Computer Science Degree Contracts in the City of London

Computer Science Degree
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 63 91
Rank change year-on-year -27 +28 +55
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 35 73 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.88% 3.39% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.59% 14.99% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 52 44
10th Percentile £431 £414 £327
25th Percentile £479 £517 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £588 £788
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% -25.40% +36.96%
75th Percentile £694 £750 £963
90th Percentile £850 £813 £1,063
Central London median daily rate £578 £588 £775
% change year-on-year -1.70% -24.19% +38.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54.25
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £67.50
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £80.75
Central London median hourly rate - - £67.50
% change year-on-year - - -6.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 461 487 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.76% 22.59% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 312 415
10th Percentile £358 £396 £355
25th Percentile £463 £473 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £762 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.41 - £17.31
25th Percentile £26.16 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £45.33 £21.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +115.83% -41.83% -23.19%
75th Percentile £65.12 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £82.79 - £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
% change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -23.19%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the City of London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the City of London

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the City of London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the City of London

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (8.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (11.43%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.57%) OCI
5 2 (5.71%) GCP
6 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) HTTP
1 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Hadoop
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
2 2 (5.71%) Apache Hive
2 2 (5.71%) MySQL
3 1 (2.86%) Big Data
3 1 (2.86%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.86%) DB2
3 1 (2.86%) KDB
3 1 (2.86%) Looker
3 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) JIRA
2 3 (8.57%) Git
3 1 (2.86%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.86%) Fiddler
3 1 (2.86%) Gradle
3 1 (2.86%) Selenium
3 1 (2.86%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (40.00%) Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Banking
4 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.57%) Financial Institution
5 3 (8.57%) Front Office
6 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Advertising
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Developer
4 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C# Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C++ Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C++ Software Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C++/C# Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Java Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Java Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior C# Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior C# Software Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior C++ Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) CSS
2 4 (11.43%) HTML
3 3 (8.57%) OAuth
3 3 (8.57%) OpenID
3 3 (8.57%) REST
3 3 (8.57%) SAML
3 3 (8.57%) Visualforce
4 2 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (5.71%) PySpark
4 2 (5.71%) SOAP
4 2 (5.71%) Spring
4 2 (5.71%) TensorFlow
4 2 (5.71%) Web Services
5 1 (2.86%) .NET
5 1 (2.86%) Akka
5 1 (2.86%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (2.86%) Middleware
5 1 (2.86%) Node.js
5 1 (2.86%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (2.86%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) AS400
3 1 (2.86%) CMDB
3 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.86%) Derivative
3 1 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.86%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (2.86%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.86%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.86%) iSeries
3 1 (2.86%) IVR
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Android
2 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.86%) Unix
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (97.14%) Computer Science
2 17 (48.57%) Agile
2 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (31.43%) Software Engineering
4 10 (28.57%) DevOps
5 9 (25.71%) Mentoring
5 9 (25.71%) Project Management
6 7 (20.00%) Low Latency
6 7 (20.00%) Multithreading
7 6 (17.14%) Scrum
8 4 (11.43%) Data Science
8 4 (11.43%) Electronic Trading
8 4 (11.43%) ITIL
8 4 (11.43%) Kanban
8 4 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.57%) Cloud Security
9 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
9 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) Java
2 10 (28.57%) Python
3 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (8.57%) Apex Code
4 3 (8.57%) C#
4 3 (8.57%) C++
5 2 (5.71%) Bash
6 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.86%) RPG
6 1 (2.86%) RPG IV
6 1 (2.86%) Scala
6 1 (2.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
5 3 (8.57%) OCP
5 3 (8.57%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (8.57%) PhD
6 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
6 2 (5.71%) PMP
7 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.86%) CBAP
7 1 (2.86%) CEH
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.86%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
2 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.71%) QA
4 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.86%) BitLocker
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.86%) XenApp
1 1 (2.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Grafana
2 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) Citrix
4 1 (2.86%) Databricks
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) IBM
4 1 (2.86%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.86%) VMware