Computer Science Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 242 344
Rank change year-on-year +104 +102 -5
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 240 228 302
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.63% 0.95% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.20% 3.81% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 138 203
10th Percentile £308 £382 £375
25th Percentile £413 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £847 £650
90th Percentile £800 £956 £838
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile £56.25 £41.63 £17.66
25th Percentile £63.75 £53.13 £18.07
Median hourly rate £77.50 £60.00 £18.76
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% +219.83% -44.83%
75th Percentile £79.38 £68.75 £34.13
90th Percentile £79.75 £70.00 £43.35
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £55.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -2.27% +18.92% +4.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

Computer Science Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Computer Science Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree.

Computer Science Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Computer Science Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 8 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.25%) Confluence
4 3 (1.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.83%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.92%) Chatbot
3 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Simulink
5 1 (0.42%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle 11i
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.42%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.42%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 75 (31.25%) Azure
2 60 (25.00%) AWS
3 36 (15.00%) GCP
4 15 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 15 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.33%) GitHub
5 8 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.33%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.50%) Twilio
8 5 (2.08%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.08%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.08%) SaaS
9 4 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.67%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.33%) Firewall
2 12 (5.00%) DNS
3 11 (4.58%) VoIP
4 9 (3.75%) CTI
4 9 (3.75%) Network Security
5 7 (2.92%) VPN
6 6 (2.50%) DHCP
6 6 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.08%) WAN
8 4 (1.67%) VLAN
8 4 (1.67%) Wireless
9 3 (1.25%) LAN
9 3 (1.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.25%) SSH
10 2 (0.83%) Internet
10 2 (0.83%) Skype
11 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.42%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.42%) VSAN
11 1 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.67%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.58%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.25%) Power BI
4 14 (5.83%) MySQL
5 11 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (4.17%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.75%) Couchbase
8 8 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.92%) Big Data
10 6 (2.50%) MongoDB
11 5 (2.08%) Hadoop
11 5 (2.08%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.67%) Metadata
12 4 (1.67%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (1.67%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.67%) Tableau
13 3 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (11.67%) Git
2 16 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.17%) GitLab
4 6 (2.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (2.50%) JIRA
4 6 (2.50%) MLflow
5 5 (2.08%) Selenium
6 4 (1.67%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.25%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.25%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.83%) Postman
8 2 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.83%) Travis CI
8 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.42%) Babel
9 1 (0.42%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.42%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 164 (68.33%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (23.33%) Finance
4 22 (9.17%) Banking
5 14 (5.83%) Front Office
6 13 (5.42%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.00%) Retail
8 8 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.92%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.92%) Marketing
9 7 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.08%) Legal
11 4 (1.67%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.25%) Electronics
12 3 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (17.92%) Developer
2 34 (14.17%) Architect
3 25 (10.42%) Lead
4 23 (9.58%) Consultant
4 23 (9.58%) Senior
5 17 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.83%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.00%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.58%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (4.17%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.33%) Analyst
11 8 (3.33%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.33%) Lead Data Engineer
12 7 (2.92%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.92%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.50%) Risk Consultant
13 6 (2.50%) Technical Leader
14 5 (2.08%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.83%) HTML
2 24 (10.00%) CSS
3 17 (7.08%) .NET
4 16 (6.67%) React
5 15 (6.25%) AngularJS
5 15 (6.25%) Node.js
6 13 (5.42%) Middleware
6 13 (5.42%) Web Services
7 12 (5.00%) .NET Framework
7 12 (5.00%) ASP.NET
8 11 (4.58%) RESTful
9 9 (3.75%) JSON
9 9 (3.75%) Kafka
10 8 (3.33%) Vue
11 7 (2.92%) .NET Core
12 6 (2.50%) Entity Framework
12 6 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (2.50%) Swagger
12 6 (2.50%) XML
13 5 (2.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.83%) Algorithms
2 14 (5.83%) Derivative
3 11 (4.58%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.75%) IVR
4 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.50%) Blockchain
5 6 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.50%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.25%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.92%) Linux
2 15 (6.25%) Windows
3 10 (4.17%) Unix
4 6 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.67%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.25%) Android
6 3 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (99.17%) Computer Science
2 122 (50.83%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (37.50%) Agile
4 57 (23.75%) DevOps
5 31 (12.92%) CI/CD
5 31 (12.92%) Software Engineering
6 29 (12.08%) Analytics
7 26 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.42%) Data Modelling
9 21 (8.75%) Project Management
9 21 (8.75%) Scrum
9 21 (8.75%) Translating Business Requirements
10 20 (8.33%) Migration
11 19 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (7.92%) Roadmaps
11 19 (7.92%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (7.50%) Machine Learning
12 18 (7.50%) Web Development
13 17 (7.08%) Data Integration
13 17 (7.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 62 (25.83%) Python
2 48 (20.00%) SQL
3 43 (17.92%) Java
4 42 (17.50%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.92%) C#
6 17 (7.08%) C++
7 13 (5.42%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.17%) Bash
8 10 (4.17%) Perl
8 10 (4.17%) Scala
9 9 (3.75%) Go
9 9 (3.75%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.92%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.50%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.67%) R
12 4 (1.67%) Rust
13 3 (1.25%) Bicep
13 3 (1.25%) Clojure
13 3 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 240 (100.00%) Degree
2 60 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 29 (12.08%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.00%) CISM
5 12 (5.00%) CISSP
6 10 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.75%) PMP
8 7 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.92%) CCNA
8 7 (2.92%) CEH
8 7 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.92%) PhD
9 5 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.08%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.67%) APMP
11 3 (1.25%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.83%) QA
3 10 (4.17%) NIST
4 7 (2.92%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.50%) GDPR
6 5 (2.08%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.08%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.83%) COBIT
9 2 (0.83%) GRC
9 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.83%) MiFID
10 1 (0.42%) GxP
10 1 (0.42%) HL7
System Software
1 14 (5.83%) Docker
2 9 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.83%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (9.58%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.58%) Terraform
3 6 (2.50%) Grafana
4 4 (1.67%) SCCM
5 3 (1.25%) Ansible
5 3 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.25%) Nessus
6 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.42%) Argo
7 1 (0.42%) Nagios
7 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.42%) Puppet
7 1 (0.42%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.42%) WSUS
7 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.08%) Oracle
3 17 (7.08%) Google
4 12 (5.00%) Databricks
5 9 (3.75%) Genesys
6 8 (3.33%) Cisco
6 8 (3.33%) SAP
6 8 (3.33%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.50%) Adobe
7 6 (2.50%) Avaya
7 6 (2.50%) Qualys
7 6 (2.50%) VMware
8 4 (1.67%) Foundry
8 4 (1.67%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.67%) Palantir
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.25%) Ariba
9 3 (1.25%) CA
9 3 (1.25%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.25%) Informatica