Computer Science Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 138 254 356
Rank change year-on-year +116 +102 -33
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 232 226 278
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.54% 0.90% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.66% 3.55% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 152 171
10th Percentile £307 £414 £375
25th Percentile £413 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £863 £638
90th Percentile £805 £936 £788
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £56.25 £39.45 £20.55
25th Percentile £63.75 £52.50 £40.25
Median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +13.40% +42.63%
75th Percentile £79.38 £70.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £79.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.73
% change year-on-year - +20.28% +20.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Computer Science Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree.

Computer Science Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Computer Science Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 8 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.86%) Apache
4 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.86%) EPiServer
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.86%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.86%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.86%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.45%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) Simulink
5 1 (0.43%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.86%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.43%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.43%) SAP POS DM
3 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (29.74%) Azure
2 51 (21.98%) AWS
3 33 (14.22%) GCP
4 15 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.03%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (4.74%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.31%) GitHub
8 8 (3.45%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.59%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.59%) Twilio
11 5 (2.16%) Amazon EMR
11 5 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.16%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.16%) SaaS
12 4 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.76%) Firewall
2 13 (5.60%) DNS
3 11 (4.74%) Network Security
3 11 (4.74%) VoIP
4 9 (3.88%) CTI
5 7 (3.02%) DHCP
6 6 (2.59%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.59%) VPN
7 4 (1.72%) VLAN
7 4 (1.72%) Wireless
8 3 (1.29%) Internet
8 3 (1.29%) SSH
8 3 (1.29%) WAN
9 2 (0.86%) Skype
9 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.43%) Telepresence
10 1 (0.43%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.19%) Relational Database
3 12 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.74%) Power BI
5 10 (4.31%) Couchbase
5 10 (4.31%) MySQL
5 10 (4.31%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.59%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.16%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.72%) Big Data
8 4 (1.72%) Metadata
8 4 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.72%) Tableau
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.29%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (12.07%) Git
2 20 (8.62%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.74%) GitLab
4 8 (3.45%) JIRA
5 6 (2.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (2.59%) MLflow
6 4 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.72%) Selenium
7 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.86%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.86%) Postman
8 2 (0.86%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.86%) Travis CI
8 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.86%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.43%) Babel
9 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.43%) TestRail
General
1 154 (66.38%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.47%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (24.14%) Finance
4 23 (9.91%) Banking
5 13 (5.60%) Front Office
6 11 (4.74%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.74%) Retail
7 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.59%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.59%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.59%) Legal
8 6 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.59%) Marketing
9 3 (1.29%) Electronics
9 3 (1.29%) German Language
9 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.86%) Advertising
10 2 (0.86%) Back Office
10 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (16.81%) Developer
2 34 (14.66%) Architect
3 27 (11.64%) Senior
4 24 (10.34%) Lead
5 19 (8.19%) Consultant
6 16 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (6.03%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (6.03%) Software Engineer
8 13 (5.60%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.74%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (4.31%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.45%) Analyst
11 8 (3.45%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.45%) Lead Data Engineer
12 7 (3.02%) .NET Developer
13 6 (2.59%) AWS Engineer
13 6 (2.59%) Risk Consultant
13 6 (2.59%) Technical Leader
14 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.05%) HTML
2 19 (8.19%) CSS
3 18 (7.76%) .NET
4 14 (6.03%) Node.js
4 14 (6.03%) React
5 13 (5.60%) Web Services
6 12 (5.17%) .NET Framework
6 12 (5.17%) AngularJS
6 12 (5.17%) ASP.NET
7 10 (4.31%) JSON
7 10 (4.31%) Middleware
7 10 (4.31%) RESTful
8 9 (3.88%) Kafka
9 7 (3.02%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.02%) REST
9 7 (3.02%) Swagger
9 7 (3.02%) Vue
10 6 (2.59%) Entity Framework
11 5 (2.16%) jQuery
11 5 (2.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.78%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.60%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.60%) Derivative
3 11 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.31%) Data Structures
4 10 (4.31%) IVR
5 6 (2.59%) Blockchain
5 6 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.59%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.33%) Windows
2 16 (6.90%) Linux
3 8 (3.45%) Unix
4 6 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.29%) Android
6 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (99.14%) Computer Science
2 113 (48.71%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (40.52%) Agile
4 54 (23.28%) DevOps
5 33 (14.22%) Software Engineering
6 31 (13.36%) Analytics
6 31 (13.36%) CI/CD
7 26 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (10.34%) Data Modelling
9 23 (9.91%) Project Management
10 22 (9.48%) Scrum
11 19 (8.19%) Microservices
11 19 (8.19%) Migration
11 19 (8.19%) Translating Business Requirements
12 18 (7.76%) Roadmaps
13 17 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.33%) Risk Management
13 17 (7.33%) Web Development
14 16 (6.90%) Data Integration
14 16 (6.90%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 59 (25.43%) Python
2 44 (18.97%) Java
3 40 (17.24%) SQL
4 37 (15.95%) JavaScript
5 19 (8.19%) C++
6 18 (7.76%) C#
7 14 (6.03%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.17%) Bash
8 12 (5.17%) Go
9 10 (4.31%) Perl
9 10 (4.31%) Scala
10 8 (3.45%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.59%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.72%) R
12 4 (1.72%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.29%) Clojure
13 3 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.29%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.29%) Rust
13 3 (1.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 232 (100.00%) Degree
2 52 (22.41%) Master's Degree
3 30 (12.93%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.60%) CISSP
6 11 (4.74%) Azure Certification
6 11 (4.74%) CISM
7 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.02%) CCNA
8 7 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.02%) PhD
9 6 (2.59%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.59%) CEH
9 6 (2.59%) PMP
10 5 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.72%) APMP
12 3 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.29%) CREST Certified
12 3 (1.29%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.03%) QA
2 12 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.31%) NIST
4 6 (2.59%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.16%) GDPR
5 5 (2.16%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.16%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.86%) COBIT
8 2 (0.86%) GRC
8 2 (0.86%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.86%) MiFID
9 1 (0.43%) GxP
9 1 (0.43%) HL7
System Software
1 13 (5.60%) Docker
2 10 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) KVM
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (9.05%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.17%) Terraform
3 8 (3.45%) Grafana
4 5 (2.16%) Ansible
5 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.29%) Nessus
5 3 (1.29%) SCCM
6 2 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.43%) Nagios
7 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.43%) Puppet
7 1 (0.43%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.43%) WSUS
7 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.64%) Oracle
3 18 (7.76%) Google
4 13 (5.60%) Databricks
5 10 (4.31%) Genesys
5 10 (4.31%) SAP
6 8 (3.45%) Cisco
7 6 (2.59%) Avaya
8 5 (2.16%) Adobe
8 5 (2.16%) Qualys
8 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.16%) VMware
9 4 (1.72%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.29%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.29%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.29%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.29%) Optimizely
10 3 (1.29%) Palantir
10 3 (1.29%) Tealium