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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 312 315
Rank change year-on-year +148 +3 -20
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 268 139 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.31% 0.59% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.55% 1.80% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 96 108
10th Percentile £251 £310 £189
25th Percentile £363 £422 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £615 £588
90th Percentile £652 £750 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 7,712 7,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.87% 32.96% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,353 5,158 5,161
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £709 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 638 529
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +2.12%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £67.84
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +13.33%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +42 74 £475 -5.00% 99
Midlands +54 52 £538 +7.50% 92
North of England +65 47 £340 -21.39% 112
West Midlands +47 46 £525 +7.14% 56
Scotland +56 31 £555 -8.26% 13
East of England +32 31 £500 -13.04% 62
South West +27 25 £588 -9.62% 47
North West +39 24 £165 -65.80% 65
Yorkshire +27 16 £340 -7.80% 29
North East - 7 £600 - 19
East Midlands +21 6 £650 +30.00% 36
Wales +21 5 £403 - 11
Northern Ireland +9 4 - - 12
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 (2.99%) Apache
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.75%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) JBoss
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.75%) Simulink
4 2 (0.75%) SPSS
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.37%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.75%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.75%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.37%) Magento
4 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.37%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 47 (17.54%) Azure
2 37 (13.81%) AWS
3 20 (7.46%) GCP
4 10 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.24%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.24%) GitHub
6 6 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.24%) Serverless
7 5 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.49%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.49%) OCI
8 4 (1.49%) SaaS
9 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.12%) IaaS
9 3 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.97%) DNS
2 13 (4.85%) Firewall
3 10 (3.73%) 5G
3 10 (3.73%) Wireshark
4 8 (2.99%) DHCP
4 8 (2.99%) Network Security
5 7 (2.61%) VPN
5 7 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.24%) 3G
6 6 (2.24%) 4G
6 6 (2.24%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (2.24%) GGSN
6 6 (2.24%) LTE
6 6 (2.24%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (2.24%) RANAP
6 6 (2.24%) SGSN
6 6 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.24%) VoLTE
7 4 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.10%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.73%) Metadata
3 10 (3.73%) MySQL
3 10 (3.73%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.73%) Power BI
4 9 (3.36%) Data Mining
5 7 (2.61%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.24%) Big Data
6 6 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.24%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.87%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.12%) Couchbase
8 3 (1.12%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.75%) Flink
Development Applications
1 27 (10.07%) Git
2 18 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.34%) JIRA
4 10 (3.73%) Oracle APEX
5 8 (2.99%) GitLab
6 5 (1.87%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.87%) JUnit
7 4 (1.49%) Gradle
7 4 (1.49%) JMeter
7 4 (1.49%) Mercurial
7 4 (1.49%) Selenium
7 4 (1.49%) Subversion
8 3 (1.12%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.75%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.75%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.75%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.75%) Maven
9 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.37%) IntelliJ
General
1 138 (51.49%) Social Skills
2 74 (27.61%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (13.43%) Finance
4 19 (7.09%) Banking
5 15 (5.60%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.60%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.48%) Multimedia
6 12 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.99%) Legal
7 8 (2.99%) Retail
8 6 (2.24%) Automotive
8 6 (2.24%) Electronics
8 6 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.49%) German Language
9 4 (1.49%) Law
9 4 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.49%) Marketing
10 3 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.75%) French Language
Job Titles
1 35 (13.06%) Developer
2 33 (12.31%) Architect
3 28 (10.45%) Senior
4 19 (7.09%) Analyst
5 18 (6.72%) Software Engineer
6 15 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.60%) Network Engineer
7 13 (4.85%) Lead
8 12 (4.48%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.99%) Author
