Computer Science Jobs in Manchester

Computer Science
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 128 121
Rank change year-on-year +75 -7 -15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 220 119 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.19% 2.48% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 2.57% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 169 73 64
10th Percentile £34,250 £27,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £87,750 £83,750 £82,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.07% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,510 4,635 5,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.92% 96.52% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,428 2,505 3,563
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,260 £32,298
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Manchester

Computer Science
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Oldham +29 7 £52,500 -13.65%
Bolton - 6 £70,500 - 1
Stockport +24 3 £55,000 -5.94% 3
Stalybridge - 3 £47,500 -
Bury - 2 £75,000 -
Rochdale - 2 £37,500 -
Sale - 2 £29,000 - 2
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (1.82%) Apache Spark
1 4 (1.82%) SAS
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.00%) AWS
2 39 (17.73%) Azure
3 19 (8.64%) GCP
4 15 (6.82%) Amazon Kinesis
5 10 (4.55%) Google Play
6 8 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.18%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.27%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.91%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.91%) GitHub
10 2 (0.91%) SaaS
10 2 (0.91%) Serverless
11 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.45%) VPN
2 11 (5.00%) DNS
2 11 (5.00%) Firewall
2 11 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.55%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.55%) RS-232
4 6 (2.73%) DHCP
5 5 (2.27%) IPsec
5 5 (2.27%) Network Security
5 5 (2.27%) SSL
6 2 (0.91%) Internet
7 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.45%) LAN
7 1 (0.45%) LTE
7 1 (0.45%) VLAN
7 1 (0.45%) WAN
7 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.45%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.18%) NoSQL
2 14 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.45%) MySQL
4 11 (5.00%) DynamoDB
4 11 (5.00%) Redis
5 10 (4.55%) Amazon Aurora
5 10 (4.55%) Relational Database
6 9 (4.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.27%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.82%) ActiveReports
8 4 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.82%) Big Data
8 4 (1.82%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.82%) Cognos Framework Manager
8 4 (1.82%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.82%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.82%) Power BI
8 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.91%) Cognos Report Studio
Development Applications
1 26 (11.82%) Git
2 10 (4.55%) Appium
2 10 (4.55%) Gatling
3 5 (2.27%) JIRA
3 5 (2.27%) Subversion
4 4 (1.82%) CMake
4 4 (1.82%) GCC
4 4 (1.82%) GDB
4 4 (1.82%) IntelliJ
4 4 (1.82%) JUnit
4 4 (1.82%) Mockito
4 4 (1.82%) Postman
5 3 (1.36%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.36%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.91%) Selenium
6 2 (0.91%) webpack
7 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.45%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.00%) Games
4 19 (8.64%) Electronics
5 17 (7.73%) Finance
6 10 (4.55%) Billing
7 9 (4.09%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.18%) Legal
9 6 (2.73%) Health Technology
9 6 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.73%) Retail
10 4 (1.82%) Banking
10 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.82%) Marketing
11 3 (1.36%) Automotive
11 3 (1.36%) Law
11 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.91%) Cantonese Language
13 1 (0.45%) Esports
13 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (29.09%) Senior
2 56 (25.45%) Software Engineer
3 49 (22.27%) Developer
4 19 (8.64%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (7.27%) Lead
5 16 (7.27%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.91%) Network Engineer
7 11 (5.00%) Software Developer
7 11 (5.00%) Software Manager
8 10 (4.55%) Analyst
8 10 (4.55%) Android Developer
8 10 (4.55%) PHP Developer
8 10 (4.55%) Senior Android Developer
9 9 (4.09%) .NET Developer
9 9 (4.09%) Architect
9 9 (4.09%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.64%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.64%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (3.18%) Lead Developer
11 7 (3.18%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.18%) .NET
2 24 (10.91%) JSON
3 23 (10.45%) HTML
4 22 (10.00%) Node.js
4 22 (10.00%) Web Services
5 21 (9.55%) REST
6 14 (6.36%) CSS
7 13 (5.91%) .NET Framework
8 12 (5.45%) GraphQL
9 10 (4.55%) Android SDK
9 10 (4.55%) Electron
9 10 (4.55%) http4s
9 10 (4.55%) Scalaz
10 9 (4.09%) RESTful
11 7 (3.18%) Lambda Expressions
12 6 (2.73%) React
13 5 (2.27%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.27%) Spring
14 4 (1.82%) WCF
14 4 (1.82%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.55%) Blog
1 10 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (4.55%) Media Streaming
1 10 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.64%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (3.64%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.18%) Video\Live Streaming
4 5 (2.27%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.27%) Social Media
5 4 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.82%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.45%) Linux
2 10 (4.55%) Android
2 10 (4.55%) Windows
3 4 (1.82%) Windows Vista
4 3 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (37.73%) Software Engineering
2 78 (35.45%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (25.91%) Agile
4 37 (16.82%) Mentoring
5 35 (15.91%) Open Source
6 34 (15.45%) Mathematics
7 32 (14.55%) Analytics
7 32 (14.55%) Project Management
8 29 (13.18%) DevOps
9 26 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (11.82%) Software Testing
10 25 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (10.91%) SDLC
12 23 (10.45%) CI/CD
13 22 (10.00%) Design Patterns
13 22 (10.00%) Scrum
14 17 (7.73%) Test Automation
15 15 (6.82%) Code Quality
15 15 (6.82%) Decision-Making
15 15 (6.82%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.91%) C#
2 44 (20.00%) Python
3 41 (18.64%) Java
4 35 (15.91%) SQL
5 31 (14.09%) JavaScript
6 17 (7.73%) C
7 14 (6.36%) PHP
7 14 (6.36%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.91%) C++
8 13 (5.91%) Scala
9 10 (4.55%) Kotlin
10 9 (4.09%) Embedded C
11 7 (3.18%) Rust
12 5 (2.27%) R
13 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.36%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 214 (97.27%) Degree
2 121 (55.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (13.18%) Master's Degree
4 20 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (8.64%) CCNP
6 11 (5.00%) CISSP
7 10 (4.55%) CCNA
7 10 (4.55%) CISM
8 9 (4.09%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.09%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.09%) CCIE
9 8 (3.64%) PhD
10 6 (2.73%) CISA
10 6 (2.73%) PCI QSA
10 6 (2.73%) Security Cleared
11 5 (2.27%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.82%) CEH
12 4 (1.82%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (1.36%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.18%) QA
2 16 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.55%) NIST
4 7 (3.18%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.82%) GDPR
5 4 (1.82%) PMO
6 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.45%) NCSC
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (3.64%) Firmware
2 7 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.36%) Docker
4 2 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.27%) Terraform
2 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (6.36%) Cisco
2 11 (5.00%) Google
3 9 (4.09%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.73%) F5
5 5 (2.27%) Juniper
6 4 (1.82%) Cognos
6 4 (1.82%) IBM
7 2 (0.91%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.91%) SAP
7 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.91%) SYSPRO
8 1 (0.45%) Databricks
8 1 (0.45%) EMC
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle
8 1 (0.45%) Renesas
8 1 (0.45%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.45%) VMware