Computer Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 78 53
Rank change year-on-year +14 -25 +12
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,493 1,559 4,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.30% 4.05% 6.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 4.22% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,169 1,216 1,720
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Computer Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Computer Science salary 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 31 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.74%) IIS
3 16 (1.07%) OpenStack
4 14 (0.94%) Apache
4 14 (0.94%) Confluence
5 13 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.54%) nginx
8 7 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.47%) CMS
8 7 (0.47%) Moodle
8 7 (0.47%) WordPress
9 5 (0.33%) Luigi
10 4 (0.27%) OpenEdge
10 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.067%) Mule
12 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 47 (3.15%) Simulink
2 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.20%) Sketch
5 3 (0.20%) Trello
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.067%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.067%) InVision
7 1 (0.067%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.067%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 15 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.60%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.33%) Odoo
6 4 (0.27%) Magento
6 4 (0.27%) Shopify
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.067%) Endur
8 1 (0.067%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.067%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.067%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.067%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.067%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 393 (26.32%) Azure
2 352 (23.58%) AWS
3 107 (7.17%) GCP
4 103 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 68 (4.55%) SaaS
6 65 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
7 63 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (4.22%) Serverless
8 58 (3.88%) GitHub
9 56 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (2.55%) PowerApps
12 35 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.67%) Amazon S3
13 25 (1.67%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (1.54%) Snowflake
16 20 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.00%) Firebase
17 15 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.68%) Firewall
2 51 (3.42%) Network Security
3 49 (3.28%) Wireless
4 39 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 35 (2.34%) VPN
6 26 (1.74%) DNS
7 22 (1.47%) Ethernet
7 22 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (1.34%) LAN
8 20 (1.34%) WAN
9 19 (1.27%) HTTP
10 18 (1.21%) DHCP
11 17 (1.14%) Internet
12 16 (1.07%) VLAN
13 15 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (0.80%) BGP
14 12 (0.80%) RS-232
15 11 (0.74%) SAN
16 9 (0.60%) MQTT
16 9 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.63%) Power BI
3 87 (5.83%) Relational Database
4 71 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
5 70 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (4.35%) Redis
7 59 (3.95%) NoSQL
8 58 (3.88%) MySQL
9 48 (3.22%) Big Data
10 36 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 29 (1.94%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
14 17 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (1.07%) Hadoop
16 15 (1.00%) Tableau
17 14 (0.94%) MongoDB
18 13 (0.87%) BigQuery
19 12 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
19 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 167 (11.19%) Git
2 41 (2.75%) JIRA
3 29 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.47%) CMake
5 21 (1.41%) Visual Studio
6 18 (1.21%) Vagrant
7 17 (1.14%) Subversion
8 16 (1.07%) GitLab
9 14 (0.94%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.74%) Selenium
11 9 (0.60%) JUnit
12 8 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.54%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.54%) GDB
13 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.40%) Maven
15 5 (0.33%) DTrace
15 5 (0.33%) InstallShield
15 5 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 713 (47.76%) Social Skills
2 263 (17.62%) Finance
3 218 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (10.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (5.16%) Marketing
6 67 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 61 (4.09%) Legal
8 58 (3.88%) Electronics
9 49 (3.28%) Retail
10 48 (3.22%) Games
11 47 (3.15%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 32 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.94%) Law
15 28 (1.88%) Military
16 27 (1.81%) Automotive
16 27 (1.81%) Tech for Good
17 26 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (1.47%) Banking
19 16 (1.07%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 462 (30.94%) Developer
2 295 (19.76%) Senior
3 233 (15.61%) Software Engineer
4 118 (7.90%) Software Developer
5 112 (7.50%) Lead
6 101 (6.76%) Senior Developer
7 79 (5.29%) .NET Developer
7 79 (5.29%) Analyst
7 79 (5.29%) Junior
8 76 (5.09%) Architect
9 74 (4.96%) Graduate
10 68 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
11 47 (3.15%) Embedded Engineer
12 46 (3.08%) Consultant
13 44 (2.95%) Data Engineer
14 43 (2.88%) Full Stack Developer
15 41 (2.75%) C# Developer
16 40 (2.68%) Junior Developer
