Computer Science Degree Contracts in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 309 324
Rank change year-on-year +138 +15 -25
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 263 139 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.28% 0.59% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.48% 1.80% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 96 106
10th Percentile £245 £310 £188
25th Percentile £363 £422 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £606 £615 £588
90th Percentile £653 £750 £638
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 14
10th Percentile £22.87 £25.60 £18.23
25th Percentile £33.56 £44.50 £25.81
Median hourly rate £56.25 £60.25 £46.23
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +30.34% +28.39%
75th Percentile £66.25 £66.81 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.75 £68.73 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.73
% change year-on-year - +20.28% +20.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK excluding London

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East +41 69 £500 - 95
Midlands +62 52 £538 +9.69% 90
West Midlands +51 46 £525 +7.14% 56
North of England +57 44 £339 -21.68% 108
East of England +27 32 £500 -13.04% 63
Scotland +58 31 £555 -8.26% 11
South West +26 27 £588 -9.62% 50
North West +31 24 £165 -65.80% 63
Yorkshire +24 13 £340 -7.80% 28
North East - 7 £600 - 18
East Midlands +22 6 £650 +32.65% 34
Wales +23 5 £403 - 12
Northern Ireland +8 4 - - 13
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.04%) Apache
2 5 (1.90%) Confluence
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.76%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) JBoss
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.76%) Simulink
4 2 (0.76%) SPSS
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.38%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.76%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.76%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.76%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.38%) Magento
4 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.38%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.97%) Azure
2 32 (12.17%) AWS
3 20 (7.60%) GCP
4 8 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.66%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.28%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.28%) GitHub
6 6 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.28%) Serverless
7 5 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.90%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.52%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.52%) OCI
8 4 (1.52%) SaaS
9 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.14%) IaaS
9 3 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.08%) DNS
2 13 (4.94%) Firewall
3 10 (3.80%) 5G
3 10 (3.80%) Wireshark
4 8 (3.04%) DHCP
4 8 (3.04%) Network Security
5 7 (2.66%) VPN
5 7 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.28%) 3G
6 6 (2.28%) 4G
6 6 (2.28%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (2.28%) GGSN
6 6 (2.28%) LTE
6 6 (2.28%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (2.28%) RANAP
6 6 (2.28%) SGSN
6 6 (2.28%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.28%) VoLTE
7 4 (1.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (1.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.80%) Metadata
2 10 (3.80%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.42%) Data Mining
4 8 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.66%) MySQL
5 7 (2.66%) Power BI
5 7 (2.66%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.28%) Big Data
6 6 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.28%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.90%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.14%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.76%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.76%) Flink
9 2 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (10.65%) Git
2 18 (6.84%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.46%) JIRA
4 10 (3.80%) Oracle APEX
5 8 (3.04%) GitLab
6 5 (1.90%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.90%) JUnit
6 5 (1.90%) Mercurial
7 4 (1.52%) Gradle
7 4 (1.52%) JMeter
7 4 (1.52%) Selenium
7 4 (1.52%) Subversion
8 3 (1.14%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.76%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.76%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.76%) Maven
9 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.38%) IntelliJ
General
1 139 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 75 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (13.69%) Finance
4 19 (7.22%) Banking
5 15 (5.70%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.94%) Multimedia
6 13 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.04%) Legal
8 8 (3.04%) Retail
9 6 (2.28%) Automotive
9 6 (2.28%) Electronics
9 6 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.52%) German Language
10 4 (1.52%) Law
10 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.52%) Marketing
11 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.76%) French Language
Job Titles
1 36 (13.69%) Developer
2 33 (12.55%) Architect
3 27 (10.27%) Senior
4 20 (7.60%) Analyst
5 19 (7.22%) Software Engineer
6 15 (5.70%) Network Engineer
7 12 (4.56%) Data Engineer
7 12 (4.56%) Lead
8 11 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.04%) Author
10 8 (3.04%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.04%) Technical Author
11 7 (2.66%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.28%) Data Architect
12 6 (2.28%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.28%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 6 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (2.28%) Technical Architect
13 5 (1.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.70%) React
2 12 (4.56%) HTML
2 12 (4.56%) Kafka
3 11 (4.18%) CSS
3 11 (4.18%) Spring
4 10 (3.80%) REST
5 8 (3.04%) .NET
6 7 (2.66%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.28%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.28%) NumPy
7 6 (2.28%) Pandas
7 6 (2.28%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.28%) RESTful
7 6 (2.28%) Web Services
8 5 (1.90%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.90%) DirectX
8 5 (1.90%) OpenGL
8 5 (1.90%) OpenGL ES
8 5 (1.90%) SciPy
8 5 (1.90%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.41%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.08%) Algorithms
3 14 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.94%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.80%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.66%) CMDB
8 6 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.90%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.90%) Social Media
9 5 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.52%) Life Science
10 4 (1.52%) PKI
11 3 (1.14%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.21%) Windows
2 20 (7.60%) Linux
3 12 (4.56%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.18%) Android
5 9 (3.42%) Unix
6 7 (2.66%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.52%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.52%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.14%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.76%) HPUX
9 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.76%) Solaris
9 2 (0.76%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.38%) CentOS
10 1 (0.38%) VMS
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (98.48%) Computer Science
2 135 (51.33%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (20.53%) Agile
4 45 (17.11%) Software Engineering
5 41 (15.59%) DevOps
6 34 (12.93%) Migration
7 26 (9.89%) Analytics
7 26 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (9.51%) Roadmaps
9 24 (9.13%) CI/CD
9 24 (9.13%) Data Science
10 23 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (8.37%) Scrum
12 21 (7.98%) Data Modelling
12 21 (7.98%) SDLC
13 20 (7.60%) Customer Service
13 20 (7.60%) ITIL
13 20 (7.60%) Test Automation
14 19 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (7.22%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 55 (20.91%) Python
2 39 (14.83%) Java
3 37 (14.07%) SQL
4 25 (9.51%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.22%) C#
6 16 (6.08%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.18%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.80%) C++
8 10 (3.80%) R
9 9 (3.42%) Perl
10 7 (2.66%) Bash
11 6 (2.28%) Go
12 5 (1.90%) C
12 5 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.90%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.90%) Scala
13 4 (1.52%) VB.NET
14 3 (1.14%) PHP
14 3 (1.14%) Rust
14 3 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 263 (100.00%) Degree
2 43 (16.35%) Security Cleared
3 32 (12.17%) Master's Degree
4 23 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.84%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (6.08%) DV Cleared
7 14 (5.32%) CCNA
8 13 (4.94%) CCNP
9 9 (3.42%) CISSP
10 7 (2.66%) A+ Certification
10 7 (2.66%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.28%) VCAP
11 6 (2.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.52%) CCIE
14 3 (1.14%) IBM Certification
14 3 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.22%) QA
2 6 (2.28%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.90%) GDPR
3 5 (1.90%) SLA
4 4 (1.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.14%) HL7
6 2 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.76%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) COBIT
7 1 (0.38%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (6.46%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.56%) Docker
3 11 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.04%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.66%) vSphere
6 5 (1.90%) KVM
7 4 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.76%) Firmware
8 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.66%) Terraform
2 7 (2.66%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.28%) Ansible
4 3 (1.14%) Kibana
4 3 (1.14%) SysTrack
5 2 (0.76%) logstash
5 2 (0.76%) vRealize
5 2 (0.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.38%) Grafana
6 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.38%) Nessus
6 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) vMotion
6 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.46%) Oracle
3 16 (6.08%) VMware
4 15 (5.70%) Google
4 15 (5.70%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.32%) SAP
6 8 (3.04%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.28%) Empirix
7 6 (2.28%) F5
7 6 (2.28%) NetScout
7 6 (2.28%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.90%) Citrix
8 5 (1.90%) IBM
9 4 (1.52%) CA
9 4 (1.52%) Juniper
9 4 (1.52%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.52%) Splunk
10 3 (1.14%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (1.14%) New Relic
10 3 (1.14%) OpenAI
964 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide