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Computer Science Contracts in London

Browse 296 Computer Science job vacancies in London

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the 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 19 June 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 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.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Computer Science (Computing Science)

Rank

117

159

Rank change year-on-year

+42

Contract jobs citing Computer Science

400

321

394

As % of all contract IT jobs located in London

1.754%

1.207%

1.252%

As % of the Miscellaneous category

5.296%

3.779%

3.334%

Number of daily rates quoted

236

193

218

Average daily rate

£400

£425

£500

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-5.88%

-15.00%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£258

£250

£268

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£600

£650

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£325

% change year-on-year

+7.69%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£45.00

£52.50

£50.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-14.28%

+5.00%

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£32.50

£31.00

£35.00

% change year-on-year

+4.83%

-11.42%

All of the Miscellaneous Category
London

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category

7553

8494

11818

As % of all contract IT jobs located in London

33.12%

31.95%

37.56%

Number of daily rates quoted

5226

5808

8072

Average daily rate

£475

£550

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-13.63%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£275

£325

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£625

£650

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£345

£328

% change year-on-year

+1.44%

+5.34%

Number of hourly rates quoted

152

192

165

Average hourly rate

£22.50

£21.50

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+4.65%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£14.50

£13.00

£12.30

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£45.00

£47.50

£52.30

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£21.63

£22.50

£25.00

% change year-on-year

-3.88%

-10.00%

Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 London region.

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Computer Science
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location (Click each for more statistics)	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Find Job Vacancies
City of London	+30	122	£420	-4.00%	104
Canary Wharf	+9	13	£600	+9.09%
Docklands, London	+4	3	£375	-
Uxbridge	-	1	-	-
Hammersmith	-	1	£325	-
Ealing	-	-	-	-
Westminster	-	-	-	-
Osterley	-	-	-	-
Paddington	-	-	-	-
Clapham	-	-	-	-
Southwark	-	-	-	-
Coulsdon	-	-	-	-
Croydon	-	-	-	-
Hounslow	-	-	-	-
Isleworth	-	-	-	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	-	-	-	2
New Malden	-	-	-	-	1
Romford	-	-	-	-
South Croydon	-	-	-	-
Teddington	-	-	-	-
Twickenham	-	-	-	-
Computer Science England

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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	602 (76.11%)	Degree
2	303 (38.31%)	Java
3	242 (30.59%)	Finance
4	195 (24.65%)	SQL
5	182 (23.01%)	C#
6	162 (20.48%)	Agile Software Development
7	160 (20.23%)	Mathematics
8	144 (18.20%)	C++
8	144 (18.20%)	.NET
9	130 (16.43%)	Banking
10	129 (16.31%)	OO
11	125 (15.80%)	Oracle
12	121 (15.30%)	Windows
13	108 (13.65%)	JavaScript
13	108 (13.65%)	Physics

14	105 (13.27%)	Linux
15	101 (12.77%)	SQL Server
15	101 (12.77%)	Software Engineering
16	94 (11.88%)	Web Services
17	91 (11.50%)	Multithreading
18	90 (11.38%)	Microsoft
18	90 (11.38%)	TDD
19	85 (10.75%)	Investment Banking
19	85 (10.75%)	Android
20	83 (10.49%)	Scrum
21	78 (9.861%)	Front Office
22	75 (9.482%)	Continuous Integration
23	72 (9.102%)	CSS
24	70 (8.850%)	XML
25	69 (8.723%)	HTML

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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	144 (18.20%)	.NET
2	94 (11.88%)	Web Services
3	72 (9.102%)	CSS
4	70 (8.850%)	XML
5	69 (8.723%)	HTML
6	60 (7.585%)	Spring
7	55 (6.953%)	HTML5
8	46 (5.815%)	ASP.NET
9	42 (5.310%)	J2EE
9	42 (5.310%)	JSON
10	35 (4.425%)	WCF
11	33 (4.172%)	Java EE
12	31 (3.919%)	jQuery
12	31 (3.919%)	WPF
13	30 (3.793%)	RESTful
14	28 (3.540%)	Ajax
15	27 (3.413%)	Middleware
16	25 (3.161%)	CSS3
17	22 (2.781%)	REST
17	22 (2.781%)	ASP.NET MVC

Application Platforms
1	49 (6.195%)	Apache
2	45 (5.689%)	Tomcat
3	35 (4.425%)	SharePoint
4	25 (3.161%)	WebLogic
5	22 (2.781%)	IIS
6	19 (2.402%)	SAS
7	18 (2.276%)	Apache Pig
8	15 (1.896%)	CMS
9	11 (1.391%)	nginx
10	8 (1.011%)	Sitecore CMS
11	6 (0.759%)	SharePoint Server
12	5 (0.632%)	Oracle Application Server
13	4 (0.506%)	SharePoint 2013
13	4 (0.506%)	IBM Notes
13	4 (0.506%)	Confluence
13	4 (0.506%)	Amazon AWS
14	3 (0.379%)	Oracle Coherence
14	3 (0.379%)	CoreMedia CMS
14	3 (0.379%)	Drupal
14	3 (0.379%)	TIBCO EMS

Applications
1	57 (7.206%)	MS Excel
2	28 (3.540%)	MS Visio
3	27 (3.413%)	MS Office
4	9 (1.138%)	MS PowerPoint
4	9 (1.138%)	SPSS
5	8 (1.011%)	MS Project
6	7 (0.885%)	InfoPath
7	6 (0.759%)	Photoshop
8	2 (0.253%)	PowerPivot
9	1 (0.126%)	Google Apps
9	1 (0.126%)	Spreadsheet
9	1 (0.126%)	Adobe Illustrator

Business Applications
1	5 (0.632%)	Front Arena
2	4 (0.506%)	Endur
2	4 (0.506%)	Sophis RISQUE
2	4 (0.506%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	4 (0.506%)	Bond Adapt
3	3 (0.379%)	Dynamics CRM
3	3 (0.379%)	SAP FSCM
3	3 (0.379%)	SAP CO
3	3 (0.379%)	SAP FI/CO
3	3 (0.379%)	SAP FI
4	2 (0.253%)	Oracle Financials
4	2 (0.253%)	Oracle ERP
4	2 (0.253%)	Oracle Manufacturing
4	2 (0.253%)	Oracle Applications
4	2 (0.253%)	Summit
4	2 (0.253%)	RMDS
4	2 (0.253%)	SunGard APT
4	2 (0.253%)	ION MarketView
4	2 (0.253%)	Hyperion Planning
4	2 (0.253%)	Google Analytics

Communications & Networking
1	32 (4.046%)	TCP/IP
2	21 (2.655%)	Internet
3	17 (2.149%)	SAN
4	16 (2.023%)	SSL
4	16 (2.023%)	HTTP
5	13 (1.643%)	Firewall
6	11 (1.391%)	NAS
6	11 (1.391%)	VPN
7	9 (1.138%)	LAN
8	6 (0.759%)	WAN
9	5 (0.632%)	Wireless
9	5 (0.632%)	Intranet
10	4 (0.506%)	VoIP
10	4 (0.506%)	Fibre Channel
11	3 (0.379%)	BIG-IP
11	3 (0.379%)	DHCP
11	3 (0.379%)	Broadband
11	3 (0.379%)	FTP
11	3 (0.379%)	MPLS
11	3 (0.379%)	3G

Database & Business Intelligence
1	101 (12.77%)	SQL Server
2	53 (6.700%)	MySQL
3	37 (4.678%)	Big Data
4	34 (4.298%)	Hadoop
5	33 (4.172%)	MongoDB
6	31 (3.919%)	RDBMS
7	29 (3.666%)	Data Warehouse
8	24 (3.034%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	22 (2.781%)	Data Mining
9	22 (2.781%)	Apache Cassandra
10	21 (2.655%)	SQL Server 2008
10	21 (2.655%)	NoSQL
10	21 (2.655%)	Apache Hive
10	21 (2.655%)	HBase
11	20 (2.528%)	SQL Server Integration Services
12	18 (2.276%)	BusinessObjects
12	18 (2.276%)	Oracle Reports
13	17 (2.149%)	BusinessObjects XI
13	17 (2.149%)	OLAP
14	16 (2.023%)	Mahout

Development Applications
1	60 (7.585%)	Subversion
2	48 (6.068%)	Maven
3	44 (5.563%)	JUnit
4	36 (4.551%)	Git (software)
4	36 (4.551%)	Ant
5	26 (3.287%)	JIRA
6	20 (2.528%)	Team Foundation Server
7	17 (2.149%)	Eclipse
8	16 (2.023%)	Xcode
9	14 (1.770%)	Mercurial
10	13 (1.643%)	Jenkins
11	12 (1.517%)	LLVM
12	8 (1.011%)	Visual Studio
13	7 (0.885%)	Redmine
13	7 (0.885%)	Hudson
13	7 (0.885%)	TeamCity
13	7 (0.885%)	ERwin
13	7 (0.885%)	FogBugz
13	7 (0.885%)	Trac
14	6 (0.759%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office

General
1	242 (30.59%)	Finance
2	130 (16.43%)	Banking
3	85 (10.75%)	Investment Banking
4	78 (9.861%)	Front Office
5	46 (5.815%)	Games
6	33 (4.172%)	Retail
7	24 (3.034%)	Marketing
8	20 (2.528%)	Telecoms
9	17 (2.149%)	Retail Banking
10	11 (1.391%)	Multimedia
10	11 (1.391%)	Publishing
11	8 (1.011%)	Legal
12	6 (0.759%)	Pharmaceutical
12	6 (0.759%)	Manufacturing
12	6 (0.759%)	Back Office
13	5 (0.632%)	Electronics
14	4 (0.506%)	German Language
15	3 (0.379%)	Music Industry
15	3 (0.379%)	Corporate Banking
15	3 (0.379%)	Billing

Job Titles
1	462 (58.41%)	Developer
2	67 (8.470%)	C# Developer
3	66 (8.344%)	Java Developer
4	63 (7.965%)	Analyst
5	57 (7.206%)	Senior Developer
6	49 (6.195%)	Architect
7	47 (5.942%)	Android Developer
8	40 (5.057%)	C++ Developer
9	32 (4.046%)	Software Engineer
10	30 (3.793%)	.NET Developer
11	28 (3.540%)	Business Analyst
12	27 (3.413%)	iOS Developer
13	24 (3.034%)	Graduate
14	22 (2.781%)	Web Developer
14	22 (2.781%)	Technical Leader
15	21 (2.655%)	Senior Java Developer
16	20 (2.528%)	Consultant
17	19 (2.402%)	Junior
18	18 (2.276%)	C# .NET Developer
19	17 (2.149%)	Software Developer

Miscellaneous
1	160 (20.23%)	Mathematics
2	108 (13.65%)	Physics
3	52 (6.574%)	Derivative
4	46 (5.815%)	Statistics
5	45 (5.689%)	Management Information System
6	43 (5.436%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	43 (5.436%)	Mobile App
7	34 (4.298%)	iPad
8	32 (4.046%)	iPhone
9	29 (3.666%)	Open Source
9	29 (3.666%)	Credit Risk
10	28 (3.540%)	Fixed Income
11	27 (3.413%)	Social Media
12	23 (2.908%)	Economics
13	19 (2.402%)	Market Risk
14	17 (2.149%)	Blackberry
15	16 (2.023%)	Equities
16	15 (1.896%)	Digital Media
17	14 (1.770%)	Social Network
17	14 (1.770%)	Visualisation

Operating Systems
1	121 (15.30%)	Windows
2	105 (13.27%)	Linux
3	85 (10.75%)	Android
4	66 (8.344%)	UNIX
5	52 (6.574%)	Apple iOS
6	15 (1.896%)	Solaris
7	12 (1.517%)	Windows Server 2003
7	12 (1.517%)	Windows Server 2008
7	12 (1.517%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	10 (1.264%)	Windows XP
8	10 (1.264%)	Windows 7
9	6 (0.759%)	Windows Mobile
10	5 (0.632%)	Windows 2000
11	4 (0.506%)	HPUX
11	4 (0.506%)	Mac OS
12	3 (0.379%)	AIX
12	3 (0.379%)	Windows NT
12	3 (0.379%)	Mac OS X
12	3 (0.379%)	Windows Phone
13	2 (0.253%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	162 (20.48%)	Agile Software Development
2	129 (16.31%)	OO
3	101 (12.77%)	Software Engineering
4	91 (11.50%)	Multithreading
5	90 (11.38%)	TDD
6	83 (10.49%)	Scrum
7	75 (9.482%)	Continuous Integration
8	69 (8.723%)	Analytics
9	64 (8.091%)	Risk Management
9	64 (8.091%)	Unit Testing
10	58 (7.332%)	UML
11	57 (7.206%)	MVC
12	54 (6.827%)	E-Commerce
12	54 (6.827%)	Data Modelling
13	45 (5.689%)	Project Management
14	37 (4.678%)	Migration
15	35 (4.425%)	Business Intelligence
16	33 (4.172%)	User Acceptance Testing
16	33 (4.172%)	OOP
16	33 (4.172%)	Data Analysis

Programming Languages
1	303 (38.31%)	Java
2	195 (24.65%)	SQL
3	182 (23.01%)	C#
4	144 (18.20%)	C++
5	108 (13.65%)	JavaScript
6	64 (8.091%)	Python
7	59 (7.459%)	C
8	32 (4.046%)	Ruby
9	31 (3.919%)	VBA
10	28 (3.540%)	Objective-C
11	27 (3.413%)	PHP
12	25 (3.161%)	Perl
13	21 (2.655%)	Scala
13	21 (2.655%)	VB
14	19 (2.402%)	PL/SQL
14	19 (2.402%)	Shell Script
15	16 (2.023%)	T-SQL
15	16 (2.023%)	VC++
16	10 (1.264%)	R
17	8 (1.011%)	PHP5

Qualifications
1	602 (76.11%)	Degree
2	27 (3.413%)	PhD
3	20 (2.528%)	Postgraduate
4	11 (1.391%)	Security Cleared
4	11 (1.391%)	CISSP
5	8 (1.011%)	Cisco Certification
5	8 (1.011%)	Microsoft Certification
6	6 (0.759%)	ISEB
6	6 (0.759%)	MBA
6	6 (0.759%)	MCITP
6	6 (0.759%)	SC Cleared
7	5 (0.632%)	MCTS
7	5 (0.632%)	MCP
7	5 (0.632%)	MCSE
8	4 (0.506%)	PMP
8	4 (0.506%)	PMI Certification
8	4 (0.506%)	DV Cleared
9	3 (0.379%)	BC Cleared
9	3 (0.379%)	Microsoft Certified Master
9	3 (0.379%)	CISA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	44 (5.563%)	QA
2	6 (0.759%)	SLA
3	5 (0.632%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	3 (0.379%)	COBIT
5	2 (0.253%)	Basel III
6	1 (0.126%)	PCI DSS
6	1 (0.126%)	FATCA
6	1 (0.126%)	Data Quality
6	1 (0.126%)	Solvency II
6	1 (0.126%)	BS7799
6	1 (0.126%)	Basel II

System Software
1	19 (2.402%)	Active Directory
2	17 (2.149%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	10 (1.264%)	Varnish
4	7 (0.885%)	VMware ESX
5	6 (0.759%)	vSphere
5	6 (0.759%)	XenApp
6	4 (0.506%)	Hyper-V
6	4 (0.506%)	Citrix Presentation Server
7	3 (0.379%)	ProxySG
8	2 (0.253%)	Terminal Services
8	2 (0.253%)	Oracle RMAN
8	2 (0.253%)	vCloud
8	2 (0.253%)	Xen
9	1 (0.126%)	EMC RecoverPoint
9	1 (0.126%)	Nmap
9	1 (0.126%)	Terminal Server

Systems Management
1	13 (1.643%)	HP Quality Center
2	7 (0.885%)	SCOM
3	5 (0.632%)	SCCM
4	4 (0.506%)	NetBackup
4	4 (0.506%)	Backup Exec
5	3 (0.379%)	BMC Performance Manager
5	3 (0.379%)	Splunk
5	3 (0.379%)	Puppet
5	3 (0.379%)	BMC PATROL
5	3 (0.379%)	Legato
5	3 (0.379%)	Vagrant
6	2 (0.253%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
6	2 (0.253%)	Tivoli
6	2 (0.253%)	HP Operations Orchestration
6	2 (0.253%)	Ionix
6	2 (0.253%)	Red Hat Satellite
6	2 (0.253%)	BladeLogic
6	2 (0.253%)	SCVMM
7	1 (0.126%)	EMC NetWorker
7	1 (0.126%)	Business Desktop Deployment

Vendors
1	125 (15.80%)	Oracle
2	90 (11.38%)	Microsoft
3	31 (3.919%)	hybris
4	27 (3.413%)	SAP
5	24 (3.034%)	Sybase
6	22 (2.781%)	Google
7	21 (2.655%)	Facebook
7	21 (2.655%)	IBM
8	20 (2.528%)	HP
8	20 (2.528%)	Business Objects
9	18 (2.276%)	VMware
10	15 (1.896%)	webMethods
11	14 (1.770%)	Cognos
12	12 (1.517%)	Apple
12	12 (1.517%)	Cisco
12	12 (1.517%)	Citrix
12	12 (1.517%)	Twitter
13	11 (1.391%)	Red Hat
14	10 (1.264%)	BMC
14	10 (1.264%)	TIBCO

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