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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 123 161
Rank change year-on-year -40 +38 +159
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 635 725 743
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.81% 1.98% 1.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.53% 6.78% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 441 506
10th Percentile £283 £363 £311
25th Percentile £400 £450 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +4.27% -12.08%
75th Percentile £650 £689 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -13.10% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 15
10th Percentile - £46.63 £33.20
25th Percentile £29.00 £50.94 £46.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.22% +7.27% +0.92%
75th Percentile - £70.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £53.00 - £66.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.85% +19.09% -10.20%

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 11,486 10,698 13,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.83% 29.24% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,334 6,513 8,642
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £635 £650
90th Percentile £715 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £519 £530
% change year-on-year -3.66% -2.08% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 494 759
10th Percentile £17.08 £18.78 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.06 £24.18 £26.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -13.68% +18.89%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -47.05% -8.46% +15.31%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 16 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 8 November 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
England -29 565 £480 -12.73% 1,606
UK excluding London +1 309 £456 -13.10% 1,210
London -40 274 £525 -8.70% 820
Work from Home -21 186 £425 -22.73% 740
North of England +9 108 £450 -14.29% 124
South East +28 71 £450 -10.00% 780
Midlands -16 62 £525 -8.70% 80
Yorkshire -3 61 £473 -14.08% 35
North West +4 46 £450 -7.69% 66
West Midlands -30 43 £540 -10.00% 37
Scotland +15 28 £450 +2.27% 75
East of England -25 24 £505 +12.22% 82
South West -7 23 £650 -11.86% 51
East Midlands -3 19 £450 +26.40% 39
Wales +3 6 £431 -27.40% 15
North East -18 1 £450 +12.50% 25

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 29 (4.57%) Confluence
2 25 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.26%) Apache
6 7 (1.10%) nginx
7 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.63%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.63%) IIS
8 4 (0.63%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.47%) CMS
9 3 (0.47%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.47%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.31%) JBoss
10 2 (0.31%) Luigi
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.31%) SAS
10 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) Gunicorn
11 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 37 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) InDesign
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.47%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.31%) Actimize
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.31%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.31%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.31%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
4 2 (0.31%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.31%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.16%) Maximo
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 173 (27.24%) AWS
2 165 (25.98%) Azure
3 106 (16.69%) GCP
4 61 (9.61%) Serverless
5 51 (8.03%) GitHub
6 35 (5.51%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.94%) SaaS
9 21 (3.31%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.36%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (2.20%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.89%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.57%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.42%) AWS KMS
16 9 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.98%) Firewall
2 23 (3.62%) DNS
3 22 (3.46%) Network Security
4 19 (2.99%) Wireless
5 15 (2.36%) DHCP
5 15 (2.36%) VPN
6 14 (2.20%) VoIP
7 13 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
7 13 (2.05%) SSH
8 12 (1.89%) PuTTY
9 11 (1.73%) WAN
10 8 (1.26%) LAN
10 8 (1.26%) WLAN
11 7 (1.10%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.94%) HTTP
12 6 (0.94%) Telepresence
13 5 (0.79%) CTI
13 5 (0.79%) Internet
13 5 (0.79%) OSPF
13 5 (0.79%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.61%) NoSQL
2 58 (9.13%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (5.35%) Relational Database
4 33 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (4.88%) SQL Server
6 27 (4.25%) Power BI
7 20 (3.15%) MySQL
8 18 (2.83%) Tableau
9 17 (2.68%) Big Data
10 12 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.89%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.42%) Metadata
13 8 (1.26%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.10%) Redis
15 6 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
15 6 (0.94%) Couchbase
15 6 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 76 (11.97%) Jenkins
2 70 (11.02%) Git
3 62 (9.76%) GitLab
4 61 (9.61%) JIRA
5 29 (4.57%) Liquibase
6 18 (2.83%) Postman
7 10 (1.57%) Selenium
8 7 (1.10%) JUnit
9 6 (0.94%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.94%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.94%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.94%) Subversion
10 5 (0.79%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.63%) Gradle
11 4 (0.63%) Hardhat
11 4 (0.63%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.63%) webpack
12 3 (0.47%) MLflow
General
1 341 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 183 (28.82%) Finance
3 155 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (14.02%) Banking
