Computer Science Contracts in Bristol

Computer Science
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 43 86
Rank change year-on-year 0 +43 +8
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 12 31 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 2.93% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 3.53% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 13
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile £355 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% -3.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £444 £688 £651
90th Percentile £575 £694 £788
South West median daily rate £370 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -37.02% +6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £82.96 £55.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.84% -18.52% -
75th Percentile - £57.50 £73.75
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
South West median hourly rate £82.96 £55.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +50.84% -10.20% +21.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Bristol

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (8.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Azure
2 8 (66.67%) AWS
2 8 (66.67%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 9 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Electronics
3 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
3 7 (58.33%) Marketing
3 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Applications Support
2 7 (58.33%) Applications Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Support Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Azure Developer
3 6 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) C# Application Developer
3 6 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 6 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Service Design Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) .NET
1 8 (66.67%) CSS
1 8 (66.67%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineering
1 10 (83.33%) User Experience
2 9 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (75.00%) Service Management
3 8 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 8 (66.67%) Software Delivery
3 8 (66.67%) TDD
3 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 8 (66.67%) Web Development
4 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (58.33%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (58.33%) Programme Management
5 6 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) DevOps
7 2 (16.67%) Workflow
8 1 (8.33%) Data Management
8 1 (8.33%) ITSM
8 1 (8.33%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (66.67%) Azure Certification
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Google
2 7 (58.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat