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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 78 53
Rank change year-on-year +15 -25 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,517 1,557 4,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.32% 4.08% 6.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 4.25% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 1,217 1,739
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £41,125
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 £92,500 £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 31,593 36,660 73,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.96% 96.01% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,662 26,006 42,172
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 6 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 33 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.71%) IIS
3 16 (1.05%) OpenStack
4 14 (0.92%) Confluence
5 13 (0.86%) Apache
5 13 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.53%) nginx
8 7 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.46%) CMS
8 7 (0.46%) Moodle
8 7 (0.46%) WordPress
9 5 (0.33%) Luigi
10 4 (0.26%) OpenEdge
11 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.066%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.066%) Mule
Applications
1 51 (3.36%) Simulink
2 25 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.38%) 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%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.13%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.066%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.066%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.066%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 16 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.59%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.33%) Odoo
6 4 (0.26%) Magento
6 4 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.066%) Endur
8 1 (0.066%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.066%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.066%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.066%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.066%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 408 (26.90%) Azure
2 356 (23.47%) AWS
3 110 (7.25%) GCP
4 107 (7.05%) Power Platform
5 69 (4.55%) SaaS
6 66 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
8 62 (4.09%) Serverless
9 57 (3.76%) GitHub
10 55 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 50 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (2.64%) PowerApps
13 37 (2.44%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 25 (1.65%) Entra ID
15 24 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (1.52%) Snowflake
17 20 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
18 16 (1.05%) Firebase
19 15 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.76%) Firewall
2 52 (3.43%) Network Security
3 49 (3.23%) Wireless
4 42 (2.77%) TCP/IP
5 38 (2.50%) VPN
6 25 (1.65%) DNS
7 24 (1.58%) Ethernet
8 23 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (1.38%) HTTP
10 20 (1.32%) LAN
10 20 (1.32%) WAN
11 18 (1.19%) DHCP
11 18 (1.19%) Internet
12 17 (1.12%) VLAN
13 16 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (0.86%) BGP
15 12 (0.79%) RS-232
16 11 (0.73%) SAN
17 10 (0.66%) SSL
18 8 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 103 (6.79%) Power BI
3 89 (5.87%) Relational Database
4 74 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
5 72 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (4.28%) Redis
7 63 (4.15%) NoSQL
8 56 (3.69%) MySQL
9 49 (3.23%) Big Data
10 36 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 29 (1.91%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
14 17 (1.12%) Hadoop
14 17 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 15 (0.99%) MongoDB
15 15 (0.99%) Tableau
16 13 (0.86%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
17 12 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 166 (10.94%) Git
2 41 (2.70%) JIRA
3 27 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.45%) CMake
5 21 (1.38%) Visual Studio
6 20 (1.32%) Vagrant
7 17 (1.12%) Subversion
8 14 (0.92%) GitLab
8 14 (0.92%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.73%) Selenium
10 9 (0.59%) JUnit
11 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.53%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.53%) GDB
12 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.33%) DTrace
13 5 (0.33%) InstallShield
13 5 (0.33%) Maven
13 5 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 731 (48.19%) Social Skills
2 271 (17.86%) Finance
3 218 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (5.08%) Marketing
6 67 (4.42%) Public Sector
7 62 (4.09%) Legal
8 59 (3.89%) Electronics
9 50 (3.30%) Retail
10 47 (3.10%) Games
10 47 (3.10%) Manufacturing
11 36 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.85%) Law
14 27 (1.78%) Automotive
15 26 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 26 (1.71%) Tech for Good
16 25 (1.65%) Military
17 23 (1.52%) Banking
18 17 (1.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 467 (30.78%) Developer
2 295 (19.45%) Senior
3 240 (15.82%) Software Engineer
4 121 (7.98%) Software Developer
5 113 (7.45%) Lead
6 99 (6.53%) Senior Developer
7 83 (5.47%) Analyst
8 80 (5.27%) .NET Developer
8 80 (5.27%) Junior
9 78 (5.14%) Architect
10 75 (4.94%) Graduate
11 70 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
12 48 (3.16%) Consultant
13 45 (2.97%) Embedded Engineer
