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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 79 52
Rank change year-on-year +16 -27 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,487 1,610 4,586
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.32% 4.06% 6.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 4.23% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 1,236 1,690
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,813 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,125 £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 31,137 38,084 71,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.42% 96.09% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,468 26,396 41,605
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,871 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +4.79% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 29 May 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 30 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.68%) IIS
3 16 (1.08%) 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 (0.34%) 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 (3.16%) Simulink
2 24 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.34%) 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 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.61%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.34%) 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
1 389 (26.16%) Azure
2 351 (23.60%) AWS
3 108 (7.26%) GCP
4 101 (6.79%) Power Platform
5 68 (4.57%) SaaS
6 65 (4.37%) Cloud Computing
7 62 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (4.17%) Serverless
8 58 (3.90%) GitHub
9 55 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.49%) PowerApps
12 34 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.75%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.61%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (1.55%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.01%) Firebase
17 15 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.63%) Firewall
2 53 (3.56%) Network Security
3 49 (3.30%) Wireless
4 36 (2.42%) TCP/IP
5 33 (2.22%) VPN
6 27 (1.82%) DNS
7 22 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (1.41%) WAN
9 20 (1.34%) Ethernet
9 20 (1.34%) LAN
10 18 (1.21%) DHCP
11 17 (1.14%) HTTP
12 16 (1.08%) Internet
13 15 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
13 15 (1.01%) VLAN
14 12 (0.81%) RS-232
15 11 (0.74%) BGP
15 11 (0.74%) SAN
16 9 (0.61%) MQTT
16 9 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.59%) Power BI
3 87 (5.85%) Relational Database
4 71 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
4 71 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
5 65 (4.37%) Redis
6 58 (3.90%) NoSQL
7 56 (3.77%) MySQL
8 48 (3.23%) Big Data
9 36 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.95%) Data Lake
11 25 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (1.08%) Hadoop
14 15 (1.01%) Tableau
15 14 (0.94%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.87%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 11 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 165 (11.10%) Git
2 43 (2.89%) JIRA
3 29 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.48%) CMake
5 21 (1.41%) Visual Studio
6 18 (1.21%) Vagrant
7 17 (1.14%) Subversion
8 16 (1.08%) GitLab
9 14 (0.94%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.74%) Selenium
11 9 (0.61%) 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 (0.34%) DTrace
15 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
15 5 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 710 (47.75%) Social Skills
2 263 (17.69%) Finance
3 218 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (5.11%) Marketing
6 67 (4.51%) Public Sector
7 61 (4.10%) Legal
8 58 (3.90%) Electronics
9 49 (3.30%) Retail
10 48 (3.23%) Games
11 46 (3.09%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.42%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.08%) Military
13 31 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.95%) Law
15 27 (1.82%) Automotive
15 27 (1.82%) Tech for Good
16 26 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
17 22 (1.48%) Banking
18 19 (1.28%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 456 (30.67%) Developer
2 294 (19.77%) Senior
3 234 (15.74%) Software Engineer
4 116 (7.80%) Software Developer
5 112 (7.53%) Lead
6 98 (6.59%) Senior Developer
7 80 (5.38%) .NET Developer
7 80 (5.38%) Architect
8 79 (5.31%) Analyst
9 77 (5.18%) Junior
10 73 (4.91%) Graduate
11 70 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
12 47 (3.16%) Embedded Engineer
13 45 (3.03%) Consultant
14 44 (2.96%) Data Engineer
15 43 (2.89%) Full Stack Developer
16 41 (2.76%) C# Developer
17 40 (2.69%) Senior Software Developer
18 39 (2.62%) C# Software Engineer
19 38 (2.56%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (17.82%) .NET
2 145 (9.75%) HTML
3 134 (9.01%) CSS
4 129 (8.68%) React
5 111 (7.46%) AngularJS
6 94 (6.32%) .NET Core
7 81 (5.45%) ASP.NET
8 79 (5.31%) Node.js
9 68 (4.57%) RESTful
10 57 (3.83%) REST
11 44 (2.96%) Vue
12 41 (2.76%) Web Services
13 40 (2.69%) ASP.NET MVC
14 39 (2.62%) .NET Framework
15 38 (2.56%) XML
16 35 (2.35%) Kafka
17 34 (2.29%) Laravel
18 33 (2.22%) SOAP
19 29 (1.95%) Spring
20 28 (1.88%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 159 (10.69%) Algorithms
2 135 (9.08%) Management Information System
3 124 (8.34%) Data Structures
4 116 (7.80%) Client/Server
5 62 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
7 49 (3.30%) Virtual Team
8 48 (3.23%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.62%) Product Ownership
10 31 (2.08%) IoT
10 31 (2.08%) Life Science
11 29 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (1.82%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.68%) Cloud Native
14 17 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.14%) Onboarding
15 16 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (1.08%) NHS
16 13 (0.87%) Blockchain
16 13 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 203 (13.65%) Linux
2 142 (9.55%) Windows
3 56 (3.77%) Android
4 43 (2.89%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.15%) Windows Server
6 26 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.61%) Unix
8 23 (1.55%) CentOS
9 20 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
11 17 (1.14%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.54%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.34%) SUSE
14 4 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
14 4 (0.27%) VxWorks
15 3 (0.20%) Debian
15 3 (0.20%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (39.00%) Software Engineering
2 543 (36.52%) Problem-Solving
3 429 (28.85%) Agile
4 224 (15.06%) DevOps
5 194 (13.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 194 (13.05%) Mentoring
6 183 (12.31%) Mathematics
7 166 (11.16%) Machine Learning
8 161 (10.83%) Analytics
9 154 (10.36%) CI/CD
10 139 (9.35%) OOP
11 136 (9.15%) Roadmaps
12 126 (8.47%) Data Modelling
13 125 (8.41%) Project Management
14 123 (8.27%) Decision-Making
15 121 (8.14%) Full Stack Development
16 119 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
17 116 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
18 114 (7.67%) Design Patterns
19 112 (7.53%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 384 (25.82%) Python
2 353 (23.74%) SQL
3 334 (22.46%) C#
4 293 (19.70%) JavaScript
5 203 (13.65%) Java
6 130 (8.74%) C++
7 127 (8.54%) TypeScript
8 117 (7.87%) C
9 59 (3.97%) PHP
10 52 (3.50%) PowerShell
11 37 (2.49%) Embedded C
11 37 (2.49%) T-SQL
12 32 (2.15%) Go
13 30 (2.02%) Kotlin
14 24 (1.61%) Bash
14 24 (1.61%) Ruby
15 17 (1.14%) Scala
16 15 (1.01%) R
16 15 (1.01%) Rust
17 11 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,302 (87.56%) Degree
2 777 (52.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 214 (14.39%) Master's Degree
4 171 (11.50%) Security Cleared
5 119 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 69 (4.64%) PhD
7 49 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 48 (3.23%) AWS Certification
9 46 (3.09%) CISSP
10 38 (2.56%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.95%) DV Cleared
12 28 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 24 (1.61%) CISM
15 23 (1.55%) PMI Certification
16 20 (1.34%) CCNA
17 18 (1.21%) PMP
18 16 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
18 16 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
19 12 (0.81%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.51%) QA
2 36 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 21 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.41%) GDPR
4 18 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.94%) SLA
6 13 (0.87%) NIST
7 8 (0.54%) COBIT
8 7 (0.47%) DO-254
8 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.40%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 4 (0.27%) ISO 13485
11 4 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.20%) PMO
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 174 (11.70%) Docker
2 64 (4.30%) Firmware
3 51 (3.43%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
5 21 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.47%) KVM
9 5 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.20%) XenApp
11 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 128 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 81 (5.45%) Terraform
3 46 (3.09%) Ansible
4 17 (1.14%) Puppet
5 12 (0.81%) Grafana
6 10 (0.67%) ZABBIX
7 8 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.47%) 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
9 6 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) Nessus
10 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.20%) OfficeScan
12 2 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.067%) yum
Vendors
1 244 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.71%) Google
3 42 (2.82%) SAP
4 40 (2.69%) Xilinx
5 34 (2.29%) Oracle
6 24 (1.61%) VMware
7 22 (1.48%) Cisco
8 18 (1.21%) Databricks
9 17 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.94%) IBM
12 13 (0.87%) NVIDIA
13 11 (0.74%) Adobe
14 8 (0.54%) Juniper
14 8 (0.54%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.47%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.47%) Splunk
15 7 (0.47%) UiPath
16 6 (0.40%) Centreon
16 6 (0.40%) YouTube