Computer Science Contracts in London

Computer Science
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 81 137
Rank change year-on-year +23 +56 -34
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 653 793 826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.69% 2.97% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 3.26% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 567 559
10th Percentile £350 £413 £420
25th Percentile £425 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £763 £761
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 11 28
10th Percentile £38.75 £26.25 £30.18
25th Percentile £42.25 £40.00 £34.81
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £55.81
90th Percentile £80.75 £83.75 £61.98
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
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,690 24,329 35,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.98% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,247 17,488 26,241
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 422
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.48 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%
75th Percentile £47.34 £63.81 £50.94
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Central London +19 83 £565 -22.07% 84
West London +25 15 £475 +10.14% 43
South London +12 7 £365 -27.00% 11
East London -4 5 £788 +53.66% 27
North London +3 2 £100 - 4
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 18 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.68%) Confluence
4 10 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.92%) SAS
6 4 (0.61%) Apache
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.61%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.46%) CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.46%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.92%) Simulink
5 6 (0.92%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.46%) Windchill
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.15%) Blender
8 1 (0.15%) Houdini
8 1 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.53%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.61%) Primavera
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) ENOVIA
5 2 (0.31%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.31%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Endur
6 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 169 (25.88%) Azure
2 113 (17.30%) AWS
3 81 (12.40%) GCP
4 43 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.13%) GitHub
7 26 (3.98%) Serverless
8 23 (3.52%) Power Platform
9 21 (3.22%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.30%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.30%) Vertex AI
12 14 (2.14%) SaaS
13 11 (1.68%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.53%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.53%) Google Compute Engine
15 9 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.22%) Internet
2 19 (2.91%) Firewall
3 18 (2.76%) DNS
4 15 (2.30%) Network Security
5 10 (1.53%) VPN
6 9 (1.38%) HTTP
6 9 (1.38%) LAN
6 9 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.07%) SSH
8 6 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.92%) WAN
8 6 (0.92%) Wireless
9 5 (0.77%) DHCP
9 5 (0.77%) OSPF
9 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.61%) HSRP
10 4 (0.61%) IPsec
10 4 (0.61%) Skype
10 4 (0.61%) VLAN
11 3 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 39 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (5.51%) Relational Database
4 33 (5.05%) Big Data
5 28 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (3.68%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.60%) Power BI
7 17 (2.60%) Tableau
8 16 (2.45%) BigQuery
9 15 (2.30%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.99%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.84%) KDB
12 10 (1.53%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.53%) RDBMS
13 9 (1.38%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.38%) MySQL
14 6 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.92%) Metadata
15 5 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.77%) Presto
Development Applications
1 51 (7.81%) Git
2 38 (5.82%) Jenkins
3 30 (4.59%) JIRA
4 20 (3.06%) GitLab
5 12 (1.84%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.38%) Gradle
7 7 (1.07%) ERwin
8 6 (0.92%) JUnit
9 5 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.77%) MLflow
10 4 (0.61%) git-flow
10 4 (0.61%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.61%) Postman
10 4 (0.61%) Sourcetree
10 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.46%) Maven
11 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 353 (54.06%) Social Skills
2 185 (28.33%) Finance
3 144 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (10.87%) Banking
5 52 (7.96%) Front Office
6 33 (5.05%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.98%) Marketing
8 22 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.06%) Legal
10 18 (2.76%) Investment Banking
11 17 (2.60%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.84%) Retail
14 10 (1.53%) Advertising
15 9 (1.38%) Games
15 9 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.38%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.07%) Automotive
17 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 159 (24.35%) Developer
2 86 (13.17%) Architect
3 81 (12.40%) Senior
4 43 (6.58%) Java Developer
5 42 (6.43%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.36%) Lead
7 32 (4.90%) Analyst
8 27 (4.13%) Consultant
8 27 (4.13%) Data Engineer
9 26 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (3.68%) Python Developer
11 23 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
12 21 (3.22%) Senior Developer
13 19 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.76%) Network Engineer
15 16 (2.45%) Data Scientist
16 15 (2.30%) Business Analyst
17 14 (2.14%) Quantitative Developer
18 13 (1.99%) Security Engineer
19 12 (1.84%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.20%) CSS
2 43 (6.58%) HTML
3 42 (6.43%) .NET
4 36 (5.51%) React
5 29 (4.44%) REST
6 21 (3.22%) JSON
6 21 (3.22%) Spring
7 20 (3.06%) Kafka
7 20 (3.06%) RESTful
8 17 (2.60%) Node.js
8 17 (2.60%) Pandas
9 15 (2.30%) Django
10 14 (2.14%) NumPy
11 13 (1.99%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.68%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.68%) Swagger
12 11 (1.68%) XML
13 10 (1.53%) jQuery
14 9 (1.38%) ASP.NET
14 9 (1.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.10%) Algorithms
2 51 (7.81%) Management Information System
3 41 (6.28%) Derivative
4 40 (6.13%) Data Structures
5 31 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (4.29%) Fixed Income
7 22 (3.37%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.22%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.76%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (2.30%) Equities
12 15 (2.30%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.68%) Blockchain
13 11 (1.68%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.68%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.68%) Social Media
13 11 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (1.38%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.89%) Linux
2 33 (5.05%) Windows
3 19 (2.91%) Unix
4 18 (2.76%) Android
5 12 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.92%) Solaris
8 5 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.77%) VMS
9 4 (0.61%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.15%) OS/390
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (35.83%) Problem-Solving
2 190 (29.10%) Agile
3 104 (15.93%) CI/CD
4 98 (15.01%) DevOps
5 97 (14.85%) Software Engineering
6 88 (13.48%) Analytics
7 78 (11.94%) Machine Learning
8 77 (11.79%) Mathematics
9 73 (11.18%) Data Modelling
9 73 (11.18%) Data Science
10 66 (10.11%) Migration
11 59 (9.04%) Project Management
12 54 (8.27%) Artificial Intelligence
12 54 (8.27%) Test Automation
13 48 (7.35%) Data Analysis
14 44 (6.74%) Scrum
15 43 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (6.43%) Mentoring
16 42 (6.43%) Microservices
16 42 (6.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 184 (28.18%) Python
2 161 (24.66%) SQL
3 128 (19.60%) Java
4 65 (9.95%) JavaScript
5 62 (9.49%) C#
6 46 (7.04%) C++
7 32 (4.90%) PowerShell
8 24 (3.68%) Bash
8 24 (3.68%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.60%) Scala
10 16 (2.45%) Rust
11 15 (2.30%) Go
12 12 (1.84%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.68%) C
13 11 (1.68%) Perl
14 10 (1.53%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.38%) R
16 8 (1.23%) MATLAB
17 7 (1.07%) VBA
18 6 (0.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 583 (89.28%) Degree
2 401 (61.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 128 (19.60%) Master's Degree
4 55 (8.42%) Security Cleared
5 48 (7.35%) SC Cleared
6 34 (5.21%) PhD
7 21 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (3.06%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.06%) CISSP
9 15 (2.30%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.84%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.84%) PMP
11 11 (1.68%) CCNA
11 11 (1.68%) CCNP
11 11 (1.68%) CEH
12 10 (1.53%) CCIE
13 9 (1.38%) CISM
14 8 (1.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.35%) QA
2 38 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.68%) NIST
3 11 (1.68%) SLA
4 7 (1.07%) MiFID
5 5 (0.77%) COBIT
5 5 (0.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.61%) GRC
6 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.31%) PMO
9 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (3.98%) Docker
2 19 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.77%) KVM
6 4 (0.61%) NFS
6 4 (0.61%) vCloud
6 4 (0.61%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (6.43%) Terraform
2 41 (6.28%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.53%) PingFederate
4 8 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.92%) Grafana
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.61%) Nessus
7 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.61%) SCCM
8 3 (0.46%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.46%) Puppet
9 2 (0.31%) QRadar
9 2 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.15%) Kibana
10 1 (0.15%) logstash
10 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (17.30%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.73%) Oracle
3 32 (4.90%) Google
4 23 (3.52%) Cisco
5 22 (3.37%) Databricks
5 22 (3.37%) SAP
6 18 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.76%) VMware
7 11 (1.68%) Foundry
7 11 (1.68%) Palantir
7 11 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.53%) ION Trading
9 7 (1.07%) Arista
10 6 (0.92%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.92%) IBM
10 6 (0.92%) Juniper
11 5 (0.77%) Citrix
11 5 (0.77%) Genesys
11 5 (0.77%) Qualys
11 5 (0.77%) Red Hat