Computer Science Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 112 152 148
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -4
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 95 66 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.489% 0.839% 1.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.708% 2.564% 2.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 37 74
Average daily rate £450 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £250 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £575 £657
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 - £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -13.88%
Search 107 Computer Science jobs in the City of London
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Computer Science Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Science across the City of London region.

City of London Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the City of London region.

City of London Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science.

1 151 (70.89%) Degree
2 78 (36.62%) Java
3 77 (36.15%) Finance
4 66 (30.99%) SQL
5 64 (30.05%) Banking
6 56 (26.29%) Mathematics
7 54 (25.35%) C#
8 47 (22.07%) .NET
9 44 (20.66%) C++
9 44 (20.66%) Agile Software Development
10 43 (20.19%) Multithreading
11 41 (19.25%) Investment Banking
12 36 (16.90%) Physics
13 33 (15.49%) Software Engineering
13 33 (15.49%) TDD
14 32 (15.02%) OO
15 30 (14.08%) Windows
16 29 (13.62%) Microsoft
16 29 (13.62%) Front Office
17 27 (12.68%) Scrum
18 24 (11.27%) Python
19 23 (10.80%) SQL Server
19 23 (10.80%) Android
20 22 (10.33%) JavaScript
20 22 (10.33%) XML
20 22 (10.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 22 (10.33%) Risk Management
21 21 (9.859%) Linux
21 21 (9.859%) Hadoop
21 21 (9.859%) WPF

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (22.07%) .NET
2 22 (10.33%) XML
3 21 (9.859%) WPF
4 20 (9.390%) Web Services
5 17 (7.981%) WCF
6 14 (6.573%) MapReduce
7 12 (5.634%) CSS
8 11 (5.164%) HTML
9 10 (4.695%) ASP.NET
9 10 (4.695%) STL
10 9 (4.225%) ASP
11 8 (3.756%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 8 (3.756%) HTML5
12 7 (3.286%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (2.817%) SAP XI
13 6 (2.817%) COM
13 6 (2.817%) XHTML
14 5 (2.347%) Spring
14 5 (2.347%) Apache Flex
14 5 (2.347%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 17 (7.981%) Apache
2 16 (7.512%) Apache Pig
3 11 (5.164%) SAS
4 8 (3.756%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.817%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.878%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.878%) IIS
7 3 (1.408%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.469%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.469%) Facebook Platform
8 1 (0.469%) MS Exchange
8 1 (0.469%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.469%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.469%) Rendezvous
Applications
1 15 (7.042%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.817%) SPSS
3 4 (1.878%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.408%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (1.408%) MS Project
4 3 (1.408%) MS Office
5 1 (0.469%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.469%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.878%) Front Arena
2 2 (0.939%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.939%) Bond Adapt
2 2 (0.939%) RMDS
3 1 (0.469%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.469%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.512%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.286%) HTTP
3 3 (1.408%) NAS
3 3 (1.408%) Firewall
4 2 (0.939%) Intranet
4 2 (0.939%) Internet
4 2 (0.939%) SAN
4 2 (0.939%) LAN
4 2 (0.939%) VPN
5 1 (0.469%) SPDY
5 1 (0.469%) DNS
5 1 (0.469%) SMS
5 1 (0.469%) DMZ
5 1 (0.469%) LDAP
5 1 (0.469%) BSS
5 1 (0.469%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.80%) SQL Server
2 21 (9.859%) Hadoop
3 19 (8.920%) Apache Hive
4 18 (8.451%) Apache Cassandra
4 18 (8.451%) Big Data
5 16 (7.512%) HBase
6 15 (7.042%) Data Mining
7 14 (6.573%) Mahout
8 11 (5.164%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (4.695%) RDBMS
9 10 (4.695%) OLAP
10 9 (4.225%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (4.225%) SQL Server 2008
11 8 (3.756%) NoSQL
11 8 (3.756%) MongoDB
12 7 (3.286%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (2.817%) MySQL
13 6 (2.817%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (2.817%) BusinessObjects XI
13 6 (2.817%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.634%) Eclipse
1 12 (5.634%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (3.756%) Subversion
3 6 (2.817%) JIRA
4 5 (2.347%) LLVM
5 4 (1.878%) JUnit
5 4 (1.878%) Selenium
6 3 (1.408%) FogBugz
6 3 (1.408%) Trac
6 3 (1.408%) Maven
6 3 (1.408%) Redmine
6 3 (1.408%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.408%) Git (software)
6 3 (1.408%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.939%) Xcode
7 2 (0.939%) Ant
7 2 (0.939%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.469%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.469%) Hudson
8 1 (0.469%) MSBuild
General
1 77 (36.15%) Finance
2 64 (30.05%) Banking
3 41 (19.25%) Investment Banking
4 29 (13.62%) Front Office
5 8 (3.756%) Legal
5 8 (3.756%) Retail
6 7 (3.286%) Marketing
7 4 (1.878%) Games
7 4 (1.878%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.408%) Music
8 3 (1.408%) Music Industry
8 3 (1.408%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.939%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.469%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.469%) Billing
10 1 (0.469%) Electronics
10 1 (0.469%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.469%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 138 (64.79%) Developer
2 31 (14.55%) C# Developer
3 18 (8.451%) C++ Developer
4 17 (7.981%) Android Developer
5 16 (7.512%) Analyst
6 15 (7.042%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.634%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.164%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.225%) Hadoop Developer
10 8 (3.756%) WPF Developer
11 7 (3.286%) FPGA Engineer
11 7 (3.286%) Data Scientist
11 7 (3.286%) Research Engineer
11 7 (3.286%) Senior Java Developer
11 7 (3.286%) Business Analyst
12 6 (2.817%) Junior
12 6 (2.817%) Business Developer
12 6 (2.817%) Programmer
12 6 (2.817%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.817%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 56 (26.29%) Mathematics
2 36 (16.90%) Physics
3 22 (10.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (8.451%) Derivative
5 15 (7.042%) Grid Computing
5 15 (7.042%) Statistics
6 14 (6.573%) Social Network
7 11 (5.164%) Social Media
7 11 (5.164%) Fixed Income
8 10 (4.695%) Machine Learning
9 9 (4.225%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 9 (4.225%) Credit Risk
9 9 (4.225%) Visualisation
10 8 (3.756%) Data Integration
11 7 (3.286%) Market Risk
11 7 (3.286%) VHDL
11 7 (3.286%) Verilog
11 7 (3.286%) ASIC
12 6 (2.817%) Open Source
12 6 (2.817%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.08%) Windows
2 23 (10.80%) Android
3 21 (9.859%) Linux
4 8 (3.756%) UNIX
5 7 (3.286%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.939%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.939%) AIX
6 2 (0.939%) Solaris
6 2 (0.939%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.939%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.469%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.469%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.469%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.469%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.469%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.469%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (20.66%) Agile Software Development
2 43 (20.19%) Multithreading
3 33 (15.49%) Software Engineering
3 33 (15.49%) TDD
4 32 (15.02%) OO
5 27 (12.68%) Scrum
6 22 (10.33%) Risk Management
7 20 (9.390%) Analytics
8 19 (8.920%) Data Analysis
9 17 (7.981%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (6.103%) MVC
11 11 (5.164%) Predictive Modelling
12 10 (4.695%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (4.695%) MVVM
12 10 (4.695%) CQRS
12 10 (4.695%) Business Analysis
13 9 (4.225%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (4.225%) System Testing
13 9 (4.225%) ETL
13 9 (4.225%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (36.62%) Java
2 66 (30.99%) SQL
3 54 (25.35%) C#
4 44 (20.66%) C++
5 24 (11.27%) Python
6 22 (10.33%) JavaScript
7 17 (7.981%) C
8 12 (5.634%) Scala
9 11 (5.164%) Perl
10 8 (3.756%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.756%) PHP
10 8 (3.756%) Ruby
11 7 (3.286%) VC++
12 6 (2.817%) R
13 5 (2.347%) VBA
13 5 (2.347%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.878%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.878%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.408%) PHP5
15 3 (1.408%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 151 (70.89%) Degree
2 13 (6.103%) PhD
3 7 (3.286%) Postgraduate
4 4 (1.878%) MCITP
5 3 (1.408%) MCTS
5 3 (1.408%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 2 (0.939%) HND
6 2 (0.939%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.939%) ISEB
6 2 (0.939%) CISSP
6 2 (0.939%) PMP
6 2 (0.939%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.939%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.469%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.469%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.469%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.469%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.469%) CCNA
7 1 (0.469%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.469%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.756%) QA
2 2 (0.939%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.469%) Basel III
3 1 (0.469%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.469%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (1.878%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.878%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.939%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.469%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 5 (2.347%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.408%) BMC Performance Manager
2 3 (1.408%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.939%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.469%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 1 (0.469%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.469%) Splunk
4 1 (0.469%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.469%) Legato
4 1 (0.469%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.469%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 29 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.390%) Oracle
3 8 (3.756%) Google
4 7 (3.286%) Altera
4 7 (3.286%) SAP
5 6 (2.817%) Business Objects
6 5 (2.347%) Cognos
7 4 (1.878%) Reuters
7 4 (1.878%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.878%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (1.878%) VMware
7 4 (1.878%) Apple
7 4 (1.878%) BMC
7 4 (1.878%) Informatica
7 4 (1.878%) NetApp
7 4 (1.878%) IBM
8 3 (1.408%) Zend
8 3 (1.408%) Sun
8 3 (1.408%) Dell
8 3 (1.408%) Sybase
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