Computer Science Degree Contracts in England

Computer Science Degree
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 117 222
Rank change year-on-year -32 +105 +87
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 478 715 558
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.92% 1.89% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.14% 6.22% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 459 395
10th Percentile £313 £312 £327
25th Percentile £400 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £661 £651 £738
90th Percentile £771 £776 £900
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 12
10th Percentile £25.00 £35.50 £27.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £38.75 £29.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £56.25 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +3.33% +20.97%
75th Percentile £63.13 £75.00 £65.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £83.75 £69.58
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.45% - +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,790 11,499 12,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.22% 30.46% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,908 7,076 8,583
10th Percentile £280 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £646 £652
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 502 1,023 640
10th Percentile £17.88 £14.00 £14.79
25th Percentile £20.24 £20.25 £22.44
Median hourly rate £30.13 £41.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% -24.55% +35.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.87 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £40.33 £55.29
% change year-on-year -25.60% -27.06% +24.24%

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 21 June 2025.

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 21 June 2025.

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 21 June 2025. 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 -30 253 £550 - 3,353
Midlands +17 61 £459 -16.55% 526
North of England -3 56 £525 +7.14% 708
South East +28 55 £490 +7.69% 912
West Midlands +1 37 £575 +6.98% 310
North West +12 34 £531 +63.38% 391
East Midlands +22 24 £449 -40.00% 212
East of England +15 20 - - 481
South West +20 17 £370 -42.90% 334
Yorkshire -6 17 £500 -4.76% 251
North East -6 5 £525 -12.50% 66
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 13 (2.72%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.51%) Confluence
3 6 (1.26%) Apache
3 6 (1.26%) CMS
4 5 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.84%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.63%) SAS
7 2 (0.42%) JBoss
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.51%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.26%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.42%) Trello
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.21%) CATIA
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) InDesign
7 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.42%) Actimize
3 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.42%) Maximo
3 2 (0.42%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.42%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.21%) Endur
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 112 (23.43%) AWS
2 97 (20.29%) Azure
3 52 (10.88%) GCP
4 24 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.18%) Amazon S3
5 20 (4.18%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (3.77%) SaaS
7 16 (3.35%) GitHub
8 15 (3.14%) Serverless
9 14 (2.93%) OCI
10 12 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.67%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.46%) Snowflake
14 5 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
14 5 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.67%) Firewall
2 34 (7.11%) Network Security
3 31 (6.49%) VPN
4 25 (5.23%) DNS
5 19 (3.97%) Wireless
6 18 (3.77%) TCP/IP
7 15 (3.14%) WAN
8 14 (2.93%) DHCP
8 14 (2.93%) LAN
9 11 (2.30%) BGP
9 11 (2.30%) OSPF
10 9 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (1.88%) PuTTY
10 9 (1.88%) VLAN
11 8 (1.67%) WLAN
12 7 (1.46%) Internet
12 7 (1.46%) MPLS
13 5 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.05%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.28%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (4.81%) Power BI
4 17 (3.56%) Big Data
4 17 (3.56%) MySQL
5 16 (3.35%) Tableau
6 15 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.14%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.51%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.51%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.09%) Hadoop
9 8 (1.67%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.46%) Oracle ODI
11 6 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.26%) DB2
11 6 (1.26%) Metadata
11 6 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 47 (9.83%) Git
2 36 (7.53%) JIRA
3 28 (5.86%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.56%) GitLab
5 15 (3.14%) Selenium
6 10 (2.09%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.09%) JUnit
7 6 (1.26%) Postman
7 6 (1.26%) REST Assured
7 6 (1.26%) Subversion
8 5 (1.05%) Maven
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.84%) ERwin
9 4 (0.84%) GoogleTest
9 4 (0.84%) JMeter
9 4 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.63%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.63%) TestNG
General
1 261 (54.60%) Social Skills
2 149 (31.17%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (24.27%) Finance
4 39 (8.16%) Banking
5 26 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.18%) Manufacturing
8 19 (3.97%) Investment Banking
9 18 (3.77%) Front Office
10 16 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.14%) Marketing
