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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 74 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 +22
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 49 43 66
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.55% 2.38% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 2.60% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 46
10th Percentile £389 £454 £276
25th Percentile £441 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £625 £641
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -2.53% -11.55%
75th Percentile £694 £725 £758
90th Percentile £791 £913 £838
Central London median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% -8.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 - -

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 1,709 1,651 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.96% 91.57% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 995 1,522
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £571
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +0.66% -4.79%
75th Percentile £671 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +24.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £43.86 £64.56 £45.52
90th Percentile £54.35 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -24.74% +25.85% -20.54%

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 17 February 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 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.04%) Ethereum
3 1 (2.04%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 25 (51.02%) Azure
2 13 (26.53%) GCP
3 12 (24.49%) AWS
4 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
5 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (10.20%) GitHub
6 4 (8.16%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (6.12%) Google Gemini
8 2 (4.08%) ChatGPT
8 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
9 1 (2.04%) Akamai
9 1 (2.04%) Alation
9 1 (2.04%) Azure AKS
9 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.04%) Collibra
9 1 (2.04%) dbt
9 1 (2.04%) Fivetran
9 1 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) Network Security
3 1 (2.04%) DHCP
3 1 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.04%) Internet
3 1 (2.04%) SSL
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) NoSQL
1 4 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (8.16%) Power BI
2 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.12%) DB2
2 3 (6.12%) KDB
2 3 (6.12%) Kdb+
2 3 (6.12%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.12%) Tableau
3 2 (4.08%) Tick Data
4 1 (2.04%) Big Data
4 1 (2.04%) Metadata
4 1 (2.04%) OLAP
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (2.04%) Pinecone
4 1 (2.04%) PowerCenter
4 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.04%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) Selenium
3 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.08%) JIRA
3 2 (4.08%) Postman
3 2 (4.08%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.04%) ERwin
4 1 (2.04%) GitLab
4 1 (2.04%) Hardhat
4 1 (2.04%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (44.90%) Finance
3 13 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Front Office
4 6 (12.24%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Legal
5 5 (10.20%) Banking
6 4 (8.16%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.12%) Back Office
7 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.08%) Law
8 2 (4.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Developer
2 6 (12.24%) Data Scientist
3 5 (10.20%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) KDB Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Security Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Evangelist
6 2 (4.08%) Java Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Lead
6 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) .NET
1 6 (12.24%) PyTorch
1 6 (12.24%) TensorFlow
2 4 (8.16%) jQuery
2 4 (8.16%) React
3 3 (6.12%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.12%) Backbone.js
3 3 (6.12%) Bootstrap
3 3 (6.12%) Ember.js
3 3 (6.12%) Hugging Face
3 3 (6.12%) Keras
3 3 (6.12%) LangChain
4 2 (4.08%) CSS
4 2 (4.08%) HTML
5 1 (2.04%) Node.js
5 1 (2.04%) SAML
5 1 (2.04%) Spring
5 1 (2.04%) STL
5 1 (2.04%) XML
5 1 (2.04%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.12%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.12%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.12%) Equities
3 3 (6.12%) Fixed Income
4 2 (4.08%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Derivative
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.08%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) BYOD
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Windows
3 3 (6.12%) Android
3 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (36.73%) AI
3 17 (34.69%) Agile
4 14 (28.57%) Data Science
5 10 (20.41%) DevOps
5 10 (20.41%) Generative AI
6 9 (18.37%) Analytics
6 9 (18.37%) SDLC
7 8 (16.33%) Data Governance
7 8 (16.33%) Machine Learning
7 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
8 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (14.29%) LLM
8 7 (14.29%) Scrum
8 7 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.82%) Python
2 17 (34.69%) SQL
3 11 (22.45%) Java
4 6 (12.24%) C#
5 4 (8.16%) C++
5 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.08%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.04%) F#
7 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.04%) Solidity
7 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.04%) VBA
7 1 (2.04%) VC++
Qualifications
1 47 (95.92%) Degree
2 32 (65.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 6 (12.24%) CISSP
5 5 (10.20%) CISM
6 4 (8.16%) PhD
7 3 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (6.12%) CRISC
8 2 (4.08%) CASP
8 2 (4.08%) CBAP
8 2 (4.08%) GSEC
8 2 (4.08%) ISEB
8 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.04%) IIBA
9 1 (2.04%) MBA
9 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.04%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
1 5 (10.20%) GDPR
2 3 (6.12%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) GRC
3 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.04%) EMIR
4 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) NIST
4 1 (2.04%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) Google
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Informatica
3 2 (4.08%) UiPath
3 2 (4.08%) Workday
4 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco
4 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.04%) IBM
4 1 (2.04%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.04%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.04%) Murex
4 1 (2.04%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.04%) OutSystems
4 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.04%) SAP
4 1 (2.04%) Tenable
4 1 (2.04%) VMware