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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 139 116
Rank change year-on-year -118 -23 +96
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 496 637 847
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.96% 1.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.00% 6.39% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 390 529
10th Percentile £191 £306 £313
25th Percentile £360 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £784 £775 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 33
10th Percentile £17.25 £26.20 £23.60
25th Percentile £26.25 £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -46.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £87.16 £65.31 £75.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £78.70 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.63 £30.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +38.75% -52.00% -4.21%

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 16,512 9,968 12,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 30.68% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,042 6,170 7,955
10th Percentile £350 £281 £310
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £707 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,196 729 1,082
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -38.55% -24.93%
75th Percentile £73.00 £57.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £75.00 £75.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -19.87%

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 16 July 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 16 July 2026.

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 16 July 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 -115 440 £500 - 333
UK excluding London -113 235 £500 +5.26% 206
London -90 220 £505 -8.18% 184
Work from Home -116 121 £475 -1.04% 131
North of England -79 71 £515 +8.32% 21
South East -61 62 £400 -18.37% 79
Midlands -83 40 £638 +40.26% 34
Yorkshire -38 37 £525 +27.27% 8
North West -56 34 £394 -25.00% 9
West Midlands -65 26 £671 +16.72% 9
East of England -22 21 £491 +12.29% 21
South West -27 18 £518 +39.86% 25
Scotland -26 15 £525 +16.67% 6
East Midlands -27 13 £373 -16.44% 25
Wales -19 6 £530 +18.83% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 21

