Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends

Computer Science Degree
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 150 104
Rank change year-on-year -123 -46 +74
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 491 624 830
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.91% 2.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.88% 6.09% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 378 515
10th Percentile £189 £286 £350
25th Percentile £364 £399 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £476 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.41% -13.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £684
90th Percentile £801 £775 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £456 £550
% change year-on-year +15.07% -17.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 16
10th Percentile £17.25 £28.20 £45.22
25th Percentile £28.50 £29.00 £49.06
Median hourly rate £45.20 £33.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.93% -36.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £82.37 - £70.25
90th Percentile £178.75 £67.75 £72.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.20 £30.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +50.67% -54.20% +13.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,050 10,245 11,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.50% 31.34% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,384 6,379 6,977
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,315 820 666
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.98 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71.47 £45.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £86.70 £71.00 £75.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.55% +0.95%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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
England -119 439 £525 +9.95% 1,885
London -95 231 £525 +0.86% 1,311
UK excluding London -122 220 £525 +15.07% 753
Work from Home -109 133 £500 +17.65% 2,945
North of England -77 77 £525 +16.67% 118
South East -43 63 £510 +11.78% 215
Yorkshire -28 39 £525 +26.13% 29
North West -57 37 £537 +13.05% 73
Midlands -80 32 £656 +23.77% 86
West Midlands -68 19 £742 +29.02% 50
East of England -40 16 £413 -13.61% 103
South West -50 14 £600 +20.00% 100
East Midlands -30 12 £275 -38.68% 36
Scotland -44 12 £313 -30.44% 84
Wales -18 4 £530 +14.59% 12
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 35
North East -44 1 - - 16

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.68%) Confluence
3 16 (3.26%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.05%) Apache
5 12 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.83%) Camunda
7 5 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.02%) SAS
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.41%) CMS
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.20%) CICS
11 1 (0.20%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.20%) nginx
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.43%) Navisworks
2 7 (1.43%) Revit
3 5 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (1.02%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.41%) Workfront
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.20%) Finacle
5 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.20%) Maximo
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 182 (37.07%) Azure
2 131 (26.68%) AWS
3 71 (14.46%) GCP
4 50 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (8.76%) GitHub
6 41 (8.35%) Power Platform
7 37 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (6.11%) Serverless
9 28 (5.70%) SaaS
10 27 (5.50%) Snowflake
11 26 (5.30%) Entra ID
12 20 (4.07%) OpenShift
13 16 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (3.05%) Power Automate
14 15 (3.05%) PowerApps
15 14 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (2.24%) Azure Functions
17 11 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.70%) Firewall
2 25 (5.09%) DNS
3 24 (4.89%) VPN
4 20 (4.07%) TCP/IP
5 16 (3.26%) Network Security
6 12 (2.44%) DHCP
7 10 (2.04%) HTTP
8 9 (1.83%) SSH
8 9 (1.83%) WAN
9 7 (1.43%) LAN
9 7 (1.43%) Wireless
10 6 (1.22%) BGP
10 6 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (1.22%) VLAN
11 5 (1.02%) 3GPP
11 5 (1.02%) RTP
11 5 (1.02%) SAN
11 5 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.02%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.81%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (6.72%) Relational Database
3 32 (6.52%) Power BI
3 32 (6.52%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.68%) Metadata
5 21 (4.28%) MySQL
6 20 (4.07%) MongoDB
6 20 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 19 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (2.65%) Big Data
10 10 (2.04%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.63%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.63%) Redis
12 7 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.43%) Tableau
13 5 (1.02%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.02%) Flink
13 5 (1.02%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 66 (13.44%) Git
2 43 (8.76%) Jenkins
3 39 (7.94%) GitLab
4 28 (5.70%) JIRA
5 19 (3.87%) JUnit
6 17 (3.46%) Gradle
7 16 (3.26%) Maven
8 15 (3.05%) Selenium
9 14 (2.85%) SonarQube
10 13 (2.65%) Mockito
11 12 (2.44%) REST Assured
12 10 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
12 10 (2.04%) SpecFlow
13 9 (1.83%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.63%) Bitbucket Server
15 7 (1.43%) TeamCity
16 6 (1.22%) Bitbucket
16 6 (1.22%) Cypress.io
17 5 (1.02%) Eclipse
18 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 261 (53.16%) Social Skills
2 132 (26.88%) Finance
3 127 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (13.65%) Banking
5 27 (5.50%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.07%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (3.67%) Front Office
10 15 (3.05%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.24%) Marketing
13 10 (2.04%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.63%) Police
15 7 (1.43%) Aviation
15 7 (1.43%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 103 (20.98%) Developer
2 66 (13.44%) Architect
3 63 (12.83%) Senior
4 40 (8.15%) Lead
5 36 (7.33%) Analyst
6 25 (5.09%) IT Support
7 24 (4.89%) Java Developer
8 21 (4.28%) Data Engineer
9 20 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 19 (3.87%) Senior Developer
10 19 (3.87%) Software Engineer
10 19 (3.87%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.67%) IT Analyst
12 16 (3.26%) C# Developer
12 16 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (2.85%) IT Support Analyst
14 13 (2.65%) 1st Line Support
14 13 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.24%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (13.85%) REST
2 47 (9.57%) React
2 47 (9.57%) Terraform
3 44 (8.96%) CSS
4 42 (8.55%) .NET
4 42 (8.55%) HTML
5 41 (8.35%) Kafka
5 41 (8.35%) RESTful
6 30 (6.11%) Spring Boot
7 25 (5.09%) Spring
8 21 (4.28%) OAuth
8 21 (4.28%) SOAP
9 20 (4.07%) .NET Core
10 17 (3.46%) JSON
11 16 (3.26%) OAuth2
12 15 (3.05%) AngularJS
12 15 (3.05%) Middleware
13 13 (2.65%) OpenAPI
13 13 (2.65%) OpenID
13 13 (2.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.41%) Management Information System
2 55 (11.20%) Cloud Native
3 36 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 35 (7.13%) Onboarding
5 29 (5.91%) Data Structures
6 27 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (4.28%) AI Agents
7 21 (4.28%) Algorithms
8 20 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.24%) Virtual Team
11 10 (2.04%) Replication
12 9 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.83%) Robotics
12 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.63%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.07%) Windows
2 59 (12.02%) Linux
3 14 (2.85%) Unix
4 13 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.44%) Android
6 10 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.04%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.61%) Debian
9 3 (0.61%) Rocky
9 3 (0.61%) VMS
9 3 (0.61%) zOS
10 2 (0.41%) MVS
11 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (98.98%) Computer Science
2 198 (40.33%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (31.77%) CI/CD
4 149 (30.35%) Agile
5 140 (28.51%) AI
6 137 (27.90%) DevOps
7 110 (22.40%) Software Engineering
8 99 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (18.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 85 (17.31%) Analytics
11 74 (15.07%) Test Automation
12 66 (13.44%) ITIL
13 65 (13.24%) Technical Leadership
14 61 (12.42%) Scrum
15 60 (12.22%) Microservices
16 56 (11.41%) Containerisation
16 56 (11.41%) Machine Learning
17 54 (11.00%) Mentoring
17 54 (11.00%) Migration
18 53 (10.79%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 152 (30.96%) Python
2 130 (26.48%) SQL
3 87 (17.72%) Java
4 68 (13.85%) JavaScript
5 48 (9.78%) C#
6 35 (7.13%) PowerShell
7 33 (6.72%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.91%) Bash
9 13 (2.65%) C++
10 10 (2.04%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.63%) Bicep
12 7 (1.43%) Go
13 6 (1.22%) Perl
13 6 (1.22%) Scala
14 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.02%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.81%) Ruby
15 4 (0.81%) X++
Qualifications
1 491 (100.00%) Degree
2 75 (15.27%) Security Cleared
3 70 (14.26%) Master's Degree
4 61 (12.42%) SC Cleared
5 39 (7.94%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (4.48%) AWS Certification
8 19 (3.87%) CISSP
9 16 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (2.24%) PhD
11 10 (2.04%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.63%) MBA
13 7 (1.43%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.22%) CCNP
14 6 (1.22%) CISM
15 5 (1.02%) PMI Certification
15 5 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.35%) QA
2 28 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.24%) NIST
4 9 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.63%) SLA
6 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.02%) GDPR
8 4 (0.81%) GRC
8 4 (0.81%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.41%) DICOM
9 2 (0.41%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.41%) NCSC
9 2 (0.41%) PSD2
9 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.41%) SEPA
10 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 61 (12.42%) Docker
2 29 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.81%) RACF
7 3 (0.61%) ACF2
7 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.41%) vSphere
9 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) Squid
9 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (15.48%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.70%) Ansible
3 17 (3.46%) Grafana
3 17 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (3.46%) Prometheus
4 12 (2.44%) SCCM
5 5 (1.02%) Argo
6 4 (0.81%) Puppet
7 3 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.61%) WSUS
8 2 (0.41%) CASB
8 2 (0.41%) Consul
8 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.41%) Istio
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.41%) SCOM
8 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.41%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 117 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.16%) Oracle
3 30 (6.11%) Google
4 23 (4.68%) Databricks
5 22 (4.48%) IBM
6 18 (3.67%) Splunk
7 17 (3.46%) SAP
7 17 (3.46%) VMware
8 14 (2.85%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.65%) Cisco
10 12 (2.44%) Salesforce
11 10 (2.04%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.83%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.83%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.83%) Veracode
13 7 (1.43%) Adobe
13 7 (1.43%) Autodesk
13 7 (1.43%) ForgeRock
13 7 (1.43%) Progress
13 7 (1.43%) UiPath