Computer Science Degree Contracts

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 130 258
Rank change year-on-year -17 +128 +95
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 579 781 618
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 1.79% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.44% 5.84% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 507 435
10th Percentile £295 £306 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £750
90th Percentile £756 £775 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 39 11
10th Percentile £36.60 £25.40 £20.00
25th Percentile £47.13 £38.75 £41.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £68.13 £70.00 £67.88
90th Percentile £74.43 £83.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.98 £56.25 £60.25
% change year-on-year -2.26% -6.64% +24.23%

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 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 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 -10 465 £525 -4.55% 1,473
London -30 249 £550 - 805
UK excluding London +39 246 £490 -6.67% 772
Work from Home +16 188 £500 -9.09% 905
South East +37 59 £500 +2.56% 207
North of England +45 58 £575 +69.12% 204
Midlands +19 51 £459 -16.55% 142
West Midlands +4 36 £538 -2.27% 85
North West +20 31 £685 +315.23% 116
Scotland 0 26 £475 -13.64% 53
Yorkshire +23 21 £429 +26.18% 60
Wales +20 20 £288 -28.57% 26
South West +34 17 £370 -37.02% 30
East Midlands +19 15 £447 -31.23% 57
East of England +12 11 - - 82
North East 0 6 £575 -4.17% 29
Northern Ireland -9 4 £600 +15.38% 29

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (2.94%) Confluence
2 10 (1.73%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.38%) Apache
4 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.17%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.04%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.69%) Trello
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.17%) CATIA
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 18 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) Endur
4 2 (0.35%) Maximo
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Summit
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 169 (29.19%) AWS
2 134 (23.14%) Azure
3 77 (13.30%) GCP
4 29 (5.01%) Amazon S3
5 27 (4.66%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.49%) Serverless
7 23 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (2.94%) GitHub
10 16 (2.76%) SaaS
11 14 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.42%) OCI
12 13 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.55%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.55%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.38%) Amazon SageMaker
14 8 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.21%) PaaS
15 7 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.60%) Firewall
2 41 (7.08%) Network Security
3 25 (4.32%) VPN
4 19 (3.28%) Wireless
5 17 (2.94%) DNS
6 12 (2.07%) BGP
6 12 (2.07%) OSPF
6 12 (2.07%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.90%) Internet
7 11 (1.90%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.55%) LAN
8 9 (1.55%) SSL
8 9 (1.55%) WAN
9 8 (1.38%) DHCP
9 8 (1.38%) VLAN
10 7 (1.21%) 802.11
10 7 (1.21%) IPsec
10 7 (1.21%) S/MIME
10 7 (1.21%) Wireshark
11 6 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (3.97%) Power BI
4 20 (3.45%) MySQL
5 19 (3.28%) MongoDB
6 17 (2.94%) Big Data
6 17 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.94%) Oracle Database
7 16 (2.76%) SQL Server
8 15 (2.59%) Tableau
9 14 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 13 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.73%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.73%) Metadata
13 9 (1.55%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.38%) DB2
15 7 (1.21%) Oracle ODI
15 7 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (1.04%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 53 (9.15%) Git
2 43 (7.43%) JIRA
3 33 (5.70%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.80%) GitLab
5 16 (2.76%) Bitbucket
5 16 (2.76%) Selenium
6 10 (1.73%) Postman
7 9 (1.55%) TestRail
8 8 (1.38%) Artifactory
8 8 (1.38%) GoogleTest
8 8 (1.38%) JUnit
8 8 (1.38%) Maven
9 7 (1.21%) JMeter
9 7 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (1.04%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.86%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.69%) Appium
12 4 (0.69%) TestNG
General
1 343 (59.24%) Social Skills
2 189 (32.64%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (19.17%) Finance
4 51 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.01%) Banking
6 27 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 24 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.45%) Marketing
9 19 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.76%) Automotive
10 16 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.07%) Electronics
11 12 (2.07%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.73%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.73%) Legal
14 9 (1.55%) Front Office
15 8 (1.38%) Retail
16 6 (1.04%) Back Office
16 6 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (16.58%) Developer
2 89 (15.37%) Architect
3 73 (12.61%) Senior
4 35 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
5 34 (5.87%) Network Engineer
6 32 (5.53%) Lead
7 31 (5.35%) Software Engineer
8 23 (3.97%) Analyst
9 20 (3.45%) Consultant
9 20 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (2.94%) Data Engineer
11 15 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
11 15 (2.59%) Java Developer
11 15 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (2.42%) C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (2.42%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (2.42%) Support Engineer
13 12 (2.07%) Security Architect
14 11 (1.90%) Project Manager
14 11 (1.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.25%) CSS
2 41 (7.08%) HTML
3 34 (5.87%) React
4 29 (5.01%) .NET
5 26 (4.49%) REST
6 20 (3.45%) AngularJS
6 20 (3.45%) Spring
7 18 (3.11%) Kafka
7 18 (3.11%) RESTful
8 16 (2.76%) Middleware
9 15 (2.59%) Node.js
9 15 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (2.42%) Web Services
11 12 (2.07%) SOAP
12 11 (1.90%) OAuth
13 10 (1.73%) PySpark
14 9 (1.55%) 802.1X
15 8 (1.38%) jQuery
15 8 (1.38%) SAML
16 7 (1.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.05%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.66%) Algorithms
2 27 (4.66%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (3.63%) Data Structures
5 19 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.42%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.25%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.07%) Industry 4.0
11 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.73%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.55%) PKI
12 9 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.38%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.38%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.21%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.94%) Linux
2 17 (2.94%) Windows
3 8 (1.38%) Unix
4 7 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.04%) Android
5 6 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.69%) SUSE
8 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.35%) AIX
9 2 (0.35%) Solaris
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (98.62%) Computer Science
2 287 (49.57%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (30.40%) Agile
4 97 (16.75%) CI/CD
5 95 (16.41%) DevOps
6 84 (14.51%) Software Engineering
7 74 (12.78%) Migration
8 69 (11.92%) Mentoring
9 64 (11.05%) Project Management
10 63 (10.88%) Test Automation
11 55 (9.50%) Scrum
12 53 (9.15%) Analytics
13 50 (8.64%) Data Modelling
14 48 (8.29%) Collaborative Working
14 48 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
15 45 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (7.60%) Microservices
16 44 (7.60%) Roadmaps
17 43 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
18 42 (7.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 176 (30.40%) Python
2 106 (18.31%) SQL
3 99 (17.10%) Java
4 66 (11.40%) JavaScript
5 35 (6.04%) PowerShell
6 28 (4.84%) Bash
7 27 (4.66%) C#
8 26 (4.49%) C++
9 12 (2.07%) Perl
10 10 (1.73%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.73%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.55%) Ruby
11 9 (1.55%) TypeScript
12 8 (1.38%) PHP
13 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.04%) ABAP
14 6 (1.04%) Go
14 6 (1.04%) R
14 6 (1.04%) Scala
15 5 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 579 (100.00%) Degree
2 76 (13.13%) Master's Degree
3 73 (12.61%) Security Cleared
4 56 (9.67%) AWS Certification
5 55 (9.50%) SC Cleared
6 49 (8.46%) Azure Certification
7 44 (7.60%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (5.87%) CCNP
10 30 (5.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 30 (5.18%) CCNA
11 29 (5.01%) CISSP
12 20 (3.45%) PMI Certification
12 20 (3.45%) PMP
13 12 (2.07%) CEH
13 12 (2.07%) CISM
14 11 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.90%) ISTQB
15 9 (1.55%) PhD
16 7 (1.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.33%) QA
2 31 (5.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.84%) Data Quality
4 26 (4.49%) NIST
5 19 (3.28%) GDPR
6 12 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.55%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.69%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.35%) GRC
12 2 (0.35%) NCSC
12 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.35%) PMO
12 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (8.29%) Docker
2 16 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) HDFS
7 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) XenApp
7 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 46 (7.94%) Terraform
3 39 (6.74%) Ansible
4 11 (1.90%) Progress Chef
5 9 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.38%) Argo
7 7 (1.21%) MOM
8 6 (1.04%) Grafana
8 6 (1.04%) Puppet
9 5 (0.86%) Cacti
9 5 (0.86%) logstash
9 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.69%) Istio
11 3 (0.52%) Consul
11 3 (0.52%) Control-M
11 3 (0.52%) Kibana
11 3 (0.52%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.35%) OPNET
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 69 (11.92%) Google
3 66 (11.40%) SAP
4 63 (10.88%) Oracle
5 31 (5.35%) Cisco
6 25 (4.32%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.11%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.90%) Databricks
8 11 (1.90%) IBM
8 11 (1.90%) Juniper
9 10 (1.73%) VMware
10 8 (1.38%) Meraki
10 8 (1.38%) Siemens
10 8 (1.38%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.21%) Aruba
11 7 (1.21%) OutSystems
11 7 (1.21%) Rockwell
11 7 (1.21%) Splunk
12 6 (1.04%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.04%) F5