Computer Science Contracts in the City of London

Computer Science
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 79 81
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 83 106 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.74% 2.91% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 3.16% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 69 83
10th Percentile £317 £437 £462
25th Percentile £419 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.07% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £729 £875 £637
90th Percentile £804 £1,063 £735
Central London median daily rate £565 £725 £578
% change year-on-year -22.07% +25.54% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £50.45 £41.05
25th Percentile - £50.75 £45.25
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £61.75
90th Percentile - £77.75 £62.05
Central London median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +3.96% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,011 3,350 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 91.88% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 2,249 2,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 9 (10.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.20%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.53%) Azure
2 12 (14.46%) AWS
3 9 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (7.23%) GCP
6 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.02%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (6.02%) OneDrive
6 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.82%) PowerApps
7 4 (4.82%) WhatsApp
8 3 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.61%) GitHub
8 3 (3.61%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (2.41%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (2.41%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.20%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.20%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.02%) Firewall
2 3 (3.61%) LAN
2 3 (3.61%) Network Security
3 2 (2.41%) DNS
3 2 (2.41%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.20%) DHCP
4 1 (1.20%) MPLS
4 1 (1.20%) Multicast
4 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.20%) SSL
4 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.20%) VLAN
4 1 (1.20%) VPN
4 1 (1.20%) WAN
4 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.61%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.41%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.41%) Big Data
5 2 (2.41%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.41%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.41%) MySQL
5 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.41%) Presto
5 2 (2.41%) Tableau
6 1 (1.20%) CouchDB
6 1 (1.20%) DB2
6 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.20%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.20%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.23%) JIRA
2 4 (4.82%) Git
3 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.41%) CircleCI
4 2 (2.41%) ERwin
4 2 (2.41%) GitLab
4 2 (2.41%) Gradle
4 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.41%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.20%) Darcs
5 1 (1.20%) Jaeger
5 1 (1.20%) JUnit
5 1 (1.20%) Mercurial
5 1 (1.20%) Moq
5 1 (1.20%) MSTest
5 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.20%) Travis CI
5 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (51.81%) Social Skills
2 28 (33.73%) Finance
3 17 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (19.28%) Banking
5 10 (12.05%) Legal
6 4 (4.82%) Front Office
6 4 (4.82%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.41%) Advertising
8 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Marketing
8 2 (2.41%) Retail
9 1 (1.20%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.20%) French Language
9 1 (1.20%) German Language
9 1 (1.20%) Japanese Language
9 1 (1.20%) Korean Language
9 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.20%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Developer
2 14 (16.87%) Architect
3 9 (10.84%) Senior
4 5 (6.02%) Analyst
4 5 (6.02%) Data Engineer
4 5 (6.02%) Lead
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 5 (6.02%) Python Developer
5 4 (4.82%) C# Developer
5 4 (4.82%) Quantitative Developer
6 3 (3.61%) Consultant
6 3 (3.61%) Java Developer
6 3 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.61%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (2.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (2.41%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (2.41%) CRM Developer
7 2 (2.41%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) CSS
2 4 (4.82%) .NET
2 4 (4.82%) jQuery
2 4 (4.82%) REST
3 3 (3.61%) HTML
3 3 (3.61%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (3.61%) JSON
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (3.61%) NumPy
3 3 (3.61%) Pandas
3 3 (3.61%) Web Services
4 2 (2.41%) Matplotlib
4 2 (2.41%) PySpark
4 2 (2.41%) RAML
4 2 (2.41%) React
4 2 (2.41%) XML
5 1 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.20%) JPA
5 1 (1.20%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.02%) Algorithms
2 5 (6.02%) Virtual Team
3 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.61%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.61%) Derivative
4 3 (3.61%) Equities
4 3 (3.61%) Market Risk
4 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.41%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.41%) Legacy Code
5 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.20%) CBDC
6 1 (1.20%) DataPower
6 1 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.20%) IoT
6 1 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Solaris
3 2 (2.41%) VMS
4 1 (1.20%) Android
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (27.71%) Agile
3 17 (20.48%) Project Management
4 15 (18.07%) ITIL
4 15 (18.07%) Migration
5 10 (12.05%) Software Engineering
6 9 (10.84%) Analytics
6 9 (10.84%) Change Management
6 9 (10.84%) DevOps
6 9 (10.84%) Machine Learning
6 9 (10.84%) PRINCE2
7 8 (9.64%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (9.64%) CI/CD
7 8 (9.64%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (9.64%) Mathematics
8 7 (8.43%) Data Analysis
8 7 (8.43%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.43%) Scrum
9 6 (7.23%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (7.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.89%) Python
2 17 (20.48%) SQL
3 15 (18.07%) Java
4 10 (12.05%) C#
4 10 (12.05%) PowerShell
5 5 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.82%) C++
6 4 (4.82%) Go
6 4 (4.82%) Rust
7 3 (3.61%) Clojure
7 3 (3.61%) Haskell
7 3 (3.61%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.61%) Scala
8 2 (2.41%) C
8 2 (2.41%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.20%) R
9 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 77 (92.77%) Degree
2 56 (67.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (12.05%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (12.05%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.61%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.61%) PhD
5 2 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.41%) GCIA
5 2 (2.41%) GCIH
5 2 (2.41%) GIAC
5 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.20%) ACMT
6 1 (1.20%) ACSP
6 1 (1.20%) CCNA
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.20%) CISSP
6 1 (1.20%) MCITP
6 1 (1.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) QA
2 4 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) NIST
3 2 (2.41%) PMO
3 2 (2.41%) SLA
4 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.20%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) KVM
3 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (9.64%) PingFederate
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.82%) Terraform
4 2 (2.41%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.41%) Grafana
4 2 (2.41%) Nessus
4 2 (2.41%) QRadar
5 1 (1.20%) Ansible
5 1 (1.20%) Kibana
5 1 (1.20%) logstash
5 1 (1.20%) Nagios
5 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.20%) Puppet
5 1 (1.20%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (1.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.07%) Oracle
3 4 (4.82%) SAP
3 4 (4.82%) VMware
4 3 (3.61%) Cisco
4 3 (3.61%) Google
4 3 (3.61%) Proofpoint
4 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.61%) Symantec
5 2 (2.41%) Apple
5 2 (2.41%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (2.41%) Citrix
5 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.41%) Databricks
5 2 (2.41%) Foundry
5 2 (2.41%) Palantir
5 2 (2.41%) Sparx
6 1 (1.20%) F5
6 1 (1.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.20%) Zoho