Computer Science Degree Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 136 227
Rank change year-on-year -5 +91 +113
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 186 244 248
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 1.67% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.33% 6.49% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 156 146
10th Percentile £289 £319 £348
25th Percentile £399 £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £800
90th Percentile £740 £800 £931
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £56.25 £41.63
25th Percentile - £63.75 £53.13
Median hourly rate - £77.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +29.17% +80.78%
75th Percentile - £79.38 £68.75
90th Percentile - £79.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.45% - +15.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,940 3,757 5,928
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.04% 25.66% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 2,427 3,995
10th Percentile £350 £331 £375
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £620 £637 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 252 239
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.17 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.42% -28.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.13 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.48 £85.00 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
% change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%

Computer Science Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Computer Science Degree.

Computer Science Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Computer Science Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Computer Science Degree.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (3.76%) Confluence
2 6 (3.23%) CMS
3 4 (2.15%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.08%) Apache
5 2 (1.08%) JBoss
6 1 (0.54%) SAS
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.54%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Trello
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.15%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.15%) SAP EWM
3 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Endur
4 1 (0.54%) Maximo
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.54%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.54%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.54%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.42%) AWS
2 41 (22.04%) Azure
3 21 (11.29%) GCP
4 13 (6.99%) Amazon S3
5 11 (5.91%) SaaS
5 11 (5.91%) Serverless
6 9 (4.84%) GitHub
7 8 (4.30%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.76%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.15%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.15%) PaaS
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (1.61%) Kong
10 3 (1.61%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.22%) Firewall
2 13 (6.99%) VPN
3 9 (4.84%) Network Security
4 7 (3.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.15%) DNS
6 2 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.08%) DWDM
6 2 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.08%) LAN
6 2 (1.08%) WAN
7 1 (0.54%) HTTP
7 1 (0.54%) MQTT
7 1 (0.54%) SSL
7 1 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.45%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.76%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.23%) Power BI
6 5 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.69%) MySQL
7 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.61%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.61%) Hazelcast
7 3 (1.61%) KDB
7 3 (1.61%) Kdb+
7 3 (1.61%) Power Query
7 3 (1.61%) Redis
7 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.61%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.08%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 25 (13.44%) Git
2 16 (8.60%) Jenkins
3 14 (7.53%) JIRA
4 10 (5.38%) GitLab
5 5 (2.69%) Postman
6 4 (2.15%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.61%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.61%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.61%) Maven
7 3 (1.61%) Subversion
8 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.08%) JMeter
8 2 (1.08%) JUnit
8 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.08%) Toad
9 1 (0.54%) Gradle
9 1 (0.54%) JProfiler
9 1 (0.54%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.54%) Selenium
9 1 (0.54%) Travis CI
General
1 113 (60.75%) Social Skills
2 67 (36.02%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (24.19%) Finance
4 15 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.45%) Banking
6 10 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.23%) Front Office
9 5 (2.69%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.15%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.15%) Retail
11 3 (1.61%) Legal
11 3 (1.61%) Marketing
12 2 (1.08%) Automotive
12 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) French Language
12 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (20.43%) Developer
2 31 (16.67%) Architect
3 27 (14.52%) Senior
4 11 (5.91%) Cloud Engineer
4 11 (5.91%) Consultant
4 11 (5.91%) Software Engineer
