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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 143 115
Rank change year-on-year -124 -28 +94
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 487 644 835
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.96% 2.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 6.38% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 393 523
10th Percentile £193 £301 £314
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 £788 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +3.42% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 31
10th Percentile £17.25 £26.20 £23.00
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 £70.25
90th Percentile £178.75 £78.70 £80.00
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 16,553 10,093 12,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.36% 30.77% 29.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,051 6,266 7,874
10th Percentile £350 £278 £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 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,198 736 1,011
10th Percentile £17.73 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.25 £20.76
Median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.75% -40.82% -25.74%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.82%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -114 431 £500 - 418
UK excluding London -135 227 £491 +3.42% 223
London -87 217 £515 -10.43% 254
Work from Home -95 125 £475 -1.04% 158
North of England -77 68 £507 +6.74% 27
South East -72 60 £400 -18.37% 84
Midlands -67 40 £625 +37.51% 35
Yorkshire -41 35 £525 +27.27% 8
North West -56 33 £387 -23.87% 17
West Midlands -71 25 £671 +16.72% 13
East of England -17 20 £488 +11.43% 23
South West -35 18 £518 +39.86% 22
East Midlands -28 14 £300 -32.89% 22
Scotland -35 13 £419 -6.89% 13
Wales -26 6 £530 +18.83% 5
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 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.31%) Confluence
3 18 (3.70%) Apache
4 15 (3.08%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.03%) SAS
7 4 (0.82%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 20 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.44%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.44%) Revit
4 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.62%) Workday HCM
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 (0.21%) Maximo
5 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 191 (39.22%) Azure
2 124 (25.46%) AWS
3 68 (13.96%) GCP
4 43 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (8.21%) Power Platform
6 35 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (6.98%) GitHub
8 26 (5.34%) Serverless
9 25 (5.13%) Snowflake
10 24 (4.93%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.72%) SaaS
12 18 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (3.49%) Azure AKS
14 15 (3.08%) PowerApps
15 14 (2.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (2.87%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
19 10 (2.05%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.31%) Firewall
2 18 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 17 (3.49%) VPN
4 13 (2.67%) Network Security
4 13 (2.67%) WAN
5 11 (2.26%) DNS
6 10 (2.05%) LAN
7 8 (1.64%) BGP
8 6 (1.23%) DMZ
8 6 (1.23%) Wireless
9 5 (1.03%) 3GPP
9 5 (1.03%) OSPF
9 5 (1.03%) RTP
9 5 (1.03%) VLAN
9 5 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.03%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.82%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.82%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.98%) Power BI
2 30 (6.16%) Relational Database
3 25 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.49%) Metadata
8 16 (3.29%) Big Data
9 13 (2.67%) MongoDB
9 13 (2.67%) MySQL
10 11 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.85%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.85%) Tableau
12 8 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.44%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.44%) Star Schema
14 5 (1.03%) Flink
14 5 (1.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (12.11%) Git
2 34 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 30 (6.16%) GitLab
4 29 (5.95%) JIRA
5 12 (2.46%) Selenium
6 11 (2.26%) Gradle
6 11 (2.26%) JUnit
7 8 (1.64%) Postman
7 8 (1.64%) REST Assured
7 8 (1.64%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.44%) Maven
8 7 (1.44%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.03%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.03%) Flyway
11 4 (0.82%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.82%) Mockito
11 4 (0.82%) Vite
General
1 244 (50.10%) Social Skills
2 133 (27.31%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (25.67%) Finance
4 61 (12.53%) Banking
5 24 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.11%) Front Office
7 17 (3.49%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.67%) Marketing
12 11 (2.26%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.26%) Legal
13 8 (1.64%) Law
13 8 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.44%) Police
14 7 (1.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (16.84%) Architect
2 78 (16.02%) Developer
3 51 (10.47%) Senior
4 45 (9.24%) Lead
5 36 (7.39%) Analyst
6 24 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (4.52%) Software Engineer
8 20 (4.11%) IT Support
9 19 (3.90%) IT Analyst
10 18 (3.70%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.70%) Technical Support
11 16 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.29%) Support Analyst
12 15 (3.08%) Java Developer
12 15 (3.08%) Senior Developer
12 15 (3.08%) Technical Architect
13 14 (2.87%) C# Developer
13 14 (2.87%) IT Support Analyst
14 13 (2.67%) Consultant
14 13 (2.67%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.11%) REST
2 38 (7.80%) .NET
2 38 (7.80%) React
3 33 (6.78%) RESTful
4 27 (5.54%) Spring
5 24 (4.93%) Spring Boot
6 23 (4.72%) Middleware
7 19 (3.90%) Kafka
8 16 (3.29%) CSS
8 16 (3.29%) OAuth
8 16 (3.29%) PyTorch
9 15 (3.08%) AngularJS
9 15 (3.08%) SOAP
10 14 (2.87%) HTML
10 14 (2.87%) JSON
11 12 (2.46%) Swagger
12 11 (2.26%) .NET Core
13 10 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (2.05%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.05%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.29%) Management Information System
2 54 (11.09%) Cloud Native
3 40 (8.21%) Onboarding
4 34 (6.98%) Product Ownership
5 25 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (4.31%) Algorithms
7 18 (3.70%) AI Agents
8 17 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (3.08%) Data Structures
10 14 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.87%) Derivative
11 13 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (2.46%) Fixed Income
12 12 (2.46%) Security Posture
12 12 (2.46%) Virtual Team
13 11 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (2.05%) Mobile App
14 10 (2.05%) Robotics
15 9 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 76 (15.61%) Windows
2 47 (9.65%) Linux
3 16 (3.29%) Android
4 13 (2.67%) Unix
5 10 (2.05%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.23%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.03%) VMS
9 5 (1.03%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.62%) Debian
10 3 (0.62%) Rocky
11 2 (0.41%) MVS
11 2 (0.41%) zOS
12 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (98.97%) Computer Science
2 186 (38.19%) Problem-Solving
3 149 (30.60%) Agile
4 141 (28.95%) AI
4 141 (28.95%) CI/CD
5 125 (25.67%) DevOps
6 94 (19.30%) Software Engineering
7 85 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (17.04%) Analytics
9 70 (14.37%) Microservices
10 66 (13.55%) ITIL
11 63 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (12.73%) Containerisation
13 60 (12.32%) Technical Leadership
14 55 (11.29%) Test Automation
15 54 (11.09%) Machine Learning
16 52 (10.68%) Data Governance
16 52 (10.68%) Migration
17 50 (10.27%) Infrastructure as Code
17 50 (10.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 152 (31.21%) Python
2 113 (23.20%) SQL
3 85 (17.45%) Java
4 49 (10.06%) JavaScript
5 38 (7.80%) C#
6 27 (5.54%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.49%) Bash
9 10 (2.05%) Go
10 9 (1.85%) C++
10 9 (1.85%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.64%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.44%) Perl
13 6 (1.23%) Bicep
13 6 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.03%) Scala
15 4 (0.82%) R
16 3 (0.62%) COBOL
17 2 (0.41%) JCL
17 2 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 487 (100.00%) Degree
2 92 (18.89%) Master's Degree
3 65 (13.35%) Security Cleared
4 53 (10.88%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.78%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.93%) CISSP
7 23 (4.72%) AWS Certification
8 21 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (3.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 15 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.67%) CISM
12 10 (2.05%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.05%) PhD
13 8 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (1.64%) MBA
13 8 (1.64%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.64%) PMP
14 7 (1.44%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.44%) CCNP
14 7 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.60%) QA
2 24 (4.93%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.29%) GDPR
4 15 (3.08%) NIST
5 12 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.44%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.03%) PSD2
8 5 (1.03%) SLA
9 4 (0.82%) GRC
9 4 (0.82%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.82%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.62%) DICOM
10 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.41%) NCSC
11 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (13.35%) Docker
2 32 (6.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.82%) Firmware
4 3 (0.62%) ACF2
4 3 (0.62%) RACF
4 3 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 84 (17.25%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.83%) Terraform
3 24 (4.93%) Ansible
4 21 (4.31%) Prometheus
5 20 (4.11%) Grafana
6 18 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.82%) SCCM
8 3 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.62%) Foglight
8 3 (0.62%) WSUS
9 2 (0.41%) CASB
9 2 (0.41%) Consul
9 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.41%) Puppet
9 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.41%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.21%) Argo
10 1 (0.21%) Istio
10 1 (0.21%) linkerd
Vendors
1 119 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.39%) Oracle
3 30 (6.16%) Databricks
3 30 (6.16%) Google
4 19 (3.90%) Splunk
5 17 (3.49%) SAP
6 16 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.46%) IBM
8 11 (2.26%) Cisco
9 8 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.64%) VMware
10 7 (1.44%) Apple
10 7 (1.44%) Autodesk
10 7 (1.44%) UiPath
11 6 (1.23%) Bomgar
12 5 (1.03%) Citrix
12 5 (1.03%) Informatica
12 5 (1.03%) Okta
12 5 (1.03%) OpenAI