11 15 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.51%) Financial Institution
13 11 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.30%) Legal
14 9 (1.88%) Electronics
14 9 (1.88%) Retail
15 5 (1.05%) Automotive
15 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (17.36%) Developer
2 58 (12.13%) Architect
2 58 (12.13%) Senior
3 31 (6.49%) Network Engineer
4 24 (5.02%) Lead
4 24 (5.02%) Software Engineer
5 20 (4.18%) Analyst
6 19 (3.97%) Support Engineer
7 18 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (3.56%) Consultant
9 15 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (2.30%) Data Engineer
10 11 (2.30%) Python Developer
10 11 (2.30%) Test Engineer
11 10 (2.09%) Java Engineer
11 10 (2.09%) Salesforce Developer
11 10 (2.09%) Security Architect
11 10 (2.09%) Senior Developer
12 9 (1.88%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (1.88%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.95%) CSS
1 38 (7.95%) HTML
2 28 (5.86%) REST
3 23 (4.81%) .NET
4 22 (4.60%) React
5 18 (3.77%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.77%) Kafka
6 16 (3.35%) Middleware
7 15 (3.14%) Spring
8 14 (2.93%) Web Services
9 13 (2.72%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (2.09%) Node.js
10 10 (2.09%) OAuth
11 9 (1.88%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.67%) OpenID
12 8 (1.67%) PySpark
12 8 (1.67%) SAML
12 8 (1.67%) SOAP
13 7 (1.46%) TensorFlow
13 7 (1.46%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.72%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.18%) Algorithms
3 19 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
3 19 (3.97%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.56%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.51%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.67%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.67%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.26%) IoT
12 6 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.58%) Linux
2 20 (4.18%) Windows
3 8 (1.67%) Android
3 8 (1.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.26%) Unix
5 6 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) AIX
7 2 (0.42%) Solaris
7 2 (0.42%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (98.54%) Computer Science
2 223 (46.65%) Problem-Solving
3 141 (29.50%) Agile
4 81 (16.95%) Software Engineering
5 77 (16.11%) DevOps
6 75 (15.69%) CI/CD
7 58 (12.13%) Mentoring
8 57 (11.92%) Migration
9 53 (11.09%) Project Management
9 53 (11.09%) Scrum
10 46 (9.62%) Analytics
11 45 (9.41%) Test Automation
12 42 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (7.95%) Data Modelling
14 36 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
15 35 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (7.11%) Decision-Making
16 34 (7.11%) User Experience
17 33 (6.90%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 144 (30.13%) Python
2 97 (20.29%) Java
3 86 (17.99%) SQL
4 55 (11.51%) JavaScript
5 26 (5.44%) C++
6 23 (4.81%) Bash
7 22 (4.60%) C#
8 18 (3.77%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.30%) Perl
10 10 (2.09%) Apex Code
11 7 (1.46%) Go
11 7 (1.46%) PHP
11 7 (1.46%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.46%) Scala
11 7 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.26%) Ruby
13 5 (1.05%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.84%) C
14 4 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.84%) R
Qualifications
1 478 (100.00%) Degree
2 62 (12.97%) Security Cleared
3 57 (11.92%) Master's Degree
4 45 (9.41%) SC Cleared
5 40 (8.37%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (6.69%) CCNA
7 30 (6.28%) CCNP
8 29 (6.07%) AWS Certification
9 28 (5.86%) Azure Certification
10 22 (4.60%) CISSP
11 19 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (3.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.14%) PMI Certification
13 15 (3.14%) PMP
14 10 (2.09%) CISM
15 8 (1.67%) DV Cleared
15 8 (1.67%) ISTQB
16 7 (1.46%) CEH
16 7 (1.46%) JNCIA
16 7 (1.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.79%) QA
2 28 (5.86%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (4.18%) NIST
5 14 (2.93%) GDPR
6 9 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (1.05%) NCSC
9 4 (0.84%) SLA
10 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.42%) MiFID
12 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) GRC
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (9.00%) Docker
2 14 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.63%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) XenApp
5 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 35 (7.32%) Terraform
3 30 (6.28%) Ansible
4 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.26%) Progress Chef
4 6 (1.26%) Puppet
4 6 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.05%) Grafana
6 4 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.63%) Control-M
7 3 (0.63%) Istio
7 3 (0.63%) Kibana
7 3 (0.63%) Rundeck
7 3 (0.63%) SCCM
8 2 (0.42%) Argo
8 2 (0.42%) QRadar
8 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.42%) vRealize
9 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 71 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.00%) Oracle
3 39 (8.16%) Cisco
3 39 (8.16%) Google
4 31 (6.49%) SAP
5 20 (4.18%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.51%) IBM
7 10 (2.09%) Juniper
8 9 (1.88%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.67%) Meraki
9 8 (1.67%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.46%) Aruba
10 7 (1.46%) F5
10 7 (1.46%) Splunk
11 6 (1.26%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.26%) Remedy
12 5 (1.05%) Databricks
12 5 (1.05%) Peregrine
12 5 (1.05%) VMware