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 24 (4.84%) Confluence
2 23 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.63%) Apache
4 15 (3.02%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.01%) SAS
7 4 (0.81%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 22 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.41%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.41%) Revit
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.40%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.40%) Workfront
5 1 (0.20%) Maximo
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 192 (38.71%) Azure
2 125 (25.20%) AWS
3 69 (13.91%) GCP
4 44 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (7.86%) Power Platform
6 35 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (6.85%) GitHub
8 27 (5.44%) Serverless
9 23 (4.64%) Entra ID
9 23 (4.64%) Snowflake
10 22 (4.44%) SaaS
11 18 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.23%) Azure AKS
13 15 (3.02%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (2.82%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.44%) Firewall
2 21 (4.23%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.63%) VPN
4 16 (3.23%) Network Security
5 14 (2.82%) DNS
6 13 (2.62%) WAN
7 10 (2.02%) LAN
8 8 (1.61%) BGP
9 6 (1.21%) DMZ
9 6 (1.21%) Wireless
10 5 (1.01%) 3GPP
10 5 (1.01%) OSPF
10 5 (1.01%) RTP
10 5 (1.01%) VLAN
10 5 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.01%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.81%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.81%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.65%) Power BI
2 30 (6.05%) Relational Database
3 27 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (5.24%) SQL Server
5 21 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.63%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.43%) Metadata
8 16 (3.23%) Big Data
9 15 (3.02%) MongoDB
9 15 (3.02%) MySQL
10 11 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.81%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (1.61%) Tableau
13 7 (1.41%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.41%) Star Schema
14 6 (1.21%) Redis
15 5 (1.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 60 (12.10%) Git
2 34 (6.85%) Jenkins
3 32 (6.45%) JIRA
4 30 (6.05%) GitLab
5 12 (2.42%) Selenium
6 11 (2.22%) Gradle
6 11 (2.22%) JUnit
7 8 (1.61%) Postman
7 8 (1.61%) REST Assured
7 8 (1.61%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.41%) Maven
8 7 (1.41%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.21%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.01%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.01%) Flyway
10 5 (1.01%) Vite
11 4 (0.81%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.81%) Mockito
General
1 248 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.41%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (25.81%) Finance
4 59 (11.90%) Banking
5 25 (5.04%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.44%) Front Office
7 17 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.62%) Marketing
11 12 (2.42%) Legal
12 11 (2.22%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.61%) Law
13 8 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.61%) Retail
14 7 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (16.73%) Developer
2 82 (16.53%) Architect
3 51 (10.28%) Senior
4 45 (9.07%) Lead
5 38 (7.66%) Analyst
6 24 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (4.44%) Software Engineer
8 20 (4.03%) IT Support
9 19 (3.83%) IT Analyst
9 19 (3.83%) Technical Support
10 18 (3.63%) Data Engineer
11 17 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (3.23%) Java Developer
12 16 (3.23%) Support Analyst
13 15 (3.02%) Senior Developer
13 15 (3.02%) Technical Architect
14 14 (2.82%) C# Developer
14 14 (2.82%) IT Support Analyst
15 13 (2.62%) Consultant
15 13 (2.62%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (12.10%) REST
2 42 (8.47%) React
3 38 (7.66%) .NET
4 36 (7.26%) RESTful
5 28 (5.65%) Spring
6 25 (5.04%) Spring Boot
7 23 (4.64%) Middleware
8 19 (3.83%) Kafka
9 17 (3.43%) OAuth
10 16 (3.23%) AngularJS
10 16 (3.23%) CSS
10 16 (3.23%) HTML
10 16 (3.23%) PyTorch
11 15 (3.02%) SOAP
12 14 (2.82%) JSON
13 12 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (2.42%) Swagger
14 11 (2.22%) .NET Core
15 10 (2.02%) GraphQL
15 10 (2.02%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 55 (11.09%) Cloud Native
3 40 (8.06%) Onboarding
4 32 (6.45%) Product Ownership
5 25 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (4.23%) Algorithms
7 18 (3.63%) AI Agents
8 17 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.23%) Derivative
10 15 (3.02%) Data Structures
11 14 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (2.82%) Virtual Team
12 13 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (2.42%) Fixed Income
13 12 (2.42%) Security Posture
14 11 (2.22%) Equities
15 10 (2.02%) Mobile App
15 10 (2.02%) Robotics
16 9 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.93%) Windows
2 51 (10.28%) Linux
3 17 (3.43%) Unix
4 16 (3.23%) Android
5 10 (2.02%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.61%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.01%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.81%) VMS
11 3 (0.60%) Debian
11 3 (0.60%) Rocky
12 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.20%) MVS
12 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (98.99%) Computer Science
2 189 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (30.65%) Agile
4 143 (28.83%) CI/CD
5 141 (28.43%) AI
6 129 (26.01%) DevOps
7 98 (19.76%) Software Engineering
8 87 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (16.33%) Analytics
10 72 (14.52%) Microservices
11 65 (13.10%) ITIL
12 63 (12.70%) Containerisation
13 61 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 60 (12.10%) Technical Leadership
15 55 (11.09%) Migration
15 55 (11.09%) Test Automation
16 54 (10.89%) Machine Learning
17 53 (10.69%) Cybersecurity
18 51 (10.28%) Data Governance
19 50 (10.08%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 156 (31.45%) Python
2 115 (23.19%) SQL
3 87 (17.54%) Java
4 51 (10.28%) JavaScript
5 38 (7.66%) C#
6 27 (5.44%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.03%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.43%) Bash
9 11 (2.22%) Go
9 11 (2.22%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.81%) C++
11 8 (1.61%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.61%) Perl
12 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.01%) Bicep
13 5 (1.01%) Scala
14 4 (0.81%) R
15 3 (0.60%) COBOL
16 2 (0.40%) RPG
16 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 496 (100.00%) Degree
2 94 (18.95%) Master's Degree
3 67 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 54 (10.89%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.65%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.44%) CISSP
7 24 (4.84%) AWS Certification
8 21 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (3.63%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (3.23%) CISM
11 11 (2.22%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (2.02%) PhD
13 9 (1.81%) PMI Certification
14 8 (1.61%) CCNP
14 8 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (1.61%) MBA
14 8 (1.61%) PMP
15 7 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.65%) QA
2 23 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.43%) NIST
4 16 (3.23%) GDPR
5 12 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.81%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.01%) GRC
8 5 (1.01%) PSD2
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.81%) SLA
10 3 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.60%) DICOM
10 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) NCSC
11 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (13.71%) Docker
2 33 (6.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Firmware
4 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) RACF
6 1 (0.20%) Squid
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 86 (17.34%) Kubernetes
2 45 (9.07%) Terraform
3 27 (5.44%) Ansible
4 22 (4.44%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.23%) Grafana
6 19 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.81%) SCCM
8 3 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.60%) Foglight
8 3 (0.60%) Puppet
8 3 (0.60%) WSUS
9 2 (0.40%) CASB
9 2 (0.40%) Consul
9 2 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.40%) Kibana
9 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 120 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.86%) Oracle
3 32 (6.45%) Google
4 30 (6.05%) Databricks
5 22 (4.44%) Splunk
6 15 (3.02%) SAP
6 15 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.42%) Cisco
8 11 (2.22%) IBM
9 8 (1.61%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.61%) VMware
10 7 (1.41%) Autodesk
10 7 (1.41%) UiPath
11 6 (1.21%) Apple
11 6 (1.21%) Bomgar
12 5 (1.01%) Citrix
12 5 (1.01%) Informatica
12 5 (1.01%) Okta
12 5 (1.01%) OpenAI