14 44 (2.90%) Data Engineer
14 44 (2.90%) Full Stack Developer
15 41 (2.70%) Junior Developer
16 40 (2.64%) C# Developer
16 40 (2.64%) C# Software Engineer
16 40 (2.64%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 268 (17.67%) .NET
2 146 (9.62%) HTML
3 134 (8.83%) CSS
4 126 (8.31%) React
5 113 (7.45%) AngularJS
6 96 (6.33%) .NET Core
7 83 (5.47%) ASP.NET
8 76 (5.01%) Node.js
9 70 (4.61%) RESTful
10 58 (3.82%) REST
11 42 (2.77%) Vue
12 40 (2.64%) ASP.NET MVC
13 38 (2.50%) .NET Framework
13 38 (2.50%) XML
14 37 (2.44%) Web Services
15 36 (2.37%) Kafka
16 34 (2.24%) Laravel
17 33 (2.18%) SOAP
18 28 (1.85%) HTML5
18 28 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 162 (10.68%) Algorithms
2 136 (8.97%) Management Information System
3 125 (8.24%) Data Structures
4 116 (7.65%) Client/Server
5 64 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (3.23%) Virtual Team
7 47 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.57%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.04%) IoT
9 31 (2.04%) Life Science
9 31 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.65%) Cloud Native
12 22 (1.45%) Onboarding
13 18 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.19%) NHS
14 16 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.92%) Driving Licence
16 13 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 208 (13.71%) Linux
2 147 (9.69%) Windows
3 59 (3.89%) Android
4 44 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.11%) Windows Server
6 29 (1.91%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.65%) CentOS
8 24 (1.58%) Unix
9 22 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
11 17 (1.12%) Windows 10
12 12 (0.79%) Mac OS
13 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
14 5 (0.33%) SUSE
15 4 (0.26%) 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
1 585 (38.56%) Software Engineering
2 560 (36.91%) Problem-Solving
3 438 (28.87%) Agile
4 223 (14.70%) DevOps
5 198 (13.05%) Artificial Intelligence
6 194 (12.79%) Mentoring
7 182 (12.00%) Mathematics
8 171 (11.27%) Machine Learning
9 170 (11.21%) Analytics
10 152 (10.02%) CI/CD
11 139 (9.16%) OOP
12 136 (8.97%) Roadmaps
13 128 (8.44%) Data Modelling
14 125 (8.24%) Project Management
15 124 (8.17%) Full Stack Development
16 122 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
17 121 (7.98%) Decision-Making
18 117 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
19 115 (7.58%) Design Patterns
19 115 (7.58%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 395 (26.04%) Python
2 370 (24.39%) SQL
3 341 (22.48%) C#
4 300 (19.78%) JavaScript
5 209 (13.78%) Java
6 140 (9.23%) C++
7 130 (8.57%) TypeScript
8 122 (8.04%) C
9 59 (3.89%) PHP
10 52 (3.43%) PowerShell
11 37 (2.44%) T-SQL
12 36 (2.37%) Embedded C
13 33 (2.18%) Go
13 33 (2.18%) Kotlin
14 23 (1.52%) Bash
14 23 (1.52%) Ruby
15 17 (1.12%) Scala
16 16 (1.05%) R
16 16 (1.05%) Rust
17 11 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,340 (88.33%) Degree
2 804 (53.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 216 (14.24%) Master's Degree
4 182 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 126 (8.31%) SC Cleared
6 71 (4.68%) PhD
7 55 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 47 (3.10%) AWS Certification
9 44 (2.90%) CISSP
10 41 (2.70%) Azure Certification
11 34 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
12 31 (2.04%) DV Cleared
13 24 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.52%) PMI Certification
15 22 (1.45%) CISM
16 21 (1.38%) CCNA
17 18 (1.19%) PMP
18 17 (1.12%) CCNP
18 17 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
18 17 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.41%) QA
2 33 (2.18%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.45%) GDPR
4 21 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.92%) SLA
7 13 (0.86%) NIST
8 8 (0.53%) COBIT
9 7 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.40%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 4 (0.26%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.20%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) PMO
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 175 (11.54%) Docker
2 64 (4.22%) Firmware
3 50 (3.30%) Active Directory
4 22 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 21 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.05%) Hyper-V
7 13 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.53%) KVM
9 6 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.20%) XenApp
12 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 129 (8.50%) Kubernetes
2 83 (5.47%) Terraform
3 47 (3.10%) Ansible
4 17 (1.12%) Puppet
5 10 (0.66%) Grafana
5 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.66%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.40%) Nagios
8 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.40%) SCCM
8 6 (0.40%) SCOM
9 5 (0.33%) Nessus
9 5 (0.33%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.20%) OfficeScan
12 2 (0.13%) Nmap
13 1 (0.066%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 257 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.75%) Google
3 44 (2.90%) Xilinx
4 38 (2.50%) SAP
5 31 (2.04%) Oracle
6 24 (1.58%) VMware
7 23 (1.52%) Cisco
8 18 (1.19%) Databricks
9 17 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 14 (0.92%) IBM
11 12 (0.79%) NVIDIA
12 9 (0.59%) Adobe
13 8 (0.53%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.53%) Splunk
13 8 (0.53%) UiPath
14 7 (0.46%) Juniper
15 6 (0.40%) Apple
15 6 (0.40%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.40%) Teradata