Computer Science Contracts in Birmingham

Computer Science
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 64 82
Rank change year-on-year +23 +18 -40
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 22 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.90% 1.41% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 1.59% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 9
10th Percentile £356 £313 £381
25th Percentile £400 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £519 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +22.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £450
90th Percentile £578 £566 £505
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £525 £438
% change year-on-year +4.76% +20.00% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.33 £24.63 -
Median hourly rate £40.45 £25.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.20% - -
75th Percentile £56.25 £25.88 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.25 £25.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year +122.77% +80.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 634 816 1,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.53% 88.41% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 553 909
10th Percentile £238 £263 £213
25th Percentile £373 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £480
% change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 25 21
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £27.25 £15.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.88 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £77.00 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
% change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -7.04%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Birmingham

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Birmingham

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Birmingham

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Birmingham

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in Birmingham

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Functions
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.64%) Serverless
3 2 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (9.09%) Amazon S3
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) Ethereal
1 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
1 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (4.55%) Big Data
3 1 (4.55%) Hadoop
3 1 (4.55%) Presto
3 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 19 (86.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) German Language
5 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Developer
1 6 (27.27%) Java Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Data Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Support
4 1 (4.55%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) Spring
2 3 (13.64%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.64%) React
3 1 (4.55%) Guice
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
3 4 (18.18%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (18.18%) IoT
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
5 2 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
3 6 (27.27%) DevOps
4 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
4 5 (22.73%) Data Science
5 4 (18.18%) Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Architectural Design
5 4 (18.18%) BDD
5 4 (18.18%) Business Transformation
5 4 (18.18%) CAFM
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Data Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Enablement
5 4 (18.18%) Energy Management
5 4 (18.18%) Informatics
5 4 (18.18%) Microservices
5 4 (18.18%) SOA
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.09%) Perl
3 2 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (31.82%) Master's Degree
4 3 (13.64%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SysTrack
2 1 (4.55%) OpenView
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Citrix
2 3 (13.64%) New Relic
2 3 (13.64%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Informatica
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk
3 1 (4.55%) Teradata