.30%) Moq
6 1 (0.30%) NUnit
6 1 (0.30%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.30%) Sourcetree
General
1 99 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (10.57%) Finance
3 35 (10.57%) Manufacturing
4 28 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.04%) Automotive
5 20 (6.04%) Retail
6 10 (3.02%) Electronics
7 6 (1.81%) Marketing
8 5 (1.51%) Digital Healthcare
8 5 (1.51%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.21%) Games
9 4 (1.21%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.91%) Local Government
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Social Science
12 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.30%) Law
12 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (22.66%) Developer
2 57 (17.22%) IT Support
3 54 (16.31%) Support Engineer
4 52 (15.71%) IT Engineer
5 50 (15.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 30 (9.06%) Analyst
7 29 (8.76%) Senior
8 26 (7.85%) Software Engineer
9 25 (7.55%) Lead
10 24 (7.25%) Software Developer
11 20 (6.04%) Data Scientist
12 19 (5.74%) Junior
13 15 (4.53%) Full Stack Developer
13 15 (4.53%) Junior Developer
14 13 (3.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 13 (3.93%) Senior Developer
15 12 (3.63%) Architect
16 10 (3.02%) Project Manager
17 9 (2.72%) Administrator
17 9 (2.72%) Junior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.18%) .NET
2 21 (6.34%) AngularJS
3 19 (5.74%) RESTful
4 18 (5.44%) CSS
4 18 (5.44%) HTML
5 14 (4.23%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.02%) Node.js
7 9 (2.72%) SOAP
8 8 (2.42%) Kafka
9 7 (2.11%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.11%) TensorFlow
9 7 (2.11%) Vue
10 6 (1.81%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.81%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.81%) React
10 6 (1.81%) WinForms
10 6 (1.81%) WPF
10 6 (1.81%) XML
11 4 (1.21%) JSON
11 4 (1.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.31%) Driving Licence
2 52 (15.71%) Onboarding
3 34 (10.27%) Algorithms
4 22 (6.65%) Management Information System
5 19 (5.74%) Mobile App
6 17 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (4.23%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.93%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.81%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.81%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 6 (1.81%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.81%) PMI
9 6 (1.81%) Replication
9 6 (1.81%) SCADA
9 6 (1.81%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.51%) CUDA
10 5 (1.51%) Infotainment
10 5 (1.51%) IoT
10 5 (1.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (25.98%) Windows
2 70 (21.15%) Linux
3 8 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.21%) VMS
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (57.70%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (28.70%) Mentoring
3 79 (23.87%) Agile
4 63 (19.03%) ITIL
5 61 (18.43%) Asset Management
6 58 (17.52%) Software Engineering
7 55 (16.62%) Network Management
8 50 (15.11%) IT Asset Management
9 48 (14.50%) Mathematics
10 46 (13.90%) Cybersecurity
11 44 (13.29%) Data Analysis
12 42 (12.69%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (12.69%) Decision-Making
13 37 (11.18%) SDLC
14 36 (10.88%) Analytics
15 32 (9.67%) Data Science
15 32 (9.67%) Project Management
16 29 (8.76%) Full Stack Development
17 26 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 25 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 70 (21.15%) SQL
2 49 (14.80%) JavaScript
3 45 (13.60%) C#
4 33 (9.97%) Python
5 18 (5.44%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.14%) Java
7 13 (3.93%) C++
8 11 (3.32%) PHP
9 10 (3.02%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.21%) C
10 4 (1.21%) Embedded C
10 4 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.91%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.60%) R
13 1 (0.30%) Delphi
13 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 313 (94.56%) Degree
2 189 (57.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 59 (17.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 58 (17.52%) CCNA
4 58 (17.52%) CCNP
4 58 (17.52%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (15.41%) MCSE
6 50 (15.11%) LPIC
6 50 (15.11%) MCP
7 29 (8.76%) Master's Degree
8 15 (4.53%) Security Cleared
9 13 (3.93%) SC Cleared
10 11 (3.32%) CISSP
10 11 (3.32%) PMI Certification
11 10 (3.02%) CISM
12 9 (2.72%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.42%) CISA
14 7 (2.11%) PhD
15 5 (1.51%) ISEB
15 5 (1.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.65%) QA
2 11 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.81%) NIST
5 4 (1.21%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.60%) SLA
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 12 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.42%) Docker
4 4 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.21%) pfSense
5 3 (0.91%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.51%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.51%) Terraform
3 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
3 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 108 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 64 (19.34%) Cisco
3 11 (3.32%) VMware
4 8 (2.42%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.81%) Dell
5 6 (1.81%) HP
5 6 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.51%) Databricks
6 5 (1.51%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.51%) NVIDIA
6 5 (1.51%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (1.51%) Xamarin
7 4 (1.21%) BroadSoft
7 4 (1.21%) Brocade
7 4 (1.21%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (1.21%) DevExpress
7 4 (1.21%) Juniper
7 4 (1.21%) QNAP
7 4 (1.21%) Veeam
7 4 (1.21%) Zerto