Computer Science Jobs in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 38 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,024 925 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.09% 6.36% 8.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 6.72% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 759 468 671
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £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
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,207 13,763 18,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.52% 94.56% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,914 7,992 11,897
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,225 £82,500
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the South East.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +12 528 £60,000 -1.48% 116
Berkshire +22 248 £70,000 -5.08% 50
Buckinghamshire +58 174 £41,000 -11.83% 15
Hampshire -3 163 £50,000 +25.00% 29
Surrey -13 127 £62,500 -3.85% 46
Oxfordshire -9 106 £52,500 +5.00% 51
West Sussex +4 73 £64,000 -8.57% 8
East Sussex +33 56 £50,000 -3.15% 12
Kent -7 50 £65,000 +128.07% 10
Sussex - 14 £60,000 - 1
Middlesex - 8 £62,500 -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.98%) OpenStack
2 8 (0.78%) SAS
3 7 (0.68%) IIS
4 6 (0.59%) Apache
4 6 (0.59%) CMS
4 6 (0.59%) nginx
4 6 (0.59%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.49%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.098%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (4.10%) Simulink
2 18 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.20%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.098%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.098%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.098%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) Odoo
4 4 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 147 (14.36%) Azure
2 124 (12.11%) AWS
3 43 (4.20%) SaaS
4 36 (3.52%) Serverless
5 35 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
6 31 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 30 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (2.34%) GCP
9 21 (2.05%) GitHub
10 20 (1.95%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.46%) IaaS
12 13 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (1.27%) CloudFront
12 13 (1.27%) Route 53
12 13 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.20%) Firewall
2 38 (3.71%) Network Security
3 28 (2.73%) Intrusion Detection
4 21 (2.05%) VPN
5 19 (1.86%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.76%) HTTP
6 18 (1.76%) Internet
7 16 (1.56%) Wireless
8 10 (0.98%) LAN
8 10 (0.98%) SSL
8 10 (0.98%) WAN
9 9 (0.88%) DNS
10 7 (0.68%) BGP
10 7 (0.68%) IPsec
10 7 (0.68%) OSPF
11 6 (0.59%) VLAN
12 5 (0.49%) NGFW
13 4 (0.39%) SAN
14 3 (0.29%) NAS
14 3 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (10.55%) SQL Server
2 94 (9.18%) NoSQL
3 45 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (3.71%) Relational Database
5 31 (3.03%) Power BI
6 28 (2.73%) MySQL
7 17 (1.66%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.46%) Tableau
10 14 (1.37%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.98%) GIS
12 10 (0.98%) Redis
13 8 (0.78%) Big Data
14 6 (0.59%) EDMS
14 6 (0.59%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
16 3 (0.29%) Impala
16 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 164 (16.02%) Git
2 36 (3.52%) Cypress.io
3 35 (3.42%) Selenium
4 31 (3.03%) Subversion
5 20 (1.95%) CMake
5 20 (1.95%) GitLab
6 19 (1.86%) JIRA
6 19 (1.86%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.37%) Vagrant
8 13 (1.27%) Jenkins
9 12 (1.17%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.68%) Maven
11 6 (0.59%) NUnit
12 4 (0.39%) Moq
12 4 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.39%) TestRail
13 3 (0.29%) Babel
13 3 (0.29%) GDB
13 3 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 294 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 121 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (11.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 78 (7.62%) Finance
5 46 (4.49%) Electronics
5 46 (4.49%) Manufacturing
6 41 (4.00%) Military
7 36 (3.52%) Marketing
8 26 (2.54%) Legal
9 23 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 21 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.95%) Retail
12 19 (1.86%) Aviation
13 15 (1.46%) Games
14 14 (1.37%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.07%) Law
16 11 (1.07%) Publishing
17 6 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 292 (28.52%) Developer
2 181 (17.68%) Senior
3 155 (15.14%) Software Engineer
4 131 (12.79%) Software Developer
5 120 (11.72%) Data Scientist
6 80 (7.81%) Senior Developer
7 67 (6.54%) Lead
8 51 (4.98%) Graduate
9 50 (4.88%) Junior
10 49 (4.79%) Architect
11 42 (4.10%) Senior Software Developer
12 40 (3.91%) Analyst
13 39 (3.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 38 (3.71%) C++ Software Engineer
15 31 (3.03%) Senior Software Engineer
16 29 (2.83%) Graduate Developer
17 25 (2.44%) Lead Developer
18 24 (2.34%) Full Stack Developer
19 23 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
20 22 (2.15%) ERP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (17.97%) .NET
2 183 (17.87%) React
3 109 (10.64%) HTML
