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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 125 174
Rank change year-on-year +54 +49 +31
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 423 490 701
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.89% 2.01% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 2.24% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 299 451
10th Percentile £350 £412 £375
25th Percentile £425 £485 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £590
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -1.69% +18.00%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £675
90th Percentile £796 £900 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -8.70% -1.71% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 12
10th Percentile £51.50 £19.00 £20.02
25th Percentile £52.50 £19.37 £35.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -4.15% -14.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.44 £49.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.38 £63.45
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £44.50
% change year-on-year +3.41% +19.52% +10.13%

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 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 11 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.36%) Confluence
3 9 (2.13%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.18%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 3 (0.71%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.71%) nginx
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.47%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.24%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.24%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.73%) Simulink
1 20 (4.73%) Stateflow
2 11 (2.60%) Chatbot
3 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) SPSS
8 1 (0.24%) CATIA
8 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.71%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.24%) SAP POS DM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (25.53%) Azure
2 76 (17.97%) AWS
3 52 (12.29%) GCP
4 28 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.07%) SaaS
8 11 (2.60%) GitHub
8 11 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.89%) Serverless
10 7 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.42%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.42%) PaaS
11 6 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.42%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.42%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.44%) Firewall
2 15 (3.55%) DNS
3 11 (2.60%) Network Security
3 11 (2.60%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.60%) VoIP
4 9 (2.13%) CTI
4 9 (2.13%) DHCP
5 8 (1.89%) WAN
6 7 (1.65%) VPN
6 7 (1.65%) Wireless
7 5 (1.18%) Skype
7 5 (1.18%) VLAN
8 4 (0.95%) Internet
8 4 (0.95%) Junos
8 4 (0.95%) SDH
9 3 (0.71%) SSH
10 2 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.47%) NAS
10 2 (0.47%) SAN
10 2 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.96%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.31%) Big Data
4 14 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.31%) MySQL
4 14 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.31%) Power BI
5 10 (2.36%) Couchbase
5 10 (2.36%) Tableau
6 9 (2.13%) Metadata
7 8 (1.89%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.18%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.95%) Presto
9 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (10.64%) Git
2 29 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.62%) JIRA
4 19 (4.49%) GitLab
5 6 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (1.42%) MLflow
5 6 (1.42%) Selenium
5 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.18%) Subversion
7 4 (0.95%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.95%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.95%) Postman
7 4 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.71%) Travis CI
8 3 (0.71%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.47%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 218 (51.54%) Social Skills
2 105 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (21.28%) Finance
4 31 (7.33%) Banking
4 31 (7.33%) Legal
5 26 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.44%) Front Office
7 20 (4.73%) Automotive
8 19 (4.49%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.78%) Retail
10 12 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.60%) Marketing
12 10 (2.36%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.36%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.13%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.89%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.95%) Aeronautics
17 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 78 (18.44%) Developer
2 58 (13.71%) Architect
3 43 (10.17%) Senior
4 42 (9.93%) Software Engineer
5 32 (7.57%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (6.62%) Analyst
7 26 (6.15%) Consultant
7 26 (6.15%) Lead
8 20 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.02%) Java Developer
10 16 (3.78%) Data Engineer
11 12 (2.84%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (2.84%) Data Scientist
11 12 (2.84%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (2.60%) Senior Developer
13 8 (1.89%) .NET Developer
13 8 (1.89%) Business Analyst
13 8 (1.89%) Lead Data Engineer
13 8 (1.89%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.27%) .NET
2 34 (8.04%) HTML
3 29 (6.86%) CSS
4 25 (5.91%) React
5 18 (4.26%) Node.js
6 15 (3.55%) .NET Framework
7 14 (3.31%) ASP.NET
7 14 (3.31%) RESTful
8 13 (3.07%) AngularJS
9 12 (2.84%) JSON
9 12 (2.84%) XML
10 11 (2.60%) Web Services
11 10 (2.36%) Middleware
12 9 (2.13%) Django
12 9 (2.13%) Entity Framework
12 9 (2.13%) Kafka
12 9 (2.13%) REST
12 9 (2.13%) SOAP
12 9 (2.13%) Swagger
13 8 (1.89%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.71%) Algorithms
2 31 (7.33%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.73%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.07%) Derivative
6 12 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.84%) IVR
7 11 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.13%) Blockchain
8 9 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.13%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.95%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.17%) Windows
2 39 (9.22%) Linux
3 19 (4.49%) Unix
4 18 (4.26%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.95%) Android
7 4 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (38.53%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (33.10%) Agile
3 80 (18.91%) DevOps
4 73 (17.26%) Software Engineering
5 48 (11.35%) Analytics
6 46 (10.87%) Test Automation
7 43 (10.17%) CI/CD
7 43 (10.17%) Machine Learning
7 43 (10.17%) Validation
8 42 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (9.93%) Data Science
9 39 (9.22%) Scrum
10 38 (8.98%) Data Modelling
10 38 (8.98%) Project Management
11 37 (8.75%) Artificial Intelligence
11 37 (8.75%) Roadmaps
12 36 (8.51%) Decision-Making
12 36 (8.51%) Migration
13 33 (7.80%) Data Analysis
13 33 (7.80%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 121 (28.61%) Python
2 99 (23.40%) SQL
3 70 (16.55%) Java
4 55 (13.00%) JavaScript
5 38 (8.98%) C++
6 37 (8.75%) C#
7 26 (6.15%) MATLAB
8 20 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.78%) Perl
9 16 (3.78%) Scala
10 15 (3.55%) Go
11 14 (3.31%) Bash
12 12 (2.84%) R
13 11 (2.60%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.36%) C
14 10 (2.36%) PL/SQL
15 9 (2.13%) VB.NET
16 8 (1.89%) Rust
16 8 (1.89%) TypeScript
17 5 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 355 (83.92%) Degree
2 232 (54.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 88 (20.80%) Master's Degree
4 45 (10.64%) Security Cleared
5 37 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 32 (7.57%) PhD
7 14 (3.31%) CISSP
8 13 (3.07%) CISM
8 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.07%) PMP
9 12 (2.84%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.36%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.65%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.65%) CEH
12 6 (1.42%) CCNA
12 6 (1.42%) CCNP
12 6 (1.42%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.18%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.62%) QA
2 23 (5.44%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.07%) GDPR
4 11 (2.60%) NIST
5 7 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.42%) MiFID
7 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.18%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.18%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.95%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.95%) JTAG
8 4 (0.95%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.71%) 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 27 (6.38%) Docker
2 21 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.42%) vSphere
5 4 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.95%) Firmware
6 3 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.71%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.24%) Postfix
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (8.98%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.26%) Terraform
3 8 (1.89%) Grafana
4 6 (1.42%) Ansible
5 5 (1.18%) SCCM
6 4 (0.95%) Nessus
7 3 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.71%) Puppet
7 3 (0.71%) WSUS
8 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.24%) Argo
9 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.24%) logstash
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 64 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.04%) Oracle
3 24 (5.67%) Google
4 19 (4.49%) Databricks
5 17 (4.02%) SAP
6 14 (3.31%) Cisco
7 12 (2.84%) Genesys
8 11 (2.60%) VMware
9 7 (1.65%) Avaya
9 7 (1.65%) IBM
9 7 (1.65%) Qualys
9 7 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.18%) Adobe
10 5 (1.18%) Foundry
10 5 (1.18%) Palantir
10 5 (1.18%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.18%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.18%) Splunk
11 4 (0.95%) CA
11 4 (0.95%) Juniper