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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 152 79
Rank change year-on-year +92 -73 +32
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 633 410 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.62% 2.38% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.46% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 497 264 323
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,517 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,688 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,899 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £72,177
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 14,596 16,661 16,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.43% 96.88% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,211 7,954 10,621
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
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 £80,000 £82,500 £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 10 May 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 10 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
North West +72 353 £50,000 -9.09% 114
Yorkshire +101 221 £45,000 -14.29% 49
North East +5 59 £48,734 +14.67% 35
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 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.26%) Confluence
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.11%) IIS
4 6 (0.95%) SAS
5 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) CMS
7 3 (0.47%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.47%) WordPress
8 2 (0.32%) Resin
9 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 25 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.63%) Trello
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.42%) SAP CX
2 9 (1.42%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 118 (18.64%) AWS
2 99 (15.64%) Azure
3 32 (5.06%) GCP
4 30 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (3.32%) GitHub
6 20 (3.16%) Amazon S3
7 19 (3.00%) Amazon Kinesis
7 19 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (2.53%) Power Platform
10 15 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (2.37%) Serverless
11 14 (2.21%) SaaS
12 10 (1.58%) Google Play
13 9 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.26%) OCI
14 8 (1.26%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.79%) Firebase
15 5 (0.79%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.21%) Firewall
2 29 (4.58%) Network Security
3 27 (4.27%) VPN
4 26 (4.11%) DNS
5 25 (3.95%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.00%) DHCP
7 14 (2.21%) RS-232
8 12 (1.90%) Internet
9 10 (1.58%) Ethernet
9 10 (1.58%) VLAN
9 10 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.42%) SSL
11 7 (1.11%) WAN
12 6 (0.95%) LAN
13 5 (0.79%) IPsec
13 5 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (0.79%) VoIP
14 4 (0.63%) NAS
14 4 (0.63%) SAN
14 4 (0.63%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.79%) MySQL
2 50 (7.90%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (5.21%) Relational Database
5 29 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 20 (3.16%) NoSQL
8 19 (3.00%) Redis
9 18 (2.84%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.69%) MS Access
11 13 (2.05%) Power BI
12 12 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.26%) Big Data
13 8 (1.26%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.79%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.63%) ActiveReports
16 4 (0.63%) Cognos Framework Manager
Development Applications
1 76 (12.01%) Git
2 32 (5.06%) JIRA
3 18 (2.84%) Postman
4 12 (1.90%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.58%) Appium
6 8 (1.26%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.26%) Selenium
7 7 (1.11%) Subversion
8 6 (0.95%) LoadRunner
8 6 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.79%) HP UFT
9 5 (0.79%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.79%) JMeter
9 5 (0.79%) MSTest
9 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.63%) CMake
10 4 (0.63%) GCC
10 4 (0.63%) GDB
10 4 (0.63%) JUnit
10 4 (0.63%) Mockito
General
1 300 (47.39%) Social Skills
2 113 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (9.48%) Finance
4 55 (8.69%) Manufacturing
5 45 (7.11%) Games
6 31 (4.90%) Electronics
7 30 (4.74%) Legal
8 28 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.11%) Retail
10 24 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (3.63%) Marketing
12 12 (1.90%) Banking
13 10 (1.58%) Law
14 7 (1.11%) Front Office
14 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.95%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.79%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 157 (24.80%) Developer
2 99 (15.64%) Software Engineer
3 95 (15.01%) Senior
4 44 (6.95%) Lead
5 36 (5.69%) Architect
6 35 (5.53%) .NET Developer
7 34 (5.37%) Analyst
8 26 (4.11%) IT Manager
8 26 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (3.63%) Junior
10 21 (3.32%) Graduate
10 21 (3.32%) Senior Developer
10 21 (3.32%) Software Developer
11 20 (3.16%) Project Manager
12 19 (3.00%) PHP Developer
12 19 (3.00%) Service Manager
13 18 (2.84%) Applications Manager
13 18 (2.84%) Technical Leader
14 17 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (2.53%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (17.54%) .NET
2 55 (8.69%) HTML
3 53 (8.37%) CSS
4 49 (7.74%) Node.js
5 37 (5.85%) JSON
6 35 (5.53%) Vue
7 32 (5.06%) React
8 31 (4.90%) .NET Framework
9 30 (4.74%) RESTful
10 29 (4.58%) Web Services
11 25 (3.95%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.48%) REST
13 20 (3.16%) .NET Core
14 19 (3.00%) ASP.NET
14 19 (3.00%) Spring
15 18 (2.84%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (2.84%) EDI
16 17 (2.69%) Spring Boot
16 17 (2.69%) WCF
17 14 (2.21%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.59%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.63%) Driving Licence
4 21 (3.32%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.69%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.53%) Client/Server
7 13 (2.05%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.74%) Online Games
9 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.26%) Animation
10 8 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.26%) Social Media
10 8 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.11%) Life Science
11 7 (1.11%) Market Risk
11 7 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 64 (10.11%) Windows
2 54 (8.53%) Linux
3 18 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.74%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.58%) Android
6 8 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.63%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (46.92%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (29.23%) Software Engineering
3 154 (24.33%) Agile
4 107 (16.90%) Project Management
5 75 (11.85%) DevOps
6 66 (10.43%) ITIL
7 65 (10.27%) Analytics
7 65 (10.27%) Mathematics
8 62 (9.79%) ERP
9 61 (9.64%) Design Patterns
10 57 (9.00%) SDLC
11 56 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
12 52 (8.21%) Mentoring
13 48 (7.58%) Roadmaps
14 46 (7.27%) CI/CD
15 43 (6.79%) Data Modelling
15 43 (6.79%) Software Testing
16 42 (6.64%) MVC
17 40 (6.32%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 146 (23.06%) SQL
2 129 (20.38%) C#
3 106 (16.75%) JavaScript
4 76 (12.01%) Java
5 71 (11.22%) Python
6 47 (7.42%) C
7 39 (6.16%) PHP
8 33 (5.21%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.00%) Embedded C
10 15 (2.37%) C++
11 13 (2.05%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.74%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.58%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.42%) VB
15 8 (1.26%) PL/SQL
16 7 (1.11%) MATLAB
16 7 (1.11%) R
16 7 (1.11%) Rust
16 7 (1.11%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.95%) VBA
Qualifications
1 586 (92.58%) Degree
2 347 (54.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (7.11%) Master's Degree
4 36 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.27%) CCNP
7 26 (4.11%) CISSP
8 23 (3.63%) CCNA
9 21 (3.32%) PMP
10 20 (3.16%) PMI Certification
11 19 (3.00%) PhD
12 17 (2.69%) Azure Certification
13 16 (2.53%) Security Cleared
14 15 (2.37%) A+ Certification
14 15 (2.37%) MCP
15 14 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (2.05%) AWS Certification
16 13 (2.05%) DBS Check
17 12 (1.90%) CCIE
17 12 (1.90%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.37%) QA
2 21 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.90%) NIST
4 10 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (1.42%) GDPR
5 9 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.95%) PMO
8 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.47%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) COBIT
10 2 (0.32%) GLBA
11 1 (0.16%) CDISC
11 1 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.63%) Docker
3 14 (2.21%) Firmware
3 14 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.95%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (5.06%) Terraform
2 15 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.79%) Grafana
3 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.79%) SCOM
4 4 (0.63%) SCCM
4 4 (0.63%) WSUS
5 3 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
6 2 (0.32%) CASB
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 83 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.58%) SAP
3 28 (4.42%) Oracle
4 25 (3.95%) Cisco
5 24 (3.79%) Google
6 17 (2.69%) VMware
7 16 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.90%) F5
9 7 (1.11%) Juniper
10 6 (0.95%) IBM
11 5 (0.79%) Autodesk
11 5 (0.79%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.63%) Adobe
12 4 (0.63%) Cognos
12 4 (0.63%) Veeam
13 3 (0.47%) Epicor
13 3 (0.47%) Meraki
13 3 (0.47%) Sophos
13 3 (0.47%) Twitter
14 2 (0.32%) ServiceNow