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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 111 218
Rank change year-on-year -29 +107 +117
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 631 863 696
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 1.99% 1.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.41% 6.69% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 540 462
10th Percentile £295 £313 £330
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -0.24%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £700
90th Percentile £775 £776 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 38 15
10th Percentile £25.80 £25.10 £27.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £38.75 £41.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.63 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.07% +1.14% +15.79%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.81 £65.38
90th Percentile £68.50 £83.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -52.00% -3.85% +38.30%

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 9,849 12,896 15,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 29.81% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,090 8,002 10,140
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 1,098 750
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.24 £20.12 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.97 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.88% -25.51% +23.60%
75th Percentile £58.88 £64.81 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £52.93
% change year-on-year -41.51% -18.75% +51.21%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -25 515 £515 -6.36% 1,593
UK excluding London +31 281 £475 -9.52% 728
London -24 273 £556 +1.14% 970
Work from Home -6 185 £500 -9.09% 727
South East +30 64 £492 +7.25% 215
North of England -8 63 £475 -5.05% 161
Midlands +12 59 £470 -14.55% 112
North West +11 37 £500 +53.85% 93
Scotland +22 35 £500 -9.09% 70
West Midlands -14 33 £575 +4.55% 78
East Midlands +20 26 £455 -39.20% 33
East of England +13 23 £425 -19.05% 104
Wales +21 20 £351 -7.57% 18
Yorkshire -6 20 £446 -14.99% 50
South West +21 17 £370 -43.08% 43
North East -8 6 £475 -20.83% 18
Northern Ireland -13 1 £600 - 19

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 18 (2.85%) Confluence
2 16 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.27%) Apache
4 7 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.95%) CMS
5 6 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Mule
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.16%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.95%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.63%) Trello
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.16%) CATIA
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) InDesign
7 1 (0.16%) Notion
7 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.63%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.32%) Actimize
4 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.32%) Endur
4 2 (0.32%) Maximo
4 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.32%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.32%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.32%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 167 (26.47%) AWS
2 140 (22.19%) Azure
3 77 (12.20%) GCP
4 34 (5.39%) Amazon S3
5 30 (4.75%) SaaS
6 29 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (4.44%) Serverless
8 24 (3.80%) GitHub
9 21 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (2.22%) OCI
13 11 (1.74%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.43%) PaaS
14 9 (1.43%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.11%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 5 (0.79%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 62 (9.83%) Firewall
2 48 (7.61%) Network Security
3 36 (5.71%) VPN
4 33 (5.23%) DNS
5 31 (4.91%) Wireless
6 20 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 20 (3.17%) WAN
7 19 (3.01%) BGP
7 19 (3.01%) DHCP
7 19 (3.01%) OSPF
8 17 (2.69%) Cisco IOS
8 17 (2.69%) LAN
9 12 (1.90%) PuTTY
9 12 (1.90%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.74%) VLAN
10 11 (1.74%) WLAN
11 9 (1.43%) 802.11
11 9 (1.43%) IPsec
12 8 (1.27%) Internet
13 7 (1.11%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.18%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (4.28%) Power BI
4 24 (3.80%) NoSQL
5 22 (3.49%) SQL Server
6 21 (3.33%) Big Data
7 20 (3.17%) MySQL
8 18 (2.85%) MongoDB
8 18 (2.85%) Oracle Database
8 18 (2.85%) Tableau
9 17 (2.69%) Relational Database
10 16 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.74%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.58%) Metadata
13 9 (1.43%) DB2
14 8 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (1.11%) Oracle ODI
16 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 58 (9.19%) Git
2 52 (8.24%) JIRA
3 39 (6.18%) Jenkins
4 27 (4.28%) GitLab
5 15 (2.38%) Selenium
6 14 (2.22%) Postman
7 11 (1.74%) Bitbucket
7 11 (1.74%) JUnit
8 9 (1.43%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.11%) Subversion
10 6 (0.95%) Maven
10 6 (0.95%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.79%) ERwin
11 5 (0.79%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
11 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.63%) GoogleTest
12 4 (0.63%) Gradle
12 4 (0.63%) JMeter
General
1 360 (57.05%) Social Skills
2 187 (29.64%) Analytical Skills
3 156 (24.72%) Finance
4 48 (7.61%) Banking
5 39 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.33%) Front Office
9 20 (3.17%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.01%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.22%) Marketing
12 14 (2.22%) Retail
13 11 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.58%) Legal
15 9 (1.43%) Electronics
16 7 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (16.96%) Developer
2 84 (13.31%) Architect
3 76 (12.04%) Senior
4 41 (6.50%) Network Engineer
5 40 (6.34%) Analyst
6 31 (4.91%) Lead
7 29 (4.60%) Software Engineer
8 25 (3.96%) Consultant
9 24 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
10 23 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (3.33%) Support Engineer
12 17 (2.69%) Java Developer
13 16 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (2.54%) Data Engineer
14 14 (2.22%) Senior Developer
15 12 (1.90%) Designer
15 12 (1.90%) Full-Stack Developer
15 12 (1.90%) Python Developer
16 11 (1.74%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.29%) CSS
1 46 (7.29%) HTML
2 45 (7.13%) REST
3 31 (4.91%) .NET
3 31 (4.91%) React
4 26 (4.12%) Spring
5 24 (3.80%) Kafka
6 22 (3.49%) AngularJS
6 22 (3.49%) Middleware
6 22 (3.49%) Web Services
7 17 (2.69%) RESTful
8 16 (2.54%) SOAP
9 13 (2.06%) Node.js
9 13 (2.06%) OAuth
9 13 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (1.90%) 802.1X
11 10 (1.58%) GraphQL
11 10 (1.58%) JSON
11 10 (1.58%) TensorFlow
11 10 (1.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.51%) Management Information System
2 34 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 31 (4.91%) Data Protection Act
4 27 (4.28%) Algorithms
5 24 (3.80%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (3.49%) Virtual Team
8 18 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (2.38%) Security Posture
11 13 (2.06%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.74%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.58%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.43%) Fixed Income
15 9 (1.43%) Mobile App
16 8 (1.27%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.56%) Linux
2 27 (4.28%) Windows
3 9 (1.43%) Unix
3 9 (1.43%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.27%) Android
4 8 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.63%) SUSE
8 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.32%) AIX
9 2 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (99.21%) Computer Science
2 293 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (28.68%) Agile
4 118 (18.70%) DevOps
5 104 (16.48%) CI/CD
6 99 (15.69%) Software Engineering
7 80 (12.68%) Migration
8 76 (12.04%) Project Management
9 72 (11.41%) Mentoring
10 66 (10.46%) Scrum
11 65 (10.30%) Analytics
12 56 (8.87%) Test Automation
13 49 (7.77%) Data Protection
14 48 (7.61%) Decision-Making
14 48 (7.61%) Microservices
15 47 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
16 46 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
16 46 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
17 45 (7.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 196 (31.06%) Python
2 124 (19.65%) SQL
3 118 (18.70%) Java
4 67 (10.62%) JavaScript
5 34 (5.39%) Bash
5 34 (5.39%) C#
6 29 (4.60%) C++
7 28 (4.44%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.38%) Perl
9 12 (1.90%) Go
10 11 (1.74%) PHP
11 10 (1.58%) Scala
12 8 (1.27%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.27%) Ruby
13 7 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.11%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.63%) C
15 4 (0.63%) R
16 3 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 631 (100.00%) Degree
2 83 (13.15%) Master's Degree
3 68 (10.78%) Security Cleared
4 58 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (8.08%) SC Cleared
6 49 (7.77%) AWS Certification
7 44 (6.97%) CCNP
8 39 (6.18%) Azure Certification
8 39 (6.18%) CCNA
9 31 (4.91%) CISSP
10 29 (4.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (3.33%) PMP
13 20 (3.17%) PMI Certification
14 14 (2.22%) CISM
15 13 (2.06%) ISTQB
16 11 (1.74%) PhD
17 8 (1.27%) CEH
17 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
18 7 (1.11%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.29%) QA
2 38 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 33 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (3.80%) NIST
5 22 (3.49%) GDPR
6 10 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (0.79%) NCSC
10 5 (0.79%) SEPA
10 5 (0.79%) SLA
11 4 (0.63%) GRC
11 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.48%) MiFID
12 3 (0.48%) PMO
13 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 54 (8.56%) Docker
2 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.48%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.48%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) HDFS
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.16%) XenApp
7 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (9.67%) Kubernetes
2 53 (8.40%) Terraform
3 48 (7.61%) Ansible
4 12 (1.90%) Grafana
5 11 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.58%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.11%) Argo
9 6 (0.95%) Puppet
9 6 (0.95%) SCCM
9 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.79%) Cacti
11 3 (0.48%) Consul
11 3 (0.48%) Control-M
11 3 (0.48%) Istio
11 3 (0.48%) Kibana
11 3 (0.48%) logstash
11 3 (0.48%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.32%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.32%) vRealize
Vendors
1 101 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.98%) Oracle
3 60 (9.51%) Google
4 56 (8.87%) Cisco
4 56 (8.87%) SAP
5 30 (4.75%) ServiceNow
6 28 (4.44%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.69%) IBM
8 15 (2.38%) Splunk
9 14 (2.22%) VMware
10 12 (1.90%) Juniper
11 10 (1.58%) Meraki
11 10 (1.58%) SolarWinds
12 9 (1.43%) Databricks
12 9 (1.43%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.27%) OutSystems
13 8 (1.27%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.27%) Remedy
14 7 (1.11%) CA Agile Central
14 7 (1.11%) Peregrine