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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 127 160
Rank change year-on-year -34 +33 +161
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 638 705 714
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.76% 1.97% 1.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.29% 6.69% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 427 489
10th Percentile £281 £360 £313
25th Percentile £383 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £830 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
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 12,069 10,536 13,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.32% 29.42% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,818 6,382 8,362
10th Percentile £305 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £427
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 £517 £538
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.77% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,022 506 751
10th Percentile £17.30 £19.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.26 £24.18 £27.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.38 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.23% -22.65% +18.89%
75th Percentile £46.71 £66.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £74.21 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £52.21
% change year-on-year -44.11% -13.80% +16.01%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -30 566 £475 -13.64% 421
UK excluding London +7 311 £450 -14.29% 365
London -44 273 £519 -9.74% 167
Work from Home -7 196 £443 -20.13% 368
North of England +4 114 £442 -15.76% 63
South East +29 72 £450 -10.00% 149
Yorkshire +6 63 £461 -12.14% 22
Midlands -13 58 £525 -8.70% 30
North West +1 50 £384 -26.86% 35
West Midlands -24 43 £530 -11.67% 11
Scotland +9 29 £450 +2.86% 26
South West -5 24 £637 -13.69% 46
East of England -33 22 £550 +22.22% 45
East Midlands -6 15 £450 +26.40% 18
Wales -3 5 £450 -9.46% 12
North East -12 1 £450 -21.74% 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 29 (4.55%) Confluence
1 29 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.10%) Apache
4 7 (1.10%) nginx
5 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.78%) 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 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.31%) Luigi
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
Applications
1 35 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.41%) 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 (0.31%) Maximo
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.31%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.31%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.16%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 177 (27.74%) AWS
2 171 (26.80%) Azure
3 103 (16.14%) GCP
4 63 (9.87%) Serverless
5 56 (8.78%) GitHub
6 44 (6.90%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (3.29%) SaaS
11 20 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (2.19%) OpenShift
16 13 (2.04%) Power Automate
17 12 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (1.88%) Entra ID
18 11 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.23%) Firewall
2 19 (2.98%) DNS
3 17 (2.66%) Network Security
4 14 (2.19%) Wireless
5 13 (2.04%) SSH
5 13 (2.04%) VoIP
6 11 (1.72%) DHCP
6 11 (1.72%) HTTP
7 9 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (1.25%) PuTTY
8 8 (1.25%) VPN
9 7 (1.10%) WAN
10 6 (0.94%) Telepresence
11 5 (0.78%) CTI
11 5 (0.78%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.78%) MGCP
11 5 (0.78%) SCCP
11 5 (0.78%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.78%) WebEx
11 5 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 38 (5.96%) Relational Database
4 35 (5.49%) SQL Server
5 32 (5.02%) Power BI
6 31 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (3.76%) MySQL
8 19 (2.98%) Big Data
8 19 (2.98%) Tableau
9 15 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.88%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (1.41%) Metadata
11 9 (1.41%) Redis
12 8 (1.25%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.94%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 79 (12.38%) Git
2 78 (12.23%) Jenkins
3 68 (10.66%) GitLab
4 65 (10.19%) JIRA
5 29 (4.55%) Liquibase
6 17 (2.66%) Postman
7 12 (1.88%) Selenium
8 7 (1.10%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.94%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.94%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.78%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.78%) Subversion
11 4 (0.63%) Hardhat
11 4 (0.63%) JUnit
11 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.63%) webpack
12 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.47%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 342 (53.61%) Social Skills
2 194 (30.41%) Finance
3 157 (24.61%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (14.42%) Banking
5 34 (5.33%) Financial Institution
6 30 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.45%) Marketing
8 19 (2.98%) Front Office
8 19 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (2.66%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.72%) Retail
13 11 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.41%) Back Office
15 9 (1.41%) Legal
16 7 (1.10%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 149 (23.35%) Developer
2 67 (10.50%) Analyst
3 64 (10.03%) Architect
4 63 (9.87%) Senior
5 41 (6.43%) Software Engineer
6 37 (5.80%) Lead
7 25 (3.92%) Senior Developer
8 20 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
9 19 (2.98%) Java Developer
10 18 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (2.82%) Technical Support
11 17 (2.66%) Consultant
11 17 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.51%) Business Analyst
12 16 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (2.35%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.35%) GCP Engineer
14 14 (2.19%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (17.55%) REST
2 74 (11.60%) RESTful
3 45 (7.05%) HTML
4 44 (6.90%) .NET
5 42 (6.58%) Elastic Stack
6 35 (5.49%) SOAP
7 34 (5.33%) JSON
8 33 (5.17%) CSS
9 32 (5.02%) Kafka
9 32 (5.02%) React
10 31 (4.86%) OAuth
11 30 (4.70%) Spring
11 30 (4.70%) XML
12 25 (3.92%) Middleware
13 24 (3.76%) Node.js
14 21 (3.29%) OAuth2
15 20 (3.13%) AngularJS
15 20 (3.13%) LangChain
15 20 (3.13%) Web Services
16 16 (2.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.44%) Management Information System
2 65 (10.19%) Cloud Native
3 51 (7.99%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (5.96%) Public Cloud
5 32 (5.02%) Algorithms
5 32 (5.02%) Product Ownership
6 28 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (3.45%) Data Structures
8 20 (3.13%) Security Posture
9 19 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.82%) Virtual Team
11 14 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (2.19%) Tandem
12 13 (2.04%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.88%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.88%) Derivative
13 12 (1.88%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 102 (15.99%) Linux
2 71 (11.13%) Windows
3 44 (6.90%) Unix
4 11 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.10%) Android
6 7 (1.10%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.78%) 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
1 631 (98.90%) Computer Science
2 271 (42.48%) Problem-Solving
3 247 (38.71%) Agile
4 194 (30.41%) DevOps
5 179 (28.06%) CI/CD
6 115 (18.03%) Microservices
7 112 (17.55%) Software Engineering
8 110 (17.24%) Containerisation
9 82 (12.85%) Analytics
10 81 (12.70%) Migration
11 74 (11.60%) Change Management
12 73 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
13 68 (10.66%) AI
13 68 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 63 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (9.40%) Scrum
16 59 (9.25%) Continuous Integration
17 58 (9.09%) Test Automation
18 57 (8.93%) Decision-Making
19 56 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 240 (37.62%) Python
2 131 (20.53%) SQL
3 122 (19.12%) Java
4 80 (12.54%) JavaScript
5 55 (8.62%) Go
6 40 (6.27%) C#
7 39 (6.11%) TypeScript
8 30 (4.70%) PowerShell
9 28 (4.39%) Bash
10 18 (2.82%) C++
10 18 (2.82%) Perl
11 12 (1.88%) Ruby
12 11 (1.72%) R
13 10 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.41%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.78%) Bicep
17 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.63%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 638 (100.00%) Degree
2 138 (21.63%) Master's Degree
3 58 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 42 (6.58%) SC Cleared
5 37 (5.80%) AWS Certification
6 29 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 23 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (3.45%) CISSP
9 21 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.82%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.66%) PMP
13 12 (1.88%) CCNA
14 10 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (1.41%) CCNP
15 9 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (1.25%) CISM
17 7 (1.10%) GCIH
17 7 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.68%) QA
2 42 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 40 (6.27%) GDPR
4 30 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.04%) GRC
6 11 (1.72%) Def Stans
6 11 (1.72%) NIST
7 7 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.10%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.94%) SLA
9 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.78%) PMO
10 3 (0.47%) COBIT
10 3 (0.47%) NCSC
10 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.31%) Basel III
11 2 (0.31%) HL7
11 2 (0.31%) MiFID
11 2 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 114 (17.87%) Docker
2 22 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.19%) 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
1 112 (17.55%) Kubernetes
2 78 (12.23%) Terraform
3 68 (10.66%) Ansible
4 51 (7.99%) Grafana
5 42 (6.58%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.19%) Puppet
7 8 (1.25%) Kibana
8 7 (1.10%) Argo
8 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.10%) SCCM
9 6 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.63%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.63%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.47%) vRealize
12 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.31%) QRadar
12 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 122 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.25%) Splunk
3 46 (7.21%) Google
4 40 (6.27%) Oracle
5 29 (4.55%) IBM
5 29 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.92%) SAP
6 25 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.76%) Cisco
8 19 (2.98%) VMware
9 17 (2.66%) Databricks
10 12 (1.88%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.25%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.25%) Pega
12 7 (1.10%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.10%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.94%) Foundry
13 6 (0.94%) Gemalto
13 6 (0.94%) PagerDuty
13 6 (0.94%) Thales
494 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide