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 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 141 109
Rank change year-on-year -129 -32 +82
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 489 663 814
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 2.01% 2.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.93% 6.44% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 415 514
10th Percentile £189 £289 £325
25th Percentile £363 £386 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -10.55% -
75th Percentile £656 £650 £679
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 13 22
10th Percentile £17.25 £25.80 £24.83
25th Percentile £26.25 £29.00 £45.47
Median hourly rate £41.38 £30.00 £54.38
Median % change year-on-year +37.92% -44.83% -1.14%
75th Percentile £84.04 £67.50 £70.25
90th Percentile £178.75 £80.12 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.63 £30.00 £60.88
% change year-on-year +38.75% -50.72% +5.87%

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 16,707 10,290 11,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 31.24% 30.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,195 6,340 7,414
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,256 811 852
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.25
Median hourly rate £51.75 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +105.77% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £73.81 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -47.05% -8.46%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -113 439 £500 +0.50% 922
London -106 225 £505 -10.22% 625
UK excluding London -131 224 £495 +10.00% 342
Work from Home -101 129 £500 +11.11% 299
North of England -65 76 £514 +12.29% 50
South East -68 58 £425 -10.53% 116
Yorkshire -25 41 £507 +32.03% 13
Midlands -74 39 £625 +36.61% 57
North West -56 35 £515 +8.42% 28
West Midlands -53 25 £671 +16.70% 22
East of England -24 19 £425 -2.86% 43
South West -44 15 £535 +44.59% 35
East Midlands -30 13 £287 -35.68% 35
Scotland -32 12 £313 -30.44% 29
Wales -21 4 £530 +14.59% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 8

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 21 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.68%) Confluence
3 17 (3.48%) Apache
4 15 (3.07%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.02%) SAS
7 3 (0.61%) Camunda
8 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.43%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.43%) Revit
4 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.82%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.41%) Workfront
5 1 (0.20%) Finacle
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
1 179 (36.61%) Azure
2 122 (24.95%) AWS
3 69 (14.11%) GCP
4 46 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (8.59%) Power Platform
6 37 (7.57%) GitHub
7 34 (6.95%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (6.54%) Snowflake
9 27 (5.52%) Entra ID
9 27 (5.52%) Serverless
10 26 (5.32%) SaaS
11 15 (3.07%) PowerApps
12 14 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.86%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (2.25%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.93%) Firewall
2 23 (4.70%) VPN
3 21 (4.29%) DNS
3 21 (4.29%) TCP/IP
4 15 (3.07%) Network Security
5 14 (2.86%) WAN
6 10 (2.04%) LAN
7 9 (1.84%) Wireless
8 8 (1.64%) BGP
8 8 (1.64%) DHCP
8 8 (1.64%) HTTP
9 7 (1.43%) SSH
9 7 (1.43%) VLAN
9 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.23%) DMZ
11 5 (1.02%) 3GPP
11 5 (1.02%) OSPF
11 5 (1.02%) RTP
11 5 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.36%) Power BI
2 31 (6.34%) Relational Database
3 28 (5.73%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (5.32%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.89%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.68%) Metadata
8 15 (3.07%) Big Data
8 15 (3.07%) MongoDB
9 14 (2.86%) MySQL
10 10 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.04%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.84%) Tableau
12 8 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.64%) Redis
13 7 (1.43%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.43%) Star Schema
14 6 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.02%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 63 (12.88%) Git
2 35 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 31 (6.34%) GitLab
4 23 (4.70%) JIRA
5 15 (3.07%) Selenium
6 9 (1.84%) JUnit
7 8 (1.64%) SpecFlow
7 8 (1.64%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.43%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.43%) Gradle
9 6 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.23%) Maven
9 6 (1.23%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.02%) Flyway
11 4 (0.82%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.82%) Appium
11 4 (0.82%) Mockito
11 4 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 261 (53.37%) Social Skills
2 144 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (24.54%) Finance
4 55 (11.25%) Banking
5 23 (4.70%) Front Office
6 22 (4.50%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.50%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.86%) Marketing
9 13 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.25%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.25%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.25%) Legal
10 11 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.64%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.64%) Law
12 7 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (16.97%) Developer
2 71 (14.52%) Architect
3 54 (11.04%) Senior
4 39 (7.98%) Lead
5 33 (6.75%) Analyst
6 24 (4.91%) IT Support
7 21 (4.29%) Data Engineer
8 19 (3.89%) Software Engineer
9 18 (3.68%) IT Analyst
9 18 (3.68%) Senior Developer
9 18 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (3.68%) Support Analyst
10 15 (3.07%) C# Developer
10 15 (3.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (2.86%) IT Support Analyst
11 14 (2.86%) Java Developer
12 13 (2.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (2.66%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.45%) 1st Line Support
13 12 (2.45%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (12.68%) REST
2 38 (7.77%) .NET
3 35 (7.16%) React
4 33 (6.75%) RESTful
5 27 (5.52%) Kafka
6 21 (4.29%) CSS
7 19 (3.89%) Middleware
7 19 (3.89%) OAuth
7 19 (3.89%) Spring
8 18 (3.68%) HTML
8 18 (3.68%) Spring Boot
9 17 (3.48%) SOAP
10 15 (3.07%) JSON
11 14 (2.86%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.86%) PyTorch
12 13 (2.66%) .NET Core
12 13 (2.66%) OAuth2
12 13 (2.66%) SAML
13 11 (2.25%) OpenID
14 10 (2.04%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.61%) Management Information System
2 46 (9.41%) Cloud Native
3 36 (7.36%) Onboarding
4 35 (7.16%) Product Ownership
5 25 (5.11%) Algorithms
5 25 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (4.91%) Data Structures
7 20 (4.09%) AI Agents
8 14 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.66%) Derivative
10 12 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (2.25%) Fixed Income
11 11 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (2.04%) Robotics
12 10 (2.04%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (15.34%) Windows
2 52 (10.63%) Linux
3 13 (2.66%) Android
3 13 (2.66%) Unix
4 12 (2.45%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.64%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.43%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.82%) Debian
9 4 (0.82%) Rocky
10 2 (0.41%) MVS
10 2 (0.41%) VMS
10 2 (0.41%) zOS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (98.98%) Computer Science
2 195 (39.88%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (29.24%) CI/CD
4 139 (28.43%) AI
5 134 (27.40%) Agile
6 121 (24.74%) DevOps
7 103 (21.06%) Software Engineering
8 95 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 82 (16.77%) Analytics
10 76 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 71 (14.52%) ITIL
12 63 (12.88%) Technical Leadership
13 57 (11.66%) Test Automation
14 55 (11.25%) Machine Learning
15 54 (11.04%) Microservices
15 54 (11.04%) Migration
16 53 (10.84%) Containerisation
16 53 (10.84%) Scrum
17 51 (10.43%) Data Modelling
17 51 (10.43%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 161 (32.92%) Python
2 121 (24.74%) SQL
3 80 (16.36%) Java
4 48 (9.82%) JavaScript
5 43 (8.79%) C#
6 33 (6.75%) PowerShell
7 30 (6.13%) TypeScript
8 23 (4.70%) Bash
9 11 (2.25%) C++
10 8 (1.64%) Go
10 8 (1.64%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.23%) Bicep
11 6 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.02%) Perl
13 4 (0.82%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.82%) R
13 4 (0.82%) Ruby
13 4 (0.82%) Scala
14 3 (0.61%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 489 (100.00%) Degree
2 75 (15.34%) Master's Degree
3 67 (13.70%) Security Cleared
4 56 (11.45%) SC Cleared
5 35 (7.16%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (4.50%) CISSP
8 20 (4.09%) AWS Certification
9 16 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (2.25%) PhD
12 9 (1.84%) CISM
12 9 (1.84%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.64%) CCNP
13 8 (1.64%) MBA
14 7 (1.43%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.43%) CCNA
14 7 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 7 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.77%) QA
2 31 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.27%) NIST
4 10 (2.04%) GDPR
4 10 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.43%) SLA
6 4 (0.82%) GRC
6 4 (0.82%) ISO 19650
7 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.41%) DICOM
7 2 (0.41%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.41%) PSD2
7 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 58 (11.86%) Docker
2 31 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.82%) Firmware
5 3 (0.61%) ACF2
5 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.61%) RACF
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.20%) Squid
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (15.13%) Kubernetes
2 42 (8.59%) Terraform
3 26 (5.32%) Ansible
4 19 (3.89%) Prometheus
5 18 (3.68%) Grafana
5 18 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.84%) SCCM
7 5 (1.02%) Argo
8 3 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.61%) Foglight
8 3 (0.61%) Puppet
8 3 (0.61%) WSUS
9 2 (0.41%) CASB
9 2 (0.41%) Consul
9 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.41%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 117 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.36%) Oracle
3 32 (6.54%) Google
4 30 (6.13%) Databricks
5 19 (3.89%) Splunk
6 16 (3.27%) SAP
6 16 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.66%) Cisco
7 13 (2.66%) VMware
8 12 (2.45%) IBM
9 9 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.64%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.43%) Apple
11 7 (1.43%) Autodesk
11 7 (1.43%) Citrix
11 7 (1.43%) ForgeRock
11 7 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.43%) UiPath
12 6 (1.23%) Progress