Computer Science Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 69 118
Rank change year-on-year -9 +49 +33
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 312 429 485
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.13% 2.93% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 3.36% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 270 286
10th Percentile £318 £329 £388
25th Percentile £409 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -2.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £743
90th Percentile £775 £776 £875
UK median daily rate £500 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -5.93% -3.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 22
10th Percentile £30.21 £51.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £36.04 £52.50 £19.37
Median hourly rate £54.50 £55.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +46.67% -23.47%
75th Percentile £66.71 £65.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £68.78 £71.00 £73.38
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.55% - +19.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,144 12,785 21,350
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 87.21% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,196 8,597 15,076
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £636 £638 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 556 508
10th Percentile £13.20 £15.08 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.19 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -18.10% +29.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.15 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Computer Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Computer Science
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.

Computer Science daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Computer Science daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
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.

Computer Science hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Computer Science hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
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 18 (5.77%) Apache Spark
1 18 (5.77%) Confluence
2 8 (2.56%) GemFire
2 8 (2.56%) Oracle Coherence
3 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.92%) CMS
5 4 (1.28%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.64%) Apache
7 2 (0.64%) JBoss
7 2 (0.64%) SAS
8 1 (0.32%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.32%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 14 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.92%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.64%) Trello
5 1 (0.32%) InVision
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.60%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.28%) SAP EWM
3 4 (1.28%) SAP PLM
4 3 (0.96%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.96%) SAP VC
5 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.32%) Endur
6 1 (0.32%) Maximo
6 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (26.28%) Azure
2 78 (25.00%) AWS
3 24 (7.69%) GCP
4 23 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.17%) Amazon S3
6 12 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.85%) SaaS
7 10 (3.21%) GitHub
7 10 (3.21%) Serverless
8 9 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.24%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.92%) PaaS
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon EMR
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.96%) Kong
12 3 (0.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.73%) Firewall
2 15 (4.81%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.17%) VPN
4 10 (3.21%) Network Security
5 7 (2.24%) BGP
5 7 (2.24%) DNS
5 7 (2.24%) OSPF
5 7 (2.24%) TACACS
5 7 (2.24%) VLAN
6 4 (1.28%) HTTP
7 3 (0.96%) LAN
7 3 (0.96%) WAN
8 2 (0.64%) 5G
8 2 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.64%) DWDM
8 2 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.64%) NAS
8 2 (0.64%) SSL
9 1 (0.32%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.77%) Redis
3 14 (4.49%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.17%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.53%) Power BI
7 10 (3.21%) Big Data
8 9 (2.88%) Hadoop
8 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
9 6 (1.92%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.92%) Tableau
10 5 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.60%) Metadata
10 5 (1.60%) MySQL
11 4 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.96%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.96%) KDB
12 3 (0.96%) Power Query
12 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (9.62%) Git
2 26 (8.33%) JIRA
3 20 (6.41%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.53%) GitLab
5 5 (1.60%) Postman
6 4 (1.28%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.96%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.96%) Maven
7 3 (0.96%) Subversion
8 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.64%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.64%) JMeter
8 2 (0.64%) JUnit
8 2 (0.64%) MLflow
8 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.64%) Toad
8 2 (0.64%) Vite
8 2 (0.64%) webpack
9 1 (0.32%) Gradle
General
1 196 (62.82%) Social Skills
2 122 (39.10%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (21.79%) Finance
4 34 (10.90%) Banking
5 33 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.37%) Marketing
7 19 (6.09%) Investment Banking
8 15 (4.81%) Front Office
8 15 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.21%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.56%) Military
11 5 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.60%) Legal
11 5 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.28%) Electronics
12 4 (1.28%) French Language
12 4 (1.28%) Retail
13 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 86 (27.56%) Developer
2 45 (14.42%) Senior
3 36 (11.54%) Java Developer
4 33 (10.58%) Architect
5 29 (9.29%) Lead
6 23 (7.37%) Analyst
7 15 (4.81%) Lead Developer
8 14 (4.49%) Data Scientist
8 14 (4.49%) Lead Java Developer
8 14 (4.49%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.17%) Consultant
9 13 (4.17%) Python Developer
9 13 (4.17%) Software Engineer
10 11 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.88%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (2.88%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.88%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 8 (2.56%) C# Developer
12 8 (2.56%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.33%) Kafka
2 20 (6.41%) .NET
3 18 (5.77%) AngularJS
4 17 (5.45%) ActiveMQ
4 17 (5.45%) REST
4 17 (5.45%) Spring
5 14 (4.49%) Pandas
6 13 (4.17%) CSS
7 11 (3.53%) HTML
7 11 (3.53%) React
8 10 (3.21%) PyTorch
8 10 (3.21%) TensorFlow
9 9 (2.88%) ASP.NET
9 9 (2.88%) Flash
9 9 (2.88%) RESTful
10 8 (2.56%) SOAP
11 7 (2.24%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.24%) Node.js
11 7 (2.24%) scikit-learn
12 6 (1.92%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.05%) Algorithms
3 20 (6.41%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.45%) Data Structures
4 17 (5.45%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (3.21%) Clustering
7 10 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.56%) Fixed Income
8 8 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.24%) Life Science
10 6 (1.92%) Multi-touch
11 5 (1.60%) Derivative
11 5 (1.60%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.22%) Linux
2 7 (2.24%) Unix
2 7 (2.24%) Windows
3 4 (1.28%) Android
3 4 (1.28%) SUSE
4 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (47.76%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (33.33%) Agile
3 68 (21.79%) DevOps
4 52 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 49 (15.71%) CI/CD
6 45 (14.42%) Software Engineering
7 44 (14.10%) Data Science
8 39 (12.50%) Analytics
9 36 (11.54%) Machine Learning
9 36 (11.54%) Validation
10 34 (10.90%) Project Management
11 29 (9.29%) Mentoring
11 29 (9.29%) Migration
11 29 (9.29%) TDD
12 27 (8.65%) Decision-Making
13 26 (8.33%) Scrum
14 24 (7.69%) Architectural Design
14 24 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (7.05%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 99 (31.73%) Python
2 76 (24.36%) SQL
3 70 (22.44%) Java
4 21 (6.73%) Bash
5 19 (6.09%) C++
5 19 (6.09%) JavaScript
6 17 (5.45%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.81%) R
8 14 (4.49%) C#
9 8 (2.56%) Perl
10 5 (1.60%) F#
10 5 (1.60%) Scala
11 4 (1.28%) ABAP
11 4 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.96%) Go
12 3 (0.96%) PHP
12 3 (0.96%) VBA
13 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 292 (93.59%) Degree
2 179 (57.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 53 (16.99%) Master's Degree
4 28 (8.97%) Security Cleared
5 24 (7.69%) Numerate Degree
6 23 (7.37%) AWS Certification
6 23 (7.37%) SC Cleared
7 22 (7.05%) CISSP
8 21 (6.73%) Azure Certification
9 20 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (6.41%) PhD
10 19 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (5.77%) CCNA
12 16 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.53%) CISM
13 11 (3.53%) PMI Certification
13 11 (3.53%) PMP
14 9 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.92%) CCNP
16 5 (1.60%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.05%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.45%) GDPR
3 13 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.21%) NIST
4 10 (3.21%) QA
5 6 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.28%) COBIT
7 4 (1.28%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.28%) SEPA
8 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.96%) NCSC
9 2 (0.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.64%) WCAG
10 1 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 29 (9.29%) Docker
2 11 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (2.88%) VMware NSX
4 8 (2.56%) GridGain
5 7 (2.24%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.32%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.01%) Terraform
3 20 (6.41%) Ansible
4 9 (2.88%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.24%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.92%) Argo
6 6 (1.92%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.60%) Grafana
8 4 (1.28%) Puppet
9 3 (0.96%) Control-M
9 3 (0.96%) Istio
9 3 (0.96%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.64%) Consul
10 2 (0.64%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.64%) logstash
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.32%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.32%) Kibana
11 1 (0.32%) TADDM
Vendors
1 45 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.94%) SAP
3 26 (8.33%) Oracle
4 19 (6.09%) Google
5 17 (5.45%) Cisco
6 11 (3.53%) VMware
7 10 (3.21%) Atlassian
7 10 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.21%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.24%) Databricks
8 7 (2.24%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.92%) Splunk
10 5 (1.60%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.60%) Workday
11 3 (0.96%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.96%) Informatica
12 2 (0.64%) Ariba
12 2 (0.64%) BMC
12 2 (0.64%) IBM