Computer Science Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 69 79
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 -25
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 795 1,394 1,704
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.32% 4.12% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 4.50% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 474 1,107 1,325
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,916 30,987 41,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.64% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 23,565 28,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,944 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 (3.77%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.27%) Jupyter
2 26 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.38%) Confluence
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.63%) SAS
7 2 (0.25%) Apache
7 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 91 (11.45%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.75%) Revit
4 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.75%) Infor M3
2 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 212 (26.67%) Azure
2 167 (21.01%) AWS
3 75 (9.43%) GCP
4 69 (8.68%) SaaS
5 42 (5.28%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.65%) GitHub
6 37 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (4.53%) Serverless
8 29 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (3.27%) Entra ID
11 23 (2.89%) PaaS
12 18 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.14%) Snowflake
14 16 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (1.64%) AWS KMS
15 13 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.65%) Firewall
2 28 (3.52%) HTTP
3 25 (3.14%) Network Security
4 8 (1.01%) 5G
4 8 (1.01%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.01%) WAN
5 7 (0.88%) Bluetooth
5 7 (0.88%) VPN
6 6 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.75%) VLAN
7 5 (0.63%) Internet
7 5 (0.63%) NAS
7 5 (0.63%) SAN
7 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.50%) DNS
8 4 (0.50%) ISDN
8 4 (0.50%) Multicast
8 4 (0.50%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.50%) VoIP
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 57 (7.17%) Big Data
3 53 (6.67%) MySQL
4 51 (6.42%) Relational Database
5 39 (4.91%) NoSQL
6 29 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (3.65%) Power BI
7 24 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (2.52%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.52%) Tableau
9 12 (1.51%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.38%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.26%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.13%) Metadata
13 8 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.88%) DB2
15 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 71 (8.93%) Git
2 40 (5.03%) JIRA
3 33 (4.15%) Jenkins
4 28 (3.52%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.76%) Gradle
6 10 (1.26%) Moq
6 10 (1.26%) SpecFlow
7 9 (1.13%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.75%) Maven
9 5 (0.63%) GitLab
10 3 (0.38%) Babel
10 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.38%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.38%) JUnit
10 3 (0.38%) webpack
11 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.25%) MLflow
11 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 329 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 184 (23.14%) Finance
3 132 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (7.67%) Retail
6 57 (7.17%) Games
7 44 (5.53%) Law
8 42 (5.28%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.28%) Banking
10 32 (4.03%) Telecoms
11 24 (3.02%) Advertising
12 23 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 21 (2.64%) Marketing
14 20 (2.52%) Legal
15 17 (2.14%) Electronics
16 13 (1.64%) Public Sector
17 12 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
18 11 (1.38%) Front Office
19 5 (0.63%) Automotive
19 5 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (21.38%) Senior
2 161 (20.25%) Developer
3 122 (15.35%) Software Engineer
4 93 (11.70%) Trainer
5 87 (10.94%) Analyst
6 60 (7.55%) Graduate
7 58 (7.30%) Senior Software Engineer
8 56 (7.04%) Data Scientist
9 50 (6.29%) Architect
10 49 (6.16%) Graduate Developer
11 35 (4.40%) IT Graduate
11 35 (4.40%) Senior Developer
12 33 (4.15%) Lead
12 33 (4.15%) Software Developer
13 32 (4.03%) IT Manager
14 30 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 27 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (2.89%) Data Analyst
16 23 (2.89%) Senior Data Scientist
17 21 (2.64%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (14.84%) .NET
2 71 (8.93%) CSS
3 60 (7.55%) ASP.NET
4 59 (7.42%) Kafka
5 42 (5.28%) HTML
5 42 (5.28%) jQuery
6 37 (4.65%) Node.js
7 36 (4.53%) React
8 31 (3.90%) REST
9 30 (3.77%) .NET Framework
10 28 (3.52%) Elastic Stack
11 24 (3.02%) AngularJS
12 20 (2.52%) PyTorch
12 20 (2.52%) TensorFlow
13 19 (2.39%) .NET Core
13 19 (2.39%) RESTful
14 18 (2.26%) scikit-learn
15 15 (1.89%) WinForms
16 14 (1.76%) JSON
16 14 (1.76%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 114 (14.34%) Algorithms
2 90 (11.32%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.79%) Cyberattack
4 41 (5.16%) Cloud Native
5 33 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (4.15%) Mobile App
6 32 (4.03%) Data Structures
7 28 (3.52%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (2.89%) Mobile Games
10 22 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (2.77%) Virtual Team
11 20 (2.52%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.39%) Client/Server
13 18 (2.26%) IoT
14 13 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.64%) Robotics
15 12 (1.51%) Clustering
15 12 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (1.38%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 100 (12.58%) Linux
2 67 (8.43%) Windows
3 22 (2.77%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.39%) Unix
5 17 (2.14%) Android
6 11 (1.38%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.01%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.50%) CentOS
8 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.50%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.25%) VMS
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (40.88%) Problem-Solving
2 247 (31.07%) Software Engineering
3 208 (26.16%) Agile
4 205 (25.79%) Mathematics
5 200 (25.16%) Artificial Intelligence
6 165 (20.75%) Statistics
7 160 (20.13%) DevOps
8 136 (17.11%) Machine Learning
9 132 (16.60%) Data Science
10 121 (15.22%) Analytics
11 118 (14.84%) Mentoring
12 106 (13.33%) CI/CD
13 93 (11.70%) Microservices
14 91 (11.45%) Conversational UI
15 82 (10.31%) Visualisation
16 80 (10.06%) Data Analysis
17 79 (9.94%) Roadmaps
18 77 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
19 63 (7.92%) Design Patterns
20 60 (7.55%) OO
Programming Languages
1 245 (30.82%) Python
2 198 (24.91%) SQL
3 142 (17.86%) Java
4 135 (16.98%) C#
5 101 (12.70%) JavaScript
6 92 (11.57%) C++
7 61 (7.67%) TypeScript
8 44 (5.53%) PHP
9 37 (4.65%) C
10 35 (4.40%) PowerShell
11 26 (3.27%) Bash
11 26 (3.27%) Kotlin
12 24 (3.02%) Scala
13 21 (2.64%) PL/SQL
14 16 (2.01%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.51%) Go
15 12 (1.51%) Shell Script
16 10 (1.26%) Fortran
16 10 (1.26%) R
17 9 (1.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 743 (93.46%) Degree
2 394 (49.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 197 (24.78%) Master's Degree
4 138 (17.36%) PhD
5 90 (11.32%) Security Cleared
6 54 (6.79%) DV Cleared
7 42 (5.28%) SC Cleared
8 38 (4.78%) AWS Certification
9 35 (4.40%) Numerate Degree
10 29 (3.65%) Azure Certification
11 27 (3.40%) CISSP
12 26 (3.27%) PMI Certification
13 25 (3.14%) PMP
14 22 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (1.01%) SAP Certification
17 6 (0.75%) CCNA
17 6 (0.75%) CCNP
18 5 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.17%) QA
2 31 (3.90%) GDPR
3 20 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.39%) HIPAA
5 16 (2.01%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.01%) PMO
8 6 (0.75%) CDISC
8 6 (0.75%) GxP
8 6 (0.75%) NIST
9 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.38%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.25%) GMP
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (9.56%) Docker
2 30 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.50%) HDFS
5 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.50%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 90 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.16%) Terraform
3 26 (3.27%) Prometheus
4 23 (2.89%) Ansible
5 16 (2.01%) Grafana
6 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.75%) Argo
8 4 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.38%) Puppet
9 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.25%) Nagios
10 2 (0.25%) Packer
10 2 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) logstash
11 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 141 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.57%) PayPal
3 67 (8.43%) Google
4 28 (3.52%) SAP
5 27 (3.40%) Oracle
6 22 (2.77%) Apple
6 22 (2.77%) Databricks
7 19 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.89%) New Relic
9 14 (1.76%) VMware
10 10 (1.26%) Adobe
11 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.13%) Teradata
12 7 (0.88%) Omniture
12 7 (0.88%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.75%) Cisco
13 6 (0.75%) Infor
13 6 (0.75%) Siemens
14 5 (0.63%) Intel
15 3 (0.38%) Informatica