Computer Science Contracts in Central London

Computer Science
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 74 94
Rank change year-on-year +21 +20 +7
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 84 112 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.46% 2.97% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.25% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 72 81
10th Percentile £318 £441 £461
25th Percentile £419 £572 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £725 £580
Median % change year-on-year -22.07% +25.00% +5.45%
75th Percentile £725 £875 £638
90th Percentile £813 £1,063 £738
London median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £50.45 £41.05
25th Percentile - £50.75 £45.25
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £61.75
90th Percentile - £77.75 £62.05
London median hourly rate £55.00 £53.25 £41.25
% change year-on-year +3.29% +29.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,197 3,446 4,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.60% 91.36% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 2,330 3,170
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £53.75 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +22 82 £565 -22.07% 60
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 9 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.38%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.19%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (1.19%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.19%) Primavera
3 1 (1.19%) R3 Corda
3 1 (1.19%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 28 (33.33%) Azure
2 13 (15.48%) AWS
3 9 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (9.52%) GCP
4 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (5.95%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.76%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.57%) GitHub
8 3 (3.57%) WhatsApp
9 2 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (1.19%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.19%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.95%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) LAN
2 3 (3.57%) Network Security
3 2 (2.38%) CTI
3 2 (2.38%) DNS
3 2 (2.38%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.38%) VoIP
4 1 (1.19%) DHCP
4 1 (1.19%) Internet
4 1 (1.19%) MPLS
4 1 (1.19%) Multicast
4 1 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.19%) SSL
4 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.19%) VLAN
4 1 (1.19%) VPN
4 1 (1.19%) WAN
4 1 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.38%) Big Data
4 2 (2.38%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.38%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.38%) MySQL
4 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.38%) Presto
4 2 (2.38%) Tableau
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.19%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.19%) InfluxDB
5 1 (1.19%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Git
1 5 (5.95%) JIRA
2 3 (3.57%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.38%) CircleCI
3 2 (2.38%) ERwin
3 2 (2.38%) Gradle
3 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.38%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.19%) CMake
4 1 (1.19%) Darcs
4 1 (1.19%) GitLab
4 1 (1.19%) Jaeger
4 1 (1.19%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.19%) Moq
4 1 (1.19%) MSTest
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.19%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.19%) Travis CI
4 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (51.19%) Social Skills
2 30 (35.71%) Finance
3 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.67%) Banking
5 9 (10.71%) Legal
6 4 (4.76%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.57%) Front Office
7 3 (3.57%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.38%) Advertising
8 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Marketing
8 2 (2.38%) Retail
9 1 (1.19%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.19%) French Language
9 1 (1.19%) German Language
9 1 (1.19%) Law
9 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Developer
2 16 (19.05%) Architect
3 7 (8.33%) Senior
4 6 (7.14%) Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 4 (4.76%) C# Developer
6 4 (4.76%) Data Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Lead
6 4 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.57%) Consultant
7 3 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.57%) Java Developer
7 3 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (3.57%) Python Developer
7 3 (3.57%) Quantitative Developer
7 3 (3.57%) SharePoint Developer
8 2 (2.38%) CRM Developer
8 2 (2.38%) ITIL Service Manager
8 2 (2.38%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.38%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) CSS
2 5 (5.95%) REST
3 4 (4.76%) .NET
3 4 (4.76%) jQuery
3 4 (4.76%) JSON
3 4 (4.76%) Web Services
3 4 (4.76%) XML
4 3 (3.57%) HTML
4 3 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (2.38%) Matplotlib
5 2 (2.38%) NumPy
5 2 (2.38%) Pandas
5 2 (2.38%) PySpark
5 2 (2.38%) RAML
5 2 (2.38%) React
5 2 (2.38%) SOAP
5 2 (2.38%) XSLT
6 1 (1.19%) ADO
6 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 6 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.95%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.57%) IVR
4 3 (3.57%) Market Risk
4 3 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.38%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.38%) CBDC
5 2 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.38%) Derivative
5 2 (2.38%) Equities
5 2 (2.38%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.38%) IoT
5 2 (2.38%) Legacy Code
5 2 (2.38%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.52%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Solaris
3 2 (2.38%) VMS
4 1 (1.19%) Android
4 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
4 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (27.38%) Agile
3 14 (16.67%) Migration
3 14 (16.67%) Project Management
4 13 (15.48%) ITIL
5 11 (13.10%) DevOps
6 10 (11.90%) Analytics
6 10 (11.90%) PRINCE2
7 9 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (10.71%) Change Management
7 9 (10.71%) CI/CD
7 9 (10.71%) Machine Learning
7 9 (10.71%) Mathematics
7 9 (10.71%) Software Engineering
8 8 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 7 (8.33%) Data Modelling
9 7 (8.33%) Scrum
9 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.14%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.62%) Python
2 17 (20.24%) SQL
3 15 (17.86%) Java
4 11 (13.10%) C#
5 10 (11.90%) PowerShell
6 6 (7.14%) C++
7 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
8 4 (4.76%) Go
8 4 (4.76%) Rust
9 3 (3.57%) Clojure
9 3 (3.57%) Haskell
9 3 (3.57%) Kotlin
9 3 (3.57%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.57%) Scala
10 2 (2.38%) Bash
10 2 (2.38%) C
10 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.19%) R
11 1 (1.19%) VBA
11 1 (1.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 77 (91.67%) Degree
2 55 (65.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (15.48%) Master's Degree
4 10 (11.90%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.57%) PhD
7 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.38%) GCIA
7 2 (2.38%) GCIH
7 2 (2.38%) GIAC
7 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.38%) PMP
8 1 (1.19%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.19%) ACMT
8 1 (1.19%) ACSP
8 1 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) QA
2 3 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.38%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.38%) NIST
3 2 (2.38%) SLA
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
4 1 (1.19%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) Docker
2 2 (2.38%) KVM
3 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) PingFederate
2 6 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.57%) Terraform
5 2 (2.38%) Ansible
5 2 (2.38%) CSIRT
5 2 (2.38%) Grafana
5 2 (2.38%) Nessus
5 2 (2.38%) QRadar
6 1 (1.19%) Kibana
6 1 (1.19%) logstash
6 1 (1.19%) Nagios
6 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.19%) Puppet
6 1 (1.19%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (1.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (34.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) Oracle
3 5 (5.95%) SAP
4 4 (4.76%) Cisco
4 4 (4.76%) Google
4 4 (4.76%) VMware
5 3 (3.57%) Genesys
5 3 (3.57%) Proofpoint
5 3 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.57%) Symantec
6 2 (2.38%) Apple
6 2 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (2.38%) Citrix
6 2 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.38%) Databricks
6 2 (2.38%) Foundry
6 2 (2.38%) Palantir
6 2 (2.38%) Sparx
7 1 (1.19%) F5
7 1 (1.19%) Splunk