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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 143 114
Rank change year-on-year -107 -29 +108
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 486 594 849
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.99% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.07% 6.43% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 353 532
10th Percentile £178 £291 £313
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £674 £650 £646
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +8.21% -9.52% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £25.10
25th Percentile £28.50 £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 £63.13 £74.69
90th Percentile - £68.75 £83.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.58 £30.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +181.93% -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 15,823 9,233 13,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.96% 29.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,544 5,740 8,094
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,167 599 1,124
10th Percentile £17.22 £17.76 £13.99
25th Percentile £22.72 £20.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.65%
75th Percentile £72.52 £63.13 £63.88
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £75.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.84 £28.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +74.43% -32.53% -20.95%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -92 437 £504 -2.18% 271
UK excluding London -111 242 £514 +8.21% 193
London -84 209 £504 -8.41% 130
Work from Home -89 114 £425 -15.00% 118
North of England -51 73 £500 -4.76% 35
South East -58 64 £400 -18.37% 77
Midlands -76 42 £650 +39.19% 25
Yorkshire -36 40 £525 +5.00% 7
North West -37 33 £366 -31.07% 22
West Midlands -68 31 £671 +19.31% 13
East of England -25 21 £491 - 21
South West -21 19 £518 +39.86% 21
Scotland -27 14 £640 +28.00% 7
East Midlands -31 10 £545 +21.52% 12
Wales -29 8 £530 +82.76% 2
Northern Ireland +3 3 - - 15

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 (4.94%) Confluence
2 20 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.09%) Apache
4 14 (2.88%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.03%) SAS
7 3 (0.62%) Camunda
7 3 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 19 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.44%) Navisworks
3 7 (1.44%) Revit
4 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Aladdin
1 4 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
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%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.41%) Workfront
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 187 (38.48%) Azure
2 122 (25.10%) AWS
3 64 (13.17%) GCP
4 46 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (8.02%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.58%) GitHub
7 23 (4.73%) SaaS
8 21 (4.32%) Serverless
9 18 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 18 (3.70%) Snowflake
10 16 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.88%) PowerApps
13 13 (2.67%) Azure AKS
13 13 (2.67%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.47%) IaaS
15 11 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (2.26%) PaaS
16 10 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.94%) TCP/IP
2 18 (3.70%) Firewall
3 15 (3.09%) DNS
4 14 (2.88%) Network Security
5 12 (2.47%) VPN
6 11 (2.26%) WAN
7 8 (1.65%) BGP
7 8 (1.65%) LAN
8 7 (1.44%) DMZ
9 5 (1.03%) 3GPP
9 5 (1.03%) OSPF
9 5 (1.03%) RTP
9 5 (1.03%) Wireless
9 5 (1.03%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.82%) VLAN
10 4 (0.82%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.62%) IGMP
11 3 (0.62%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.00%) Power BI
2 27 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 25 (5.14%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.29%) Big Data
7 16 (3.29%) Metadata
8 14 (2.88%) MySQL
9 11 (2.26%) MongoDB
10 10 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (2.06%) Tableau
11 8 (1.65%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.65%) Redis
12 7 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.44%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.44%) Star Schema
13 5 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 53 (10.91%) Git
2 33 (6.79%) JIRA
3 31 (6.38%) Jenkins
4 30 (6.17%) GitLab
5 11 (2.26%) Gradle
5 11 (2.26%) Selenium
6 8 (1.65%) JUnit
7 7 (1.44%) Postman
7 7 (1.44%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.23%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.23%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.23%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.23%) Maven
8 6 (1.23%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.03%) Flyway
9 5 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.82%) Vite
11 3 (0.62%) Eclipse
General
1 240 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 136 (27.98%) Finance
3 124 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (11.93%) Banking
5 25 (5.14%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.73%) Front Office
7 20 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.70%) Telecoms
9 17 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.29%) Marketing
11 13 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.67%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.67%) Legal
12 11 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.85%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.85%) Law
14 9 (1.85%) Retail
15 7 (1.44%) Aviation
16 6 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (16.87%) Architect
2 67 (13.79%) Developer
3 53 (10.91%) Lead
4 46 (9.47%) Analyst
5 42 (8.64%) Senior
6 28 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.35%) Technical Support
8 24 (4.94%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.91%) IT Analyst
10 17 (3.50%) IT Support
11 16 (3.29%) Support Specialist
11 16 (3.29%) Technical Specialist
12 15 (3.09%) Integration Architect
12 15 (3.09%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.09%) Technical Support Specialist
13 14 (2.88%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.88%) Support Analyst
14 12 (2.47%) Consultant
14 12 (2.47%) IT Support Analyst
15 11 (2.26%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.32%) REST
2 37 (7.61%) React
3 32 (6.58%) .NET
4 28 (5.76%) Middleware
4 28 (5.76%) RESTful
5 23 (4.73%) Spring
6 20 (4.12%) OAuth
7 19 (3.91%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.29%) Kafka
8 16 (3.29%) SOAP
9 15 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (2.88%) JSON
11 13 (2.67%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.67%) CSS
11 13 (2.67%) HTML
12 11 (2.26%) Node.js
12 11 (2.26%) PySpark
12 11 (2.26%) PyTorch
12 11 (2.26%) SAML
12 11 (2.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.32%) Management Information System
2 45 (9.26%) Cloud Native
2 45 (9.26%) Onboarding
3 36 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.91%) Derivative
6 17 (3.50%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.29%) Virtual Team
8 15 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.88%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (2.47%) Fixed Income
11 12 (2.47%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.26%) Cyberattack
12 11 (2.26%) Equities
12 11 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (2.06%) AI Agents
13 10 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 83 (17.08%) Windows
2 60 (12.35%) Linux
3 22 (4.53%) Unix
4 17 (3.50%) Android
5 12 (2.47%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.82%) Debian
7 4 (0.82%) Rocky
7 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.62%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.21%) MVS
9 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (98.56%) Computer Science
2 185 (38.07%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (31.28%) Agile
4 138 (28.40%) CI/CD
5 131 (26.95%) AI
6 127 (26.13%) DevOps
7 92 (18.93%) Software Engineering
8 79 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (16.05%) Analytics
10 77 (15.84%) Microservices
11 68 (13.99%) Technical Leadership
12 65 (13.37%) Containerisation
13 61 (12.55%) ITIL
14 60 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (12.14%) Migration
16 56 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
17 54 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
18 52 (10.70%) Data Governance
19 49 (10.08%) Data Modelling
20 46 (9.47%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 152 (31.28%) Python
2 112 (23.05%) SQL
3 79 (16.26%) Java
4 50 (10.29%) JavaScript
5 33 (6.79%) C#
6 20 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.70%) Bash
7 18 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.67%) Go
9 11 (2.26%) C++
10 10 (2.06%) Perl
10 10 (2.06%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.85%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.23%) Scala
13 4 (0.82%) R
13 4 (0.82%) Rust
14 3 (0.62%) Bicep
15 2 (0.41%) PromQL
15 2 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 486 (100.00%) Degree
2 87 (17.90%) Master's Degree
3 68 (13.99%) Security Cleared
4 56 (11.52%) SC Cleared
5 30 (6.17%) CISSP
6 23 (4.73%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (4.32%) AWS Certification
8 18 (3.70%) CISM
9 17 (3.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.88%) DV Cleared
12 13 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (2.26%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (2.06%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.85%) A+ Certification
15 9 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
15 9 (1.85%) PMP
16 8 (1.65%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.38%) QA
2 21 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.12%) GDPR
4 17 (3.50%) NIST
5 13 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.44%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.03%) PSD2
9 4 (0.82%) GRC
9 4 (0.82%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.82%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.82%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.62%) DICOM
10 3 (0.62%) GAAP
10 3 (0.62%) IFRS
10 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.41%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 72 (14.81%) Docker
2 37 (7.61%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.23%) Firmware
4 3 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) ACF2
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) RACF
6 1 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 87 (17.90%) Kubernetes
2 47 (9.67%) Terraform
3 31 (6.38%) Ansible
4 23 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (4.73%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.32%) Grafana
6 6 (1.23%) Puppet
7 5 (1.03%) Kibana
8 4 (0.82%) SCCM
9 3 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.62%) Control-M
9 3 (0.62%) Foglight
9 3 (0.62%) WSUS
10 2 (0.41%) Consul
10 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.21%) Argo
11 1 (0.21%) CASB
11 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.21%) Istio
Vendors
1 117 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.61%) Oracle
3 28 (5.76%) Splunk
4 27 (5.56%) Databricks
4 27 (5.56%) Google
5 14 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.67%) SAP
7 11 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.85%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.65%) Cisco
9 8 (1.65%) IBM
9 8 (1.65%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.44%) Autodesk
10 7 (1.44%) Informatica
10 7 (1.44%) Software AG
11 6 (1.23%) Apple
11 6 (1.23%) Citrix
11 6 (1.23%) Okta
12 5 (1.03%) Ping Identity
12 5 (1.03%) Reuters