Computer Science Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 126 170
Rank change year-on-year +54 +44 +26
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 416 484 722
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.86% 2.01% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% 2.25% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 290 478
10th Percentile £329 £409 £375
25th Percentile £425 £484 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -2.54% +18.00%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £688
90th Percentile £788 £889 £841
UK median daily rate £525 £565 £590
% change year-on-year -7.08% -4.24% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 7
10th Percentile - £19.00 £19.45
25th Percentile £52.50 £19.37 £33.08
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -5.61% -9.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £57.25
90th Percentile £71.75 £73.38 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £54.44 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.04% +20.97% +4.28%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,745 21,557 40,497
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.54% 89.69% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,580 15,295 29,471
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 501 525
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £74.50 £78.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.64%

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
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.

Computer Science daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Computer Science daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
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.

Computer Science hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Computer Science hourly rate 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 11 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.40%) Confluence
3 9 (2.16%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.20%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.72%) Apache
6 3 (0.72%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.72%) nginx
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.81%) Simulink
1 20 (4.81%) Stateflow
2 10 (2.40%) Chatbot
3 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.48%) SPSS
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.24%) CATIA
8 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.72%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.24%) SAP POS DM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (26.44%) Azure
2 75 (18.03%) AWS
3 51 (12.26%) GCP
4 28 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.81%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.57%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (3.37%) SaaS
8 13 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.64%) GitHub
9 11 (2.64%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.68%) PaaS
10 7 (1.68%) Serverless
10 7 (1.68%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.44%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.44%) Twilio
12 5 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.77%) Firewall
2 15 (3.61%) DNS
3 12 (2.88%) Network Security
4 11 (2.64%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.64%) VoIP
5 9 (2.16%) CTI
5 9 (2.16%) DHCP
5 9 (2.16%) WAN
6 7 (1.68%) VPN
6 7 (1.68%) Wireless
7 5 (1.20%) Skype
7 5 (1.20%) VLAN
8 4 (0.96%) Internet
8 4 (0.96%) Junos
8 4 (0.96%) SDH
9 3 (0.72%) LAN
9 3 (0.72%) SAN
9 3 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.72%) SSH
10 2 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.29%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.09%) Power BI
4 15 (3.61%) Big Data
4 15 (3.61%) MySQL
5 14 (3.37%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (2.64%) Tableau
8 10 (2.40%) Couchbase
9 9 (2.16%) Metadata
10 8 (1.92%) Hadoop
10 8 (1.92%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.20%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.96%) Presto
12 4 (0.96%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (10.82%) Git
2 28 (6.73%) Jenkins
2 28 (6.73%) JIRA
3 19 (4.57%) GitLab
4 6 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (1.44%) MLflow
4 6 (1.44%) Selenium
4 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.20%) Subversion
6 4 (0.96%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.96%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.96%) Postman
6 4 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.72%) Travis CI
7 3 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.48%) git-flow
8 2 (0.48%) Jaeger
General
1 217 (52.16%) Social Skills
2 104 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (20.19%) Finance
4 31 (7.45%) Banking
4 31 (7.45%) Legal
5 25 (6.01%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.53%) Front Office
7 20 (4.81%) Automotive
8 18 (4.33%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.85%) Retail
10 11 (2.64%) Marketing
10 11 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.40%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.16%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.92%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.96%) Aeronautics
15 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (18.27%) Developer
2 55 (13.22%) Architect
3 42 (10.10%) Senior
4 41 (9.86%) Software Engineer
5 31 (7.45%) Solutions Architect
