Computer Science Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 252 151
Rank change year-on-year +100 -101 +17
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 731 582 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.17% 1.35% 2.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.73% 5.26% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 587 484 701
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,458 11,067 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.65% 22.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,903 6,702 8,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Computer Science Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree.

Computer Science Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Computer Science Degree salary histogram 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 15 (2.05%) OpenStack
1 15 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.50%) IIS
3 8 (1.09%) Confluence
4 6 (0.82%) WordPress
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.55%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.41%) Apache
7 3 (0.41%) CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Moodle
8 2 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.14%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (3.97%) Simulink
2 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
5 1 (0.14%) UXPin
5 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 14 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.68%) Odoo
4 4 (0.55%) Magento
4 4 (0.55%) Shopify
5 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.14%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 220 (30.10%) Azure
2 180 (24.62%) AWS
3 62 (8.48%) GCP
4 53 (7.25%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.57%) SaaS
6 42 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
7 33 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (4.51%) PowerApps
8 30 (4.10%) Serverless
9 28 (3.83%) Power Automate
10 26 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (3.28%) Amazon S3
11 24 (3.28%) GitHub
12 22 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
13 19 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (2.19%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (1.92%) Route 53
15 14 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.20%) Network Security
2 36 (4.92%) Firewall
3 24 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.46%) LAN
4 18 (2.46%) WAN
5 17 (2.33%) DNS
5 17 (2.33%) VPN
6 13 (1.78%) DHCP
6 13 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 11 (1.50%) SAN
8 10 (1.37%) VLAN
9 9 (1.23%) MQTT
10 8 (1.09%) HTTP
10 8 (1.09%) SSL
10 8 (1.09%) Wireless
10 8 (1.09%) WLAN
11 7 (0.96%) MPLS
12 5 (0.68%) BGP
12 5 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.84%) Power BI
3 45 (6.16%) Relational Database
4 40 (5.47%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.24%) MySQL
6 25 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (3.42%) Redis
7 18 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.19%) Big Data
10 12 (1.64%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (1.09%) Power Query
15 6 (0.82%) MS Access
15 6 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 100 (13.68%) Git
2 21 (2.87%) JIRA
2 21 (2.87%) Visual Studio
3 16 (2.19%) CMake
3 16 (2.19%) Subversion
4 15 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.37%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.96%) GitLab
8 6 (0.82%) Selenium
9 5 (0.68%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.68%) Maven
9 5 (0.68%) Xcode
10 4 (0.55%) JUnit
11 3 (0.41%) MSTest
11 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.27%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.27%) GDB
12 2 (0.27%) gulp
12 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 343 (46.92%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.55%) Finance
3 120 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (6.16%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.51%) Marketing
7 28 (3.83%) Retail
8 23 (3.15%) Legal
9 21 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.74%) Law
11 19 (2.60%) Military
11 19 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.33%) Games
13 15 (2.05%) Back Office
13 15 (2.05%) Electronics
14 13 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.96%) Advertising
15 7 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.96%) Tech for Good
16 6 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 253 (34.61%) Developer
2 148 (20.25%) Senior
3 99 (13.54%) Software Engineer
4 68 (9.30%) Architect
5 62 (8.48%) Lead
6 56 (7.66%) Software Developer
7 49 (6.70%) .NET Developer
8 46 (6.29%) Senior Developer
9 44 (6.02%) Junior
10 38 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
11 37 (5.06%) C++ Software Engineer
12 36 (4.92%) Analyst
13 35 (4.79%) PHP Developer
14 31 (4.24%) Junior Developer
15 29 (3.97%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
16 28 (3.83%) Technical Architect
17 27 (3.69%) Full Stack Developer
18 25 (3.42%) Consultant
18 25 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
19 23 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (16.83%) .NET
2 103 (14.09%) HTML
3 91 (12.45%) CSS
4 66 (9.03%) React
5 57 (7.80%) AngularJS
6 47 (6.43%) REST
7 44 (6.02%) ASP.NET
8 36 (4.92%) .NET Framework
8 36 (4.92%) XML
9 33 (4.51%) .NET Core
10 30 (4.10%) Web Services
11 28 (3.83%) HTML5
11 28 (3.83%) Spring
12 27 (3.69%) Laravel
12 27 (3.69%) Node.js
13 23 (3.15%) Vue
14 20 (2.74%) RESTful
14 20 (2.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 19 (2.60%) STL
16 18 (2.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.44%) Management Information System
2 48 (6.57%) Data Centre
3 47 (6.43%) Algorithms
4 36 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.01%) IoT
7 21 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (2.74%) Data Structures
9 18 (2.46%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.33%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.92%) Life Science
11 14 (1.92%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.37%) Replication
13 9 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.23%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (16.83%) Linux
2 96 (13.13%) Windows
3 37 (5.06%) Android
4 25 (3.42%) Apple iOS
4 25 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.64%) Unix
6 11 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (1.37%) CentOS
7 10 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.09%) Mac OS X
9 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.41%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.27%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 708 (96.85%) Computer Science
2 304 (41.59%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (31.19%) Software Engineering
4 227 (31.05%) Agile
5 144 (19.70%) DevOps
6 116 (15.87%) Mentoring
7 103 (14.09%) CI/CD
8 77 (10.53%) Containerisation
9 76 (10.40%) Artificial Intelligence
10 69 (9.44%) Machine Learning
10 69 (9.44%) Technical Leadership
11 68 (9.30%) Analytics
11 68 (9.30%) Data Modelling
12 67 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (9.17%) Roadmaps
13 66 (9.03%) Microservices
14 63 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
15 59 (8.07%) Full Stack Development
16 58 (7.93%) OO
17 55 (7.52%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 182 (24.90%) Python
2 172 (23.53%) C#
3 171 (23.39%) SQL
4 165 (22.57%) JavaScript
5 122 (16.69%) Java
6 82 (11.22%) C++
7 58 (7.93%) TypeScript
8 50 (6.84%) PHP
9 33 (4.51%) C
10 28 (3.83%) Bash
11 20 (2.74%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.78%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.37%) Objective-C
13 10 (1.37%) Swift
14 9 (1.23%) Go
15 7 (0.96%) VB
15 7 (0.96%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.96%) XPath
16 6 (0.82%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 731 (100.00%) Degree
2 105 (14.36%) Master's Degree
3 97 (13.27%) Security Cleared
4 79 (10.81%) SC Cleared
5 41 (5.61%) AWS Certification
6 33 (4.51%) CISSP
7 30 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (3.69%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.19%) CISM
11 13 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (1.78%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.50%) CCNA
12 11 (1.50%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.34%) QA
2 23 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.37%) SLA
5 6 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.82%) COBIT
5 6 (0.82%) NIST
5 6 (0.82%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (0.68%) GDPR
7 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) RMADS
9 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 125 (17.10%) Docker
2 28 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.50%) Firmware
4 11 (1.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.41%) KVM
6 3 (0.41%) XenApp
7 2 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 89 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 50 (6.84%) Terraform
3 38 (5.20%) Ansible
4 15 (2.05%) Puppet
5 10 (1.37%) ZABBIX
6 6 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (0.82%) Nagios
6 6 (0.82%) SCCM
7 5 (0.68%) Grafana
7 5 (0.68%) Nessus
7 5 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.68%) SCOM
8 4 (0.55%) vRealize
8 4 (0.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (0.41%) OfficeScan
9 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) WSUS
10 2 (0.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 135 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.61%) Google
3 25 (3.42%) SAP
4 22 (3.01%) Xilinx
5 16 (2.19%) Oracle
6 15 (2.05%) VMware
7 14 (1.92%) Cisco
7 14 (1.92%) IBM
8 12 (1.64%) NVIDIA
8 12 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.09%) Databricks
11 6 (0.82%) Centreon
11 6 (0.82%) Citrix
11 6 (0.82%) Juniper
11 6 (0.82%) UiPath
12 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.68%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.55%) Okta
13 4 (0.55%) Veeam