Computer Science Degree Contracts

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

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 128 262
Rank change year-on-year -16 +134 +93
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 578 786 621
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.99% 1.82% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.47% 5.96% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 508 442
10th Percentile £287 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -6.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £750
90th Percentile £755 £775 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 39 11
10th Percentile £23.03 £25.40 £20.00
25th Percentile £27.00 £38.75 £41.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £67.88
90th Percentile £71.59 £83.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £56.25 £60.25
% change year-on-year -53.78% -6.64% +24.23%

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 8,935 13,181 16,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.73% 30.54% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,636 8,133 10,753
10th Percentile £286 £300 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £744 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.66% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 514 1,075 841
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.86 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.75 £17.84 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +27.06%
75th Percentile £65.94 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.07 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.72 £40.94 £49.72
% change year-on-year -0.55% -17.66% +44.65%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the UK

Computer Science Degree
Top 17 Contract 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 May 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 -11 467 £520 -0.95% 1,931
London -27 249 £550 +2.33% 1,026
UK excluding London +34 248 £488 -7.14% 1,204
Work from Home +7 185 £500 -9.09% 1,055
South East +36 62 £500 +5.26% 444
Midlands +18 55 £459 -16.55% 200
North of England +34 54 £563 +65.59% 267
West Midlands +9 39 £538 - 114
North West +18 27 £626 +279.09% 145
Scotland +5 26 £475 -13.64% 77
Yorkshire +24 21 £429 +26.18% 74
Wales +22 20 £288 -28.57% 35
South West +24 17 £370 -37.02% 64
East Midlands +24 16 £447 -31.23% 77
East of England +9 11 - - 121
North East -4 6 £575 -4.17% 51
Northern Ireland -6 3 £600 - 28

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.77%) Confluence
2 10 (1.73%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.56%) Apache
4 5 (0.87%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.17%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.04%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.69%) Trello
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.17%) CATIA
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.35%) Endur
4 2 (0.35%) Maximo
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Summit
5 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 168 (29.07%) AWS
2 136 (23.53%) Azure
3 76 (13.15%) GCP
4 30 (5.19%) Amazon S3
5 29 (5.02%) Power Platform
6 27 (4.67%) Serverless
7 22 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (3.81%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (2.94%) GitHub
8 17 (2.94%) SaaS
9 14 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.42%) OCI
10 10 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.56%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.56%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (1.38%) Amazon SageMaker
13 7 (1.21%) PaaS
13 7 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.13%) Firewall
2 43 (7.44%) Network Security
3 26 (4.50%) VPN
4 22 (3.81%) Wireless
5 20 (3.46%) DNS
6 15 (2.60%) TCP/IP
7 14 (2.42%) BGP
7 14 (2.42%) OSPF
8 11 (1.90%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.56%) Internet
9 9 (1.56%) LAN
9 9 (1.56%) WAN
10 8 (1.38%) DHCP
10 8 (1.38%) VLAN
11 7 (1.21%) 802.11
11 7 (1.21%) IPsec
11 7 (1.21%) Wireshark
12 6 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.87%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (4.33%) Power BI
4 20 (3.46%) MySQL
5 18 (3.11%) SQL Server
6 17 (2.94%) Big Data
6 17 (2.94%) MongoDB
6 17 (2.94%) Oracle Database
6 17 (2.94%) Tableau
7 15 (2.60%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.73%) Hadoop
9 10 (1.73%) Metadata
10 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.38%) DB2
12 7 (1.21%) Oracle ODI
12 7 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 55 (9.52%) Git
2 46 (7.96%) JIRA
3 36 (6.23%) Jenkins
4 21 (3.63%) GitLab
5 17 (2.94%) Selenium
6 16 (2.77%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.73%) Postman
8 9 (1.56%) TestRail
9 8 (1.38%) Artifactory
9 8 (1.38%) GoogleTest
9 8 (1.38%) JUnit
10 7 (1.21%) JMeter
10 7 (1.21%) Maven
10 7 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (1.04%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.87%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.69%) ERwin
13 4 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
General
1 335 (57.96%) Social Skills
2 193 (33.39%) Analytical Skills
3 113 (19.55%) Finance
4 49 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.19%) Banking
6 22 (3.81%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (3.46%) Marketing
9 16 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.08%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.90%) Automotive
11 11 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.90%) Legal
12 10 (1.73%) Electronics
12 10 (1.73%) Front Office
13 9 (1.56%) Retail
14 6 (1.04%) Back Office
14 6 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (16.96%) Developer
2 89 (15.40%) Architect
3 72 (12.46%) Senior
4 36 (6.23%) Network Engineer
5 35 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 30 (5.19%) Software Engineer
7 27 (4.67%) Lead
8 23 (3.98%) Analyst
9 20 (3.46%) Consultant
9 20 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (2.94%) Support Engineer
11 16 (2.77%) Data Engineer
12 15 (2.60%) Cloud Architect
12 15 (2.60%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (2.42%) C++ Software Engineer
13 14 (2.42%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (2.42%) Java Developer
14 12 (2.08%) Security Architect
15 11 (1.90%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (1.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.61%) CSS
2 43 (7.44%) HTML
3 32 (5.54%) React
4 30 (5.19%) .NET
5 29 (5.02%) REST
6 20 (3.46%) AngularJS
7 18 (3.11%) RESTful
8 17 (2.94%) Spring
9 16 (2.77%) Middleware
10 15 (2.60%) Kafka
10 15 (2.60%) Node.js
10 15 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
11 14 (2.42%) Web Services
12 13 (2.25%) SOAP
13 11 (1.90%) OAuth
14 9 (1.56%) 802.1X
14 9 (1.56%) jQuery
14 9 (1.56%) PySpark
15 8 (1.38%) SAML
15 8 (1.38%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.25%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.33%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.15%) Algorithms
4 23 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.77%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.42%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.90%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.73%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.38%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.38%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.38%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.21%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.13%) Linux
2 21 (3.63%) Windows
3 7 (1.21%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (1.21%) Unix
4 6 (1.04%) Android
4 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.69%) SUSE
7 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.35%) AIX
8 2 (0.35%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (98.62%) Computer Science
2 280 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (29.93%) Agile
4 99 (17.13%) CI/CD
5 97 (16.78%) DevOps
6 87 (15.05%) Software Engineering
7 70 (12.11%) Migration
8 66 (11.42%) Mentoring
8 66 (11.42%) Test Automation
9 61 (10.55%) Project Management
10 57 (9.86%) Scrum
11 49 (8.48%) Analytics
12 47 (8.13%) Collaborative Working
13 46 (7.96%) Data Modelling
14 45 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
16 42 (7.27%) Microservices
17 40 (6.92%) User Experience
18 39 (6.75%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 176 (30.45%) Python
2 106 (18.34%) SQL
3 94 (16.26%) Java
4 66 (11.42%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 30 (5.19%) Bash
7 27 (4.67%) C#
8 25 (4.33%) C++
9 12 (2.08%) Perl
10 11 (1.90%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.73%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.56%) Ruby
12 9 (1.56%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.38%) PHP
14 7 (1.21%) Go
14 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.04%) ABAP
15 6 (1.04%) R
15 6 (1.04%) Scala
16 5 (0.87%) C
Qualifications
1 578 (100.00%) Degree
2 74 (12.80%) Security Cleared
3 69 (11.94%) Master's Degree
4 56 (9.69%) SC Cleared
5 55 (9.52%) AWS Certification
6 49 (8.48%) Azure Certification
7 42 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (5.54%) CCNP
10 29 (5.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (5.02%) CISSP
11 28 (4.84%) CCNA
12 20 (3.46%) PMI Certification
12 20 (3.46%) PMP
13 12 (2.08%) CEH
13 12 (2.08%) CISM
14 11 (1.90%) ISTQB
15 8 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (1.38%) PhD
16 7 (1.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.52%) QA
2 31 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.67%) Data Quality
4 26 (4.50%) NIST
5 19 (3.29%) GDPR
6 12 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.69%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.35%) GRC
12 2 (0.35%) NCSC
12 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.35%) PMO
12 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (8.13%) Docker
2 16 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) HDFS
7 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) XenApp
7 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.13%) Terraform
3 41 (7.09%) Ansible
4 10 (1.73%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.21%) Argo
5 7 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.87%) Cacti
7 5 (0.87%) Grafana
7 5 (0.87%) Puppet
8 4 (0.69%) logstash
9 3 (0.52%) Consul
9 3 (0.52%) Control-M
9 3 (0.52%) Istio
9 3 (0.52%) Kibana
9 3 (0.52%) Rundeck
9 3 (0.52%) SCCM
10 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 97 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 68 (11.76%) Google
3 62 (10.73%) Oracle
4 59 (10.21%) SAP
5 35 (6.06%) Cisco
6 26 (4.50%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.29%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.90%) Databricks
8 11 (1.90%) Juniper
9 10 (1.73%) IBM
9 10 (1.73%) SolarWinds
9 10 (1.73%) VMware
10 8 (1.38%) F5
10 8 (1.38%) Meraki
10 8 (1.38%) OutSystems
11 7 (1.21%) Aruba
11 7 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.21%) Splunk
12 6 (1.04%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.04%) Infoblox