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 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 54 126 77
Rank change year-on-year +72 -49 +33
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 650 455 703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.68% 2.69% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 2.78% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 504 285 323
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,899 £55,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,500 £66,750
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 14,671 16,349 17,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.99% 96.81% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,247 7,908 10,703
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,317
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 £81,650 £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 20 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 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
North West +61 365 £50,000 -16.67% 118
Yorkshire +86 225 £45,000 -14.29% 65
North East +6 60 £48,734 +14.67% 36
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 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.38%) Confluence
3 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.08%) IIS
5 6 (0.92%) SAS
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.77%) CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.46%) WordPress
8 2 (0.31%) Resin
9 1 (0.15%) Moodle
9 1 (0.15%) Site Server
Applications
1 25 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.62%) Trello
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.31%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.38%) SAP CX
2 9 (1.38%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.62%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.62%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 129 (19.85%) AWS
2 101 (15.54%) Azure
3 33 (5.08%) GCP
4 30 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (4.31%) Amazon Kinesis
6 22 (3.38%) GitHub
7 20 (3.08%) Amazon S3
8 19 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.77%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.31%) Power Platform
11 15 (2.31%) Serverless
12 14 (2.15%) SaaS
13 10 (1.54%) Google Play
14 8 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.23%) OCI
14 8 (1.23%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.92%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.77%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.23%) Firewall
2 30 (4.62%) Network Security
3 27 (4.15%) VPN
4 26 (4.00%) DNS
4 26 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.92%) DHCP
6 14 (2.15%) RS-232
7 12 (1.85%) Internet
8 11 (1.69%) VLAN
9 10 (1.54%) Ethernet
9 10 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.38%) SSL
11 7 (1.08%) WAN
12 6 (0.92%) LAN
13 5 (0.77%) IPsec
13 5 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.62%) NAS
14 4 (0.62%) SAN
14 4 (0.62%) VoIP
14 4 (0.62%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.54%) MySQL
2 51 (7.85%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (5.08%) Relational Database
5 29 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (4.46%) NoSQL
6 28 (4.31%) Redis
7 22 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 20 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (2.77%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.62%) MS Access
11 12 (1.85%) Power BI
12 11 (1.69%) DynamoDB
13 10 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (1.23%) Big Data
14 8 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (1.23%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.77%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 78 (12.00%) Git
2 32 (4.92%) JIRA
3 18 (2.77%) Postman
4 12 (1.85%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.54%) Appium
5 10 (1.54%) Gatling
6 8 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.23%) Selenium
7 7 (1.08%) Subversion
8 6 (0.92%) LoadRunner
8 6 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.77%) HP UFT
9 5 (0.77%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.77%) JMeter
9 5 (0.77%) MSTest
9 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.62%) GCC
10 4 (0.62%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.62%) JUnit
10 4 (0.62%) Mockito
General
1 315 (48.46%) Social Skills
2 113 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (9.08%) Finance
4 55 (8.46%) Manufacturing
5 46 (7.08%) Games
6 40 (6.15%) Electronics
7 30 (4.62%) Legal
8 28 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (4.15%) Retail
10 25 (3.85%) Marketing
11 24 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.15%) Banking
13 11 (1.69%) Billing
14 10 (1.54%) Law
15 7 (1.08%) Front Office
15 7 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.92%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.77%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 159 (24.46%) Developer
2 105 (16.15%) Software Engineer
3 100 (15.38%) Senior
4 45 (6.92%) Lead
5 37 (5.69%) .NET Developer
5 37 (5.69%) Architect
6 36 (5.54%) Analyst
7 26 (4.00%) IT Manager
7 26 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (3.54%) Junior
9 21 (3.23%) Graduate
9 21 (3.23%) Senior Developer
9 21 (3.23%) Software Developer
10 19 (2.92%) PHP Developer
10 19 (2.92%) Project Manager
11 18 (2.77%) Applications Manager
11 18 (2.77%) Service Manager
11 18 (2.77%) Technical Leader
12 17 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
13 16 (2.46%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (17.54%) .NET
2 56 (8.62%) HTML
3 54 (8.31%) CSS
4 49 (7.54%) Node.js
5 38 (5.85%) Web Services
6 37 (5.69%) JSON
7 35 (5.38%) Vue
8 33 (5.08%) React
9 31 (4.77%) .NET Framework
9 31 (4.77%) REST
10 29 (4.46%) RESTful
11 25 (3.85%) AngularJS
12 20 (3.08%) .NET Core
13 19 (2.92%) ASP.NET
13 19 (2.92%) Spring
14 18 (2.77%) ASP.NET Web API
15 17 (2.62%) EDI
15 17 (2.62%) Spring Boot
15 17 (2.62%) WCF
16 15 (2.31%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.23%) Management Information System
2 34 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.54%) Driving Licence
4 21 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.62%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.46%) Client/Server
7 14 (2.15%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.69%) Online Games
10 10 (1.54%) Blog
10 10 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.54%) Media Streaming
10 10 (1.54%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.23%) Animation
11 8 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.23%) Social Media
12 7 (1.08%) IoT
12 7 (1.08%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 63 (9.69%) Windows
2 55 (8.46%) Linux
3 16 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.54%) Android
6 8 (1.23%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.62%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (46.00%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (29.54%) Software Engineering
3 162 (24.92%) Agile
4 107 (16.46%) Project Management
5 88 (13.54%) DevOps
6 74 (11.38%) Analytics
7 67 (10.31%) ITIL
8 65 (10.00%) Mathematics
9 62 (9.54%) Design Patterns
9 62 (9.54%) ERP
10 57 (8.77%) Mentoring
11 56 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
12 54 (8.31%) SDLC
13 48 (7.38%) CI/CD
13 48 (7.38%) Roadmaps
14 44 (6.77%) Software Testing
15 43 (6.62%) Data Modelling
15 43 (6.62%) Open Source
16 42 (6.46%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 148 (22.77%) SQL
2 131 (20.15%) C#
3 107 (16.46%) JavaScript
4 84 (12.92%) Java
5 73 (11.23%) Python
6 47 (7.23%) C
7 39 (6.00%) PHP
8 34 (5.23%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.92%) Embedded C
10 16 (2.46%) C++
11 14 (2.15%) PowerShell
12 13 (2.00%) Scala
13 11 (1.69%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.54%) Kotlin
15 8 (1.23%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.23%) VB
16 7 (1.08%) MATLAB
16 7 (1.08%) R
16 7 (1.08%) Rust
16 7 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 601 (92.46%) Degree
2 360 (55.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (6.92%) Master's Degree
4 36 (5.54%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.15%) CCNP
7 26 (4.00%) CISSP
8 23 (3.54%) CCNA
9 21 (3.23%) PMP
10 20 (3.08%) PMI Certification
11 19 (2.92%) PhD
12 17 (2.62%) Azure Certification
13 15 (2.31%) A+ Certification
13 15 (2.31%) DBS Check
13 15 (2.31%) MCP
13 15 (2.31%) Security Cleared
14 14 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (2.00%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.85%) CCIE
16 12 (1.85%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.23%) QA
2 20 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.85%) NIST
4 10 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (1.38%) GDPR
5 9 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.92%) PMO
8 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.46%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.46%) SLA
9 2 (0.31%) COBIT
9 2 (0.31%) GLBA
10 1 (0.15%) CDISC
10 1 (0.15%) GMP
10 1 (0.15%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.85%) Docker
3 14 (2.15%) Firmware
3 14 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.77%) vSphere
6 2 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (5.23%) Terraform
2 17 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.77%) Grafana
3 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.77%) SCOM
4 4 (0.62%) SCCM
4 4 (0.62%) WSUS
5 3 (0.46%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) yum
Vendors
1 86 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.46%) Oracle
2 29 (4.46%) SAP
3 27 (4.15%) Google
4 26 (4.00%) Cisco
5 16 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.46%) VMware
6 12 (1.85%) F5
7 7 (1.08%) Juniper
8 5 (0.77%) Autodesk
8 5 (0.77%) IBM
8 5 (0.77%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.62%) Adobe
9 4 (0.62%) Cognos
9 4 (0.62%) Sophos
9 4 (0.62%) Veeam
10 3 (0.46%) Epicor
10 3 (0.46%) Meraki
10 3 (0.46%) Twitter
11 2 (0.31%) SYSPRO