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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 148 112
Rank change year-on-year -109 -36 +103
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 505 634 863
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.98% 2.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 6.45% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 382 540
10th Percentile £178 £301 £313
25th Percentile £352 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £655 £650 £665
90th Percentile £784 £775 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 38
10th Percentile £17.25 £25.80 £25.10
25th Percentile £26.81 £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £41.38 £30.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +37.92% -46.07% +1.14%
75th Percentile £87.16 £58.75 £73.81
90th Percentile £178.75 £68.50 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.08 £30.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +96.93% -52.00% -3.85%

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 16,366 9,826 12,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.37% 30.76% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,937 6,100 7,990
10th Percentile £350 £277 £310
25th Percentile £426 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £512 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,181 674 1,097
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.04 £20.12
Median hourly rate £52.00 £27.50 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% -32.83% -25.56%
75th Percentile £72.54 £58.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -19.87%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -104 450 £500 -2.91% 415
UK excluding London -115 241 £500 +5.26% 271
London -91 226 £500 -9.09% 200
Work from Home -94 119 £440 -12.00% 310
North of England -68 76 £515 +8.32% 41
South East -68 60 £400 -18.70% 93
Yorkshire -20 41 £525 +17.64% 12
Midlands -77 41 £650 +38.30% 44
North West -52 35 £381 -27.52% 23
West Midlands -63 28 £671 +16.74% 14
East of England -27 21 £491 +15.59% 32
South West -33 19 £518 +39.86% 26
Scotland -32 15 £525 +5.00% 14
East Midlands -27 12 £476 +4.73% 29
Wales -27 8 £530 +28.48% 5
Northern Ireland +7 3 - - 22

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 (4.75%) Confluence
2 22 (4.36%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.76%) Apache
4 16 (3.17%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.99%) SAS
7 3 (0.59%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.39%) Navisworks
4 7 (1.39%) Revit
5 6 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.40%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.79%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.40%) Workfront
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 197 (39.01%) Azure
2 127 (25.15%) AWS
3 70 (13.86%) GCP
4 49 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (8.12%) Power Platform
6 37 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (7.13%) GitHub
8 27 (5.35%) Serverless
9 23 (4.55%) Snowflake
10 21 (4.16%) Entra ID
10 21 (4.16%) SaaS
11 18 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (3.17%) Azure AKS
13 15 (2.97%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.77%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (2.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.16%) TCP/IP
2 20 (3.96%) Firewall
3 16 (3.17%) Network Security
3 16 (3.17%) VPN
4 14 (2.77%) DNS
5 12 (2.38%) WAN
6 9 (1.78%) LAN
7 8 (1.58%) BGP
8 6 (1.19%) DMZ
8 6 (1.19%) Wireless
9 5 (0.99%) 3GPP
9 5 (0.99%) OSPF
9 5 (0.99%) RTP
9 5 (0.99%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.79%) VLAN
10 4 (0.79%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.79%) WebEx
10 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.93%) Power BI
2 29 (5.74%) Relational Database
3 27 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (4.95%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.16%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.37%) Big Data
7 17 (3.37%) Metadata
7 17 (3.37%) MySQL
8 15 (2.97%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.78%) Tableau
11 8 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.58%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.39%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.39%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.19%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 61 (12.08%) Git
2 33 (6.53%) Jenkins
3 32 (6.34%) JIRA
4 30 (5.94%) GitLab
5 12 (2.38%) Selenium
6 10 (1.98%) Gradle
6 10 (1.98%) JUnit
7 8 (1.58%) Postman
8 7 (1.39%) REST Assured
8 7 (1.39%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.19%) Maven
10 5 (0.99%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.99%) Flyway
10 5 (0.99%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.99%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.99%) Vite
11 4 (0.79%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.79%) CircleCI
General
1 253 (50.10%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (25.35%) Finance
4 56 (11.09%) Banking
5 25 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.36%) Front Office
7 18 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (3.56%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Marketing
10 13 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.38%) Legal
12 11 (2.18%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.78%) Retail
14 8 (1.58%) Law
14 8 (1.58%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.39%) Aviation
15 7 (1.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (16.44%) Architect
2 77 (15.25%) Developer
3 49 (9.70%) Senior
4 48 (9.50%) Lead
5 39 (7.72%) Analyst
6 25 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (4.95%) Technical Support
7 23 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 21 (4.16%) IT Support
9 20 (3.96%) IT Analyst
10 19 (3.76%) Data Engineer
11 17 (3.37%) Support Analyst
12 16 (3.17%) Support Specialist
12 16 (3.17%) Technical Architect
12 16 (3.17%) Technical Specialist
13 15 (2.97%) IT Support Analyst
13 15 (2.97%) Java Developer
13 15 (2.97%) Technical Support Specialist
14 14 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
15 13 (2.57%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (11.09%) REST
2 39 (7.72%) React
3 38 (7.52%) .NET
4 34 (6.73%) RESTful
5 28 (5.54%) Spring
6 24 (4.75%) Middleware
6 24 (4.75%) Spring Boot
7 18 (3.56%) Kafka
8 17 (3.37%) OAuth
9 15 (2.97%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.97%) CSS
9 15 (2.97%) HTML
9 15 (2.97%) PyTorch
9 15 (2.97%) SOAP
10 14 (2.77%) JSON
11 13 (2.57%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (2.18%) Node.js
12 11 (2.18%) PySpark
12 11 (2.18%) SAML
13 10 (1.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.89%) Management Information System
2 52 (10.30%) Cloud Native
3 45 (8.91%) Onboarding
4 36 (7.13%) Product Ownership
5 26 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (4.16%) Algorithms
7 17 (3.37%) AI Agents
8 16 (3.17%) Derivative
8 16 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.77%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.57%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.38%) Fixed Income
11 12 (2.38%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.18%) Equities
13 10 (1.98%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.98%) Robotics
14 9 (1.78%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 82 (16.24%) Windows
2 53 (10.50%) Linux
3 19 (3.76%) Unix
4 16 (3.17%) Android
5 12 (2.38%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.99%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.79%) Debian
9 4 (0.79%) Rocky
9 4 (0.79%) VMS
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.20%) MVS
11 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (98.81%) Computer Science
2 194 (38.42%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (30.30%) Agile
4 148 (29.31%) CI/CD
5 145 (28.71%) AI
6 132 (26.14%) DevOps
7 97 (19.21%) Software Engineering
8 86 (17.03%) Analytics
8 86 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (15.05%) Microservices
10 70 (13.86%) Containerisation
11 69 (13.66%) ITIL
12 63 (12.48%) Technical Leadership
13 60 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (11.49%) Infrastructure as Code
15 56 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
16 55 (10.89%) Migration
17 54 (10.69%) Test Automation
18 53 (10.50%) Data Governance
19 52 (10.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 163 (32.28%) Python
2 119 (23.56%) SQL
3 89 (17.62%) Java
4 52 (10.30%) JavaScript
5 37 (7.33%) C#
6 25 (4.95%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.76%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.37%) Bash
9 13 (2.57%) Go
10 11 (2.18%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.98%) C++
12 9 (1.78%) Perl
13 8 (1.58%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.19%) Scala
15 5 (0.99%) Bicep
16 4 (0.79%) R
17 3 (0.59%) COBOL
18 2 (0.40%) Ada
18 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 505 (100.00%) Degree
2 95 (18.81%) Master's Degree
3 67 (13.27%) Security Cleared
4 54 (10.69%) SC Cleared
5 31 (6.14%) CISSP
6 28 (5.54%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.55%) AWS Certification
7 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (3.56%) CISM
9 17 (3.37%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (2.18%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (1.78%) A+ Certification
12 9 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.78%) PhD
12 9 (1.78%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.58%) CCNP
13 8 (1.58%) MBA
13 8 (1.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.34%) QA
2 24 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.76%) GDPR
4 18 (3.56%) NIST
5 13 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.19%) GRC
8 5 (0.99%) PSD2
9 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.79%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.79%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.59%) DICOM
10 3 (0.59%) SLA
10 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 75 (14.85%) Docker
2 37 (7.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.79%) Firmware
4 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
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%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 93 (18.42%) Kubernetes
2 50 (9.90%) Terraform
3 29 (5.74%) Ansible
4 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (4.36%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.16%) Grafana
7 4 (0.79%) Puppet
8 3 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.59%) Foglight
8 3 (0.59%) Kibana
8 3 (0.59%) SCCM
8 3 (0.59%) WSUS
9 2 (0.40%) CASB
9 2 (0.40%) Consul
9 2 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 122 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.52%) Oracle
3 33 (6.53%) Google
4 31 (6.14%) Databricks
5 24 (4.75%) Splunk
6 16 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.77%) SAP
8 10 (1.98%) Cisco
9 9 (1.78%) IBM
9 9 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.58%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.39%) Autodesk
11 7 (1.39%) UiPath
12 6 (1.19%) Okta
13 5 (0.99%) Apple
13 5 (0.99%) Bomgar
13 5 (0.99%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.99%) Ping Identity
13 5 (0.99%) VMware