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 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 69 50 71
Rank change year-on-year -19 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 53 89 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 2.79% 3.71% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 4.08% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 59 70
10th Percentile £438 £344 £428
25th Percentile £513 £422 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £553 £725
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -23.79% +20.83%
75th Percentile £763 £725 £875
90th Percentile £875 £818 £1,063
London median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.92%
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 £52.50 £53.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.33% -17.31% +43.65%

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 1,777 2,179 3,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.48% 90.94% 91.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,539 2,277
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
75th Percentile £679 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 26
10th Percentile £19.04 £20.22 £14.75
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.00 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.38 £52.69
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
% change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%

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 30 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 30 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 -20 50 £655 +17.23% 75
West End of London - 1 £250 - 13
City of Westminster - 1 £650 - 2
Kensington and Chelsea - 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 7 (13.21%) Apache Spark
2 3 (5.66%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) Drupal
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.89%) SAP PLM
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.89%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) AWS
2 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.55%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) OCI
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Boomi
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Firewall
2 1 (1.89%) HTTP
2 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.89%) NAS
2 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Hadoop
2 5 (9.43%) Apache Hive
2 5 (9.43%) Power BI
3 3 (5.66%) Power Query
4 2 (3.77%) MySQL
4 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.77%) Tableau
5 1 (1.89%) Big Data
5 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.89%) DB2
5 1 (1.89%) KDB
5 1 (1.89%) Looker
5 1 (1.89%) MS Access
5 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.89%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.89%) QlikView
5 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) Git
3 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.89%) MLflow
3 1 (1.89%) Selenium
3 1 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (45.28%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
4 10 (18.87%) Banking
5 8 (15.09%) Financial Institution
5 8 (15.09%) Front Office
6 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.89%) Advertising
8 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.89%) Marketing
8 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Developer
2 9 (16.98%) Senior
3 6 (11.32%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) Architect
4 5 (9.43%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) C# Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Gen AI Specialist
6 3 (5.66%) Lead
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Integration Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Python Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Support Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) TensorFlow
2 5 (9.43%) CSS
2 5 (9.43%) PySpark
3 4 (7.55%) HTML
3 4 (7.55%) REST
4 3 (5.66%) OAuth
4 3 (5.66%) OpenID
4 3 (5.66%) Pandas
4 3 (5.66%) SAML
4 3 (5.66%) Web Services
5 2 (3.77%) NumPy
5 2 (3.77%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (3.77%) scikit-learn
5 2 (3.77%) SOAP
5 2 (3.77%) Visualforce
5 2 (3.77%) WPF
6 1 (1.89%) Protocol Buffers
6 1 (1.89%) React
6 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.89%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.43%) Algorithms
3 4 (7.55%) Credit Risk
3 4 (7.55%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (5.66%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) AS400
6 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.89%) iSeries
6 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Windows
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.89%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (37.74%) Agile
3 13 (24.53%) DevOps
4 12 (22.64%) Software Engineering
5 10 (18.87%) Low Latency
5 10 (18.87%) Mathematics
6 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
7 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
7 8 (15.09%) Project Management
8 7 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (13.21%) Data Science
9 6 (11.32%) Analytics
9 6 (11.32%) Multithreading
9 6 (11.32%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.32%) Scrum
10 5 (9.43%) Data Analytics
10 5 (9.43%) Data Extraction
10 5 (9.43%) ITIL
10 5 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (9.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.74%) Python
2 18 (33.96%) SQL
3 12 (22.64%) Java
4 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
5 6 (11.32%) C++
6 5 (9.43%) C#
7 4 (7.55%) PowerShell
7 4 (7.55%) VBA
8 3 (5.66%) Bash
9 2 (3.77%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.89%) ABAP
10 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.89%) Go
10 1 (1.89%) RPG
10 1 (1.89%) RPG IV
10 1 (1.89%) Scala
10 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (94.34%) Degree
2 35 (66.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (18.87%) Master's Degree
4 9 (16.98%) Security Cleared
5 8 (15.09%) PhD
5 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.66%) OCP
6 3 (5.66%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.77%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.89%) CBAP
8 1 (1.89%) CEH
8 1 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.89%) OSCP
8 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.89%) PMP
8 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.43%) NIST
3 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (5.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.89%) MiFID
4 1 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) XenApp
3 1 (1.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Terraform
2 3 (5.66%) Ansible
3 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.89%) Grafana
4 1 (1.89%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.89%) Podman
4 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.89%) Puppet
4 1 (1.89%) SCCM
4 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle
3 3 (5.66%) Google
3 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.77%) Bloomberg
4 2 (3.77%) IBM
4 2 (3.77%) Trayport
5 1 (1.89%) Citrix
5 1 (1.89%) Databricks
5 1 (1.89%) Dell
5 1 (1.89%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.89%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) VMware