Computer Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 77 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,392 1,709 3,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.12% 3.99% 5.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.16% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,103 1,325 1,684
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £78,750 £91,250 £80,188
90th Percentile £101,250 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,936 41,103 64,824
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.64% 96.07% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,504 28,573 41,309
10th Percentile £33,756 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Computer Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Computer Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
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.

Computer Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Computer Science salary 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 25 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.65%) IIS
3 15 (1.08%) OpenStack
4 13 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.86%) Confluence
6 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.65%) Apache
8 7 (0.50%) nginx
8 7 (0.50%) WordPress
9 6 (0.43%) Moodle
9 6 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.36%) CMS
11 4 (0.29%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.22%) SAS
13 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.072%) Appian
14 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.072%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.072%) Mule
Applications
1 29 (2.08%) Simulink
2 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.072%) InVision
7 1 (0.072%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 14 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.65%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.36%) Odoo
6 4 (0.29%) Magento
6 4 (0.29%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Endur
7 1 (0.072%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.072%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 340 (24.43%) Azure
2 325 (23.35%) AWS
3 93 (6.68%) GCP
4 78 (5.60%) Power Platform
5 74 (5.32%) SaaS
6 63 (4.53%) Serverless
7 60 (4.31%) GitHub
8 57 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
8 57 (4.09%) Cloud Computing
9 54 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.30%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.08%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.80%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.72%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (1.15%) Snowflake
17 15 (1.08%) Firebase
18 14 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.95%) Wireless
2 48 (3.45%) Network Security
3 47 (3.38%) Firewall
4 31 (2.23%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.01%) VPN
6 26 (1.87%) DNS
7 23 (1.65%) WAN
8 22 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (1.29%) LAN
10 17 (1.22%) DHCP
10 17 (1.22%) Ethernet
11 15 (1.08%) Internet
12 14 (1.01%) HTTP
13 13 (0.93%) VLAN
14 12 (0.86%) RS-232
15 11 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.79%) SAN
16 9 (0.65%) MQTT
16 9 (0.65%) SSL
17 8 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 77 (5.53%) Relational Database
3 74 (5.32%) Power BI
4 60 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (4.09%) MySQL
7 56 (4.02%) Redis
8 41 (2.95%) NoSQL
9 37 (2.66%) Big Data
10 33 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (1.80%) Data Lake
12 18 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (1.01%) Hadoop
14 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.93%) Tableau
16 12 (0.86%) BigQuery
16 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 11 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.79%) GIS
Development Applications
1 143 (10.27%) Git
2 40 (2.87%) JIRA
3 24 (1.72%) CMake
3 24 (1.72%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.36%) Subversion
6 13 (0.93%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.79%) Maven
8 10 (0.72%) GitLab
8 10 (0.72%) Vagrant
9 8 (0.57%) GDB
10 7 (0.50%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.50%) JUnit
10 7 (0.50%) Selenium
10 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.36%) DTrace
12 5 (0.36%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 625 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 240 (17.24%) Finance
3 201 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (5.75%) Marketing
6 64 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 58 (4.17%) Electronics
8 57 (4.09%) Legal
9 49 (3.52%) Retail
10 48 (3.45%) Games
11 47 (3.38%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.95%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.44%) Military
14 30 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (2.08%) Law
16 28 (2.01%) Tech for Good
17 23 (1.65%) Automotive
18 21 (1.51%) Aerospace
19 17 (1.22%) Back Office
19 17 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 423 (30.39%) Developer
2 298 (21.41%) Senior
3 233 (16.74%) Software Engineer
4 110 (7.90%) Software Developer
5 105 (7.54%) Lead
6 101 (7.26%) Senior Developer
7 77 (5.53%) Junior
7 77 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
8 75 (5.39%) .NET Developer
9 74 (5.32%) Graduate
10 73 (5.24%) Architect
11 70 (5.03%) Analyst
12 54 (3.88%) Embedded Engineer
13 42 (3.02%) C++ Software Engineer
14 40 (2.87%) C# Developer
14 40 (2.87%) Full Stack Developer
14 40 (2.87%) Senior Software Developer
15 39 (2.80%) Data Engineer
16 38 (2.73%) C# Software Engineer
17 37 (2.66%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (18.25%) .NET
2 144 (10.34%) HTML
3 134 (9.63%) CSS
4 131 (9.41%) React
5 114 (8.19%) AngularJS
6 96 (6.90%) .NET Core
7 86 (6.18%) ASP.NET
8 79 (5.68%) Node.js
9 65 (4.67%) RESTful
10 59 (4.24%) REST
11 42 (3.02%) ASP.NET MVC
11 42 (3.02%) Vue
12 38 (2.73%) .NET Framework
13 37 (2.66%) SOAP
13 37 (2.66%) XML
14 36 (2.59%) Web Services
15 34 (2.44%) Laravel
16 33 (2.37%) Kafka
17 32 (2.30%) Spring
18 29 (2.08%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 149 (10.70%) Algorithms
2 129 (9.27%) Management Information System
3 119 (8.55%) Data Structures
4 113 (8.12%) Client/Server
5 62 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
6 58 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (3.74%) Virtual Team
8 48 (3.45%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.80%) Product Ownership
10 29 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (2.08%) IoT
11 28 (2.01%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.94%) Cloud Native
13 23 (1.65%) Life Science
14 17 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.22%) Onboarding
15 16 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (1.01%) Blockchain
17 13 (0.93%) Hedge funds
18 11 (0.79%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 184 (13.22%) Linux
2 144 (10.34%) Windows
3 45 (3.23%) Android
4 40 (2.87%) Apple iOS
5 34 (2.44%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.65%) Unix
7 21 (1.51%) Windows 10
8 16 (1.15%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.01%) CentOS
10 12 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
12 10 (0.72%) Mac OS
12 10 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
13 7 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.29%) SUSE
15 4 (0.29%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (39.80%) Software Engineering
2 486 (34.91%) Problem-Solving
3 401 (28.81%) Agile
4 207 (14.87%) DevOps
5 183 (13.15%) Mathematics
6 178 (12.79%) Mentoring
7 165 (11.85%) Artificial Intelligence
8 145 (10.42%) CI/CD
9 134 (9.63%) OOP
10 132 (9.48%) Analytics
11 129 (9.27%) Machine Learning
12 124 (8.91%) Project Management
13 119 (8.55%) Roadmaps
14 116 (8.33%) Full Stack Development
15 114 (8.19%) Decision-Making
16 108 (7.76%) Data Modelling
17 107 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
17 107 (7.69%) Design Patterns
17 107 (7.69%) Microservices
18 105 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 345 (24.78%) Python
2 311 (22.34%) C#
3 293 (21.05%) SQL
4 282 (20.26%) JavaScript
5 173 (12.43%) Java
6 120 (8.62%) TypeScript
7 113 (8.12%) C
8 106 (7.61%) C++
9 61 (4.38%) PHP
10 45 (3.23%) PowerShell
11 42 (3.02%) Embedded C
12 35 (2.51%) T-SQL
13 33 (2.37%) Bash
14 29 (2.08%) Go
15 26 (1.87%) Ruby
16 21 (1.51%) Kotlin
17 16 (1.15%) Scala
18 15 (1.08%) R
19 10 (0.72%) Objective-C
19 10 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,210 (86.93%) Degree
2 707 (50.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 201 (14.44%) Master's Degree
4 147 (10.56%) Security Cleared
5 104 (7.47%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.02%) PhD
7 45 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 41 (2.95%) CISSP
8 41 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.08%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.44%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.36%) CISM
13 19 (1.36%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.22%) PMP
15 16 (1.15%) CCNA
16 15 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
17 13 (0.93%) CREST Certified
18 12 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.89%) QA
2 26 (1.87%) Data Quality
3 21 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.36%) GDPR
5 18 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.86%) SLA
7 11 (0.79%) NIST
8 8 (0.57%) COBIT
9 7 (0.50%) DO-254
9 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.50%) PMO
10 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.43%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 4 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 4 (0.29%) ISO 13485
12 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 171 (12.28%) Docker
2 65 (4.67%) Firmware
3 47 (3.38%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.72%) Embedded Firmware
5 23 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (1.36%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.43%) KVM
9 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.22%) XenApp
11 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 121 (8.69%) Kubernetes
2 68 (4.89%) Terraform
3 39 (2.80%) Ansible
4 15 (1.08%) Puppet
5 10 (0.72%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.65%) Grafana
7 8 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.50%) WSUS
9 6 (0.43%) Nagios
9 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.43%) SCCM
10 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.36%) SCOM
11 4 (0.29%) Nessus
12 3 (0.22%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.22%) OfficeScan
12 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.22%) vRealize
12 3 (0.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 217 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.17%) Google
3 47 (3.38%) SAP
4 30 (2.16%) Oracle
5 26 (1.87%) VMware
6 22 (1.58%) Xilinx
7 19 (1.36%) Cisco
8 16 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.01%) IBM
10 13 (0.93%) NVIDIA
11 12 (0.86%) Adobe
12 10 (0.72%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.65%) Databricks
14 8 (0.57%) Juniper
14 8 (0.57%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.50%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.43%) Apple
16 6 (0.43%) Citrix
16 6 (0.43%) Teradata
16 6 (0.43%) Veeam