Computer Science Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Computer Science
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 64 41
Rank change year-on-year -47 -23 +19
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 30 59 101
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.34% 3.38% 4.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 3.59% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 42 70
10th Percentile £409 £315 £424
25th Percentile £500 £498 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £569 £613
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -7.14% -20.97%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £750
90th Percentile £748 £822 £838
Central London median daily rate £575 £563 £600
% change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% -21.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.03 - -
Median hourly rate £32.07 - -
75th Percentile £33.10 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,996 1,644 1,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.31% 94.21% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,376 1,101 1,226
10th Percentile £368 £325 £365
25th Percentile £456 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £789
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £32.05 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £50.59 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the City of London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (3.33%) CMS
2 1 (3.33%) MQSeries
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) GitHub
4 2 (6.67%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.33%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (3.33%) Apigee
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Storage
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
5 1 (3.33%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.67%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.33%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.33%) Big Data
3 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.33%) Metadata
3 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Git
2 2 (6.67%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) Selenium
2 2 (6.67%) Zephyr
3 1 (3.33%) Appium
3 1 (3.33%) eggPlant
3 1 (3.33%) GitLab
3 1 (3.33%) Gradle
3 1 (3.33%) HP UFT
3 1 (3.33%) Jasmine
3 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.33%) JMeter
3 1 (3.33%) JUnit
3 1 (3.33%) Karma Test Runner
3 1 (3.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.33%) Maven
3 1 (3.33%) Postman
3 1 (3.33%) SoapUI
3 1 (3.33%) SonarQube
General
1 12 (40.00%) Finance
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (6.67%) Retail
6 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Automotive
6 1 (3.33%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (3.33%) Publishing
6 1 (3.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Senior
2 4 (13.33%) Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Java Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) IT Risk Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Python Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Python Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) QA Automation Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) QA Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Senior QA Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.67%) SOX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) HTML
1 3 (10.00%) React
1 3 (10.00%) REST
1 3 (10.00%) Spring
1 3 (10.00%) Spring Boot
1 3 (10.00%) Terraform
2 2 (6.67%) .NET
2 2 (6.67%) CSS
2 2 (6.67%) Kafka
2 2 (6.67%) Middleware
2 2 (6.67%) RESTful
2 2 (6.67%) SOAP
3 1 (3.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.33%) HTML5
3 1 (3.33%) JSF
3 1 (3.33%) JSP
3 1 (3.33%) Node.js
3 1 (3.33%) Web Services
3 1 (3.33%) XBRL
3 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (10.00%) Life Science
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Replication
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.33%) CMDB
4 1 (3.33%) Derivative
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.33%) Equities
4 1 (3.33%) Exotic Derivative
4 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.33%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (3.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (3.33%) Tandem
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Linux
2 4 (13.33%) Unix
3 2 (6.67%) Windows
4 1 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.33%) VMS
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) AI
2 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (30.00%) Machine Learning
4 8 (26.67%) Mathematics
5 7 (23.33%) CI/CD
5 7 (23.33%) Scrum
6 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (16.67%) Analytics
7 5 (16.67%) Containerisation
7 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.67%) SDLC
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
8 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (13.33%) LLM
8 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 4 (13.33%) Software Engineering
8 4 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) Python
2 8 (26.67%) Java
3 7 (23.33%) SQL
4 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.33%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) C++
5 1 (3.33%) COBOL
5 1 (3.33%) CQL
5 1 (3.33%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.33%) RPG
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.33%) VB
5 1 (3.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (90.00%) Degree
2 11 (36.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (10.00%) PMP
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CAPM
5 2 (6.67%) CISA
5 2 (6.67%) CISSP
5 2 (6.67%) CRISC
5 2 (6.67%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.67%) PhD
5 2 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CCNA
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.33%) ISEB
6 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.67%) COBIT
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) ITGC
3 2 (6.67%) NIST
3 2 (6.67%) PMO
3 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (3.33%) PSD2
4 1 (3.33%) SEPA
4 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Docker
2 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.33%) Firmware
3 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (3.33%) Control-M
3 1 (3.33%) HP Fortify
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) Google
3 3 (10.00%) IBM
4 2 (6.67%) Adobe
4 2 (6.67%) JD Edwards
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) Avaloq
5 1 (3.33%) Calypso
5 1 (3.33%) EMC
5 1 (3.33%) FIS
5 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.33%) Murex
5 1 (3.33%) PTC
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) Siemens
5 1 (3.33%) Sitecore
5 1 (3.33%) Splunk
5 1 (3.33%) Temenos