Computer Science Contracts in Staffordshire

Computer Science
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 16 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.88% - 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.16%
75th Percentile £850 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £13.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £14.00
75th Percentile £67.50 - £14.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.25 £25.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year +122.77% +80.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86 119 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.69% 82.07% 75.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 89 104
10th Percentile £253 £163 £169
25th Percentile £325 £300 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £481 £575 £512
90th Percentile £540 £665 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £484
% change year-on-year -1.96% +5.43% +16.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 10
10th Percentile £13.87 - £13.20
25th Percentile £15.13 - £14.13
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +78.49% +17.64% +6.42%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £19.77
90th Percentile £56.13 - £20.37
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.66
% change year-on-year +26.98% +6.35% -4.79%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Staffordshire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Stafford - 2 £800 - 1
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
1 1 (33.33%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP