Computer Science Contracts in Central London

Computer Science
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 72 58 69
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +19
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 58 85 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 2.90% 3.48% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 3.84% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 58 74
10th Percentile £441 £317 £443
25th Percentile £457 £419 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £565 £725
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -22.07% +25.54%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £875
90th Percentile £825 £804 £1,063
London median daily rate £600 £551 £600
% change year-on-year +8.84% -8.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50.45
25th Percentile - - £50.75
Median hourly rate £29.07 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £77.75
London median hourly rate £48.50 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -19 49 £700 +23.89% 71
West End of London - 6 £450 - 13
Camden - 5 £450 - 1
City of Westminster - 1 £650 - 7
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 1
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 6 (10.34%) Apache Spark
2 3 (5.17%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) Azure
2 9 (15.52%) AWS
3 6 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 5 (8.62%) GCP
5 3 (5.17%) OCI
6 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.72%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.72%) Boomi
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.72%) GitHub
7 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) S/MIME
1 6 (10.34%) SSL
2 3 (5.17%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) 4G
3 1 (1.72%) 5G NR
3 1 (1.72%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.72%) DHCP
3 1 (1.72%) DNS
3 1 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (1.72%) HTTP
3 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.72%) LTE
3 1 (1.72%) NAS
3 1 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.72%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) Wireless
3 1 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Hadoop
2 5 (8.62%) Apache Hive
3 4 (6.90%) Power BI
4 3 (5.17%) Power Query
5 2 (3.45%) DB2
5 2 (3.45%) MySQL
5 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.45%) Tableau
6 1 (1.72%) Big Data
6 1 (1.72%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.72%) KDB
6 1 (1.72%) Looker
6 1 (1.72%) MS Access
6 1 (1.72%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.72%) QlikView
6 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
2 5 (8.62%) Git
3 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.72%) GitLab
4 1 (1.72%) Maven
4 1 (1.72%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (46.55%) Finance
2 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 17 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (20.69%) Banking
5 10 (17.24%) Financial Institution
6 9 (15.52%) Front Office
7 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Advertising
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Developer
2 10 (17.24%) Lead
3 9 (15.52%) Senior
4 8 (13.79%) Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Architect
6 5 (8.62%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) C# Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.17%) Gen AI Specialist
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.45%) C# GUI Developer
9 2 (3.45%) C# WPF Developer
9 2 (3.45%) Front Office Business Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Senior C# Software Developer
9 2 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.45%) Support Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Test Manager
9 2 (3.45%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) PySpark
1 5 (8.62%) TensorFlow
2 4 (6.90%) OAuth
2 4 (6.90%) REST
3 3 (5.17%) OpenID
3 3 (5.17%) SAML
3 3 (5.17%) SOAP
3 3 (5.17%) Web Services
4 2 (3.45%) .NET
4 2 (3.45%) CSS
4 2 (3.45%) Middleware
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (3.45%) SailPoint
4 2 (3.45%) Spring
4 2 (3.45%) WPF
5 1 (1.72%) Akka
5 1 (1.72%) Kafka
5 1 (1.72%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (1.72%) React
5 1 (1.72%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Algorithms
2 8 (13.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.34%) PKI
4 4 (6.90%) Credit Risk
4 4 (6.90%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (5.17%) Fixed Income
6 2 (3.45%) AS400
6 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.45%) Equities
6 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Unix
3 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (32.76%) Agile
3 16 (27.59%) DevOps
4 11 (18.97%) Software Engineering
5 10 (17.24%) CI/CD
6 9 (15.52%) Low Latency
6 9 (15.52%) Mathematics
7 8 (13.79%) Analytics
7 8 (13.79%) Key Management
7 8 (13.79%) Migration
8 7 (12.07%) Project Management
9 6 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (10.34%) Data Analysis
9 6 (10.34%) Data Science
9 6 (10.34%) Machine Learning
9 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
9 6 (10.34%) Risk Management
10 5 (8.62%) Data Analytics
10 5 (8.62%) Generative AI
10 5 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.83%) Python
2 15 (25.86%) SQL
3 12 (20.69%) Java
4 10 (17.24%) PowerShell
5 6 (10.34%) C#
5 6 (10.34%) C++
6 5 (8.62%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.90%) VBA
8 3 (5.17%) Bash
9 2 (3.45%) RPG
9 2 (3.45%) RPG IV
10 1 (1.72%) Bicep
10 1 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.72%) Go
10 1 (1.72%) R
10 1 (1.72%) Scala
10 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (94.83%) Degree
2 40 (68.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (18.97%) Master's Degree
4 7 (12.07%) PhD
5 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
6 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.17%) OCP
7 3 (5.17%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.45%) CFA
8 2 (3.45%) MBA
8 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.72%) CBAP
9 1 (1.72%) CCNA
9 1 (1.72%) CEH
9 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (8.62%) NIST
2 4 (6.90%) QA
3 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (5.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.72%) MiFID
5 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.72%) XenApp
2 1 (1.72%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Terraform
2 6 (10.34%) Ansible
3 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.45%) Grafana
4 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.45%) Puppet
5 1 (1.72%) Argo
5 1 (1.72%) Istio
5 1 (1.72%) OPNET
5 1 (1.72%) Podman
5 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.72%) SCCM
5 1 (1.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Oracle
3 3 (5.17%) Google
3 3 (5.17%) IBM
3 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.45%) Bloomberg
4 2 (3.45%) Trayport
5 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco
5 1 (1.72%) Citrix
5 1 (1.72%) Dell
5 1 (1.72%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.72%) F5
5 1 (1.72%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.72%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.72%) Meraki
5 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.72%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.72%) SAP
5 1 (1.72%) VMware