5 36 (5.67%) Financial Institution
6 24 (3.78%) Front Office
7 22 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.31%) Investment Banking
9 20 (3.15%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.99%) Public Sector
11 18 (2.83%) Marketing
12 16 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.05%) Retail
14 12 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.26%) Aerospace
17 8 (1.26%) Back Office
17 8 (1.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 144 (22.68%) Developer
2 72 (11.34%) Analyst
3 71 (11.18%) Senior
4 57 (8.98%) Architect
5 42 (6.61%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.51%) Lead
7 27 (4.25%) Senior Developer
8 20 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
9 19 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (2.83%) Consultant
10 18 (2.83%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (2.68%) Data Engineer
11 17 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (2.68%) Technical Support
12 15 (2.36%) GCP Engineer
12 15 (2.36%) Java Developer
13 14 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.05%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.05%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (17.48%) REST
2 66 (10.39%) RESTful
3 40 (6.30%) Elastic Stack
3 40 (6.30%) HTML
4 37 (5.83%) Kafka
5 35 (5.51%) .NET
6 30 (4.72%) CSS
6 30 (4.72%) JSON
6 30 (4.72%) React
6 30 (4.72%) SOAP
7 27 (4.25%) Spring
7 27 (4.25%) XML
8 25 (3.94%) OAuth
9 24 (3.78%) Middleware
10 23 (3.62%) Node.js
11 20 (3.15%) AngularJS
11 20 (3.15%) Web Services
12 17 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (2.52%) OAuth2
14 13 (2.05%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.65%) Management Information System
2 62 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 53 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (6.14%) Public Cloud
5 36 (5.67%) Algorithms
6 32 (5.04%) Product Ownership
7 31 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (3.78%) Data Structures
9 20 (3.15%) Security Posture
9 20 (3.15%) Virtual Team
10 16 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.20%) Derivative
11 14 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (2.20%) Onboarding
11 14 (2.20%) Tandem
12 13 (2.05%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.73%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 101 (15.91%) Linux
2 68 (10.71%) Windows
3 42 (6.61%) Unix
4 12 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.57%) Android
6 8 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.47%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 628 (98.90%) Computer Science
2 272 (42.83%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (35.28%) Agile
4 176 (27.72%) DevOps
5 156 (24.57%) CI/CD
6 114 (17.95%) Software Engineering
7 106 (16.69%) Microservices
8 99 (15.59%) Containerisation
9 84 (13.23%) Analytics
10 75 (11.81%) Migration
11 73 (11.50%) Change Management
12 65 (10.24%) Infrastructure as Code
13 62 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
15 60 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 58 (9.13%) Continuous Integration
17 57 (8.98%) Scrum
18 54 (8.50%) High Availability
18 54 (8.50%) Project Management
19 53 (8.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 230 (36.22%) Python
2 131 (20.63%) SQL
3 119 (18.74%) Java
4 78 (12.28%) JavaScript
5 56 (8.82%) Go
6 35 (5.51%) TypeScript
7 34 (5.35%) C#
8 26 (4.09%) PowerShell
9 24 (3.78%) C++
10 20 (3.15%) Bash
11 19 (2.99%) Perl
12 12 (1.89%) Ruby
13 10 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.42%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.26%) R
16 6 (0.94%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.94%) Scala
16 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 635 (100.00%) Degree
2 132 (20.79%) Master's Degree
3 50 (7.87%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.14%) AWS Certification
5 38 (5.98%) SC Cleared
6 29 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.41%) Azure Certification
8 25 (3.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (3.78%) CISSP
10 17 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (2.52%) CCNA
12 15 (2.36%) CCNP
13 12 (1.89%) PMP
14 11 (1.73%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.57%) CISM
15 10 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 9 (1.42%) ISEB
16 9 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.77%) QA
3 39 (6.14%) GDPR
4 32 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.05%) GRC
5 13 (2.05%) NIST
6 11 (1.73%) Def Stans
7 8 (1.26%) HIPAA
7 8 (1.26%) SLA
8 7 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.79%) SEPA
10 4 (0.63%) MiFID
10 4 (0.63%) NCSC
10 4 (0.63%) PMO
11 3 (0.47%) COBIT
11 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 104 (16.38%) Docker
2 21 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.63%) vSphere
5 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 104 (16.38%) Kubernetes
2 70 (11.02%) Terraform
3 60 (9.45%) Ansible
4 47 (7.40%) Grafana
5 42 (6.61%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.26%) Puppet
7 7 (1.10%) Argo
7 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.10%) SCCM
7 7 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.94%) Kibana
9 4 (0.63%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.47%) QRadar
10 3 (0.47%) vRealize
11 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 107 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.82%) Splunk
3 48 (7.56%) Google
4 38 (5.98%) Oracle
5 32 (5.04%) Cisco
6 27 (4.25%) SAP
7 26 (4.09%) IBM
8 24 (3.78%) Salesforce
9 22 (3.46%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.68%) VMware
11 13 (2.05%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.89%) Databricks
13 9 (1.42%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.10%) Genesys
14 7 (1.10%) Pega
14 7 (1.10%) Peregrine
14 7 (1.10%) Remedy
15 6 (0.94%) Citrix
15 6 (0.94%) Gemalto
15 6 (0.94%) Informatica
1,811 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide