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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 67 79
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 -25
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 793 1,400 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.18% 4.14% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 4.52% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 466 1,118 1,320
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 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £95,625 £102,500 £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 14,284 31,001 40,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.23% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,786 23,546 28,388
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,759 £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 4 May 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 29 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.28%) Jupyter
2 26 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.39%) Confluence
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.01%) SAS
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) nginx
6 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 91 (11.48%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.76%) Revit
5 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Infor M3
2 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 210 (26.48%) Azure
2 167 (21.06%) AWS
3 74 (9.33%) GCP
4 68 (8.58%) SaaS
5 42 (5.30%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.67%) GitHub
6 37 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (4.54%) Serverless
8 29 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.28%) Entra ID
10 22 (2.77%) PaaS
11 18 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (2.27%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (1.64%) AWS KMS
14 13 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.40%) HTTP
2 26 (3.28%) Firewall
3 23 (2.90%) Network Security
4 9 (1.13%) 5G
4 9 (1.13%) SD-WAN
4 9 (1.13%) WAN
5 7 (0.88%) Bluetooth
5 7 (0.88%) VPN
6 6 (0.76%) VLAN
7 5 (0.63%) Internet
7 5 (0.63%) NAS
7 5 (0.63%) SAN
7 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
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 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 55 (6.94%) Big Data
3 52 (6.56%) MySQL
4 51 (6.43%) Relational Database
5 37 (4.67%) NoSQL
6 29 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (3.66%) Power BI
7 25 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (2.52%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.52%) Tableau
9 12 (1.51%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.39%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.26%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.26%) Metadata
12 8 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.88%) DB2
13 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 71 (8.95%) Git
2 38 (4.79%) JIRA
3 33 (4.16%) Jenkins
4 27 (3.40%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.77%) Gradle
6 10 (1.26%) Moq
6 10 (1.26%) SpecFlow
7 9 (1.13%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.76%) Maven
9 5 (0.63%) GitLab
10 4 (0.50%) Babel
10 4 (0.50%) webpack
11 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.38%) JUnit
12 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.25%) gulp
12 2 (0.25%) MLflow
12 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 324 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 182 (22.95%) Finance
3 133 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (7.44%) Retail
6 56 (7.06%) Games
7 44 (5.55%) Law
8 42 (5.30%) Manufacturing
9 33 (4.16%) Banking
10 32 (4.04%) Telecoms
11 23 (2.90%) Advertising
11 23 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 22 (2.77%) Marketing
13 20 (2.52%) Legal
14 17 (2.14%) Electronics
15 12 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.51%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.13%) Front Office
17 6 (0.76%) Automotive
18 5 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (21.44%) Senior
2 162 (20.43%) Developer
3 119 (15.01%) Software Engineer
4 93 (11.73%) Trainer
5 86 (10.84%) Analyst
6 60 (7.57%) Graduate
7 57 (7.19%) Senior Software Engineer
8 56 (7.06%) Data Scientist
9 51 (6.43%) Architect
10 49 (6.18%) Graduate Developer
11 35 (4.41%) IT Graduate
11 35 (4.41%) Senior Developer
12 33 (4.16%) Lead
12 33 (4.16%) Software Developer
13 32 (4.04%) IT Manager
14 30 (3.78%) C# Developer
15 26 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (2.90%) Data Analyst
16 23 (2.90%) Senior Data Scientist
17 21 (2.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (14.63%) .NET
2 71 (8.95%) CSS
3 60 (7.57%) ASP.NET
4 58 (7.31%) Kafka
5 42 (5.30%) HTML
5 42 (5.30%) jQuery
6 38 (4.79%) Node.js
7 37 (4.67%) React
8 33 (4.16%) REST
9 30 (3.78%) .NET Framework
10 27 (3.40%) Elastic Stack
11 24 (3.03%) AngularJS
12 20 (2.52%) PyTorch
12 20 (2.52%) TensorFlow
13 19 (2.40%) .NET Core
14 18 (2.27%) RESTful
14 18 (2.27%) scikit-learn
15 15 (1.89%) WinForms
16 14 (1.77%) NumPy
16 14 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 114 (14.38%) Algorithms
2 88 (11.10%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.80%) Cyberattack
4 39 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 33 (4.16%) Mobile App
6 32 (4.04%) Data Structures
7 30 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (3.53%) Public Cloud
9 24 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (2.90%) Mobile Games
11 22 (2.77%) Virtual Team
12 19 (2.40%) Client/Server
12 19 (2.40%) Product Ownership
13 18 (2.27%) IoT
14 14 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.64%) Robotics
16 12 (1.51%) Clustering
16 12 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (1.39%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 101 (12.74%) Linux
2 66 (8.32%) Windows
3 22 (2.77%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.40%) Unix
5 17 (2.14%) Android
6 12 (1.51%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.88%) 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
1 323 (40.73%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (30.64%) Software Engineering
3 208 (26.23%) Mathematics
4 206 (25.98%) Agile
5 200 (25.22%) Artificial Intelligence
6 168 (21.19%) Statistics
7 157 (19.80%) DevOps
8 135 (17.02%) Machine Learning
9 133 (16.77%) Data Science
10 119 (15.01%) Analytics
11 116 (14.63%) Mentoring
12 104 (13.11%) CI/CD
13 91 (11.48%) Conversational UI
13 91 (11.48%) Microservices
14 82 (10.34%) Visualisation
15 81 (10.21%) Data Analysis
15 81 (10.21%) Roadmaps
16 77 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (7.94%) Design Patterns
18 60 (7.57%) OO
Programming Languages
1 246 (31.02%) Python
2 194 (24.46%) SQL
3 142 (17.91%) Java
4 133 (16.77%) C#
5 101 (12.74%) JavaScript
6 94 (11.85%) C++
7 61 (7.69%) TypeScript
8 44 (5.55%) PHP
9 38 (4.79%) C
10 33 (4.16%) PowerShell
11 26 (3.28%) Bash
11 26 (3.28%) Kotlin
12 23 (2.90%) Scala
13 21 (2.65%) PL/SQL
14 16 (2.02%) T-SQL
15 14 (1.77%) R
16 12 (1.51%) Go
16 12 (1.51%) Shell Script
17 10 (1.26%) Fortran
18 9 (1.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 741 (93.44%) Degree
2 390 (49.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 200 (25.22%) Master's Degree
4 138 (17.40%) PhD
5 91 (11.48%) Security Cleared
6 54 (6.81%) DV Cleared
7 43 (5.42%) SC Cleared
8 38 (4.79%) AWS Certification
8 38 (4.79%) Numerate Degree
9 26 (3.28%) Azure Certification
9 26 (3.28%) PMI Certification
10 25 (3.15%) CISSP
10 25 (3.15%) PMP
11 22 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.13%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.63%) CCNA
15 5 (0.63%) CCNP
15 5 (0.63%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.19%) QA
2 29 (3.66%) GDPR
3 18 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.27%) HIPAA
4 16 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.13%) CDISC
5 9 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.01%) PMO
7 6 (0.76%) GxP
7 6 (0.76%) NIST
8 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.25%) GMP
10 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 75 (9.46%) Docker
2 29 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.76%) 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 (11.35%) Kubernetes
2 49 (6.18%) Terraform
3 26 (3.28%) Prometheus
4 22 (2.77%) Ansible
5 16 (2.02%) Grafana
6 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.76%) 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%) Packer
10 2 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) logstash
11 1 (0.13%) Nagios
11 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 138 (17.40%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.59%) PayPal
3 65 (8.20%) Google
4 29 (3.66%) SAP
5 25 (3.15%) Oracle
6 22 (2.77%) Databricks
7 21 (2.65%) Apple
8 19 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.89%) New Relic
10 14 (1.77%) VMware
11 10 (1.26%) Adobe
12 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.13%) Teradata
13 7 (0.88%) Omniture
13 7 (0.88%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.76%) Infor
14 6 (0.76%) Siemens
15 5 (0.63%) Cisco
15 5 (0.63%) Intel
16 3 (0.38%) Informatica