Computer Science Contracts in the City of London

Computer Science
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 39 59
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +20
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 64 101 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.63% 4.77% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.87% 5.24% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 70 69
10th Percentile £445 £361 £408
25th Percentile £520 £425 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £565 £725
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -22.07% +26.09%
75th Percentile £756 £751 £884
90th Percentile £825 £826 £1,063
Central London median daily rate £625 £565 £738
% change year-on-year +10.62% -23.39% +28.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50.45
25th Percentile - - £50.75
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £77.75
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 - £52.50

All Process and 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 1,653 1,927 3,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.76% 91.07% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,058 1,337 2,114
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 24
10th Percentile £17.02 £20.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £40.92 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the City of London

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 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the City of London

Computer Science
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 11 (17.19%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.13%) Confluence
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.56%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (3.13%) SAP MDG
1 2 (3.13%) SAP PLM
1 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (3.13%) SAP VC
1 2 (3.13%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 4 (6.25%) GCP
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) OCI
5 2 (3.13%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) PaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) HTTP
1 1 (1.56%) NAS
1 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.06%) Hadoop
2 8 (12.50%) Apache Hive
3 3 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.69%) Power BI
4 2 (3.13%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.13%) MySQL
4 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.13%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.56%) Big Data
5 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.56%) DB2
5 1 (1.56%) KDB
5 1 (1.56%) Looker
5 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) MLflow
3 1 (1.56%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.56%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.56%) Gradle
3 1 (1.56%) Selenium
3 1 (1.56%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (59.38%) Finance
2 22 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.75%) Banking
4 10 (15.63%) Financial Institution
5 6 (9.38%) Front Office
6 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Marketing
8 2 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.56%) Advertising
9 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Developer
2 8 (12.50%) Senior
3 6 (9.38%) Analyst
3 6 (9.38%) Architect
3 6 (9.38%) Data Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Software Engineer
4 5 (7.81%) Data Scientist
4 5 (7.81%) Lead
5 4 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 4 (6.25%) Gen AI Specialist
6 3 (4.69%) Java Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Java Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Python Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.13%) C++/C# Developer
7 2 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) GUI Developer
7 2 (3.13%) SAP PLM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) PySpark
2 7 (10.94%) CSS
2 7 (10.94%) TensorFlow
3 6 (9.38%) HTML
4 5 (7.81%) REST
4 5 (7.81%) Web Services
5 4 (6.25%) .NET
5 4 (6.25%) Pandas
6 3 (4.69%) NumPy
6 3 (4.69%) OAuth
6 3 (4.69%) OpenID
6 3 (4.69%) SAML
7 2 (3.13%) Django
7 2 (3.13%) Node.js
7 2 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (3.13%) RESTful
7 2 (3.13%) SOAP
7 2 (3.13%) Spring
7 2 (3.13%) Visualforce
7 2 (3.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.94%) Algorithms
2 7 (10.94%) Distributed Computing
2 7 (10.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (7.81%) Credit Risk
4 4 (6.25%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (4.69%) Hedge funds
5 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.13%) CMDB
6 2 (3.13%) Derivative
6 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.56%) Multi-touch
7 1 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (1.56%) Android
3 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.56%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (34.38%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) Software Engineering
4 14 (21.88%) Data Science
4 14 (21.88%) Mathematics
5 13 (20.31%) Machine Learning
6 12 (18.75%) DevOps
7 11 (17.19%) Risk Management
8 10 (15.63%) Analytics
8 10 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (15.63%) Low Latency
8 10 (15.63%) Project Management
9 9 (14.06%) Mentoring
9 9 (14.06%) Project Delivery
9 9 (14.06%) Scrum
9 9 (14.06%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (12.50%) Data Analytics
10 8 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 8 (12.50%) LLM
11 7 (10.94%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.75%) Python
2 19 (29.69%) SQL
3 15 (23.44%) Java
4 10 (15.63%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.38%) C#
5 6 (9.38%) C++
6 3 (4.69%) Bash
7 2 (3.13%) ABAP
7 2 (3.13%) Apex Code
7 2 (3.13%) Go
7 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.56%) C
8 1 (1.56%) PHP
8 1 (1.56%) R
8 1 (1.56%) RPG
8 1 (1.56%) RPG IV
8 1 (1.56%) Ruby
8 1 (1.56%) Scala
8 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (96.88%) Degree
2 33 (51.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (21.88%) Master's Degree
4 10 (15.63%) PhD
5 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
6 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 4 (6.25%) CBAP
8 3 (4.69%) OCP
8 3 (4.69%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
9 2 (3.13%) PMP
10 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.56%) CEH
10 1 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) NIST
2 5 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.81%) QA
3 3 (4.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (4.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.13%) COBIT
4 2 (3.13%) GDPR
5 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.56%) MiFID
5 1 (1.56%) PMO
5 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Docker
2 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) XenApp
3 1 (1.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.69%) Terraform
3 2 (3.13%) Ansible
4 1 (1.56%) Grafana
4 1 (1.56%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.56%) Podman
4 1 (1.56%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.56%) Puppet
4 1 (1.56%) SCCM
4 1 (1.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Oracle
2 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
2 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.69%) Databricks
4 2 (3.13%) Foundry
4 2 (3.13%) Palantir
4 2 (3.13%) SAP
4 2 (3.13%) Workday
5 1 (1.56%) Citrix
5 1 (1.56%) Google
5 1 (1.56%) IBM
5 1 (1.56%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.56%) VMware