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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 143 118
Rank change year-on-year -111 -25 +108
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 494 597 844
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 2.02% 1.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 6.51% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 355 529
10th Percentile £183 £289 £312
25th Percentile £362 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £671 £650 £645
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £517 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +8.28% -9.05% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £25.10
25th Percentile £29.13 £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £62.25 £30.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +107.50% -44.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £178.75 £63.13 £74.69
90th Percentile - £68.75 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.16 £30.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +190.53% -46.67% -6.64%

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 15,729 9,167 13,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.33% 30.94% 29.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,454 5,680 8,052
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £614 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,160 590 1,118
10th Percentile £17.12 £17.86 £13.99
25th Percentile £22.68 £21.00 £18.57
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.19 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.22 £75.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £28.18 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.70% -32.10% -21.59%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -102 440 £503 -3.41% 509
UK excluding London -96 246 £517 +8.28% 316
London -92 211 £500 -9.09% 280
Work from Home -86 113 £425 -15.00% 204
North of England -57 71 £500 -6.89% 49
South East -51 64 £400 -18.37% 105
Midlands -78 43 £650 +39.19% 39
Yorkshire -33 38 £525 +5.00% 10
North West -43 33 £366 -31.84% 30
West Midlands -66 32 £671 +16.72% 22
East of England -27 21 £491 - 36
Scotland -22 19 £620 +24.00% 25
South West -25 19 £518 +39.86% 39
East Midlands -38 10 £545 +21.92% 17
Wales -27 7 £530 +82.76% 4
Northern Ireland +5 4 - - 32

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 23 (4.66%) Confluence
2 20 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.04%) Apache
3 15 (3.04%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.01%) SAS
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.61%) Camunda
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.42%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.42%) Revit
4 6 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.40%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
1 4 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Workfront
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 186 (37.65%) Azure
2 123 (24.90%) AWS
3 61 (12.35%) GCP
4 44 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 35 (7.09%) GitHub
7 31 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (5.26%) SaaS
9 22 (4.45%) Serverless
10 19 (3.85%) Snowflake
11 17 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.24%) Entra ID
13 15 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.83%) PowerApps
15 13 (2.63%) Azure AKS
15 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
16 12 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (2.43%) IaaS
17 11 (2.23%) PaaS
18 10 (2.02%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.07%) TCP/IP
2 21 (4.25%) DNS
3 19 (3.85%) Firewall
4 14 (2.83%) Network Security
5 11 (2.23%) VPN
5 11 (2.23%) WAN
6 8 (1.62%) BGP
6 8 (1.62%) LAN
7 7 (1.42%) DMZ
8 5 (1.01%) 3GPP
8 5 (1.01%) OSPF
8 5 (1.01%) RTP
8 5 (1.01%) Wireless
8 5 (1.01%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.81%) VLAN
9 4 (0.81%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.61%) Multicast
10 3 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.88%) Power BI
2 28 (5.67%) Relational Database
3 25 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.86%) SQL Server
5 20 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.44%) Big Data
8 15 (3.04%) Metadata
8 15 (3.04%) MySQL
9 11 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.02%) MongoDB
10 10 (2.02%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (2.02%) Tableau
11 8 (1.62%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.62%) Redis
12 7 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.42%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.21%) Data Mining
14 5 (1.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 52 (10.53%) Git
2 32 (6.48%) JIRA
3 30 (6.07%) Jenkins
4 29 (5.87%) GitLab
5 12 (2.43%) Gradle
6 11 (2.23%) Selenium
7 9 (1.82%) JUnit
8 7 (1.42%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.42%) Postman
8 7 (1.42%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.21%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.21%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.21%) Maven
9 6 (1.21%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.01%) Flyway
10 5 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.61%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.61%) ERwin
General
1 244 (49.39%) Social Skills
2 135 (27.33%) Finance
3 125 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.94%) Banking
5 27 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.25%) Front Office
6 21 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.24%) Marketing
10 14 (2.83%) Legal
11 13 (2.63%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.82%) Law
14 9 (1.82%) Retail
15 7 (1.42%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.42%) Aviation
15 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (16.80%) Architect
2 65 (13.16%) Developer
3 59 (11.94%) Lead
4 51 (10.32%) Analyst
5 42 (8.50%) Senior
6 30 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
7 27 (5.47%) Technical Support
8 24 (4.86%) Software Engineer
9 18 (3.64%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.24%) Integration Architect
10 16 (3.24%) Support Specialist
10 16 (3.24%) Technical Specialist
11 15 (3.04%) IT Support
11 15 (3.04%) Technical Architect
11 15 (3.04%) Technical Support Specialist
12 14 (2.83%) Data Engineer
12 14 (2.83%) SOC Analyst
13 13 (2.63%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.63%) Support Analyst
14 12 (2.43%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (11.34%) REST
2 37 (7.49%) React
3 32 (6.48%) .NET
4 30 (6.07%) Middleware
5 28 (5.67%) RESTful
6 23 (4.66%) Spring
7 19 (3.85%) Spring Boot
8 18 (3.64%) Elastic Stack
8 18 (3.64%) OAuth
9 16 (3.24%) Kafka
9 16 (3.24%) SOAP
10 15 (3.04%) JSON
11 14 (2.83%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.63%) CSS
12 13 (2.63%) HTML
13 12 (2.43%) XML
14 11 (2.23%) Node.js
14 11 (2.23%) PySpark
14 11 (2.23%) PyTorch
15 10 (2.02%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.93%) Management Information System
2 45 (9.11%) Cloud Native
2 45 (9.11%) Onboarding
3 34 (6.88%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.64%) Derivative
6 17 (3.44%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.44%) Cyberattack
6 17 (3.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 17 (3.44%) Virtual Team
7 15 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.83%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.43%) Security Posture
10 11 (2.23%) Fixed Income
11 10 (2.02%) AI Agents
11 10 (2.02%) Equities
11 10 (2.02%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 88 (17.81%) Windows
2 68 (13.77%) Linux
3 24 (4.86%) Unix
4 18 (3.64%) Android
5 12 (2.43%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.81%) Debian
7 4 (0.81%) Rocky
7 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.61%) VMS
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.20%) MVS
9 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (98.58%) Computer Science
2 192 (38.87%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (30.97%) Agile
4 140 (28.34%) CI/CD
5 133 (26.92%) AI
6 130 (26.32%) DevOps
7 93 (18.83%) Software Engineering
8 79 (15.99%) Microservices
9 78 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (15.59%) Analytics
11 68 (13.77%) Technical Leadership
12 67 (13.56%) Containerisation
13 62 (12.55%) Cybersecurity
14 61 (12.35%) Migration
15 60 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
16 56 (11.34%) ITIL
17 53 (10.73%) Data Governance
17 53 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (10.32%) Data Modelling
19 44 (8.91%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 154 (31.17%) Python
2 111 (22.47%) SQL
3 81 (16.40%) Java
4 52 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 33 (6.68%) C#
6 21 (4.25%) Bash
7 20 (4.05%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.44%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.63%) Go
10 11 (2.23%) C++
10 11 (2.23%) Perl
11 10 (2.02%) Kotlin
11 10 (2.02%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.21%) Scala
13 4 (0.81%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Rust
14 3 (0.61%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Ada
15 2 (0.40%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 494 (100.00%) Degree
2 90 (18.22%) Master's Degree
3 71 (14.37%) Security Cleared
4 57 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.26%) CISSP
6 23 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (4.45%) Azure Certification
8 20 (4.05%) AWS Certification
9 19 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (3.64%) CISM
11 17 (3.44%) CompTIA CySA+
11 17 (3.44%) DV Cleared
11 17 (3.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (2.02%) PMI Certification
14 9 (1.82%) A+ Certification
14 9 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (1.82%) PMP
15 8 (1.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.28%) QA
2 21 (4.25%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.25%) GDPR
3 17 (3.44%) NIST
4 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.23%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.21%) PSD2
8 5 (1.01%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.81%) GRC
9 4 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.61%) DICOM
10 3 (0.61%) GAAP
10 3 (0.61%) IFRS
10 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.40%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (14.98%) Docker
2 36 (7.29%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.21%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
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%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 89 (18.02%) Kubernetes
2 46 (9.31%) Terraform
3 32 (6.48%) Ansible
4 23 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (4.66%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.25%) Grafana
6 7 (1.42%) Puppet
7 6 (1.21%) Kibana
8 4 (0.81%) SCCM
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.61%) Control-M
9 3 (0.61%) Foglight
9 3 (0.61%) WSUS
10 2 (0.40%) Consul
10 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.20%) linkerd
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.89%) Oracle
3 35 (7.09%) Splunk
4 27 (5.47%) Databricks
5 25 (5.06%) Google
6 14 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.63%) SAP
8 11 (2.23%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.82%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.62%) Cisco
10 8 (1.62%) IBM
10 8 (1.62%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.62%) Software AG
11 7 (1.42%) Autodesk
11 7 (1.42%) Informatica
12 6 (1.21%) Apple
12 6 (1.21%) Citrix
13 5 (1.01%) Bloomberg
13 5 (1.01%) Reuters
13 5 (1.01%) VMware