16 40 (2.68%) Senior Software Developer
17 39 (2.61%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (17.82%) .NET
2 148 (9.91%) HTML
3 136 (9.11%) CSS
4 127 (8.51%) React
5 111 (7.43%) AngularJS
6 95 (6.36%) .NET Core
7 83 (5.56%) ASP.NET
8 76 (5.09%) Node.js
9 70 (4.69%) RESTful
10 58 (3.88%) REST
11 41 (2.75%) Vue
12 40 (2.68%) ASP.NET MVC
13 38 (2.55%) Web Services
13 38 (2.55%) XML
14 37 (2.48%) .NET Framework
15 35 (2.34%) Kafka
16 34 (2.28%) Laravel
17 33 (2.21%) SOAP
18 29 (1.94%) Spring
19 28 (1.88%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 160 (10.72%) Algorithms
2 135 (9.04%) Management Information System
3 125 (8.37%) Data Structures
4 116 (7.77%) Client/Server
5 64 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 47 (3.15%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.61%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.08%) IoT
9 31 (2.08%) Life Science
10 29 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.94%) Mobile App
11 25 (1.67%) Cloud Native
12 19 (1.27%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (1.07%) NHS
15 13 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.87%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 202 (13.53%) Linux
2 144 (9.65%) Windows
3 57 (3.82%) Android
4 44 (2.95%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 26 (1.74%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.61%) Unix
8 23 (1.54%) CentOS
9 20 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
11 17 (1.14%) Windows 10
12 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
13 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.33%) SUSE
15 4 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.27%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.20%) Debian
16 3 (0.20%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (38.78%) Software Engineering
2 547 (36.64%) Problem-Solving
3 435 (29.14%) Agile
4 223 (14.94%) DevOps
5 195 (13.06%) Artificial Intelligence
6 193 (12.93%) Mentoring
7 182 (12.19%) Mathematics
8 166 (11.12%) Machine Learning
9 164 (10.98%) Analytics
10 154 (10.31%) CI/CD
11 140 (9.38%) OOP
12 132 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 127 (8.51%) Data Modelling
14 125 (8.37%) Project Management
15 122 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
15 122 (8.17%) Full Stack Development
16 120 (8.04%) Decision-Making
17 115 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 115 (7.70%) Design Patterns
18 113 (7.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 387 (25.92%) Python
2 360 (24.11%) SQL
3 335 (22.44%) C#
4 297 (19.89%) JavaScript
5 205 (13.73%) Java
6 132 (8.84%) C++
7 128 (8.57%) TypeScript
8 118 (7.90%) C
9 59 (3.95%) PHP
10 51 (3.42%) PowerShell
11 37 (2.48%) Embedded C
11 37 (2.48%) T-SQL
12 32 (2.14%) Go
13 30 (2.01%) Kotlin
14 24 (1.61%) Bash
15 23 (1.54%) Ruby
16 17 (1.14%) Scala
17 16 (1.07%) Rust
18 15 (1.00%) R
19 11 (0.74%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,312 (87.88%) Degree
2 784 (52.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 212 (14.20%) Master's Degree
4 170 (11.39%) Security Cleared
5 120 (8.04%) SC Cleared
6 69 (4.62%) PhD
7 52 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 47 (3.15%) AWS Certification
9 43 (2.88%) CISSP
10 40 (2.68%) Azure Certification
11 31 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (1.88%) DV Cleared
13 24 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.54%) PMI Certification
15 21 (1.41%) CCNA
15 21 (1.41%) CISM
16 18 (1.21%) PMP
17 17 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
18 16 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
19 14 (0.94%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.56%) QA
2 33 (2.21%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.47%) GDPR
4 21 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.00%) SLA
7 13 (0.87%) NIST
8 8 (0.54%) COBIT
9 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.40%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 4 (0.27%) DO-254
12 4 (0.27%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) PMO
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 174 (11.65%) Docker
2 65 (4.35%) Firmware
3 49 (3.28%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 20 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (1.00%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.47%) KVM
9 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.20%) XenApp
12 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 128 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 81 (5.43%) Terraform
3 46 (3.08%) Ansible
4 17 (1.14%) Puppet
5 11 (0.74%) Grafana
6 10 (0.67%) ZABBIX
7 8 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.40%) Nagios
9 6 (0.40%) SCCM
9 6 (0.40%) SCOM
10 5 (0.33%) WSUS
11 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.20%) Nessus
12 3 (0.20%) OfficeScan
13 1 (0.067%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.067%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 249 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.69%) Google
3 40 (2.68%) Xilinx
4 39 (2.61%) SAP
5 31 (2.08%) Oracle
6 23 (1.54%) VMware
7 22 (1.47%) Cisco
8 18 (1.21%) Databricks
9 17 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.94%) IBM
12 13 (0.87%) NVIDIA
13 11 (0.74%) Adobe
14 8 (0.54%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.47%) Juniper
15 7 (0.47%) Splunk
15 7 (0.47%) UiPath
16 6 (0.40%) Centreon
16 6 (0.40%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.40%) YouTube