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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 131 164
Rank change year-on-year -31 +33 +154
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 632 690 720
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.74% 1.93% 1.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.21% 6.54% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 419 495
10th Percentile £283 £356 £313
25th Percentile £379 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £695 £638
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 16
10th Percentile £25.21 £42.13 £35.13
25th Percentile £29.00 £50.00 £48.13
Median hourly rate £33.50 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile - £70.25 £62.19
90th Percentile £55.00 - £66.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.85% +19.09% -29.03%

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 12,126 10,544 13,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.42% 29.53% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,881 6,411 8,455
10th Percentile £306 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 505 755
10th Percentile £17.06 £18.94 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.23 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £66.00 £67.66
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.01% +15.32%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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 -22 561 £475 -13.64% 778
UK excluding London +3 307 £450 -13.46% 675
London -39 271 £510 -11.39% 195
Work from Home -15 195 £443 -19.55% 714
North of England +12 113 £438 -16.67% 127
South East +15 73 £456 -8.75% 201
Yorkshire -3 63 £461 -12.14% 53
Midlands -17 58 £525 -12.50% 103
North West +12 49 £384 -26.86% 66
West Midlands -19 44 £528 -16.93% 48
Scotland +11 29 £450 +2.86% 33
South West -18 21 £625 -15.25% 80
East of England -31 21 £550 +22.22% 117
East Midlands -8 14 £450 +26.40% 48
Wales 0 5 £450 +39.53% 19
North East -9 1 £450 -21.74% 9

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 29 (4.59%) Confluence
1 29 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.11%) Apache
4 7 (1.11%) nginx
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.79%) IIS
7 4 (0.63%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.63%) SAS
7 4 (0.63%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.47%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.47%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.32%) Luigi
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.63%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.47%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.47%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.32%) Maximo
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.32%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.32%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.16%) Endur
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 176 (27.85%) AWS
2 172 (27.22%) Azure
3 103 (16.30%) GCP
4 63 (9.97%) Serverless
5 52 (8.23%) GitHub
6 44 (6.96%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (3.48%) SaaS
9 18 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.69%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.06%) OpenShift
14 13 (2.06%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.74%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.27%) Firewall
2 19 (3.01%) DNS
3 16 (2.53%) Network Security
4 14 (2.22%) Wireless
5 13 (2.06%) SSH
5 13 (2.06%) VoIP
6 11 (1.74%) HTTP
7 10 (1.58%) DHCP
8 8 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (1.27%) VPN
9 7 (1.11%) PuTTY
9 7 (1.11%) WAN
10 6 (0.95%) Telepresence
11 5 (0.79%) CTI
11 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.79%) LAN
11 5 (0.79%) MGCP
11 5 (0.79%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.79%) WebEx
11 5 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (9.02%) NoSQL
3 39 (6.17%) Relational Database
4 36 (5.70%) SQL Server
5 32 (5.06%) Power BI
6 31 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (3.96%) MySQL
8 19 (3.01%) Tableau
9 18 (2.85%) Big Data
10 12 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.90%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.42%) Metadata
12 8 (1.27%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.27%) Redis
13 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.95%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 77 (12.18%) Git
1 77 (12.18%) Jenkins
2 65 (10.28%) GitLab
2 65 (10.28%) JIRA
3 29 (4.59%) Liquibase
4 17 (2.69%) Postman
5 12 (1.90%) Selenium
6 7 (1.11%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.95%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.95%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.79%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.79%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.79%) Subversion
9 4 (0.63%) Hardhat
9 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.63%) webpack
10 3 (0.47%) JUnit
10 3 (0.47%) MLflow
10 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 337 (53.32%) Social Skills
2 193 (30.54%) Finance
3 156 (24.68%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (14.72%) Banking
5 34 (5.38%) Financial Institution
6 30 (4.75%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.48%) Marketing
8 19 (3.01%) Front Office
9 18 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.69%) Investment Banking
11 16 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.58%) Retail
16 9 (1.42%) Back Office
16 9 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (1.27%) Legal
18 6 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 148 (23.42%) Developer
2 66 (10.44%) Analyst
2 66 (10.44%) Architect
3 62 (9.81%) Senior
4 41 (6.49%) Software Engineer
5 33 (5.22%) Lead
6 25 (3.96%) Senior Developer
7 20 (3.16%) AWS Engineer
7 20 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (3.01%) Java Developer
8 19 (3.01%) Technical Support
9 18 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (2.69%) Consultant
10 17 (2.69%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (2.53%) Business Analyst
12 15 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
12 15 (2.37%) Data Engineer
12 15 (2.37%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (2.37%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (17.56%) REST
2 72 (11.39%) RESTful
3 44 (6.96%) .NET
3 44 (6.96%) HTML
4 43 (6.80%) Elastic Stack
5 35 (5.54%) SOAP
6 34 (5.38%) JSON
7 32 (5.06%) CSS
7 32 (5.06%) React
8 31 (4.91%) Kafka
9 30 (4.75%) OAuth
9 30 (4.75%) XML
10 29 (4.59%) Spring
11 26 (4.11%) Middleware
12 24 (3.80%) Node.js
13 20 (3.16%) AngularJS
13 20 (3.16%) OAuth2
14 19 (3.01%) LangChain
14 19 (3.01%) Web Services
15 16 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.55%) Management Information System
2 66 (10.44%) Cloud Native
3 50 (7.91%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (6.01%) Public Cloud
5 32 (5.06%) Product Ownership
6 31 (4.91%) Algorithms
7 26 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (3.32%) Data Structures
9 20 (3.16%) Security Posture
10 19 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (2.85%) Virtual Team
12 14 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.22%) Onboarding
12 14 (2.22%) Tandem
13 12 (1.90%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.90%) Derivative
13 12 (1.90%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.58%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 104 (16.46%) Linux
2 72 (11.39%) Windows
3 46 (7.28%) Unix
4 11 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.11%) Android
6 7 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.63%) VMS
9 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (98.73%) Computer Science
2 266 (42.09%) Problem-Solving
3 246 (38.92%) Agile
4 195 (30.85%) DevOps
5 179 (28.32%) CI/CD
6 114 (18.04%) Microservices
7 111 (17.56%) Software Engineering
8 108 (17.09%) Containerisation
9 82 (12.97%) Analytics
10 76 (12.03%) Migration
11 75 (11.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 73 (11.55%) Change Management
13 67 (10.60%) AI
13 67 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 64 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (9.34%) Continuous Integration
15 59 (9.34%) Scrum
16 57 (9.02%) Test Automation
17 56 (8.86%) Decision-Making
18 55 (8.70%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 239 (37.82%) Python
2 132 (20.89%) SQL
3 121 (19.15%) Java
4 80 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 55 (8.70%) Go
6 40 (6.33%) C#
7 39 (6.17%) TypeScript
8 30 (4.75%) PowerShell
9 29 (4.59%) Bash
10 18 (2.85%) C++
10 18 (2.85%) Perl
11 12 (1.90%) Ruby
12 11 (1.74%) R
13 10 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.42%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.79%) Bicep
17 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.63%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 632 (100.00%) Degree
2 136 (21.52%) Master's Degree
3 56 (8.86%) Security Cleared
4 41 (6.49%) SC Cleared
5 34 (5.38%) AWS Certification
6 29 (4.59%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (3.32%) CISSP
9 20 (3.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (2.69%) PMI Certification
11 16 (2.53%) PMP
12 11 (1.74%) CCNA
13 10 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 9 (1.42%) CCNP
14 9 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (1.27%) CISM
16 7 (1.11%) GCIH
16 7 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.59%) QA
2 42 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 39 (6.17%) GDPR
4 29 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.06%) GRC
6 11 (1.74%) Def Stans
7 10 (1.58%) NIST
8 7 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.11%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.95%) SLA
10 5 (0.79%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.79%) PMO
11 3 (0.47%) COBIT
11 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.32%) Basel III
12 2 (0.32%) HL7
12 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 116 (18.35%) Docker
2 22 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.63%) vSphere
5 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 114 (18.04%) Kubernetes
2 81 (12.82%) Terraform
3 70 (11.08%) Ansible
4 50 (7.91%) Grafana
5 41 (6.49%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.22%) Puppet
7 9 (1.42%) Kibana
8 7 (1.11%) Argo
8 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.11%) SCCM
9 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.79%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.47%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.47%) vRealize
12 2 (0.32%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.32%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.16%) TADDM
Vendors
1 122 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.18%) Splunk
3 46 (7.28%) Google
4 41 (6.49%) Oracle
5 29 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 26 (4.11%) IBM
7 25 (3.96%) ServiceNow
8 24 (3.80%) SAP
9 22 (3.48%) Cisco
10 19 (3.01%) VMware
11 17 (2.69%) Databricks
12 11 (1.74%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.27%) Atlassian
13 8 (1.27%) Pega
14 7 (1.11%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.11%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.95%) Foundry
15 6 (0.95%) Gemalto
15 6 (0.95%) PagerDuty
15 6 (0.95%) Thales
906 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide