Computer Science Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Computer Science
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 37 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 +30
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Computer Science 3 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.93% 2.09% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 2.51% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £338 £360
25th Percentile £513 £433 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.95% -
75th Percentile £538 £622 £600
90th Percentile - £638 £630
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 299 319 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 92.28% 83.29% 92.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 218 578
10th Percentile £215 £234 £313
25th Percentile £356 £376 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £544 £550 £600
90th Percentile £634 £641 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 14 8
10th Percentile - £21.63 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.50 £13.17
Median hourly rate £15.91 £27.50 £14.99
Median % change year-on-year -42.15% +83.52% +15.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £29.69 £16.99
90th Percentile £28.01 £36.52 £20.25
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.02% +14.70% +96.08%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Buckinghamshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckingham - 2 - - 1
Milton Keynes 0 1 £525 -3.45% 16
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) NAS
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Isilon
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) VMware