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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 79 54
Rank change year-on-year +11 -25 +12
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1,428 1,656 4,282
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.23% 4.08% 6.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 4.24% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 1,279 1,668
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £41,000
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £112,750 £100,750
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 30,831 39,032 67,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.25% 96.06% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,355 27,082 41,220
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 16 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 27 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.68%) IIS
3 15 (1.05%) OpenStack
4 13 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.84%) Apache
5 12 (0.84%) Confluence
6 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.56%) nginx
8 7 (0.49%) Moodle
8 7 (0.49%) WordPress
9 6 (0.42%) CMS
10 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.28%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.21%) Luigi
13 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.14%) SAS
13 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.070%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.070%) Mule
Applications
1 38 (2.66%) Simulink
2 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.070%) InVision
7 1 (0.070%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.070%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 15 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.63%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.35%) Odoo
6 4 (0.28%) Magento
6 4 (0.28%) Shopify
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.070%) Endur
8 1 (0.070%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.070%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.070%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 358 (25.07%) Azure
2 330 (23.11%) AWS
3 100 (7.00%) GCP
4 90 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 69 (4.83%) SaaS
6 63 (4.41%) Serverless
7 59 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
8 58 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
9 57 (3.99%) GitHub
10 56 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (2.38%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.17%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 24 (1.68%) Amazon S3
16 22 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
17 20 (1.40%) Snowflake
18 18 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
19 15 (1.05%) Firebase
20 14 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.57%) Wireless
2 47 (3.29%) Firewall
3 46 (3.22%) Network Security
4 33 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 30 (2.10%) VPN
6 27 (1.89%) DNS
7 23 (1.61%) WAN
8 22 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (1.40%) LAN
10 18 (1.26%) DHCP
10 18 (1.26%) Ethernet
11 15 (1.05%) HTTP
12 14 (0.98%) VLAN
13 13 (0.91%) Internet
14 12 (0.84%) RS-232
15 11 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.77%) SAN
16 9 (0.63%) BGP
16 9 (0.63%) MQTT
16 9 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (9.45%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.02%) Power BI
3 81 (5.67%) Relational Database
4 65 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 63 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (4.20%) Redis
7 57 (3.99%) MySQL
8 49 (3.43%) NoSQL
9 42 (2.94%) Big Data
10 35 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 27 (1.89%) Data Lake
12 23 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (1.05%) Hadoop
15 14 (0.98%) Tableau
16 13 (0.91%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.84%) MongoDB
17 12 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 11 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 154 (10.78%) Git
2 39 (2.73%) JIRA
3 25 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.61%) CMake
5 22 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 18 (1.26%) Subversion
7 14 (0.98%) GitLab
7 14 (0.98%) TeamCity
7 14 (0.98%) Vagrant
8 8 (0.56%) GDB
8 8 (0.56%) Maven
9 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.49%) JUnit
9 7 (0.49%) Selenium
9 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.35%) DTrace
11 5 (0.35%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 669 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 253 (17.72%) Finance
3 213 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (5.39%) Marketing
6 64 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 59 (4.13%) Electronics
7 59 (4.13%) Legal
8 49 (3.43%) Games
8 49 (3.43%) Retail
9 45 (3.15%) Manufacturing
10 39 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.31%) Military
12 30 (2.10%) Law
13 28 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.96%) Tech for Good
14 26 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (1.75%) Automotive
16 20 (1.40%) Banking
17 19 (1.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 435 (30.46%) Developer
2 293 (20.52%) Senior
3 228 (15.97%) Software Engineer
4 111 (7.77%) Software Developer
5 106 (7.42%) Lead
6 97 (6.79%) Senior Developer
7 78 (5.46%) .NET Developer
8 77 (5.39%) Analyst
8 77 (5.39%) Junior
9 76 (5.32%) Architect
10 72 (5.04%) Graduate
11 71 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
12 49 (3.43%) Embedded Engineer
13 41 (2.87%) Consultant
13 41 (2.87%) Data Engineer
14 40 (2.80%) C++ Software Engineer
14 40 (2.80%) Full Stack Developer
14 40 (2.80%) Senior Software Developer
15 39 (2.73%) C# Developer
16 38 (2.66%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (18.21%) .NET
2 142 (9.94%) HTML
3 133 (9.31%) CSS
4 124 (8.68%) React
5 107 (7.49%) AngularJS
6 93 (6.51%) .NET Core
7 83 (5.81%) ASP.NET
8 79 (5.53%) Node.js
9 62 (4.34%) RESTful
10 57 (3.99%) REST
11 41 (2.87%) ASP.NET MVC
12 40 (2.80%) Vue
13 39 (2.73%) .NET Framework
14 37 (2.59%) XML
15 36 (2.52%) Web Services
16 34 (2.38%) Kafka
16 34 (2.38%) Laravel
16 34 (2.38%) SOAP
17 31 (2.17%) Spring
18 28 (1.96%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 158 (11.06%) Algorithms
2 129 (9.03%) Management Information System
3 123 (8.61%) Data Structures
4 115 (8.05%) Client/Server
5 62 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
7 51 (3.57%) Virtual Team
8 48 (3.36%) Data Centre
9 40 (2.80%) Product Ownership
10 31 (2.17%) Life Science
11 30 (2.10%) IoT
12 29 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.82%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.75%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (1.19%) Onboarding
16 16 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (1.05%) Blockchain
18 13 (0.91%) Hedge funds
18 13 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 192 (13.45%) Linux
2 143 (10.01%) Windows
3 50 (3.50%) Android
4 41 (2.87%) Apple iOS
5 33 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.68%) Unix
7 20 (1.40%) Ubuntu
8 19 (1.33%) Windows 10
9 18 (1.26%) CentOS
10 16 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
12 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.28%) SUSE
15 4 (0.28%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.21%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (39.71%) Software Engineering
2 502 (35.15%) Problem-Solving
3 407 (28.50%) Agile
4 216 (15.13%) DevOps
5 184 (12.89%) Mentoring
6 183 (12.82%) Mathematics
7 181 (12.68%) Artificial Intelligence
8 151 (10.57%) Analytics
9 149 (10.43%) CI/CD
10 146 (10.22%) Machine Learning
11 136 (9.52%) OOP
12 125 (8.75%) Roadmaps
13 121 (8.47%) Data Modelling
13 121 (8.47%) Project Management
14 118 (8.26%) Decision-Making
15 114 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
16 113 (7.91%) Design Patterns
16 113 (7.91%) Full Stack Development
17 110 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 110 (7.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 353 (24.72%) Python
2 318 (22.27%) C#
2 318 (22.27%) SQL
3 283 (19.82%) JavaScript
4 186 (13.03%) Java
5 120 (8.40%) TypeScript
6 119 (8.33%) C++
7 115 (8.05%) C
8 59 (4.13%) PHP
9 46 (3.22%) PowerShell
10 39 (2.73%) Embedded C
11 35 (2.45%) T-SQL
12 31 (2.17%) Go
13 27 (1.89%) Bash
14 25 (1.75%) Kotlin
15 24 (1.68%) Ruby
16 16 (1.12%) Scala
17 15 (1.05%) R
18 13 (0.91%) Rust
19 10 (0.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,247 (87.32%) Degree
2 727 (50.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 209 (14.64%) Master's Degree
4 160 (11.20%) Security Cleared
5 111 (7.77%) SC Cleared
6 66 (4.62%) PhD
7 45 (3.15%) AWS Certification
7 45 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (2.94%) CISSP
9 32 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.47%) PMI Certification
14 20 (1.40%) CISM
15 18 (1.26%) CCNA
15 18 (1.26%) PMP
16 17 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
17 15 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.74%) QA
2 28 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 21 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.33%) GDPR
5 18 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.98%) SLA
7 12 (0.84%) NIST
8 8 (0.56%) COBIT
9 7 (0.49%) DO-254
9 7 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.42%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.35%) PMO
12 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 4 (0.28%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.21%) GRC
14 2 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 173 (12.11%) Docker
2 65 (4.55%) Firmware
3 49 (3.43%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.68%) Embedded Firmware
5 23 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (1.19%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.42%) KVM
9 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
11 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.070%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (8.75%) Kubernetes
2 74 (5.18%) Terraform
3 41 (2.87%) Ansible
4 16 (1.12%) Puppet
5 10 (0.70%) Grafana
5 10 (0.70%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.42%) Nagios
8 6 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.42%) SCCM
8 6 (0.42%) SCOM
8 6 (0.42%) WSUS
9 4 (0.28%) Nessus
9 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.21%) OfficeScan
11 2 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.070%) yum
Vendors
1 230 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.55%) Google
3 45 (3.15%) SAP
4 32 (2.24%) Oracle
5 31 (2.17%) Xilinx
6 26 (1.82%) VMware
7 21 (1.47%) Cisco
8 16 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 14 (0.98%) IBM
10 13 (0.91%) NVIDIA
11 12 (0.84%) Adobe
11 12 (0.84%) Databricks
11 12 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.56%) Juniper
13 7 (0.49%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.49%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.42%) Apple
14 6 (0.42%) Centreon
14 6 (0.42%) Citrix
14 6 (0.42%) Teradata