Computer Science Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 67 127 165
Rank change year-on-year +60 +38 +29
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 430 478 736
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 2.00% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 2.23% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 288 485
10th Percentile £329 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £483 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £573 £590
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -2.97% +18.00%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £688
90th Percentile £788 £881 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 11
10th Percentile - £19.00 £18.76
25th Percentile £52.50 £19.37 £27.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -5.61% -9.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £58.38
90th Percentile £71.75 £73.38 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year - +21.55% +4.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Computer Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science.

Computer Science daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Computer Science daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science.

Computer Science hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Computer Science hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (3.26%) Confluence
2 11 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (1.16%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.70%) Apache
7 3 (0.70%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.70%) nginx
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.47%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.23%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.23%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.23%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 20 (4.65%) Simulink
1 20 (4.65%) Stateflow
2 9 (2.09%) Chatbot
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.47%) SPSS
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.23%) CATIA
7 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.70%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 117 (27.21%) Azure
2 81 (18.84%) AWS
3 51 (11.86%) GCP
4 28 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (5.12%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (4.42%) SaaS
7 13 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.56%) GitHub
8 11 (2.56%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.09%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.86%) PaaS
11 7 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.63%) Serverless
12 6 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.40%) Twilio
13 5 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.58%) Firewall
2 15 (3.49%) DNS
3 12 (2.79%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.56%) Network Security
4 11 (2.56%) VoIP
5 9 (2.09%) CTI
5 9 (2.09%) DHCP
5 9 (2.09%) WAN
6 7 (1.63%) VPN
6 7 (1.63%) Wireless
7 5 (1.16%) Skype
7 5 (1.16%) VLAN
8 4 (0.93%) Internet
8 4 (0.93%) Junos
8 4 (0.93%) SDH
9 3 (0.70%) LAN
9 3 (0.70%) SAN
9 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.70%) SSH
10 2 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.53%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.35%) Relational Database
3 19 (4.42%) Power BI
4 17 (3.95%) Big Data
4 17 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (3.72%) MySQL
6 15 (3.49%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.79%) Tableau
8 10 (2.33%) Couchbase
9 9 (2.09%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.09%) Metadata
10 8 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.16%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.16%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.93%) Presto
12 4 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (0.93%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (10.47%) Git
2 31 (7.21%) JIRA
3 28 (6.51%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.42%) GitLab
5 8 (1.86%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.40%) MLflow
6 6 (1.40%) Selenium
6 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (1.16%) Subversion
8 4 (0.93%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.93%) Postman
8 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.70%) Travis CI
9 3 (0.70%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.47%) git-flow
10 2 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 219 (50.93%) Social Skills
2 113 (26.28%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (21.63%) Finance
4 32 (7.44%) Banking
5 30 (6.98%) Legal
6 25 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.58%) Front Office
8 20 (4.65%) Automotive
9 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.95%) Retail
11 11 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.56%) Marketing
12 10 (2.33%) Investment Banking
13 9 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.93%) Aeronautics
17 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 77 (17.91%) Developer
2 55 (12.79%) Architect
3 44 (10.23%) Software Engineer
4 41 (9.53%) Senior
5 30 (6.98%) Analyst
5 30 (6.98%) Consultant
5 30 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (6.51%) Lead
7 18 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.72%) Java Developer
9 15 (3.49%) Data Engineer
10 13 (3.02%) Data Scientist
10 13 (3.02%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (2.56%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.33%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (1.86%) .NET Developer
13 8 (1.86%) Business Analyst
13 8 (1.86%) Lead Data Engineer
14 7 (1.63%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.60%) HTML
2 34 (7.91%) .NET
3 32 (7.44%) CSS
4 25 (5.81%) React
5 18 (4.19%) Node.js
6 15 (3.49%) .NET Framework
6 15 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.26%) ASP.NET
8 13 (3.02%) Middleware
8 13 (3.02%) RESTful
8 13 (3.02%) Web Services
9 12 (2.79%) JSON
9 12 (2.79%) XML
10 9 (2.09%) Django
10 9 (2.09%) Entity Framework
10 9 (2.09%) Kafka
10 9 (2.09%) REST
10 9 (2.09%) SOAP
10 9 (2.09%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.02%) Algorithms
2 30 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.88%) Data Structures
4 20 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.26%) Derivative
6 13 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.33%) IVR
9 9 (2.09%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.63%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.40%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.16%) Windows
2 40 (9.30%) Linux
3 22 (5.12%) Unix
4 17 (3.95%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.16%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.93%) Android
7 4 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (38.84%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (32.33%) Agile
3 78 (18.14%) DevOps
4 74 (17.21%) Software Engineering
5 53 (12.33%) Test Automation
6 51 (11.86%) Analytics
7 44 (10.23%) Machine Learning
8 43 (10.00%) Data Science
8 43 (10.00%) Scrum
9 41 (9.53%) CI/CD
9 41 (9.53%) Validation
10 40 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (9.30%) Data Modelling
11 39 (9.07%) Migration
12 38 (8.84%) Artificial Intelligence
12 38 (8.84%) Project Management
13 37 (8.60%) Roadmaps
14 36 (8.37%) Mathematics
15 35 (8.14%) Decision-Making
16 32 (7.44%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 116 (26.98%) Python
2 103 (23.95%) SQL
3 68 (15.81%) Java
4 57 (13.26%) JavaScript
5 36 (8.37%) C#
6 35 (8.14%) C++
7 26 (6.05%) MATLAB
8 19 (4.42%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.72%) Scala
10 14 (3.26%) Go
11 13 (3.02%) Perl
12 12 (2.79%) Bash
12 12 (2.79%) PL/SQL
12 12 (2.79%) R
13 11 (2.56%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.33%) C
15 9 (2.09%) Rust
15 9 (2.09%) VB.NET
16 8 (1.86%) TypeScript
17 5 (1.16%) F#
Qualifications
1 363 (84.42%) Degree
2 239 (55.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (19.53%) Master's Degree
4 44 (10.23%) Security Cleared
5 36 (8.37%) SC Cleared
6 25 (5.81%) PhD
7 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (3.26%) PMP
8 13 (3.02%) CISSP
9 12 (2.79%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.79%) CISM
10 11 (2.56%) PMI Certification
11 10 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.63%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.63%) CEH
13 6 (1.40%) CCNA
13 6 (1.40%) CCNP
13 6 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.16%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.51%) QA
2 26 (6.05%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.49%) NIST
4 13 (3.02%) GDPR
5 8 (1.86%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.40%) MiFID
7 5 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.16%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.93%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.93%) JTAG
8 4 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
10 2 (0.47%) GRC
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (6.74%) Docker
2 20 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.40%) vSphere
6 4 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.93%) Firmware
7 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.70%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Postfix
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (8.37%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.95%) Terraform
3 7 (1.63%) Grafana
4 5 (1.16%) Ansible
4 5 (1.16%) Nessus
4 5 (1.16%) SCCM
5 3 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.70%) Puppet
5 3 (0.70%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.70%) WSUS
6 2 (0.47%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.47%) QRadar
6 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.23%) Argo
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.23%) SCOM
7 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.60%) Oracle
3 22 (5.12%) Google
4 19 (4.42%) Databricks
5 15 (3.49%) SAP
5 15 (3.49%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.26%) Cisco
7 12 (2.79%) VMware
8 10 (2.33%) Genesys
9 9 (2.09%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.63%) IBM
10 7 (1.63%) Qualys
11 6 (1.40%) Adobe
11 6 (1.40%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.40%) Avaya
12 5 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.16%) Foundry
12 5 (1.16%) Palantir
12 5 (1.16%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.93%) Splunk