Computer Science Degree Jobs with Work from Home Options

Computer Science Degree
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent 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 salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 234 143
Rank change year-on-year +102 -91 +21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 817 568 2,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.35% 1.47% 2.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.41% 5.63% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 639 483 707
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +4.35%

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,718 10,088 17,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.93% 26.18% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,904 6,114 8,887
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -

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
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 Degree.

Computer Science Degree salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Computer Science Degree over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Computer Science Degree salary 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 21 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.96%) OpenStack
3 13 (1.59%) IIS
4 9 (1.10%) Confluence
5 7 (0.86%) Apache
6 6 (0.73%) WordPress
7 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.49%) CMS
8 4 (0.49%) Luigi
8 4 (0.49%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.24%) Moodle
9 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) Mule
10 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 51 (6.24%) Simulink
2 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.12%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) UXPin
5 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 15 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.61%) Odoo
4 4 (0.49%) Magento
4 4 (0.49%) Shopify
5 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 273 (33.41%) Azure
2 212 (25.95%) AWS
3 73 (8.94%) GCP
4 70 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.88%) SaaS
6 47 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
7 40 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (4.77%) PowerApps
9 34 (4.16%) Power Automate
10 32 (3.92%) Serverless
11 27 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (3.06%) Amazon S3
13 23 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (2.82%) GitHub
14 20 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.45%) Snowflake
15 18 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.71%) Route 53
16 14 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.14%) Network Security
2 41 (5.02%) Firewall
3 25 (3.06%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.45%) LAN
4 20 (2.45%) VPN
4 20 (2.45%) WAN
5 17 (2.08%) DNS
6 15 (1.84%) Intrusion Detection
7 13 (1.59%) DHCP
7 13 (1.59%) VLAN
7 13 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.35%) SAN
9 9 (1.10%) MQTT
10 8 (0.98%) HTTP
10 8 (0.98%) SSL
10 8 (0.98%) WLAN
11 7 (0.86%) MPLS
11 7 (0.86%) Wireless
12 5 (0.61%) IPsec
12 5 (0.61%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 67 (8.20%) Power BI
3 63 (7.71%) NoSQL
4 53 (6.49%) Relational Database
5 37 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (3.92%) MySQL
6 32 (3.92%) Redis
7 28 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (3.18%) Big Data
9 22 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (2.33%) MongoDB
12 14 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.59%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (1.22%) Power Query
16 9 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (0.98%) DynamoDB
18 6 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 123 (15.06%) Git
2 21 (2.57%) JIRA
2 21 (2.57%) Visual Studio
3 20 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.45%) Vagrant
4 14 (1.71%) CMake
4 14 (1.71%) Subversion
5 11 (1.35%) GitLab
6 9 (1.10%) Selenium
6 9 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.73%) JUnit
8 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.61%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.61%) Xcode
9 3 (0.37%) gulp
9 3 (0.37%) JMeter
9 3 (0.37%) MSTest
9 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.37%) TestNG
9 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 406 (49.69%) Social Skills
2 139 (17.01%) Finance
3 126 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.41%) Marketing
7 31 (3.79%) Retail
8 25 (3.06%) Legal
9 22 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.45%) Law
11 18 (2.20%) Games
11 18 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.08%) Military
13 16 (1.96%) Electronics
13 16 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.59%) Back Office
15 9 (1.10%) Banking
15 9 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.98%) Advertising
17 6 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 284 (34.76%) Developer
2 144 (17.63%) Senior
3 109 (13.34%) Software Engineer
4 74 (9.06%) Architect
5 69 (8.45%) Lead
6 62 (7.59%) Software Developer
7 51 (6.24%) .NET Developer
8 47 (5.75%) Senior Developer
9 44 (5.39%) Junior
10 38 (4.65%) Analyst
11 37 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
12 35 (4.28%) C++ Software Engineer
12 35 (4.28%) PHP Developer
13 32 (3.92%) Junior Developer
14 30 (3.67%) Consultant
14 30 (3.67%) Full Stack Developer
15 29 (3.55%) Technical Architect
16 28 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
17 27 (3.30%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
18 23 (2.82%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (16.03%) .NET
2 106 (12.97%) HTML
3 93 (11.38%) CSS
4 69 (8.45%) React
5 55 (6.73%) AngularJS
6 46 (5.63%) REST
7 45 (5.51%) ASP.NET
8 37 (4.53%) XML
9 35 (4.28%) .NET Framework
10 34 (4.16%) .NET Core
11 28 (3.43%) HTML5
11 28 (3.43%) Middleware
11 28 (3.43%) Web Services
12 27 (3.30%) Laravel
12 27 (3.30%) Node.js
12 27 (3.30%) RESTful
13 26 (3.18%) Spring
14 21 (2.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 20 (2.45%) Django
15 20 (2.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.81%) Management Information System
2 49 (6.00%) Algorithms
3 48 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 36 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.69%) IoT
7 20 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 14 (1.71%) Life Science
8 14 (1.71%) NHS
8 14 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.59%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.59%) Replication
10 12 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.22%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 148 (18.12%) Linux
2 92 (11.26%) Windows
3 50 (6.12%) Android
4 28 (3.43%) Apple iOS
5 25 (3.06%) Ubuntu
6 23 (2.82%) Windows Server
7 22 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (2.57%) Embedded Linux
9 20 (2.45%) CentOS
10 12 (1.47%) Unix
11 6 (0.73%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
12 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
14 2 (0.24%) Debian
14 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (96.57%) Computer Science
2 353 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (32.19%) Software Engineering
4 255 (31.21%) Agile
5 165 (20.20%) DevOps
6 119 (14.57%) Mentoring
7 111 (13.59%) Machine Learning
8 109 (13.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 105 (12.85%) CI/CD
10 81 (9.91%) Analytics
10 81 (9.91%) Roadmaps
11 79 (9.67%) Containerisation
12 74 (9.06%) Collaborative Working
12 74 (9.06%) Data Modelling
12 74 (9.06%) Microservices
13 73 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (8.57%) Code Quality
16 66 (8.08%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 229 (28.03%) Python
2 222 (27.17%) SQL
3 185 (22.64%) C#
4 182 (22.28%) JavaScript
5 150 (18.36%) Java
6 105 (12.85%) C++
7 65 (7.96%) TypeScript
8 49 (6.00%) PHP
9 46 (5.63%) C
10 22 (2.69%) Bash
11 21 (2.57%) Kotlin
12 20 (2.45%) PowerShell
13 16 (1.96%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.35%) Swift
15 10 (1.22%) Objective-C
16 9 (1.10%) VB.NET
17 8 (0.98%) MATLAB
17 8 (0.98%) VB
18 7 (0.86%) Go
18 7 (0.86%) XPath
Qualifications
1 817 (100.00%) Degree
2 127 (15.54%) Security Cleared
3 104 (12.73%) Master's Degree
4 99 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 44 (5.39%) AWS Certification
6 38 (4.65%) Azure Certification
7 37 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (4.04%) CISSP
9 25 (3.06%) DV Cleared
10 21 (2.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.96%) CISM
13 13 (1.59%) CCNA
13 13 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 11 (1.35%) CCNP
15 11 (1.35%) CREST Certified
16 10 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.71%) QA
2 26 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.10%) SLA
5 8 (0.98%) GDPR
6 6 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.73%) COBIT
6 6 (0.73%) NIST
6 6 (0.73%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 126 (15.42%) Docker
2 29 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.47%) Firmware
4 9 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.49%) KVM
7 3 (0.37%) XenApp
8 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 90 (11.02%) Kubernetes
2 66 (8.08%) Terraform
3 45 (5.51%) Ansible
4 16 (1.96%) Puppet
5 10 (1.22%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.98%) Grafana
7 6 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.73%) Nagios
7 6 (0.73%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.73%) SCCM
8 5 (0.61%) Nessus
8 5 (0.61%) SCOM
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.37%) OfficeScan
10 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.37%) WSUS
11 1 (0.12%) cPanel
Vendors
1 147 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.51%) Google
3 44 (5.39%) Xilinx
4 21 (2.57%) SAP
5 18 (2.20%) Cisco
6 16 (1.96%) Databricks
7 14 (1.71%) IBM
7 14 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.59%) Oracle
9 12 (1.47%) NVIDIA
9 12 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.47%) VMware
10 7 (0.86%) Splunk
10 7 (0.86%) UiPath
11 6 (0.73%) Centreon
11 6 (0.73%) Citrix
11 6 (0.73%) Juniper
12 5 (0.61%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.49%) Veeam
14 3 (0.37%) Coverity