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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 47 75
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +17
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 13 30 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 2.82% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 3.46% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 14
10th Percentile - - £478
25th Percentile £355 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £488 £688 £611
90th Percentile £568 £695 £788
South West median daily rate £350 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -40.43% +6.82% -4.35%
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% +23.76%

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 539 867 1,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.29% 81.64% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 482 700
10th Percentile £221 £251 £300
25th Percentile £363 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.22% +3.33%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £638
90th Percentile £649 £675 £719
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 198 202
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £22.03 £45.35 £9.80
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £68.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% -8.33% +23.76%

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 30 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 (7.69%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) AWS
2 8 (61.54%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) IaaS
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Artifactory
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 7 (53.85%) Electronics
3 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
3 7 (53.85%) Marketing
3 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Applications Support
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 7 (53.85%) Applications Developer
2 7 (53.85%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) Support Engineer
3 6 (46.15%) Azure Developer
3 6 (46.15%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (46.15%) C# Application Developer
3 6 (46.15%) C# Developer
3 6 (46.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Service Design Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
1 8 (61.54%) CSS
1 8 (61.54%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (7.69%) Node.js
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) CI/CD
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
1 10 (76.92%) User Experience
2 9 (69.23%) Service Management
2 9 (69.23%) Web Development
3 8 (61.54%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (61.54%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (61.54%) Service Delivery
3 8 (61.54%) Software Delivery
3 8 (61.54%) TDD
3 8 (61.54%) Test Automation
4 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (53.85%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (53.85%) Programme Management
5 6 (46.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (30.77%) DevOps
7 2 (15.38%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Workflow
8 1 (7.69%) Data Management
8 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (76.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (61.54%) Azure Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Google
2 7 (53.85%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat