Computer Science Degree Contracts in England

Computer Science Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 230 325
Rank change year-on-year +103 +95 -21
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 674 550 598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.83% 1.15% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.97% 4.18% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 400 411
10th Percentile £300 £331 £363
25th Percentile £413 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £738 £650
90th Percentile £775 £900 £838
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 16
10th Percentile £35.50 £27.00 £18.38
25th Percentile £38.75 £41.00 £31.44
Median hourly rate £55.63 £55.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +18.92% +13.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.38 £49.52
90th Percentile £83.75 £70.00 £56.88
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
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,283 13,151 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.55% 27.54% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,990 8,833 10,320
10th Percentile £313 £349 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,005 654 675
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.18 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +79 410 £525 -12.50% 448
South East +27 74 £475 -5.00% 105
North of England +66 56 £400 -20.00% 107
Midlands +46 53 £550 +10.00% 78
West Midlands +39 46 £525 -2.33% 45
East of England +30 34 £500 -13.04% 54
North West +31 26 £165 -67.00% 59
South West +15 25 £588 -10.31% 63
Yorkshire +32 19 £525 +42.37% 34
North East - 11 £600 - 17
East Midlands +8 7 £748 +49.50% 33
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.23%) Confluence
3 14 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.63%) Apache
5 8 (1.19%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.45%) CMS
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.30%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.30%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.15%) CICS
8 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.63%) Chatbot
5 9 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.45%) Windchill
7 2 (0.30%) Simulink
7 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.45%) ENOVIA
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.45%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.30%) Endur
4 2 (0.30%) Magento
4 2 (0.30%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 171 (25.37%) Azure
2 134 (19.88%) AWS
3 90 (13.35%) GCP
4 39 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.30%) Serverless
6 27 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (3.56%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (3.26%) GitHub
9 20 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.23%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (1.93%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.93%) Vertex AI
14 12 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.63%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.48%) Google Compute Engine
16 10 (1.48%) Power Automate
16 10 (1.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.45%) Firewall
2 21 (3.12%) DNS
2 21 (3.12%) Network Security
3 13 (1.93%) 5G
4 12 (1.78%) VPN
5 11 (1.63%) Wireshark
6 10 (1.48%) Internet
6 10 (1.48%) LAN
6 10 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.34%) VoIP
8 8 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.19%) WAN
9 7 (1.04%) CTI
10 6 (0.89%) 3G
10 6 (0.89%) DHCP
10 6 (0.89%) GGSN
10 6 (0.89%) LTE
10 6 (0.89%) OSPF
10 6 (0.89%) RANAP
10 6 (0.89%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.68%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.08%) Relational Database
3 36 (5.34%) Power BI
4 25 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.41%) MySQL
6 20 (2.97%) Tableau
7 19 (2.82%) BigQuery
8 17 (2.52%) Big Data
9 16 (2.37%) NoSQL
10 14 (2.08%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.78%) Data Mining
12 10 (1.48%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.48%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.34%) Hadoop
13 9 (1.34%) Qlik Sense
14 7 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.04%) Couchbase
15 6 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 69 (10.24%) Git
2 44 (6.53%) Jenkins
3 36 (5.34%) JIRA
4 23 (3.41%) GitLab
5 12 (1.78%) Gradle
6 11 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.48%) JUnit
8 7 (1.04%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.74%) Maven
10 5 (0.74%) MLflow
10 5 (0.74%) Selenium
10 5 (0.74%) Subversion
11 4 (0.59%) Mercurial
11 4 (0.59%) Sourcetree
11 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.45%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.45%) ERwin
12 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.45%) Travis CI
General
1 367 (54.45%) Social Skills
2 175 (25.96%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (19.88%) Finance
4 59 (8.75%) Banking
5 30 (4.45%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (3.56%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.12%) Front Office
9 20 (2.97%) Legal
10 19 (2.82%) Retail
11 17 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.23%) Marketing
13 14 (2.08%) Multimedia
14 13 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.63%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.34%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.19%) Electronics
18 6 (0.89%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.89%) Automotive
19 5 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 118 (17.51%) Developer
2 100 (14.84%) Architect
3 48 (7.12%) Senior
4 40 (5.93%) Lead
5 39 (5.79%) Software Engineer
6 38 (5.64%) Analyst
7 37 (5.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 29 (4.30%) Consultant
8 29 (4.30%) Java Developer
9 28 (4.15%) Data Engineer
9 28 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
10 26 (3.86%) Network Engineer
11 17 (2.52%) Data Scientist
11 17 (2.52%) Security Engineer
12 16 (2.37%) Senior Developer
13 15 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (2.23%) Technical Architect
14 14 (2.08%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (2.08%) Project Manager
15 13 (1.93%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.31%) CSS
2 52 (7.72%) HTML
3 39 (5.79%) React
4 34 (5.04%) REST
5 30 (4.45%) Spring
6 29 (4.30%) .NET
6 29 (4.30%) AngularJS
7 25 (3.71%) RESTful
8 23 (3.41%) Kafka
9 20 (2.97%) Web Services
10 13 (1.93%) JSON
11 12 (1.78%) Node.js
11 12 (1.78%) Spring Boot
12 11 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (1.63%) jQuery
12 11 (1.63%) XML
13 10 (1.48%) .NET Core
13 10 (1.48%) PyTorch
13 10 (1.48%) RAML
13 10 (1.48%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 51 (7.57%) Algorithms
3 33 (4.90%) Data Centre
4 31 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (4.45%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.82%) Derivative
6 19 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 18 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 15 (2.23%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.93%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.78%) CMDB
10 12 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.78%) Legacy Code
10 12 (1.78%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.48%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.34%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.05%) Linux
2 52 (7.72%) Windows
3 24 (3.56%) Unix
4 22 (3.26%) Android
5 16 (2.37%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.34%) Solaris
7 7 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.04%) VMS
8 6 (0.89%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (0.89%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.89%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.59%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.30%) HPUX
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (98.81%) Computer Science
2 309 (45.85%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (26.85%) Agile
4 123 (18.25%) DevOps
5 99 (14.69%) Software Engineering
6 94 (13.95%) CI/CD
7 76 (11.28%) Migration
8 73 (10.83%) Data Science
9 70 (10.39%) Analytics
10 69 (10.24%) Data Modelling
11 63 (9.35%) Machine Learning
12 56 (8.31%) Artificial Intelligence
13 54 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (8.01%) Microservices
14 52 (7.72%) Project Management
15 50 (7.42%) Infrastructure as Code
16 49 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
16 49 (7.27%) ITIL
17 47 (6.97%) Roadmaps
17 47 (6.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 164 (24.33%) Python
2 125 (18.55%) SQL
3 107 (15.88%) Java
4 83 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 42 (6.23%) C#
6 40 (5.93%) PowerShell
7 35 (5.19%) C++
8 31 (4.60%) Bash
9 23 (3.41%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.67%) R
11 16 (2.37%) C
12 15 (2.23%) Go
12 15 (2.23%) Kotlin
12 15 (2.23%) Scala
13 12 (1.78%) Perl
14 9 (1.34%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.34%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.04%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.04%) PHP
16 6 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 674 (100.00%) Degree
2 117 (17.36%) Master's Degree
3 89 (13.20%) Security Cleared
4 62 (9.20%) SC Cleared
5 35 (5.19%) CISSP
6 33 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.86%) Azure Certification
8 20 (2.97%) CCNA
8 20 (2.97%) CCNP
8 20 (2.97%) DV Cleared
9 19 (2.82%) CEH
10 17 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (2.08%) PhD
13 13 (1.93%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.93%) PMP
14 12 (1.78%) CCIE
14 12 (1.78%) CISM
15 11 (1.63%) AWS Certification
16 9 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.72%) QA
2 32 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.48%) NIST
4 9 (1.34%) GDPR
4 9 (1.34%) SLA
5 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.74%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.45%) GRC
8 3 (0.45%) HL7
8 3 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.30%) COBIT
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.30%) MiFID
9 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 41 (6.08%) Docker
2 26 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.63%) vSphere
5 9 (1.34%) KVM
6 8 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.89%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.59%) vCloud
8 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.30%) Firmware
9 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (7.72%) Kubernetes
1 52 (7.72%) Terraform
2 16 (2.37%) Ansible
3 8 (1.19%) PingFederate
4 7 (1.04%) Grafana
4 7 (1.04%) Kibana
5 6 (0.89%) logstash
5 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.89%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.74%) SCCM
7 4 (0.59%) Nessus
7 4 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.45%) Puppet
8 3 (0.45%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) vRealize
9 2 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 2 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 131 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.72%) Oracle
3 46 (6.82%) Google
4 34 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 32 (4.75%) VMware
6 23 (3.41%) Cisco
6 23 (3.41%) SAP
7 15 (2.23%) Databricks
8 13 (1.93%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.78%) IBM
9 12 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.63%) Genesys
11 10 (1.48%) Juniper
12 8 (1.19%) Qualys
13 7 (1.04%) Arista
13 7 (1.04%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.04%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.89%) Empirix
14 6 (0.89%) Foundry
14 6 (0.89%) Palantir