Computer Science Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 249 349
Rank change year-on-year +120 +100 -14
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 244 229 303
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.66% 0.96% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.33% 3.80% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 141 202
10th Percentile £302 £390 £375
25th Percentile £413 £500 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £863 £650
90th Percentile £800 £938 £838
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £56.25 £41.63 £21.73
25th Percentile £63.75 £53.13 £26.20
Median hourly rate £77.50 £60.00 £33.88
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% +77.10% -0.37%
75th Percentile £79.38 £68.75 £41.82
90th Percentile £79.75 £70.00 £46.43
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £55.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% +7.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,855 6,027 8,917
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.20% 25.16% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,496 4,086 6,332
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.43%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £527 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 247 225
10th Percentile £14.71 £19.00 £19.35
25th Percentile £23.69 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +38.81%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £83.84 £80.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +29.93%

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 7 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 7 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 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.64%) Confluence
4 3 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.82%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.28%) Chatbot
1 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Simulink
4 1 (0.41%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle 11i
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.41%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.41%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.33%) Azure
2 59 (24.18%) AWS
3 35 (14.34%) GCP
4 15 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.15%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (5.74%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.69%) GitHub
7 8 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.28%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.46%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.46%) Twilio
10 5 (2.05%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.05%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.05%) SaaS
11 4 (1.64%) PaaS
11 4 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.61%) Firewall
2 12 (4.92%) DNS
3 11 (4.51%) VoIP
4 10 (4.10%) Network Security
5 9 (3.69%) CTI
6 7 (2.87%) VPN
7 6 (2.46%) DHCP
7 6 (2.46%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.46%) WAN
8 4 (1.64%) LAN
8 4 (1.64%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.64%) VLAN
8 4 (1.64%) Wireless
9 3 (1.23%) SSH
10 2 (0.82%) Internet
10 2 (0.82%) Skype
11 1 (0.41%) Multicast
11 1 (0.41%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.41%) VSAN
11 1 (0.41%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.02%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.74%) Power BI
4 12 (4.92%) MySQL
4 12 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.51%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.10%) Couchbase
7 8 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.46%) Big Data
8 6 (2.46%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.05%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.64%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.64%) Metadata
10 4 (1.64%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.64%) Tableau
11 3 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (11.89%) Git
2 18 (7.38%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.51%) GitLab
4 8 (3.28%) JIRA
5 6 (2.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (2.46%) MLflow
6 5 (2.05%) Selenium
7 4 (1.64%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.23%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.82%) Postman
9 2 (0.82%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.82%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.41%) Babel
10 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 164 (67.21%) Social Skills
2 78 (31.97%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (24.18%) Finance
4 23 (9.43%) Banking
5 14 (5.74%) Front Office
5 14 (5.74%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.92%) Retail
7 9 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.87%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.87%) Marketing
10 6 (2.46%) Legal
11 5 (2.05%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.23%) Electronics
12 3 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.82%) Advertising
13 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (17.21%) Developer
2 34 (13.93%) Architect
3 26 (10.66%) Senior
4 25 (10.25%) Lead
5 23 (9.43%) Consultant
6 17 (6.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.74%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.51%) Project Manager
10 11 (4.51%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) Analyst
13 8 (3.28%) Java Developer
13 8 (3.28%) Lead Data Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) .NET Developer
14 7 (2.87%) Network Engineer
15 6 (2.46%) Risk Consultant
15 6 (2.46%) Technical Leader
16 5 (2.05%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.25%) HTML
2 23 (9.43%) CSS
3 17 (6.97%) .NET
4 15 (6.15%) React
5 14 (5.74%) AngularJS
5 14 (5.74%) Node.js
6 13 (5.33%) Middleware
6 13 (5.33%) Web Services
7 12 (4.92%) .NET Framework
7 12 (4.92%) ASP.NET
8 10 (4.10%) RESTful
9 9 (3.69%) JSON
9 9 (3.69%) Kafka
10 8 (3.28%) Vue
11 7 (2.87%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.87%) REST
11 7 (2.87%) Swagger
12 6 (2.46%) Entity Framework
12 6 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (2.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.84%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.74%) Derivative
3 13 (5.33%) Algorithms
4 11 (4.51%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.10%) IVR
5 10 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.46%) Blockchain
6 6 (2.46%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.46%) Fixed Income
6 6 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.79%) Linux
2 15 (6.15%) Windows
3 10 (4.10%) Unix
4 6 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.23%) Android
6 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (99.18%) Computer Science
2 121 (49.59%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (38.93%) Agile
4 58 (23.77%) DevOps
5 33 (13.52%) Software Engineering
6 31 (12.70%) CI/CD
7 29 (11.89%) Analytics
8 27 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (9.43%) Data Modelling
10 22 (9.02%) Scrum
11 21 (8.61%) Project Management
11 21 (8.61%) Translating Business Requirements
12 20 (8.20%) Migration
12 20 (8.20%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.38%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (7.38%) Web Development
14 17 (6.97%) Information Security
14 17 (6.97%) Microservices
14 17 (6.97%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (6.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 60 (24.59%) Python
2 45 (18.44%) SQL
3 43 (17.62%) Java
4 41 (16.80%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.79%) C#
6 17 (6.97%) C++
7 13 (5.33%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.51%) Go
9 10 (4.10%) Bash
9 10 (4.10%) Perl
9 10 (4.10%) Scala
10 9 (3.69%) PL/SQL
11 7 (2.87%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.46%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.64%) R
13 4 (1.64%) Rust
14 3 (1.23%) Bicep
14 3 (1.23%) Clojure
14 3 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 244 (100.00%) Degree
2 58 (23.77%) Master's Degree
3 29 (11.89%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.61%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.92%) CISM
5 12 (4.92%) CISSP
6 10 (4.10%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.28%) PMP
8 7 (2.87%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.87%) CCNA
8 7 (2.87%) CEH
8 7 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.87%) PhD
9 5 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.64%) APMP
10 4 (1.64%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.74%) QA
3 10 (4.10%) NIST
4 7 (2.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.46%) GDPR
6 5 (2.05%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.05%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.82%) COBIT
9 2 (0.82%) GRC
9 2 (0.82%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.82%) MiFID
10 1 (0.41%) GxP
10 1 (0.41%) HL7
System Software
1 15 (6.15%) Docker
2 10 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.51%) Terraform
3 6 (2.46%) Grafana
4 4 (1.64%) SCCM
5 3 (1.23%) Ansible
5 3 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.23%) Nessus
6 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.41%) Argo
7 1 (0.41%) Nagios
7 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.41%) Puppet
7 1 (0.41%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.41%) WSUS
7 1 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.30%) Oracle
3 17 (6.97%) Google
4 12 (4.92%) Databricks
5 10 (4.10%) Genesys
6 9 (3.69%) Cisco
6 9 (3.69%) SAP
7 7 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.46%) Adobe
8 6 (2.46%) Avaya
8 6 (2.46%) Qualys
8 6 (2.46%) VMware
9 4 (1.64%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.23%) Ariba
10 3 (1.23%) CA
10 3 (1.23%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.23%) IBM
10 3 (1.23%) Informatica
10 3 (1.23%) Red Hat