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 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 133 163
Rank change year-on-year -33 +30 +142
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 621 625 673
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.94% 1.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 6.48% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 377 464
10th Percentile £273 £334 £310
25th Percentile £375 £448 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £636
90th Percentile £750 £830 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 17
10th Percentile £24.74 £40.42 £39.70
25th Percentile - £44.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £42.81 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £57.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.99% +5.00% -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 12,493 9,645 12,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.93% 29.95% 30.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,194 5,862 8,132
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £540
% change year-on-year -0.15% -7.27% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 479 738
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.10 £23.55 £25.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -22.91% +15.31%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.01 £67.55
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.28 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -38.66% -20.98% +19.28%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 5 January 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 -32 552 £476 -13.55% 776
UK excluding London -1 308 £450 -10.00% 673
London -44 257 £525 -4.55% 176
Work from Home -14 192 £425 -22.73% 549
North of England +18 109 £438 -16.67% 124
South East +14 77 £445 -11.00% 211
Yorkshire +2 61 £475 -9.52% 49
Midlands -27 57 £525 -8.70% 115
North West -1 48 £375 -28.57% 54
West Midlands -37 44 £525 -12.50% 55
Scotland +9 30 £500 +14.29% 33
South West +5 28 £500 -32.20% 66
East of England -36 15 £550 +22.22% 107
East Midlands -17 13 £450 +29.31% 54
Wales -5 3 £450 +80.00% 17
Northern Ireland -12 1 - - 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 31 (4.99%) Confluence
2 29 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.61%) Apache
5 8 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.13%) nginx
7 4 (0.64%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.64%) IIS
7 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.64%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.48%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.48%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.48%) SAS
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.32%) Luigi
9 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.32%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
Applications
1 23 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.32%) Maximo
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.32%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 183 (29.47%) Azure
2 181 (29.15%) AWS
3 96 (15.46%) GCP
4 61 (9.82%) Serverless
5 57 (9.18%) GitHub
6 42 (6.76%) Power Platform
7 29 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (4.03%) SaaS
10 18 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (2.74%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (2.42%) IaaS
13 14 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (2.09%) OpenShift
14 13 (2.09%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.93%) Apigee
15 12 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.70%) Firewall
2 16 (2.58%) DNS
2 16 (2.58%) Network Security
3 12 (1.93%) SSH
3 12 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.77%) HTTP
5 10 (1.61%) VoIP
6 9 (1.45%) Wireless
7 7 (1.13%) VPN
8 5 (0.81%) CTI
8 5 (0.81%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.81%) SAN
9 4 (0.64%) Internet
9 4 (0.64%) LAN
9 4 (0.64%) SSL
9 4 (0.64%) Telepresence
9 4 (0.64%) WAN
10 3 (0.48%) NAS
11 2 (0.32%) OSPF
11 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.82%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (8.53%) NoSQL
3 42 (6.76%) Relational Database
4 36 (5.80%) SQL Server
5 35 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (4.67%) Power BI
7 28 (4.51%) MySQL
8 20 (3.22%) Big Data
9 17 (2.74%) Tableau
10 14 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (2.09%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (1.45%) Redis
13 9 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
14 7 (1.13%) Metadata
15 6 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.97%) Couchbase
15 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 73 (11.76%) Git
2 71 (11.43%) Jenkins
3 66 (10.63%) GitLab
4 62 (9.98%) JIRA
5 27 (4.35%) Liquibase
6 14 (2.25%) Selenium
7 13 (2.09%) Postman
8 10 (1.61%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.29%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.13%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.97%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.81%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.81%) JUnit
12 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.81%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.64%) Gradle
13 4 (0.64%) Hardhat
14 3 (0.48%) MLflow
14 3 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
14 3 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 318 (51.21%) Social Skills
2 182 (29.31%) Finance
3 159 (25.60%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (15.30%) Banking
5 36 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.51%) Financial Institution
7 24 (3.86%) Marketing
8 20 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.90%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.42%) Front Office