10 8 (2.99%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.99%) Technical Author
11 7 (2.61%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.24%) Data Architect
12 6 (2.24%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.24%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 6 (2.24%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (2.24%) Technical Architect
13 5 (1.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.22%) HTML
2 13 (4.85%) CSS
2 13 (4.85%) React
3 12 (4.48%) Kafka
4 11 (4.10%) Spring
5 10 (3.73%) REST
6 9 (3.36%) AngularJS
7 8 (2.99%) .NET
8 6 (2.24%) GraphQL
8 6 (2.24%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (2.24%) RESTful
8 6 (2.24%) Web Services
9 5 (1.87%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.87%) DirectX
9 5 (1.87%) NumPy
9 5 (1.87%) OpenGL
9 5 (1.87%) OpenGL ES
9 5 (1.87%) Pandas
9 5 (1.87%) Vulkan
10 4 (1.49%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.19%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 14 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.85%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.73%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.61%) CMDB
8 6 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.87%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.49%) Life Science
10 4 (1.49%) PKI
10 4 (1.49%) Social Media
11 3 (1.12%) Photography
11 3 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.55%) Windows
2 25 (9.33%) Linux
3 14 (5.22%) Unix
4 12 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.10%) Android
6 7 (2.61%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.49%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.12%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.75%) HPUX
9 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.75%) Solaris
9 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.37%) CentOS
10 1 (0.37%) VMS
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (98.51%) Computer Science
2 133 (49.63%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (19.78%) Agile
4 46 (17.16%) DevOps
5 44 (16.42%) Software Engineering
6 34 (12.69%) Migration
7 27 (10.07%) Data Science
8 26 (9.70%) Analytics
8 26 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.33%) Roadmaps
10 24 (8.96%) CI/CD
10 24 (8.96%) Data Modelling
10 24 (8.96%) Scrum
10 24 (8.96%) SDLC
11 23 (8.58%) ITIL
11 23 (8.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (7.46%) Customer Service
13 19 (7.09%) Test Automation
14 18 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence
14 18 (6.72%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.78%) Python
2 39 (14.55%) Java
2 39 (14.55%) SQL
3 26 (9.70%) JavaScript
4 18 (6.72%) C#
5 16 (5.97%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.10%) PL/SQL
7 10 (3.73%) C++
7 10 (3.73%) R
8 9 (3.36%) Perl
9 7 (2.61%) Bash
10 6 (2.24%) Go
11 5 (1.87%) C
11 5 (1.87%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.87%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.87%) Scala
12 4 (1.49%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.12%) PHP
13 3 (1.12%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 268 (100.00%) Degree
2 41 (15.30%) Security Cleared
3 35 (13.06%) Master's Degree
4 23 (8.58%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.22%) CCNA
6 14 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.85%) CCNP
8 9 (3.36%) CISSP
9 7 (2.61%) A+ Certification
9 7 (2.61%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.24%) VCAP
10 6 (2.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.49%) CCIE
12 4 (1.49%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.72%) QA
2 6 (2.24%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.87%) GDPR
3 5 (1.87%) SLA
4 4 (1.49%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.12%) HL7
6 2 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.75%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) COBIT
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (6.34%) Active Directory
1 17 (6.34%) Docker
2 11 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.61%) vSphere
5 5 (1.87%) KVM
6 4 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.49%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.75%) Firmware
7 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.37%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.61%) Terraform
2 7 (2.61%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.24%) Ansible
4 3 (1.12%) Kibana
4 3 (1.12%) SysTrack
5 2 (0.75%) logstash
5 2 (0.75%) vRealize
5 2 (0.75%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.37%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.37%) Puppet
6 1 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) vMotion
6 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.72%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.34%) Oracle
4 16 (5.97%) VMware
5 15 (5.60%) Google
6 14 (5.22%) SAP
7 8 (2.99%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.24%) Empirix
8 6 (2.24%) F5
8 6 (2.24%) NetScout
8 6 (2.24%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.87%) Citrix
9 5 (1.87%) IBM
10 4 (1.49%) CA
10 4 (1.49%) Juniper
10 4 (1.49%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.49%) Splunk
11 3 (1.12%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (1.12%) New Relic
11 3 (1.12%) OpenAI