Computer Science Contracts in the East of England

Computer Science
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 95 97
Rank change year-on-year +33 +2 -17
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 52 28 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.74% 1.35% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% 1.55% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 23
10th Percentile £145 £322 £328
25th Percentile £375 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £753 £538
90th Percentile £675 £922 £593
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 10
10th Percentile £35.50 - £47.75
25th Percentile £48.25 £51.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £49.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.41% +11.97% +17.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,801 2,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.16% 87.13% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 1,065 1,275
10th Percentile £207 £201 £185
25th Percentile £336 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 601 340 385
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +3 18 £465 +0.54% 99
Hertfordshire +10 14 £500 -40.30% 36
Essex +10 12 £568 +13.50% 17
Suffolk - 4 £650 - 1
Bedfordshire - 3 £550 - 6
Norfolk - 1 £375 - 11
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (1.92%) Apache
1 1 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.92%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.92%) IIS
1 1 (1.92%) Luigi
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Chatbot
2 4 (7.69%) Simulink
2 4 (7.69%) Stateflow
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.85%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.85%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (3.85%) SAP MM
2 2 (3.85%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.92%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) GCP
2 7 (13.46%) AWS
3 6 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.85%) Azure
5 1 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.92%) CloudFront
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) VoIP
2 1 (1.92%) DVB
2 1 (1.92%) Firewall
2 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.92%) RTMP
2 1 (1.92%) RTP
2 1 (1.92%) RTSP
2 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Big Data
1 2 (3.85%) Hadoop
1 2 (3.85%) Tableau
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.92%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.92%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Git
2 6 (11.54%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.92%) CMake
3 1 (1.92%) MSI
General
1 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.23%) Finance
3 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
4 8 (15.38%) Multimedia
5 7 (13.46%) Automotive
5 7 (13.46%) Banking
6 4 (7.69%) Electronics
6 4 (7.69%) Legal
7 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.85%) French Language
7 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.85%) Military
7 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.92%) Marketing
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Software Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Architect
3 7 (13.46%) Consultant
3 7 (13.46%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (11.54%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Genesys Consultant
4 6 (11.54%) Technical Consultant
5 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 4 (7.69%) Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Data Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (5.77%) Lead
7 3 (5.77%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Machine Learning Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) NumPy
2 7 (13.46%) Pandas
2 7 (13.46%) React
3 6 (11.54%) SciPy
4 5 (9.62%) RESTful
5 2 (3.85%) CSS
5 2 (3.85%) GraphQL
5 2 (3.85%) GStreamer
5 2 (3.85%) HTML
6 1 (1.92%) FFmpeg
6 1 (1.92%) Flask
6 1 (1.92%) Next.js
6 1 (1.92%) Node.js
6 1 (1.92%) PySpark
6 1 (1.92%) Redux
6 1 (1.92%) SAP Basis
6 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Algorithms
2 7 (13.46%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (11.54%) Data Structures
4 5 (9.62%) Social Media
5 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.69%) IVR
6 3 (5.77%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (3.85%) CMDB
7 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.92%) Digital TV
8 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.92%) Life Science
8 1 (1.92%) MPEG
8 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.08%) Windows
2 4 (7.69%) Linux
3 3 (5.77%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.77%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.85%) Unix
5 1 (1.92%) Android
5 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.92%) CentOS
5 1 (1.92%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (36.54%) Software Engineering
3 15 (28.85%) Artificial Intelligence
4 14 (26.92%) Data Science
5 12 (23.08%) Machine Learning
5 12 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 11 (21.15%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (21.15%) Test Automation
7 9 (17.31%) Migration
8 8 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (15.38%) Code Quality
8 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (13.46%) Business Strategy
9 7 (13.46%) Configuration Management
9 7 (13.46%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (13.46%) DevOps
9 7 (13.46%) Fintech
9 7 (13.46%) TOGAF
9 7 (13.46%) Zachman Framework
10 6 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (34.62%) Python
2 13 (25.00%) Java
3 10 (19.23%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.46%) C#
5 5 (9.62%) C
5 5 (9.62%) SQL
6 4 (7.69%) MATLAB
6 4 (7.69%) R
7 2 (3.85%) C++
7 2 (3.85%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.85%) VB
8 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (88.46%) Degree
2 32 (61.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
4 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.69%) CCNP
5 4 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.77%) A+ Certification
6 3 (5.77%) CCNA
6 3 (5.77%) MCSA
7 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.92%) CISSP
7 1 (1.92%) HNC
7 1 (1.92%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (1.92%) LPIC
7 1 (1.92%) PhD
7 1 (1.92%) RHCE
7 1 (1.92%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Docker
2 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.92%) KVM
3 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.92%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.85%) Ansible
2 2 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (1.92%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.92%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.46%) Google
3 6 (11.54%) Genesys
4 4 (7.69%) SAP
5 2 (3.85%) Avaya
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco
5 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.92%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.92%) Juniper
6 1 (1.92%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.92%) VMware