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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 137 116
Rank change year-on-year -115 -21 +106
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 491 595 846
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.98% 1.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.08% 6.38% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 355 529
10th Percentile £178 £292 £312
25th Percentile £360 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £684 £650 £650
90th Percentile £788 £770 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.79% -9.52% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 39
10th Percentile £25.85 £25.40 £25.40
25th Percentile £28.50 £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.67% -45.45% -
75th Percentile £132.96 £60.94 £74.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £68.63 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.96 £30.00 £59.38
% change year-on-year +169.85% -49.47% -1.45%

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 15,934 9,328 12,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.97% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,650 5,796 8,020
10th Percentile £350 £275 £311
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +1.40% -5.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,166 606 1,133
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.57 £20.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.58 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +74.98% -30.20% -25.73%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.25 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.40 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.48% -36.28% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -93 440 £505 -1.94% 211
UK excluding London -105 239 £503 +5.79% 160
London -82 216 £505 -8.18% 87
Work from Home -98 115 £429 -14.20% 94
North of England -55 75 £500 -2.44% 30
South East -57 61 £400 -17.95% 65
Yorkshire -31 40 £525 +5.00% 7
Midlands -79 39 £656 +40.47% 26
North West -37 35 £366 -30.29% 17
West Midlands -63 29 £671 +16.74% 9
East of England -26 21 £491 - 16
South West -42 19 £518 +39.86% 20
Scotland -28 15 £525 +5.00% 5
East Midlands -32 9 £573 +27.65% 17
Wales -25 8 £530 +82.76% 2
Northern Ireland +3 3 - - 4

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 (4.89%) Confluence
2 22 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.26%) Apache
4 15 (3.05%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.02%) SAS
7 3 (0.61%) Camunda
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.41%) 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%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 21 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.43%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.43%) Revit
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
1 4 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.41%) Workfront
4 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 192 (39.10%) Azure
2 126 (25.66%) AWS
3 65 (13.24%) GCP
4 47 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (7.94%) Power Platform
6 34 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (6.52%) GitHub
8 24 (4.89%) SaaS
9 23 (4.68%) Serverless
10 20 (4.07%) Snowflake
11 19 (3.87%) Entra ID
12 16 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.05%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.85%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.85%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (2.65%) IaaS
16 12 (2.44%) PaaS
17 11 (2.24%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.28%) TCP/IP
2 19 (3.87%) Firewall
3 14 (2.85%) Network Security
4 13 (2.65%) VPN
5 12 (2.44%) DNS
6 10 (2.04%) WAN
7 8 (1.63%) BGP
8 7 (1.43%) DMZ
8 7 (1.43%) LAN
9 5 (1.02%) 3GPP
9 5 (1.02%) OSPF
9 5 (1.02%) RTP
9 5 (1.02%) Wireless
9 5 (1.02%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.81%) VLAN
10 4 (0.81%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.61%) MPLS
11 3 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.92%) Power BI
2 28 (5.70%) Relational Database
3 26 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (3.87%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.46%) Metadata
7 16 (3.26%) Big Data
7 16 (3.26%) MySQL
8 13 (2.65%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
9 9 (1.83%) Tableau
10 8 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.63%) Hadoop
10 8 (1.63%) Redis
11 7 (1.43%) Data Mining
11 7 (1.43%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 56 (11.41%) Git
2 34 (6.92%) JIRA
3 32 (6.52%) Jenkins
4 30 (6.11%) GitLab
5 13 (2.65%) Selenium
6 10 (2.04%) Gradle
7 8 (1.63%) JUnit
7 8 (1.63%) Postman
8 7 (1.43%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.43%) REST Assured
8 7 (1.43%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.22%) Maven
10 5 (1.02%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.02%) Flyway
10 5 (1.02%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.02%) Vite
11 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.61%) Eclipse
General
1 244 (49.69%) Social Skills
2 137 (27.90%) Finance
3 128 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (12.02%) Banking
5 24 (4.89%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.68%) Front Office
7 21 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.67%) Telecoms
9 17 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.85%) Marketing
11 13 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.65%) Legal
12 12 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.83%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.83%) Law
14 9 (1.83%) Retail
15 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 80 (16.29%) Architect
2 68 (13.85%) Developer
3 52 (10.59%) Lead
4 43 (8.76%) Senior
5 42 (8.55%) Analyst
6 27 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.30%) Technical Support
8 24 (4.89%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.87%) IT Analyst
10 18 (3.67%) IT Support
11 16 (3.26%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.26%) Support Specialist
11 16 (3.26%) Technical Specialist
12 15 (3.05%) Support Analyst
12 15 (3.05%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.05%) Technical Support Specialist
13 14 (2.85%) Integration Architect
14 13 (2.65%) IT Support Analyst
15 12 (2.44%) Consultant
15 12 (2.44%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.00%) REST
2 39 (7.94%) React
3 33 (6.72%) .NET
4 30 (6.11%) RESTful
5 28 (5.70%) Middleware
6 25 (5.09%) Spring
7 21 (4.28%) Spring Boot
8 20 (4.07%) OAuth
9 17 (3.46%) Kafka
9 17 (3.46%) SOAP
10 15 (3.05%) JSON
11 14 (2.85%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (2.65%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.65%) CSS
12 13 (2.65%) HTML
13 11 (2.24%) Node.js
13 11 (2.24%) PySpark
13 11 (2.24%) PyTorch
13 11 (2.24%) SAML
13 11 (2.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 45 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 45 (9.16%) Onboarding
3 36 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.87%) Derivative
6 18 (3.67%) Algorithms
7 15 (3.05%) Data Structures
7 15 (3.05%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.44%) AI Agents
10 12 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (2.44%) Fixed Income
10 12 (2.44%) Security Posture
11 11 (2.24%) Equities
12 10 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.04%) Robotics
13 9 (1.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 82 (16.70%) Windows
2 57 (11.61%) Linux
3 21 (4.28%) Unix
4 16 (3.26%) Android
5 12 (2.44%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.83%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.83%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.81%) Debian
9 4 (0.81%) Rocky
9 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.61%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.20%) MVS
11 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (98.57%) Computer Science
2 191 (38.90%) Problem-Solving
3 157 (31.98%) Agile
4 140 (28.51%) CI/CD
5 137 (27.90%) AI
6 132 (26.88%) DevOps
7 91 (18.53%) Software Engineering
8 84 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (16.29%) Analytics
10 77 (15.68%) Microservices
11 68 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
12 66 (13.44%) Containerisation
12 66 (13.44%) ITIL
13 61 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 57 (11.61%) Migration
15 55 (11.20%) Infrastructure as Code
16 54 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
16 54 (11.00%) Data Governance
17 48 (9.78%) Scrum
18 47 (9.57%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 157 (31.98%) Python
2 114 (23.22%) SQL
3 82 (16.70%) Java
4 54 (11.00%) JavaScript
5 34 (6.92%) C#
6 22 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.87%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.46%) Bash
9 13 (2.65%) Go
10 10 (2.04%) C++
10 10 (2.04%) Perl
10 10 (2.04%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.63%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.43%) Scala
13 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.81%) Rust
15 3 (0.61%) Bicep
15 3 (0.61%) COBOL
15 3 (0.61%) R
16 2 (0.41%) RPG
Qualifications
1 491 (100.00%) Degree
2 87 (17.72%) Master's Degree
3 65 (13.24%) Security Cleared
4 54 (11.00%) SC Cleared
5 30 (6.11%) CISSP
6 23 (4.68%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (4.48%) AWS Certification
8 18 (3.67%) CISM
9 17 (3.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (2.24%) DV Cleared
11 11 (2.24%) PMI Certification
12 10 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (2.04%) PMP
13 9 (1.83%) A+ Certification
13 9 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
15 7 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.52%) QA
2 23 (4.68%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.67%) GDPR
4 17 (3.46%) NIST
5 13 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.24%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.02%) GRC
8 5 (1.02%) PSD2
9 4 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.81%) ISO 20022
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%) SLA
10 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 73 (14.87%) Docker
2 37 (7.54%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.22%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) 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 88 (17.92%) Kubernetes
2 47 (9.57%) Terraform
3 30 (6.11%) Ansible
4 24 (4.89%) Prometheus
5 23 (4.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (4.48%) Grafana
7 5 (1.02%) Puppet
8 4 (0.81%) 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 (0.41%) Consul
10 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 118 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.74%) Oracle
3 29 (5.91%) Databricks
4 27 (5.50%) Google
5 24 (4.89%) Splunk
6 16 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.65%) SAP
8 10 (2.04%) IBM
9 9 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.63%) Cisco
10 8 (1.63%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.63%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.43%) Autodesk
11 7 (1.43%) Informatica
12 6 (1.22%) Apple
12 6 (1.22%) Citrix
12 6 (1.22%) Okta
12 6 (1.22%) Software AG
13 5 (1.02%) Ping Identity
13 5 (1.02%) Reuters