Hybrid/Remote Computer Science Job Trends

Computer Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 60 56
Rank change year-on-year -46 -4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 577 855 1,112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.54% 5.15% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 5.54% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 450 428 778
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -12.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,375 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & 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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Computer Science
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Computer Science
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Computer Science over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

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

Computer Science
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 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.73%) Apache
4 7 (1.21%) SAS
5 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.69%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.69%) IIS
7 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.17%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 233 (40.38%) Azure
2 132 (22.88%) AWS
3 63 (10.92%) SaaS
4 48 (8.32%) GCP
5 32 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (5.03%) GitHub
6 29 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.16%) Entra ID
8 22 (3.81%) PaaS
9 21 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.64%) Snowflake
10 20 (3.47%) IaaS
10 20 (3.47%) Serverless
11 16 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.60%) Azure Functions
12 15 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (2.43%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (2.43%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.43%) PowerApps
14 12 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.68%) VPN
2 23 (3.99%) Firewall
3 14 (2.43%) DNS
3 14 (2.43%) Network Security
4 12 (2.08%) DHCP
5 11 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.39%) WAN
7 6 (1.04%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.04%) MPLS
8 5 (0.87%) Broadband
9 4 (0.69%) BGP
9 4 (0.69%) HTTP
9 4 (0.69%) LAN
10 3 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.52%) SSL
10 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.52%) VoIP
11 2 (0.35%) ATM
11 2 (0.35%) SNMP
11 2 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (16.29%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.20%) MySQL
3 29 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (4.16%) Power BI
5 22 (3.81%) Metadata
5 22 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 19 (3.29%) Redis
7 15 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.39%) Big Data
11 6 (1.04%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.87%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.87%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.69%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 66 (11.44%) Git
2 18 (3.12%) JIRA
3 9 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.21%) GitLab
5 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.69%) Subversion
5 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.52%) Storybook
7 2 (0.35%) Bower
7 2 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.35%) JUnit
7 2 (0.35%) MSI
7 2 (0.35%) Snyk
7 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.17%) Appium
8 1 (0.17%) Babel
8 1 (0.17%) CMake
8 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.17%) TestRail
8 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 194 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 178 (30.85%) Finance
3 112 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (15.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (13.86%) Law
6 70 (12.13%) Public Sector
7 33 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (3.47%) Legal
9 18 (3.12%) Electronics
10 16 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.25%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.08%) Banking
12 12 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.39%) Marketing
15 7 (1.21%) Games
15 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.21%) Social Housing
16 6 (1.04%) Military
17 5 (0.87%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 156 (27.04%) Developer
2 136 (23.57%) Graduate
3 97 (16.81%) Software Developer
4 96 (16.64%) Senior
5 80 (13.86%) Graduate Developer
6 78 (13.52%) Software Engineer
7 75 (13.00%) Graduate Software Developer
8 72 (12.48%) Analyst
9 60 (10.40%) C# Developer
10 59 (10.23%) C# Software Developer
10 59 (10.23%) Graduate C# Developer
10 59 (10.23%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 58 (10.05%) SQL Developer
12 57 (9.88%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 47 (8.15%) Graduate PHP Developer
13 47 (8.15%) PHP Developer
14 41 (7.11%) Lead
15 31 (5.37%) Architect
16 30 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
17 29 (5.03%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (8.67%) CSS
2 45 (7.80%) React
3 37 (6.41%) jQuery
4 36 (6.24%) Node.js
5 34 (5.89%) Vue
6 30 (5.20%) .NET
7 28 (4.85%) REST
8 27 (4.68%) RESTful
9 25 (4.33%) HTML
10 13 (2.25%) JSON
10 13 (2.25%) Next.js
10 13 (2.25%) OAuth
11 12 (2.08%) FastAPI
12 10 (1.73%) LDAP
12 10 (1.73%) OpenID
12 10 (1.73%) PyTorch
12 10 (1.73%) SAML
13 9 (1.56%) AngularJS
13 9 (1.56%) GraphQL
13 9 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.89%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.16%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.16%) Security Posture
5 23 (3.99%) Algorithms
5 23 (3.99%) Virtual Team
6 20 (3.47%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.95%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.43%) Client/Server
10 14 (2.43%) Podcast
11 13 (2.25%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.39%) PKI
14 7 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
14 7 (1.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.53%) Linux
2 38 (6.59%) Windows
3 12 (2.08%) VMS
4 7 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) OpenVMS
6 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.87%) Unix
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
7 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.52%) SUSE
7 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (36.40%) Agile
2 172 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (25.48%) Software Engineering
4 126 (21.84%) AI
5 111 (19.24%) CI/CD
6 92 (15.94%) Mentoring
7 89 (15.42%) DevOps
8 83 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (12.48%) Analytics
10 71 (12.31%) Scrum
11 65 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
12 62 (10.75%) Mathematics
13 58 (10.05%) Technology Strategy
14 56 (9.71%) Infrastructure as Code
15 54 (9.36%) Project Delivery
16 53 (9.19%) User Stories
17 52 (9.01%) Community of Practice
18 51 (8.84%) Decision-Making
19 50 (8.67%) Full-Stack Development
19 50 (8.67%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 172 (29.81%) SQL
2 157 (27.21%) C#
3 120 (20.80%) Python
4 101 (17.50%) PHP
5 74 (12.82%) Java
6 70 (12.13%) JavaScript
7 57 (9.88%) C++
8 50 (8.67%) TypeScript
9 44 (7.63%) PowerShell
10 19 (3.29%) Bicep
11 18 (3.12%) Bash
12 17 (2.95%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (2.43%) Go
14 12 (2.08%) C
14 12 (2.08%) Rust
15 5 (0.87%) Ada
16 4 (0.69%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.69%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.69%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 470 (81.46%) Degree
2 324 (56.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (13.17%) Security Cleared
4 62 (10.75%) SC Cleared
5 41 (7.11%) Master's Degree
6 31 (5.37%) CISSP
7 27 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (4.51%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.99%) DV Cleared
10 16 (2.77%) CISM
10 16 (2.77%) PhD
11 12 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.91%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.56%) CISA
15 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.39%) GIAC
16 7 (1.21%) ISACA
16 7 (1.21%) ISTQB
16 7 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.16%) GDPR
1 24 (4.16%) NIST
2 21 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.77%) QA
6 15 (2.60%) SLA
7 10 (1.73%) GRC
8 8 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.04%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.52%) COBIT
12 3 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.52%) WCAG
13 1 (0.17%) GxP
13 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 39 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.72%) Docker
3 17 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.95%) vSphere
4 16 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 39 (6.76%) Terraform
3 10 (1.73%) Ansible
4 8 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.69%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.52%) Argo
7 3 (0.52%) Plesk
8 2 (0.35%) Grafana
8 2 (0.35%) OpenView
8 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.35%) SCCM
8 2 (0.35%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 130 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.29%) VMware
3 12 (2.08%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (1.73%) Databricks
4 10 (1.73%) Google
4 10 (1.73%) Oracle
4 10 (1.73%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.56%) Splunk
6 8 (1.39%) Red Hat
7 4 (0.69%) ForgeRock
7 4 (0.69%) Okta
7 4 (0.69%) SAP
8 3 (0.52%) Cisco
8 3 (0.52%) EMC
8 3 (0.52%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.52%) Sage
9 2 (0.35%) ExtraHop
9 2 (0.35%) HP
9 2 (0.35%) Planon
9 2 (0.35%) Riverbed