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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 77 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 +15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,401 1,697 4,065
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.14% 3.99% 6.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.15% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 1,317 1,678
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% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £81,125
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 30,993 40,912 65,700
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.62% 96.09% 96.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,560 28,419 41,298
10th Percentile £33,750 £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 2 May 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 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.64%) IIS
3 15 (1.07%) OpenStack
4 13 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.79%) Confluence
5 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.71%) Apache
7 7 (0.50%) nginx
7 7 (0.50%) WordPress
8 6 (0.43%) Moodle
8 6 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.36%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) OpenEdge
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.14%) SAS
12 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.071%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.071%) Luigi
13 1 (0.071%) Mule
Applications
1 33 (2.36%) Simulink
2 22 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.071%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.071%) InVision
7 1 (0.071%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 14 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.64%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.36%) Odoo
6 4 (0.29%) Magento
6 4 (0.29%) Shopify
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Endur
7 1 (0.071%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.071%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.071%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.071%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 347 (24.77%) Azure
2 332 (23.70%) AWS
3 96 (6.85%) GCP
4 83 (5.92%) Power Platform
5 70 (5.00%) SaaS
6 64 (4.57%) Serverless
7 57 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
7 57 (4.07%) GitHub
8 56 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
9 52 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (2.36%) PowerApps
11 30 (2.14%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.78%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.71%) Amazon S3
14 20 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (1.21%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.07%) Firebase
17 14 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.85%) Wireless
2 47 (3.35%) Firewall
3 45 (3.21%) Network Security
4 30 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.00%) VPN
6 26 (1.86%) DNS
7 23 (1.64%) WAN
8 22 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (1.28%) LAN
10 17 (1.21%) DHCP
10 17 (1.21%) Ethernet
11 14 (1.00%) HTTP
11 14 (1.00%) Internet
12 13 (0.93%) VLAN
13 12 (0.86%) RS-232
14 11 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (0.79%) SAN
15 9 (0.64%) MQTT
15 9 (0.64%) SSL
16 8 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.64%) Power BI
2 79 (5.64%) Relational Database
3 62 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (4.07%) Redis
6 55 (3.93%) MySQL
7 43 (3.07%) NoSQL
8 37 (2.64%) Big Data
9 33 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 19 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.00%) Hadoop
13 14 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (1.00%) Tableau
14 12 (0.86%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 11 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (0.79%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 147 (10.49%) Git
2 39 (2.78%) JIRA
3 24 (1.71%) CMake
3 24 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.36%) Subversion
6 13 (0.93%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.86%) GitLab
7 12 (0.86%) Vagrant
8 9 (0.64%) Maven
9 8 (0.57%) GDB
10 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
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%) DTrace
12 5 (0.36%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 631 (45.04%) Social Skills
2 244 (17.42%) Finance
3 198 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (11.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (5.64%) Marketing
6 65 (4.64%) Public Sector
7 60 (4.28%) Electronics
8 57 (4.07%) Legal
9 49 (3.50%) Retail
10 48 (3.43%) Games
11 47 (3.35%) Manufacturing
12 41 (2.93%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.43%) Military
14 29 (2.07%) Law
14 29 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.00%) Tech for Good
16 23 (1.64%) Automotive
17 21 (1.50%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.28%) Back Office
19 17 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 428 (30.55%) Developer
2 295 (21.06%) Senior
3 234 (16.70%) Software Engineer
4 112 (7.99%) Software Developer
5 105 (7.49%) Lead
6 100 (7.14%) Senior Developer
7 78 (5.57%) Junior
8 76 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 75 (5.35%) .NET Developer
10 74 (5.28%) Architect
11 73 (5.21%) Graduate
12 70 (5.00%) Analyst
13 54 (3.85%) Embedded Engineer
14 42 (3.00%) C++ Software Engineer
15 41 (2.93%) Data Engineer
16 40 (2.86%) C# Developer
16 40 (2.86%) Full Stack Developer
16 40 (2.86%) Senior Software Developer
17 38 (2.71%) C# Software Engineer
17 38 (2.71%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (18.27%) .NET
2 142 (10.14%) HTML
3 131 (9.35%) CSS
4 129 (9.21%) React
5 111 (7.92%) AngularJS
6 96 (6.85%) .NET Core
7 86 (6.14%) ASP.NET
8 78 (5.57%) Node.js
9 64 (4.57%) RESTful
10 58 (4.14%) REST
11 42 (3.00%) ASP.NET MVC
12 40 (2.86%) Vue
13 38 (2.71%) .NET Framework
14 37 (2.64%) Web Services
14 37 (2.64%) XML
15 36 (2.57%) SOAP
16 34 (2.43%) Laravel
16 34 (2.43%) Spring
17 33 (2.36%) Kafka
18 28 (2.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 149 (10.64%) Algorithms
2 128 (9.14%) Management Information System
3 120 (8.57%) Data Structures
4 113 (8.07%) Client/Server
5 60 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
6 57 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
7 51 (3.64%) Virtual Team
8 48 (3.43%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.78%) Product Ownership
10 30 (2.14%) IoT
11 29 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (1.93%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.78%) Cloud Native
14 22 (1.57%) Life Science
15 17 (1.21%) Onboarding
16 16 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
16 16 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (1.07%) Blockchain
18 13 (0.93%) Hedge funds
19 12 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 189 (13.49%) Linux
2 143 (10.21%) Windows
3 47 (3.35%) Android
4 40 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 34 (2.43%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.64%) Unix
7 21 (1.50%) Windows 10
8 18 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 16 (1.14%) CentOS
10 14 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 13 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
12 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.29%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.29%) SUSE
15 4 (0.29%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.21%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (40.04%) Software Engineering
2 485 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
3 401 (28.62%) Agile
4 208 (14.85%) DevOps
5 182 (12.99%) Mathematics
6 179 (12.78%) Mentoring
7 172 (12.28%) Artificial Intelligence
8 148 (10.56%) CI/CD
9 136 (9.71%) Machine Learning
10 133 (9.49%) Analytics
10 133 (9.49%) OOP
11 123 (8.78%) Project Management
12 120 (8.57%) Roadmaps
13 115 (8.21%) Full Stack Development
14 114 (8.14%) Decision-Making
15 111 (7.92%) Data Modelling
16 110 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
17 109 (7.78%) Microservices
18 107 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
19 106 (7.57%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 349 (24.91%) Python
2 314 (22.41%) C#
3 298 (21.27%) SQL
4 281 (20.06%) JavaScript
5 180 (12.85%) Java
6 119 (8.49%) TypeScript
7 117 (8.35%) C
8 113 (8.07%) C++
9 60 (4.28%) PHP
10 46 (3.28%) PowerShell
11 42 (3.00%) Embedded C
12 35 (2.50%) T-SQL
13 32 (2.28%) Bash
14 29 (2.07%) Go
15 26 (1.86%) Ruby
16 23 (1.64%) Kotlin
17 16 (1.14%) Scala
18 14 (1.00%) R
19 11 (0.79%) Rust
20 10 (0.71%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,219 (87.01%) Degree
2 714 (50.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 199 (14.20%) Master's Degree
4 153 (10.92%) Security Cleared
5 106 (7.57%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.00%) PhD
7 45 (3.21%) AWS Certification
8 42 (3.00%) CISSP
8 42 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.00%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 23 (1.64%) DV Cleared
12 21 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.43%) CISM
13 20 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 17 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
14 17 (1.21%) PMP
15 16 (1.14%) CCNA
16 12 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.92%) QA
2 27 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 21 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.36%) GDPR
5 18 (1.28%) 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
11 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) GRC
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 172 (12.28%) Docker
2 66 (4.71%) Firmware
3 47 (3.35%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.78%) Embedded Firmware
5 23 (1.64%) 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 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
11 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 123 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 72 (5.14%) Terraform
3 38 (2.71%) Ansible
4 15 (1.07%) Puppet
5 10 (0.71%) Grafana
5 10 (0.71%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.50%) WSUS
8 6 (0.43%) Nagios
8 6 (0.43%) SCCM
9 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.36%) SCOM
10 4 (0.29%) Nessus
11 3 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.21%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.071%) Kibana
Vendors
1 221 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.21%) Google
3 47 (3.35%) SAP
4 30 (2.14%) Oracle
5 26 (1.86%) VMware
5 26 (1.86%) Xilinx
6 19 (1.36%) Cisco
7 16 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.00%) IBM
9 13 (0.93%) NVIDIA
10 12 (0.86%) Adobe
11 11 (0.79%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.71%) Databricks
13 8 (0.57%) Juniper
13 8 (0.57%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.50%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.43%) Apple
15 6 (0.43%) Citrix
15 6 (0.43%) Teradata
15 6 (0.43%) Veeam