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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 143 117
Rank change year-on-year -114 -26 +122
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 495 588 842
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 2.00% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 6.46% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 350 530
10th Percentile £186 £289 £312
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £645
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +7.75% -9.05% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 38
10th Percentile £27.60 £24.01 £25.10
25th Percentile £31.03 £29.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £67.00 £30.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +123.33% -44.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £178.75 £65.31 £74.69
90th Percentile - £70.17 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £129.83 £30.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +332.77% -46.67% -6.64%

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 15,684 9,098 13,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 30.91% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,409 5,658 8,104
10th Percentile £350 £278 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -0.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £618 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +1.00% -5.03% +0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,159 567 1,116
10th Percentile £17.12 £17.72 £13.93
25th Percentile £22.63 £21.02 £18.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.93% -23.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £71.75 £64.76 £63.49
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £30.00 £41.27
% change year-on-year +58.47% -27.30% -21.40%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -96 442 £500 -3.94% 264
UK excluding London -78 246 £515 +7.75% 215
London -76 212 £500 -11.11% 110
Work from Home -94 116 £425 -15.00% 120
North of England -56 73 £500 -6.89% 42
South East -66 63 £400 -18.37% 84
Midlands -84 43 £650 +39.19% 23
Yorkshire -31 38 £525 +5.00% 8
North West -32 35 £368 -31.56% 26
West Midlands -66 32 £671 +16.72% 9
East of England -19 20 £488 - 18
South West -20 20 £500 +35.14% 34
Scotland -21 18 £620 +24.00% 10
East Midlands -37 10 £545 +21.92% 14
Wales -27 7 £530 +82.76% 2
Northern Ireland +5 4 - - 13

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 25 (5.05%) Confluence
2 20 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.23%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.03%) Apache
5 8 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.01%) SAS
7 4 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.61%) Camunda
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.41%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.41%) Revit
4 6 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.40%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Workfront
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 187 (37.78%) Azure
2 123 (24.85%) AWS
3 61 (12.32%) GCP
4 44 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (7.47%) Power Platform
6 33 (6.67%) GitHub
7 30 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (5.25%) SaaS
9 21 (4.24%) Serverless
10 18 (3.64%) Snowflake
11 15 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (3.03%) Entra ID
11 15 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.83%) PowerApps
13 13 (2.63%) Azure AKS
13 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.42%) IaaS
15 11 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (2.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.06%) TCP/IP
2 20 (4.04%) DNS
3 18 (3.64%) Firewall
4 12 (2.42%) Network Security
4 12 (2.42%) WAN
5 11 (2.22%) VPN
6 9 (1.82%) BGP
6 9 (1.82%) LAN
7 7 (1.41%) DMZ
8 6 (1.21%) OSPF
9 5 (1.01%) 3GPP
9 5 (1.01%) RTP
9 5 (1.01%) Wireless
9 5 (1.01%) 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%) Multicast
11 3 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.46%) Power BI
2 28 (5.66%) Relational Database
3 25 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (5.05%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.43%) Big Data
7 15 (3.03%) MySQL
8 14 (2.83%) Metadata
9 11 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.02%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (1.82%) Tableau
12 8 (1.62%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.62%) Redis
13 7 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.21%) Data Mining
14 6 (1.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (10.51%) Git
2 33 (6.67%) JIRA
3 30 (6.06%) GitLab
3 30 (6.06%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.42%) Gradle
5 11 (2.22%) Selenium
6 9 (1.82%) JUnit
7 8 (1.62%) Postman
8 7 (1.41%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.41%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.21%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.21%) Maven
9 6 (1.21%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.01%) Flyway
10 5 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.61%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.61%) ERwin
General
1 245 (49.49%) Social Skills
2 134 (27.07%) Finance
3 125 (25.25%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (12.12%) Banking
5 26 (5.25%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.24%) Front Office
6 21 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.03%) Marketing
10 14 (2.83%) Legal
11 13 (2.63%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.82%) Law
15 9 (1.82%) Retail
16 7 (1.41%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.41%) Aviation
16 7 (1.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (16.57%) Architect
2 67 (13.54%) Developer
3 60 (12.12%) Lead
4 52 (10.51%) Analyst
5 44 (8.89%) Senior
6 28 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
7 27 (5.45%) Technical Support
8 24 (4.85%) Software Engineer
9 18 (3.64%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.23%) Integration Architect
10 16 (3.23%) Support Specialist
10 16 (3.23%) Technical Specialist
11 15 (3.03%) IT Support
11 15 (3.03%) Technical Architect
11 15 (3.03%) Technical Support Specialist
12 14 (2.83%) Data Engineer
12 14 (2.83%) SOC Analyst
13 13 (2.63%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.63%) Support Analyst
14 12 (2.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (11.72%) REST
2 37 (7.47%) React
3 33 (6.67%) .NET
4 29 (5.86%) Middleware
5 28 (5.66%) RESTful
6 23 (4.65%) Spring
7 19 (3.84%) Spring Boot
8 18 (3.64%) Elastic Stack
9 17 (3.43%) OAuth
9 17 (3.43%) SOAP
10 16 (3.23%) JSON
11 15 (3.03%) AngularJS
11 15 (3.03%) Kafka
12 13 (2.63%) CSS
12 13 (2.63%) HTML
12 13 (2.63%) XML
13 11 (2.22%) Node.js
13 11 (2.22%) PyTorch
13 11 (2.22%) Swagger
14 10 (2.02%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.91%) Management Information System
2 45 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.89%) Cloud Native
4 32 (6.46%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (3.64%) Derivative
7 17 (3.43%) Cyberattack
7 17 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (3.43%) Virtual Team
8 16 (3.23%) Algorithms
9 15 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.63%) Data Structures
12 12 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.42%) Security Posture
13 11 (2.22%) Fixed Income
14 10 (2.02%) AI Agents
14 10 (2.02%) Equities
14 10 (2.02%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 88 (17.78%) Windows
2 68 (13.74%) Linux
3 24 (4.85%) Unix
4 18 (3.64%) Android
5 12 (2.42%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.81%) Debian
7 4 (0.81%) Rocky
7 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.61%) VMS
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.20%) MVS
9 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (98.59%) Computer Science
2 191 (38.59%) Problem-Solving
3 149 (30.10%) Agile
4 139 (28.08%) CI/CD
5 131 (26.46%) AI
6 129 (26.06%) DevOps
7 93 (18.79%) Software Engineering
8 81 (16.36%) Microservices
9 76 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (15.15%) Analytics
11 67 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
12 66 (13.33%) Containerisation
13 61 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (11.92%) Migration
14 59 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 56 (11.31%) ITIL
16 53 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
17 51 (10.30%) Data Governance
17 51 (10.30%) Data Modelling
18 44 (8.89%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 154 (31.11%) Python
2 111 (22.42%) SQL
3 82 (16.57%) Java
4 52 (10.51%) JavaScript
5 34 (6.87%) C#
6 21 (4.24%) Bash
7 20 (4.04%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.43%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.63%) Go
10 11 (2.22%) C++
10 11 (2.22%) Perl
11 10 (2.02%) Kotlin
11 10 (2.02%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.21%) Scala
13 4 (0.81%) R
13 4 (0.81%) Rust
14 2 (0.40%) Ada
14 2 (0.40%) C
14 2 (0.40%) X++
Qualifications
1 495 (100.00%) Degree
2 89 (17.98%) Master's Degree
3 71 (14.34%) Security Cleared
4 57 (11.52%) SC Cleared
5 26 (5.25%) CISSP
6 22 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (4.24%) Azure Certification
8 20 (4.04%) AWS Certification
9 19 (3.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (3.64%) CISM
10 18 (3.64%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (3.43%) CompTIA CySA+
11 17 (3.43%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (2.02%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.82%) A+ Certification
13 9 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.82%) PMP
14 8 (1.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.26%) QA
2 21 (4.24%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.24%) GDPR
3 17 (3.43%) NIST
4 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.42%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.41%) PSD2
7 5 (1.01%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.81%) GRC
8 4 (0.81%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.81%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.61%) DICOM
9 3 (0.61%) GAAP
9 3 (0.61%) IFRS
9 3 (0.61%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (14.75%) Docker
2 35 (7.07%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.21%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
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%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 88 (17.78%) Kubernetes
2 47 (9.49%) Terraform
3 32 (6.46%) Ansible
4 23 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (4.65%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.24%) Grafana
6 7 (1.41%) Puppet
7 6 (1.21%) 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 (0.40%) Consul
10 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.20%) linkerd
11 1 (0.20%) logstash
11 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.88%) Oracle
3 34 (6.87%) Splunk
4 27 (5.45%) Databricks
5 25 (5.05%) Google
6 14 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.63%) SAP
8 11 (2.22%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.82%) Cisco
9 9 (1.82%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.82%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.62%) IBM
10 8 (1.62%) Software AG
11 7 (1.41%) Autodesk
11 7 (1.41%) Informatica
12 6 (1.21%) Apple
12 6 (1.21%) Citrix
13 5 (1.01%) Bloomberg
13 5 (1.01%) Reuters
13 5 (1.01%) VMware
298 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide