Computer Science Degree Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 252 359
Rank change year-on-year +113 +107 -21
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 233 225 286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 0.91% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 3.62% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 148 179
10th Percentile £306 £397 £375
25th Percentile £413 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £863 £638
90th Percentile £800 £956 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £56.25 £39.45 £20.55
25th Percentile £63.75 £52.50 £40.25
Median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +13.40% +42.63%
75th Percentile £79.38 £70.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £79.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £55.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% +16.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,962 6,221 8,766
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.79% 25.27% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 4,203 6,187
10th Percentile £335 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 255 225
10th Percentile £14.79 £19.10 £20.54
25th Percentile £24.06 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +23.78%
75th Percentile £68.52 £71.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%

Computer Science Degree
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Computer Science Degree trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree.

Computer Science Degree daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Computer Science Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Computer Science Degree hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
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 8 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.86%) Apache
4 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.86%) EPiServer
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.86%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.86%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.86%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.43%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) Simulink
5 1 (0.43%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.43%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.43%) SAP POS DM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (30.04%) Azure
2 56 (24.03%) AWS
3 33 (14.16%) GCP
4 15 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.58%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.86%) GitHub
8 8 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.43%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.58%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.58%) Twilio
11 5 (2.15%) Amazon EMR
11 5 (2.15%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.15%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.58%) Firewall
2 13 (5.58%) DNS
3 11 (4.72%) Network Security
3 11 (4.72%) VoIP
4 9 (3.86%) CTI
5 7 (3.00%) VPN
6 6 (2.58%) DHCP
6 6 (2.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.72%) VLAN
7 4 (1.72%) WAN
7 4 (1.72%) Wireless
8 3 (1.29%) Internet
8 3 (1.29%) SSH
9 2 (0.86%) LAN
9 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.86%) Skype
10 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.43%) Telepresence
10 1 (0.43%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.15%) Relational Database
3 12 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.72%) Power BI
5 10 (4.29%) Couchbase
5 10 (4.29%) MySQL
5 10 (4.29%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.15%) Big Data
7 5 (2.15%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.72%) Metadata
8 4 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.72%) Tableau
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.29%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (12.45%) Git
2 19 (8.15%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.72%) GitLab
4 7 (3.00%) JIRA
5 6 (2.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (2.58%) MLflow
6 5 (2.15%) Selenium
7 4 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.29%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.86%) Postman
9 2 (0.86%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.86%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.43%) Babel
10 1 (0.43%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.43%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 155 (66.52%) Social Skills
2 75 (32.19%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (22.75%) Finance
4 20 (8.58%) Banking
5 13 (5.58%) Front Office
5 13 (5.58%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.29%) Retail
7 8 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.00%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.58%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.58%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.58%) Legal
9 6 (2.58%) Marketing
10 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.29%) Electronics
10 3 (1.29%) German Language
10 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.86%) Advertising
11 2 (0.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 40 (17.17%) Developer
2 34 (14.59%) Architect
3 26 (11.16%) Senior
4 23 (9.87%) Lead
5 19 (8.15%) Consultant
6 17 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (6.87%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.58%) Data Engineer
9 12 (5.15%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.72%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.86%) Project Manager
13 8 (3.43%) Analyst
13 8 (3.43%) Java Developer
13 8 (3.43%) Lead Data Engineer
14 7 (3.00%) .NET Developer
15 6 (2.58%) AWS Engineer
15 6 (2.58%) Risk Consultant
15 6 (2.58%) Technical Leader
16 5 (2.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.44%) HTML
2 20 (8.58%) CSS
3 18 (7.73%) .NET
4 15 (6.44%) React
5 14 (6.01%) Node.js
6 12 (5.15%) .NET Framework
6 12 (5.15%) AngularJS
6 12 (5.15%) ASP.NET
6 12 (5.15%) Web Services
7 10 (4.29%) Middleware
7 10 (4.29%) RESTful
8 9 (3.86%) JSON
8 9 (3.86%) Kafka
9 7 (3.00%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.00%) REST
9 7 (3.00%) Swagger
9 7 (3.00%) Vue
10 6 (2.58%) Entity Framework
11 5 (2.15%) jQuery
11 5 (2.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.30%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.58%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.58%) Derivative
3 11 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.29%) Data Structures
4 10 (4.29%) IVR
5 6 (2.58%) Blockchain
5 6 (2.58%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.58%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.15%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.58%) Linux
2 16 (6.87%) Windows
3 11 (4.72%) Unix
4 7 (3.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.29%) Android
6 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (99.14%) Computer Science
2 115 (49.36%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (39.91%) Agile
4 58 (24.89%) DevOps
5 31 (13.30%) CI/CD
5 31 (13.30%) Software Engineering
6 29 (12.45%) Analytics
7 25 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (10.30%) Data Modelling
9 21 (9.01%) Project Management
10 19 (8.15%) Microservices
10 19 (8.15%) Scrum
10 19 (8.15%) Translating Business Requirements
11 18 (7.73%) Migration
11 18 (7.73%) Roadmaps
11 18 (7.73%) Web Development
12 17 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (7.30%) Information Security
12 17 (7.30%) Risk Management
13 16 (6.87%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 58 (24.89%) Python
2 43 (18.45%) Java
3 40 (17.17%) SQL
4 38 (16.31%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.73%) C#
5 18 (7.73%) C++
6 14 (6.01%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.15%) Bash
7 12 (5.15%) Go
8 10 (4.29%) Perl
8 10 (4.29%) Scala
9 8 (3.43%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.00%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.58%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.72%) R
12 4 (1.72%) Rust
13 3 (1.29%) Bicep
13 3 (1.29%) Clojure
13 3 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 233 (100.00%) Degree
2 53 (22.75%) Master's Degree
3 28 (12.02%) Security Cleared
4 21 (9.01%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.72%) CISM
5 11 (4.72%) CISSP
6 10 (4.29%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.00%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.00%) CCNA
7 7 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.00%) PhD
8 6 (2.58%) CEH
8 6 (2.58%) PMP
9 5 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.72%) APMP
11 3 (1.29%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.29%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.86%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.01%) QA
2 12 (5.15%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.86%) NIST
4 6 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.15%) GDPR
5 5 (2.15%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.15%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.86%) COBIT
7 2 (0.86%) GRC
7 2 (0.86%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.86%) MiFID
8 1 (0.43%) GxP
8 1 (0.43%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (6.87%) Docker
2 10 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.15%) Terraform
3 7 (3.00%) Grafana
4 5 (2.15%) Ansible
5 4 (1.72%) SCCM
6 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.29%) Nessus
7 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.43%) Argo
8 1 (0.43%) Nagios
8 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.43%) Puppet
8 1 (0.43%) TIBCO Hawk
8 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.43%) WSUS
8 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.59%) Oracle
3 17 (7.30%) Google
4 12 (5.15%) Databricks
5 10 (4.29%) Genesys
6 9 (3.86%) Cisco
6 9 (3.86%) SAP
7 6 (2.58%) Avaya
7 6 (2.58%) Qualys
8 5 (2.15%) Adobe
8 5 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.15%) VMware
9 4 (1.72%) CA
9 4 (1.72%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.29%) Ariba
10 3 (1.29%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.29%) IBM
10 3 (1.29%) Informatica
10 3 (1.29%) Red Hat