4 93 (9.08%) CSS
5 68 (6.64%) AngularJS
5 68 (6.64%) HTML5
6 58 (5.66%) CSS3
7 47 (4.59%) .NET Core
8 35 (3.42%) Jest
9 34 (3.32%) ASP.NET
10 32 (3.13%) XML
11 31 (3.03%) Node.js
12 28 (2.73%) Kafka
13 24 (2.34%) .NET Framework
13 24 (2.34%) RESTful
14 23 (2.25%) jQuery
15 22 (2.15%) Qt
15 22 (2.15%) React Native
16 21 (2.05%) Middleware
17 20 (1.95%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 246 (24.02%) Algorithms
2 91 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 48 (4.69%) Data Structures
4 41 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (3.91%) Data Centre
6 39 (3.81%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.54%) CUDA
8 21 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (2.05%) IoT
9 20 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 18 (1.76%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (1.46%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.27%) Mobile App
14 12 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.88%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.88%) Taxonomies
17 8 (0.78%) FMCG
17 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 142 (13.87%) Linux
2 136 (13.28%) Windows
3 33 (3.22%) Android
4 31 (3.03%) Unix
5 23 (2.25%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.56%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.46%) CentOS
7 15 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.46%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.49%) Kali Linux
8 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.20%) VMS
9 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.098%) Solaris
10 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (37.89%) Problem-Solving
2 338 (33.01%) Agile
3 292 (28.52%) Mathematics
4 258 (25.20%) Software Engineering
5 216 (21.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 188 (18.36%) Mentoring
7 175 (17.09%) Cybersecurity
8 166 (16.21%) DevOps
9 159 (15.53%) Decision-Making
10 151 (14.75%) Coaching
11 140 (13.67%) Data Science
12 137 (13.38%) Data Analysis
13 130 (12.70%) Machine Learning
14 125 (12.21%) Physics
15 112 (10.94%) Propensity Modelling
15 112 (10.94%) Red Team
16 105 (10.25%) Statistical Modelling
17 102 (9.96%) Digital Forensics
18 82 (8.01%) CI/CD
19 74 (7.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 312 (30.47%) Python
2 287 (28.03%) C#
3 276 (26.95%) JavaScript
4 169 (16.50%) C++
5 154 (15.04%) SQL
6 129 (12.60%) TypeScript
7 114 (11.13%) C
8 109 (10.64%) Java
9 76 (7.42%) Fortran
10 44 (4.30%) PHP
11 40 (3.91%) Go
12 33 (3.22%) Bash
13 25 (2.44%) Kotlin
14 23 (2.25%) PowerShell
15 20 (1.95%) R
16 17 (1.66%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.88%) Perl
17 9 (0.88%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.49%) Groovy
19 4 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 976 (95.31%) Degree
2 516 (50.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 172 (16.80%) Master's Degree
4 127 (12.40%) Security Cleared
5 96 (9.38%) PhD
6 70 (6.84%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.61%) CISSP
8 30 (2.93%) AWS Certification
9 21 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (1.95%) Numerate Degree
11 18 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 15 (1.46%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 11 (1.07%) CISM
16 10 (0.98%) GIAC
16 10 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (0.88%) Azure Certification
17 9 (0.88%) MBA
18 8 (0.78%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.15%) QA
2 37 (3.61%) GDPR
3 33 (3.22%) WCAG
4 32 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 28 (2.73%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.56%) NIST
8 15 (1.46%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.98%) GRC
10 8 (0.78%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.68%) CDISC
11 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.49%) PMO
13 5 (0.49%) SLA
14 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 204 (19.92%) Docker
2 10 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.78%) Firmware
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) HDFS
7 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 164 (16.02%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.91%) Terraform
3 32 (3.13%) Ansible
4 13 (1.27%) ZABBIX
5 11 (1.07%) Puppet
6 8 (0.78%) Nessus
7 6 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.49%) Suricata
9 3 (0.29%) Grafana
9 3 (0.29%) Nagios
10 2 (0.20%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.20%) Netcool
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.20%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.20%) WSUS
11 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.098%) QRadar
11 1 (0.098%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.03%) Xilinx
3 27 (2.64%) Google
4 23 (2.25%) SAP
5 13 (1.27%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.07%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.98%) Apple
7 10 (0.98%) Juniper
8 9 (0.88%) Oracle
8 9 (0.88%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.78%) Cisco
9 8 (0.78%) IFS
9 8 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.78%) Splunk
10 6 (0.59%) iManage
10 6 (0.59%) Qualys
10 6 (0.59%) VMware
10 6 (0.59%) YouTube
11 5 (0.49%) Darktrace
11 5 (0.49%) Palo Alto