12 12 (1.93%) Legal
13 11 (1.77%) Back Office
13 11 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.29%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 136 (21.90%) Developer
2 64 (10.31%) Analyst
2 64 (10.31%) Architect
2 64 (10.31%) Senior
3 40 (6.44%) Lead
4 38 (6.12%) Software Engineer
5 24 (3.86%) AWS Engineer
5 24 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (3.70%) Technical Support
7 22 (3.54%) Senior Developer
8 20 (3.22%) Site Engineer
8 20 (3.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 19 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (2.42%) Business Analyst
12 15 (2.42%) Data Engineer
12 15 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (2.42%) GCP Engineer
12 15 (2.42%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (18.20%) REST
2 73 (11.76%) RESTful
3 47 (7.57%) Elastic Stack
4 44 (7.09%) .NET
5 42 (6.76%) HTML
6 35 (5.64%) SOAP
7 34 (5.48%) JSON
8 33 (5.31%) XML
9 32 (5.15%) CSS
9 32 (5.15%) OAuth
9 32 (5.15%) React
10 29 (4.67%) Kafka
11 26 (4.19%) Middleware
12 24 (3.86%) Node.js
12 24 (3.86%) Spring
13 19 (3.06%) LangChain
13 19 (3.06%) OAuth2
14 18 (2.90%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
16 13 (2.09%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.56%) Management Information System
2 63 (10.14%) Cloud Native
3 46 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (5.48%) Public Cloud
5 31 (4.99%) Product Ownership
6 27 (4.35%) Algorithms
7 25 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (3.38%) Data Structures
9 19 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (3.06%) Security Posture
10 14 (2.25%) Tandem
11 13 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.93%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.77%) Derivative
14 10 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.61%) PKI
14 10 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (1.45%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 116 (18.68%) Linux
2 85 (13.69%) Windows
3 49 (7.89%) Unix
4 12 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.61%) Android
6 7 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.64%) VMS
9 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (98.71%) Computer Science
2 264 (42.51%) Problem-Solving
3 233 (37.52%) Agile
4 203 (32.69%) DevOps
5 181 (29.15%) CI/CD
6 118 (19.00%) Microservices
7 112 (18.04%) Software Engineering
8 111 (17.87%) Containerisation
9 77 (12.40%) AI
10 76 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 74 (11.92%) Migration
12 72 (11.59%) Analytics
13 68 (10.95%) Data Modelling
13 68 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 67 (10.79%) Change Management
15 57 (9.18%) Decision-Making
16 56 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
16 56 (9.02%) Test Automation
17 55 (8.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 235 (37.84%) Python
2 129 (20.77%) SQL
3 115 (18.52%) Java
4 86 (13.85%) JavaScript
5 49 (7.89%) Go
6 47 (7.57%) TypeScript
7 39 (6.28%) C#
8 29 (4.67%) PowerShell
9 27 (4.35%) Bash
10 20 (3.22%) Perl
11 19 (3.06%) C++
12 12 (1.93%) R
13 11 (1.77%) Ruby
14 10 (1.61%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.45%) Apex Code
16 7 (1.13%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.97%) Bicep
17 6 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.97%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.64%) C
Qualifications
1 621 (100.00%) Degree
2 137 (22.06%) Master's Degree
3 72 (11.59%) Security Cleared
4 49 (7.89%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.31%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.83%) Azure Certification
7 26 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.90%) CISSP
10 16 (2.58%) PMI Certification
11 15 (2.42%) DV Cleared
12 13 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (2.09%) PMP
13 12 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (1.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.82%) QA
2 37 (5.96%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.96%) GDPR
3 24 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.77%) Def Stans
5 10 (1.61%) GRC
6 9 (1.45%) NIST
7 7 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.97%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.64%) SLA
10 3 (0.48%) Basel III
10 3 (0.48%) PMO
11 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 119 (19.16%) Docker
2 17 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.64%) Firmware
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.48%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 120 (19.32%) Kubernetes
2 84 (13.53%) Terraform
3 68 (10.95%) Ansible
4 47 (7.57%) Grafana
5 37 (5.96%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.74%) Puppet
7 13 (2.09%) Kibana
8 7 (1.13%) Argo
9 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.81%) SCCM
10 4 (0.64%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.48%) Control-M
11 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.48%) vRealize
12 2 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.32%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.32%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
13 1 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 117 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 69 (11.11%) Splunk
3 45 (7.25%) Oracle
4 37 (5.96%) Google
5 27 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.86%) SAP
7 22 (3.54%) IBM
8 19 (3.06%) Databricks
9 15 (2.42%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.25%) Red Hat
10 14 (2.25%) VMware
11 13 (2.09%) Cisco
12 11 (1.77%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.61%) Informatica
14 8 (1.29%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.29%) Pega
14 8 (1.29%) Software AG
15 7 (1.13%) OpenAI
15 7 (1.13%) Workday
16 6 (0.97%) Thales
848 Computer Science Degree jobs Nationwide