6 30 (7.21%) Analyst
7 27 (6.49%) Lead
8 26 (6.25%) Consultant
9 19 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (3.85%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.61%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.37%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.88%) Data Scientist
14 11 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.40%) AWS Engineer
16 8 (1.92%) .NET Developer
16 8 (1.92%) Business Analyst
16 8 (1.92%) Lead Data Engineer
17 7 (1.68%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.65%) HTML
2 34 (8.17%) .NET
3 31 (7.45%) CSS
4 25 (6.01%) React
5 18 (4.33%) Node.js
6 15 (3.61%) .NET Framework
7 14 (3.37%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.37%) ASP.NET
8 13 (3.13%) RESTful
9 12 (2.88%) JSON
9 12 (2.88%) XML
10 11 (2.64%) Web Services
11 10 (2.40%) Middleware
12 9 (2.16%) Django
12 9 (2.16%) Entity Framework
12 9 (2.16%) Kafka
12 9 (2.16%) REST
12 9 (2.16%) SOAP
12 9 (2.16%) Swagger
12 9 (2.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.22%) Algorithms
2 30 (7.21%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.81%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.13%) Derivative
6 12 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.64%) IVR
8 10 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.16%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.92%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.44%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.44%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.44%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.20%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.58%) Windows
2 39 (9.38%) Linux
3 18 (4.33%) Unix
4 17 (4.09%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.96%) Android
7 4 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (38.22%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (33.41%) Agile
3 78 (18.75%) DevOps
4 72 (17.31%) Software Engineering
5 50 (12.02%) Analytics
6 45 (10.82%) Test Automation
7 43 (10.34%) Machine Learning
8 42 (10.10%) Data Science
9 41 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (9.86%) Validation
10 40 (9.62%) CI/CD
10 40 (9.62%) Scrum
11 39 (9.38%) Project Management
12 38 (9.13%) Data Modelling
13 37 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
13 37 (8.89%) Migration
13 37 (8.89%) Roadmaps
14 35 (8.41%) Decision-Making
15 33 (7.93%) Data Analysis
15 33 (7.93%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 115 (27.64%) Python
2 100 (24.04%) SQL
3 66 (15.87%) Java
4 56 (13.46%) JavaScript
5 35 (8.41%) C++
6 34 (8.17%) C#
7 26 (6.25%) MATLAB
8 19 (4.57%) PowerShell
9 15 (3.61%) Perl
9 15 (3.61%) Scala
10 14 (3.37%) Go
11 12 (2.88%) Bash
11 12 (2.88%) R
12 11 (2.64%) PL/SQL
12 11 (2.64%) Shell Script
13 10 (2.40%) C
14 9 (2.16%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.92%) Rust
15 8 (1.92%) TypeScript
16 5 (1.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 349 (83.89%) Degree
2 234 (56.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 81 (19.47%) Master's Degree
4 44 (10.58%) Security Cleared
5 36 (8.65%) SC Cleared
6 26 (6.25%) PhD
7 14 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.13%) CISSP
8 13 (3.13%) PMP
9 12 (2.88%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.88%) CISM
10 10 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.40%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.68%) CEH
12 6 (1.44%) CCNA
12 6 (1.44%) CCNP
12 6 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (1.20%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.20%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.73%) QA
2 25 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.13%) GDPR
4 11 (2.64%) NIST
5 8 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.44%) MiFID
7 5 (1.20%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.20%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.20%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.96%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.96%) JTAG
8 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.48%) COBIT
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (6.01%) Docker
2 21 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.44%) vSphere
6 4 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.96%) Firmware
7 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.72%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.24%) Postfix
9 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.09%) Terraform
3 7 (1.68%) Grafana
4 5 (1.20%) Ansible
4 5 (1.20%) Nessus
4 5 (1.20%) SCCM
5 3 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.72%) Puppet
5 3 (0.72%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.72%) WSUS
6 2 (0.48%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.48%) QRadar
6 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) Kibana
7 1 (0.24%) logstash
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
7 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.41%) Oracle
3 23 (5.53%) Google
4 19 (4.57%) Databricks
5 16 (3.85%) SAP
6 15 (3.61%) Cisco
7 12 (2.88%) VMware
8 11 (2.64%) Genesys
9 9 (2.16%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.68%) IBM
10 7 (1.68%) Qualys
11 6 (1.44%) Adobe
11 6 (1.44%) Avaya
12 5 (1.20%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.20%) Foundry
12 5 (1.20%) Palantir
12 5 (1.20%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.96%) Ciena
13 4 (0.96%) Splunk