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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 147 111
Rank change year-on-year -128 -36 +83
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 479 647 805
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.97% 2.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.91% 6.36% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 397 508
10th Percentile £189 £293 £320
25th Percentile £360 £399 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £676
90th Percentile £788 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £459 £525
% change year-on-year +7.03% -12.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 21
10th Percentile £17.25 £26.20 £23.00
25th Percentile £26.81 £29.00 £45.22
Median hourly rate £41.38 £30.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.92% -46.67% -
75th Percentile £86.12 £65.31 £70.25
90th Percentile £178.75 £78.70 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.63 £30.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +38.75% -54.20% +6.94%

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 16,453 10,167 11,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.98% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,025 6,305 7,540
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,204 773 901
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.30%
75th Percentile £74.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £75.00 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +102.78% -41.51% -21.19%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -114 428 £500 - 515
London -90 220 £505 -10.22% 313
UK excluding London -129 219 £491 +7.03% 249
Work from Home -118 122 £500 +5.26% 178
North of England -84 66 £507 +7.28% 38
South East -67 60 £400 -18.37% 90
Midlands -81 41 £625 +37.51% 46
Yorkshire -34 37 £520 +28.99% 9
North West -65 29 £451 -5.05% 24
West Midlands -66 27 £671 +16.70% 18
East of England -23 18 £488 +11.43% 29
South West -41 16 £535 +44.59% 27
East Midlands -28 13 £287 -35.68% 28
Scotland -37 12 £313 -30.44% 14
Wales -25 5 £530 +17.78% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 7

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 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.76%) Confluence
3 17 (3.55%) Apache
4 15 (3.13%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.04%) SAS
7 3 (0.63%) 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 19 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.46%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.46%) Revit
4 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.42%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.84%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.42%) Workfront
5 1 (0.21%) Finacle
5 1 (0.21%) Maximo
5 1 (0.21%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 189 (39.46%) Azure
2 123 (25.68%) AWS
3 70 (14.61%) GCP
4 45 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (8.77%) Power Platform
6 37 (7.72%) GitHub
7 36 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (5.64%) Entra ID
8 27 (5.64%) Snowflake
9 26 (5.43%) Serverless
10 24 (5.01%) SaaS
11 18 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (3.55%) Azure AKS
13 15 (3.13%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (2.92%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.22%) Firewall
2 18 (3.76%) VPN
3 14 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.51%) Network Security
4 12 (2.51%) WAN
5 11 (2.30%) DNS
6 9 (1.88%) LAN
7 8 (1.67%) BGP
8 6 (1.25%) DMZ
8 6 (1.25%) VLAN
8 6 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.25%) Wireless
9 5 (1.04%) 3GPP
9 5 (1.04%) OSPF
9 5 (1.04%) RTP
9 5 (1.04%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.84%) DHCP
10 4 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.84%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.31%) Power BI
2 29 (6.05%) Relational Database
3 25 (5.22%) SQL Server
4 24 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.34%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.13%) Big Data
7 15 (3.13%) Metadata
8 12 (2.51%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.30%) MySQL
10 9 (1.88%) Data Mining
10 9 (1.88%) Tableau
11 8 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.46%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.25%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.04%) Flink
14 5 (1.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (11.69%) Git
2 33 (6.89%) Jenkins
3 29 (6.05%) GitLab
4 25 (5.22%) JIRA
5 11 (2.30%) Gradle
5 11 (2.30%) JUnit
5 11 (2.30%) Selenium
6 8 (1.67%) SpecFlow
7 7 (1.46%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.46%) Maven
7 7 (1.46%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.25%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.25%) REST Assured
8 6 (1.25%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.04%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.04%) Flyway
10 4 (0.84%) Android Studio
10 4 (0.84%) Mockito
10 4 (0.84%) Postman
11 3 (0.63%) Xcode
General
1 245 (51.15%) Social Skills
2 130 (27.14%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (24.22%) Finance
4 54 (11.27%) Banking
5 22 (4.59%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.18%) Front Office
7 17 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.71%) Marketing
9 13 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.30%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.30%) Legal
12 8 (1.67%) Law
12 8 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.46%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.46%) Aviation
13 7 (1.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (16.28%) Architect
2 76 (15.87%) Developer
3 53 (11.06%) Senior
4 44 (9.19%) Lead
5 28 (5.85%) Analyst
6 21 (4.38%) IT Support
6 21 (4.38%) Software Engineer
6 21 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.55%) Data Engineer
7 17 (3.55%) IT Analyst
8 16 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (3.34%) Java Developer
8 16 (3.34%) Senior Developer
9 15 (3.13%) C# Developer
9 15 (3.13%) Support Analyst
9 15 (3.13%) Technical Architect
9 15 (3.13%) Technical Support
10 13 (2.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 13 (2.71%) IT Support Analyst
11 11 (2.30%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (11.69%) REST
2 39 (8.14%) React
3 37 (7.72%) .NET
4 29 (6.05%) RESTful
5 27 (5.64%) Spring
6 24 (5.01%) Spring Boot
7 22 (4.59%) Kafka
8 20 (4.18%) Middleware
9 17 (3.55%) OAuth
10 16 (3.34%) CSS
10 16 (3.34%) PyTorch
11 15 (3.13%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.71%) HTML
12 13 (2.71%) SOAP
13 12 (2.51%) .NET Core
13 12 (2.51%) JSON
13 12 (2.51%) SAML
14 11 (2.30%) OAuth2
15 10 (2.09%) GraphQL
15 10 (2.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.65%) Cloud Native
2 45 (9.39%) Management Information System
3 42 (8.77%) Onboarding
4 33 (6.89%) Product Ownership
5 25 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (5.01%) Algorithms
7 19 (3.97%) AI Agents
7 19 (3.97%) Data Structures
8 15 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.71%) Derivative
11 12 (2.51%) Fixed Income
11 12 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.30%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.30%) Virtual Team
13 10 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (2.09%) Mobile App
13 10 (2.09%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.03%) Windows
2 43 (8.98%) Linux
3 16 (3.34%) Android
4 12 (2.51%) Unix
5 10 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.88%) Windows 10
7 8 (1.67%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.46%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.25%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.84%) VMS
11 3 (0.63%) Debian
11 3 (0.63%) Rocky
12 2 (0.42%) MVS
12 2 (0.42%) zOS
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (98.96%) Computer Science
2 183 (38.20%) Problem-Solving
3 144 (30.06%) CI/CD
4 141 (29.44%) AI
5 139 (29.02%) Agile
6 121 (25.26%) DevOps
7 95 (19.83%) Software Engineering
8 87 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (17.33%) Analytics
10 69 (14.41%) ITIL
11 65 (13.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 63 (13.15%) Microservices
13 60 (12.53%) Containerisation
14 57 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
15 56 (11.69%) Machine Learning
16 53 (11.06%) Test Automation
17 52 (10.86%) Migration
17 52 (10.86%) Scrum
18 51 (10.65%) Data Governance
19 48 (10.02%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 147 (30.69%) Python
2 112 (23.38%) SQL
3 81 (16.91%) Java
4 49 (10.23%) JavaScript
5 41 (8.56%) C#
6 30 (6.26%) TypeScript
7 27 (5.64%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.55%) Bash
9 8 (1.67%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.46%) C++
11 6 (1.25%) Bicep
11 6 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.25%) Go
11 6 (1.25%) Perl
11 6 (1.25%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.84%) R
12 4 (0.84%) Ruby
12 4 (0.84%) Scala
13 3 (0.63%) X++
14 2 (0.42%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 479 (100.00%) Degree
2 79 (16.49%) Master's Degree
3 63 (13.15%) Security Cleared
4 52 (10.86%) SC Cleared
5 32 (6.68%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.80%) CISSP
7 22 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (4.38%) AWS Certification
9 16 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (2.30%) CISM
11 11 (2.30%) PhD
12 9 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.88%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.88%) PMP
13 8 (1.67%) MBA
14 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (1.46%) CCNP
15 6 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.25%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.31%) QA
2 26 (5.43%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.13%) NIST
4 14 (2.92%) GDPR
5 9 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.25%) SLA
8 5 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.84%) GRC
9 4 (0.84%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.63%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.42%) DICOM
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.42%) PSD2
System Software
1 60 (12.53%) Docker
2 32 (6.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.84%) Firmware
3 4 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.63%) ACF2
4 3 (0.63%) RACF
4 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.98%) Terraform
3 24 (5.01%) Ansible
4 20 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 19 (3.97%) Grafana
6 6 (1.25%) SCCM
7 4 (0.84%) Argo
8 3 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.63%) Foglight
8 3 (0.63%) WSUS
9 2 (0.42%) CASB
9 2 (0.42%) Consul
9 2 (0.42%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.42%) Puppet
9 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.42%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.21%) Istio
10 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 116 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.10%) Oracle
3 29 (6.05%) Databricks
4 28 (5.85%) Google
5 16 (3.34%) SAP
5 16 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.34%) Splunk
6 12 (2.51%) Cisco
7 11 (2.30%) IBM
8 10 (2.09%) VMware
9 8 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.46%) Apple
10 7 (1.46%) Autodesk
10 7 (1.46%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.46%) UiPath
11 6 (1.25%) Bomgar
11 6 (1.25%) Citrix
11 6 (1.25%) ForgeRock
11 6 (1.25%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.04%) Informatica