5 10 (5.38%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (5.38%) Java Developer
6 9 (4.84%) Analyst
6 9 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.30%) IT Manager
7 8 (4.30%) Lead
8 7 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.76%) Python Developer
9 6 (3.23%) C++ Developer
9 6 (3.23%) C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Infrastructure Architect
9 6 (3.23%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.60%) Spring
2 15 (8.06%) REST
3 11 (5.91%) Kafka
4 9 (4.84%) CSS
5 8 (4.30%) RESTful
6 7 (3.76%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.76%) HTML
6 7 (3.76%) SOAP
7 6 (3.23%) JSON
7 6 (3.23%) Middleware
7 6 (3.23%) Node.js
7 6 (3.23%) React
8 5 (2.69%) XML
9 4 (2.15%) .NET
9 4 (2.15%) Hibernate
9 4 (2.15%) Jest
10 3 (1.61%) J2EE
10 3 (1.61%) OAuth
10 3 (1.61%) OpenID
10 3 (1.61%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.75%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.22%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (6.99%) Product Ownership
5 12 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (5.91%) Algorithms
7 10 (5.38%) Data Structures
8 8 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (3.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (3.23%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.69%) Hedge funds
11 5 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (2.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (2.15%) Derivative
12 4 (2.15%) IoT
12 4 (2.15%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.61%) Equities
13 3 (1.61%) Fixed Income
13 3 (1.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.67%) Linux
2 6 (3.23%) Unix
3 5 (2.69%) Windows
4 4 (2.15%) SUSE
5 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (99.46%) Computer Science
2 96 (51.61%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (32.26%) Agile
4 45 (24.19%) CI/CD
5 42 (22.58%) DevOps
6 28 (15.05%) Software Engineering
7 27 (14.52%) Migration
8 26 (13.98%) Mentoring
9 25 (13.44%) Project Management
10 22 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (11.29%) Scrum
12 20 (10.75%) Data Protection
13 18 (9.68%) Roadmaps
14 17 (9.14%) Analytics
14 17 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (8.60%) Cloud Security
15 16 (8.60%) Microservices
16 15 (8.06%) Data Modelling
16 15 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
17 14 (7.53%) OO
Programming Languages
1 69 (37.10%) Python
2 41 (22.04%) SQL
3 40 (21.51%) Java
4 18 (9.68%) Bash
5 15 (8.06%) PowerShell
6 14 (7.53%) C++
7 13 (6.99%) JavaScript
8 8 (4.30%) C#
8 8 (4.30%) Perl
9 4 (2.15%) Go
9 4 (2.15%) Scala
10 3 (1.61%) PHP
11 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.08%) VBA
12 1 (0.54%) Groovy
12 1 (0.54%) Korn
12 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.54%) Ruby
12 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 186 (100.00%) Degree
2 27 (14.52%) Master's Degree
3 22 (11.83%) AWS Certification
4 19 (10.22%) Azure Certification
5 17 (9.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 16 (8.60%) CISSP
6 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (6.99%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.84%) SC Cleared
10 8 (4.30%) CCNA
10 8 (4.30%) CISM
11 7 (3.76%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.76%) PMP
12 6 (3.23%) CCNP
13 5 (2.69%) ISTQB
13 5 (2.69%) PhD
14 4 (2.15%) GCIH
14 4 (2.15%) ISEB
15 3 (1.61%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.38%) GDPR
2 10 (5.38%) QA
3 8 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.76%) NIST
5 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (2.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.15%) SEPA
7 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.08%) NCSC
9 1 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.54%) COBIT
9 1 (0.54%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.54%) HL7
9 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.44%) Docker
2 5 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.08%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.54%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (15.05%) Kubernetes
2 25 (13.44%) Terraform
3 20 (10.75%) Ansible
4 6 (3.23%) Argo
4 6 (3.23%) Grafana
4 6 (3.23%) Progress Chef
4 6 (3.23%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.61%) Control-M
5 3 (1.61%) Istio
5 3 (1.61%) Puppet
5 3 (1.61%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.08%) Consul
6 2 (1.08%) logstash
6 2 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.54%) Kibana
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.54%) TADDM
Vendors
1 31 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.37%) SAP
3 18 (9.68%) Google
4 16 (8.60%) Oracle
5 8 (4.30%) Splunk
6 6 (3.23%) Cisco
6 6 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.69%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.69%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.15%) Databricks
9 3 (1.61%) Cloudera
9 3 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.61%) IBM
9 3 (1.61%) VMware
10 2 (1.08%) Arista
10 2 (1.08%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (1.08%) Citrix
10 2 (1.08%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.54%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.54%) Thycotic