Hybrid/Remote Computer Science Degree Job Trends

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 108 146
Rank change year-on-year -38 +38 +104
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 300 451 661
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.78% 3.26% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.37% 11.15% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 261 276 518
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,710 4,045 8,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.01% 29.24% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 2,425 5,829
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,421 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -4.35%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Computer Science Degree salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 19 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.00%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.67%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (1.67%) Confluence
3 5 (1.67%) Ethereum
3 5 (1.67%) IIS
4 3 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.67%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.00%) Sketch
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (56.00%) Azure
2 117 (39.00%) AWS
3 64 (21.33%) GCP
4 42 (14.00%) Serverless
5 37 (12.33%) Power Platform
6 32 (10.67%) GitHub
7 25 (8.33%) SaaS
8 24 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (6.67%) Power Automate
10 20 (6.67%) PowerApps
11 19 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (6.00%) PaaS
13 12 (4.00%) Entra ID
14 10 (3.33%) Azure App Service
15 9 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (3.00%) Firebase
16 8 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
17 6 (2.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.67%) TCP/IP
1 8 (2.67%) VPN
2 7 (2.33%) Firewall
3 6 (2.00%) MPLS
3 6 (2.00%) WAN
4 5 (1.67%) Kerberos
5 4 (1.33%) BGP
5 4 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.33%) LAN
5 4 (1.33%) Network Security
5 4 (1.33%) OSPF
5 4 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.00%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.67%) ATM
7 2 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.67%) SNMP
7 2 (0.67%) VLAN
7 2 (0.67%) VoIP
7 2 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (14.33%) SQL Server
2 32 (10.67%) Power BI
3 25 (8.33%) MySQL
4 24 (8.00%) NoSQL
5 21 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.67%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.67%) Metadata
8 10 (3.33%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.00%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.00%) Tableau
10 5 (1.67%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.33%) Big Data
11 4 (1.33%) DataStage
11 4 (1.33%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.33%) QlikView
11 4 (1.33%) Redis
12 3 (1.00%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 40 (13.33%) Git
2 10 (3.33%) JIRA
3 9 (3.00%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.67%) GitLab
5 6 (2.00%) Babel
5 6 (2.00%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.00%) webpack
6 5 (1.67%) Selenium
6 5 (1.67%) WebDriver
7 4 (1.33%) ER Studio
7 4 (1.33%) ERwin
7 4 (1.33%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (1.00%) Maven
8 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.00%) Storybook
9 2 (0.67%) MLflow
10 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.33%) JMeter
10 1 (0.33%) Postman
General
1 133 (44.33%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.00%) Finance
3 57 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.67%) Public Sector
5 37 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (11.33%) Law
7 32 (10.67%) Telecoms
8 17 (5.67%) Retail
9 14 (4.67%) Legal
10 12 (4.00%) Banking
11 9 (3.00%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.33%) Front Office
13 6 (2.00%) Marketing
13 6 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.33%) Automotive
14 4 (1.33%) Aviation
14 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.33%) Police
14 4 (1.33%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (30.00%) Developer
2 80 (26.67%) Senior
3 38 (12.67%) Architect
4 37 (12.33%) Software Engineer
5 30 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 26 (8.67%) Analyst
6 26 (8.67%) Azure Developer
7 25 (8.33%) Graduate
7 25 (8.33%) Software Developer
8 20 (6.67%) Lead
9 19 (6.33%) Graduate Developer
9 19 (6.33%) Graduate Software Developer
10 18 (6.00%) SQL Developer
11 17 (5.67%) PHP Developer
12 16 (5.33%) C# Developer
12 16 (5.33%) C# Software Developer
12 16 (5.33%) Graduate C# Developer
12 16 (5.33%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 16 (5.33%) Graduate PHP Developer
12 16 (5.33%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.33%) RESTful
2 44 (14.67%) React
3 43 (14.33%) CSS
4 29 (9.67%) .NET
4 29 (9.67%) REST
5 24 (8.00%) Kafka
6 22 (7.33%) Node.js
7 20 (6.67%) HTML
8 19 (6.33%) jQuery
9 18 (6.00%) .NET Framework
10 17 (5.67%) gRPC
10 17 (5.67%) OAuth
11 16 (5.33%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (5.33%) WebSockets
12 15 (5.00%) Entity Framework
12 15 (5.00%) Vue
13 13 (4.33%) Sass
14 11 (3.67%) OAuth2
15 10 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
15 10 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.67%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.33%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (9.67%) Management Information System
4 24 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (5.00%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.67%) Algorithms
6 11 (3.67%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.67%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.67%) Mobile App
7 10 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.33%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.67%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.00%) Blockchain
11 6 (2.00%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.67%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.33%) Linux
2 24 (8.00%) Windows
3 16 (5.33%) Android
4 11 (3.67%) Unix
5 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.00%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.67%) CentOS
7 2 (0.67%) Debian
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (98.33%) Computer Science
2 99 (33.00%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (29.33%) Agile
4 81 (27.00%) DevOps
5 76 (25.33%) CI/CD
6 74 (24.67%) Software Engineering
7 66 (22.00%) Microservices
8 61 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (20.33%) Mentoring
9 53 (17.67%) Data Modelling
10 52 (17.33%) AI
11 42 (14.00%) Containerisation
12 37 (12.33%) Roadmaps
12 37 (12.33%) SDLC
12 37 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 36 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (11.67%) Analytics
15 34 (11.33%) Data Pipeline
16 33 (11.00%) MVC
16 33 (11.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.67%) Python
2 77 (25.67%) C#
3 74 (24.67%) SQL
4 65 (21.67%) Java
4 65 (21.67%) JavaScript
5 61 (20.33%) TypeScript
6 41 (13.67%) C++
7 25 (8.33%) PHP
8 23 (7.67%) Go
9 18 (6.00%) PowerShell
10 10 (3.33%) Bash
11 8 (2.67%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.33%) C
12 7 (2.33%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.00%) Bicep
14 5 (1.67%) Rust
15 4 (1.33%) PL/SQL
16 3 (1.00%) Perl
17 2 (0.67%) Ruby
17 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 300 (100.00%) Degree
2 50 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 49 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (16.00%) SC Cleared
5 36 (12.00%) Master's Degree
6 32 (10.67%) Azure Certification
7 27 (9.00%) AWS Certification
8 26 (8.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (7.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 18 (6.00%) CISSP
11 10 (3.33%) CISM
12 9 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.00%) CCNP
13 6 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.33%) CCIE
14 4 (1.33%) CCNA
14 4 (1.33%) CISA
14 4 (1.33%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.00%) QA
2 18 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 15 (5.00%) NIST
4 11 (3.67%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.33%) GDPR
6 9 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.67%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.00%) GRC
10 2 (0.67%) ECSS
10 2 (0.67%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.67%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.67%) SLA
10 2 (0.67%) WCAG
11 1 (0.33%) COBIT
11 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.33%) NCSC
11 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (13.00%) Docker
2 18 (6.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 44 (14.67%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.33%) Terraform
3 15 (5.00%) Ansible
4 9 (3.00%) Grafana
5 8 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.00%) SCCM
6 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.67%) Argo
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.67%) OpenView
7 2 (0.67%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.33%) CASB
8 1 (0.33%) Ganglia
8 1 (0.33%) Kibana
8 1 (0.33%) Puppet
8 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 90 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.00%) Google
3 10 (3.33%) Databricks
4 9 (3.00%) Oracle
5 8 (2.67%) Splunk
6 6 (2.00%) Cisco
7 5 (1.67%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.67%) IBM
7 5 (1.67%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.67%) Nokia
7 5 (1.67%) Sage
7 5 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.67%) SAP
7 5 (1.67%) Xamarin
7 5 (1.67%) Zoho
8 4 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.33%) Informatica
9 3 (1.00%) Citrix
9 3 (1.00%) Dell
9 3 (1.00%) VMware