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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 129 161
Rank change year-on-year -33 +32 +159
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 653 711 730
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.81% 1.95% 1.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.44% 6.63% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 431 499
10th Percentile £287 £363 £313
25th Percentile £385 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £554 £530
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +4.53% -11.67%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £638
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 16
10th Percentile - £42.02 £34.75
25th Percentile £29.00 £48.25 £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 £53.00 - £66.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £65.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -48.85% +16.44% -27.42%

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 12,000 10,725 13,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.29% 29.40% 29.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,729 6,456 8,509
10th Percentile £304 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,028 527 758
10th Percentile £17.58 £18.86 £17.74
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.85
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -16.43% +19.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £67.14 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +20.00%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -24 576 £478 -16.96% 433
UK excluding London +4 318 £450 -18.18% 370
London -39 277 £525 -8.70% 161
Work from Home -4 197 £447 -22.26% 314
North of England +5 115 £449 -14.57% 45
South East +26 70 £456 -8.75% 151
Yorkshire -1 63 £461 -12.14% 17
Midlands -18 62 £525 -8.70% 47
North West +8 51 £384 -26.86% 27
West Midlands -18 45 £534 -11.08% 23
Scotland +5 31 £450 +2.86% 32
East of England -30 25 £550 +22.22% 40
South West -11 23 £648 -12.14% 40
East Midlands -2 17 £450 +26.40% 24
Wales -3 5 £450 -9.46% 15
North East -14 1 £450 -21.74% 2

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 30 (4.59%) Confluence
2 27 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.07%) Apache
5 7 (1.07%) nginx
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.77%) IIS
8 4 (0.61%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.61%) SAS
8 4 (0.61%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.46%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.46%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.31%) Luigi
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.15%) Gunicorn
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
Applications
1 37 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) InDesign
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.46%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.46%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.31%) Actimize
4 2 (0.31%) Maximo
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.31%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.31%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.31%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
4 2 (0.31%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.15%) Endur
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 180 (27.57%) AWS
2 173 (26.49%) Azure
3 104 (15.93%) GCP
4 62 (9.49%) Serverless
5 57 (8.73%) GitHub
6 41 (6.28%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.68%) SaaS
10 22 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.22%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (2.14%) OpenShift
15 13 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.84%) Entra ID
17 11 (1.68%) Power Automate
18 10 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (1.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.05%) Firewall
2 23 (3.52%) DNS
3 20 (3.06%) Network Security
4 19 (2.91%) Wireless
5 15 (2.30%) DHCP
6 14 (2.14%) VoIP
7 13 (1.99%) Cisco IOS
7 13 (1.99%) SSH
8 12 (1.84%) PuTTY
9 11 (1.68%) VPN
9 11 (1.68%) WAN
10 9 (1.38%) HTTP
11 8 (1.23%) LAN
11 8 (1.23%) WLAN
12 7 (1.07%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.92%) Telepresence
14 5 (0.77%) CTI
14 5 (0.77%) MGCP
14 5 (0.77%) SCCP
14 5 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (9.04%) NoSQL
3 37 (5.67%) Relational Database
4 33 (5.05%) SQL Server
5 31 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (4.44%) Power BI
7 24 (3.68%) MySQL
8 19 (2.91%) Big Data
9 17 (2.60%) Tableau
10 15 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.84%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.38%) Metadata
13 9 (1.38%) Redis
14 8 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
16 6 (0.92%) Couchbase
16 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (11.94%) Git
2 77 (11.79%) Jenkins
3 69 (10.57%) GitLab
4 65 (9.95%) JIRA
5 29 (4.44%) Liquibase
6 17 (2.60%) Postman
7 12 (1.84%) Selenium
8 7 (1.07%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.92%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.77%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.77%) Subversion
11 4 (0.61%) Hardhat
11 4 (0.61%) JUnit
11 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.61%) webpack
12 3 (0.46%) MLflow
12 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 348 (53.29%) Social Skills
2 198 (30.32%) Finance
3 162 (24.81%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (14.55%) Banking
5 36 (5.51%) Financial Institution
6 28 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.37%) Marketing
8 21 (3.22%) Front Office
8 21 (3.22%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.06%) Investment Banking
9 20 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.99%) Retail
13 12 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.68%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.38%) Back Office
16 9 (1.38%) Legal
17 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 152 (23.28%) Developer
2 72 (11.03%) Analyst
3 67 (10.26%) Senior
4 64 (9.80%) Architect
5 41 (6.28%) Software Engineer
6 39 (5.97%) Lead
7 27 (4.13%) Senior Developer
8 21 (3.22%) Consultant
9 19 (2.91%) AWS Engineer
9 19 (2.91%) Java Developer
10 18 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (2.60%) Technical Support
12 16 (2.45%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.30%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.30%) GCP Engineer
14 14 (2.14%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (17.15%) REST
2 72 (11.03%) RESTful
3 45 (6.89%) HTML
4 41 (6.28%) Elastic Stack
5 40 (6.13%) .NET
6 34 (5.21%) Kafka
6 34 (5.21%) SOAP
7 33 (5.05%) CSS
7 33 (5.05%) JSON
8 31 (4.75%) React
9 30 (4.59%) Spring
9 30 (4.59%) XML
10 29 (4.44%) OAuth
11 27 (4.13%) Middleware
12 24 (3.68%) Node.js
13 20 (3.06%) AngularJS
13 20 (3.06%) Web Services
14 19 (2.91%) OAuth2
15 18 (2.76%) LangChain
16 16 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.64%) Management Information System
2 63 (9.65%) Cloud Native
3 51 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (5.97%) Public Cloud
5 35 (5.36%) Algorithms
6 33 (5.05%) Product Ownership
7 30 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (3.83%) Data Structures
9 21 (3.22%) Virtual Team
10 20 (3.06%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (2.14%) Derivative
12 14 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.14%) Tandem
13 13 (1.99%) Fixed Income
13 13 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (1.99%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.53%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.53%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 99 (15.16%) Linux
2 70 (10.72%) Windows
3 42 (6.43%) Unix
4 11 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.07%) Android
6 7 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.46%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (98.93%) Computer Science
2 279 (42.73%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (37.98%) Agile
4 187 (28.64%) DevOps
5 172 (26.34%) CI/CD
6 115 (17.61%) Software Engineering
7 114 (17.46%) Microservices
8 109 (16.69%) Containerisation
9 86 (13.17%) Analytics
10 82 (12.56%) Migration
11 75 (11.49%) Change Management
12 71 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 71 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 65 (9.95%) AI
13 65 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (9.34%) Scrum
15 59 (9.04%) Continuous Integration
16 56 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
16 56 (8.58%) Project Management
16 56 (8.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 239 (36.60%) Python
2 131 (20.06%) SQL
3 123 (18.84%) Java
4 82 (12.56%) JavaScript
5 55 (8.42%) Go
6 40 (6.13%) C#
7 37 (5.67%) TypeScript
8 29 (4.44%) PowerShell
9 25 (3.83%) Bash
10 22 (3.37%) C++
11 18 (2.76%) Perl
12 12 (1.84%) Ruby
13 10 (1.53%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.38%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.38%) R
15 6 (0.92%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.77%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.61%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 653 (100.00%) Degree
2 139 (21.29%) Master's Degree
3 58 (8.88%) Security Cleared
4 42 (6.43%) SC Cleared
5 38 (5.82%) AWS Certification
6 29 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 28 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (3.37%) CISSP
10 19 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.76%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.60%) PMP
13 16 (2.45%) CCNA
14 14 (2.14%) CCNP
15 10 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 9 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (1.23%) CISM
18 7 (1.07%) ISEB
18 7 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.04%) QA
2 45 (6.89%) Data Quality
3 40 (6.13%) GDPR
4 30 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.99%) GRC
6 11 (1.68%) Def Stans
6 11 (1.68%) NIST
7 7 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.07%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.92%) SLA
9 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.77%) PMO
10 4 (0.61%) MiFID
11 3 (0.46%) COBIT
11 3 (0.46%) NCSC
11 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.46%) SEPA
12 2 (0.31%) Basel III
12 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 112 (17.15%) Docker
2 22 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.61%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.61%) vSphere
5 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 111 (17.00%) Kubernetes
2 76 (11.64%) Terraform
3 66 (10.11%) Ansible
4 50 (7.66%) Grafana
5 42 (6.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.84%) Puppet
7 7 (1.07%) Argo
7 7 (1.07%) Kibana
7 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.07%) SCCM
8 6 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.61%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.46%) vRealize
11 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.31%) QRadar
11 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 121 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.58%) Splunk
3 46 (7.04%) Google
4 42 (6.43%) Oracle
5 31 (4.75%) Cisco
6 30 (4.59%) IBM
7 28 (4.29%) Salesforce
8 27 (4.13%) SAP
9 25 (3.83%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.91%) VMware
11 15 (2.30%) Databricks
12 12 (1.84%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.38%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.23%) Pega
15 7 (1.07%) Genesys
15 7 (1.07%) MuleSoft
15 7 (1.07%) Peregrine
15 7 (1.07%) Remedy
16 6 (0.92%) Citrix
16 6 (0.92%) Informatica
516 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide