Computer Science Degree Contracts in England

Computer Science Degree
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 244 335
Rank change year-on-year +116 +91 -20
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 649 542 570
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.76% 1.10% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.68% 4.00% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 403 384
10th Percentile £300 £363 £361
25th Percentile £401 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £650
90th Percentile £775 £900 £825
UK median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 10 20
10th Percentile £30.85 £19.30 £18.68
25th Percentile £38.75 £35.88 £31.44
Median hourly rate £56.25 £54.44 £45.73
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +19.05% +20.33%
75th Percentile £74.38 £63.69 £49.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £71.38 £49.99
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.73
% change year-on-year - +20.28% +20.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,426 13,559 15,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.05% 27.64% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,048 9,085 9,966
10th Percentile £313 £335 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 981 719 672
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.96 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.11 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £55.77
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +72 404 £525 -12.50% 396
South East +41 69 £500 - 97
Midlands +62 52 £538 +9.69% 90
West Midlands +51 46 £525 +7.14% 56
North of England +57 44 £339 -21.68% 108
East of England +27 32 £500 -13.04% 63
South West +26 27 £588 -9.62% 49
North West +31 24 £165 -65.80% 63
Yorkshire +24 13 £340 -7.80% 28
North East - 7 £600 - 18
East Midlands +22 6 £650 +32.65% 34
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.00%) Confluence
4 10 (1.54%) Apache
5 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.46%) CMS
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.31%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.31%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.15%) CICS
8 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.54%) Chatbot
3 10 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Windchill
6 2 (0.31%) Simulink
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 9 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.62%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.46%) ENOVIA
3 3 (0.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.31%) Magento
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.31%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.31%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 156 (24.04%) Azure
2 123 (18.95%) AWS
3 84 (12.94%) GCP
4 29 (4.47%) Power Platform
4 29 (4.47%) Serverless
5 25 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
6 24 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.54%) GitHub
8 21 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.16%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (2.00%) Vertex AI
12 12 (1.85%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.54%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.54%) Google Compute Engine
14 10 (1.54%) SaaS
15 9 (1.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.85%) Firewall
2 22 (3.39%) DNS
3 20 (3.08%) Network Security
4 12 (1.85%) VPN
5 11 (1.69%) Wireshark
6 9 (1.39%) 5G
6 9 (1.39%) Internet
7 8 (1.23%) DHCP
7 8 (1.23%) LAN
7 8 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.23%) VoIP
7 8 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.92%) 3G
8 6 (0.92%) CTI
8 6 (0.92%) GGSN
8 6 (0.92%) LTE
8 6 (0.92%) OSPF
8 6 (0.92%) RANAP
8 6 (0.92%) SGSN
8 6 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 28 (4.31%) Relational Database
3 26 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (4.01%) Power BI
4 25 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.08%) BigQuery
6 18 (2.77%) Tableau
7 17 (2.62%) MySQL
8 16 (2.47%) Big Data
9 15 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 14 (2.16%) MongoDB
11 13 (2.00%) Data Mining
12 10 (1.54%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.39%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.08%) Couchbase
16 6 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.92%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 68 (10.48%) Git
2 42 (6.47%) Jenkins
3 33 (5.08%) JIRA
4 20 (3.08%) GitLab
5 13 (2.00%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.39%) Gradle
7 8 (1.23%) JUnit
8 6 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.92%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.77%) Maven
9 5 (0.77%) Mercurial
9 5 (0.77%) MLflow
9 5 (0.77%) Subversion
9 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.62%) Selenium
10 4 (0.62%) Sourcetree
11 3 (0.46%) ERwin
11 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.46%) Travis CI
12 2 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
General
1 366 (56.39%) Social Skills
2 171 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
3 131 (20.18%) Finance
4 62 (9.55%) Banking
5 26 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
6 24 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 20 (3.08%) Front Office
7 20 (3.08%) Legal
8 19 (2.93%) Retail
9 18 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.31%) Marketing
10 15 (2.31%) Multimedia
11 11 (1.69%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.23%) Electronics
14 6 (0.92%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.77%) Automotive
15 5 (0.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 111 (17.10%) Developer
2 99 (15.25%) Architect
3 51 (7.86%) Senior
4 41 (6.32%) Software Engineer
5 37 (5.70%) Lead
6 34 (5.24%) Analyst
7 31 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 29 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 27 (4.16%) Java Developer
11 25 (3.85%) Consultant
11 25 (3.85%) Network Engineer
12 17 (2.62%) Senior Developer
13 16 (2.47%) Technical Architect
14 15 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (2.16%) Security Engineer
16 13 (2.00%) AWS Engineer
16 13 (2.00%) Project Manager
17 12 (1.85%) GCP Engineer
18 11 (1.69%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.78%) CSS
2 41 (6.32%) HTML
3 39 (6.01%) React
4 31 (4.78%) REST
5 27 (4.16%) .NET
5 27 (4.16%) Spring
6 24 (3.70%) RESTful
7 20 (3.08%) AngularJS
7 20 (3.08%) Kafka
8 19 (2.93%) Web Services
9 16 (2.47%) JSON
10 12 (1.85%) Node.js
11 11 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
11 11 (1.69%) jQuery
11 11 (1.69%) Spring Boot
11 11 (1.69%) XML
12 10 (1.54%) .NET Core
12 10 (1.54%) PyTorch
12 10 (1.54%) RAML
12 10 (1.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.86%) Management Information System
2 52 (8.01%) Algorithms
3 33 (5.08%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (4.47%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.93%) Derivative
7 18 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.62%) Mobile App
9 16 (2.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 15 (2.31%) Virtual Team
11 13 (2.00%) CMDB
11 13 (2.00%) Fixed Income
11 13 (2.00%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.69%) Social Media
13 10 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.54%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 55 (8.47%) Windows
2 54 (8.32%) Linux
3 21 (3.24%) Android
4 18 (2.77%) Unix
5 16 (2.47%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.39%) Solaris
7 8 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.23%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.08%) VMS
8 7 (1.08%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.92%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.62%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.31%) HPUX
12 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (98.61%) Computer Science
2 304 (46.84%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (27.12%) Agile
4 114 (17.57%) DevOps
5 99 (15.25%) Software Engineering
6 90 (13.87%) CI/CD
7 76 (11.71%) Migration
8 66 (10.17%) Analytics
9 64 (9.86%) Data Science
10 63 (9.71%) Machine Learning
11 60 (9.24%) Data Modelling
12 54 (8.32%) Artificial Intelligence
12 54 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (8.17%) Project Management
14 50 (7.70%) Microservices
15 46 (7.09%) Continuous Integration
15 46 (7.09%) SDLC
16 45 (6.93%) Infrastructure as Code
17 44 (6.78%) ITIL
17 44 (6.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 162 (24.96%) Python
2 112 (17.26%) SQL
3 103 (15.87%) Java
4 73 (11.25%) JavaScript
5 44 (6.78%) C#
6 39 (6.01%) PowerShell
7 33 (5.08%) C++
8 32 (4.93%) Bash
9 23 (3.54%) TypeScript
10 17 (2.62%) R
10 17 (2.62%) Scala
11 15 (2.31%) C
11 15 (2.31%) Go
12 12 (1.85%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.85%) Perl
13 10 (1.54%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.08%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.08%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.77%) PHP
15 5 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 649 (100.00%) Degree
2 107 (16.49%) Master's Degree
3 89 (13.71%) Security Cleared
4 64 (9.86%) SC Cleared
5 34 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (5.08%) CISSP
7 25 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 21 (3.24%) CCNA
9 19 (2.93%) CCNP
9 19 (2.93%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (2.62%) CEH
12 16 (2.47%) PhD
13 15 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.85%) CCIE
15 11 (1.69%) CISM
16 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
17 9 (1.39%) A+ Certification
17 9 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.01%) QA
2 28 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.39%) GDPR
3 9 (1.39%) NIST
3 9 (1.39%) SLA
4 8 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.62%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.46%) GRC
8 3 (0.46%) HL7
8 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) COBIT
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) MiFID
9 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 35 (5.39%) Docker
2 26 (4.01%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.69%) KVM
5 10 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.54%) vSphere
6 8 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.77%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.62%) vCloud
9 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.31%) Firmware
11 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (7.40%) Terraform
2 44 (6.78%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.31%) Ansible
4 8 (1.23%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.08%) Grafana
5 7 (1.08%) Kibana
5 7 (1.08%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.92%) logstash
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.62%) SCCM
8 3 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.46%) Nessus
8 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.46%) Puppet
8 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.46%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.31%) vRealize
9 2 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 134 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.86%) Oracle
3 41 (6.32%) Google
4 32 (4.93%) VMware
5 29 (4.47%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.85%) SAP
7 22 (3.39%) Cisco
8 14 (2.16%) Databricks
9 13 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.00%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.85%) IBM
11 10 (1.54%) Genesys
11 10 (1.54%) Juniper
12 8 (1.23%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.08%) Arista
14 6 (0.92%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.92%) Foundry
14 6 (0.92%) Palantir
14 6 (0.92%) Qualys
14 6 (0.92%) Splunk