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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 52 77
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 +6
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 48 81 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.73% 3.69% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 4.07% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 69
10th Percentile £445 £316 £437
25th Percentile £500 £419 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £565 £725
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -22.07% +20.83%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £875
90th Percentile £855 £805 £1,063
Central London median daily rate £653 £565 £725
% change year-on-year +15.49% -22.07% +25.54%
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
% change year-on-year - - +3.96%

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 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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 2 May 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 6 (12.50%) Apache Spark
2 3 (6.25%) Confluence
3 1 (2.08%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.83%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.33%) GCP
5 3 (6.25%) OCI
6 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.08%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.08%) Boomi
7 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.08%) GitHub
7 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) 4G
2 1 (2.08%) 5G
2 1 (2.08%) 5G NR
2 1 (2.08%) BIG-IP
2 1 (2.08%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.08%) DHCP
2 1 (2.08%) DNS
2 1 (2.08%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (2.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (2.08%) HTTP
2 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.08%) LTE
2 1 (2.08%) NAS
2 1 (2.08%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.08%) Wireless
2 1 (2.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) Hadoop
2 5 (10.42%) Apache Hive
3 3 (6.25%) Power BI
4 2 (4.17%) DB2
4 2 (4.17%) MySQL
4 2 (4.17%) Tableau
5 1 (2.08%) Big Data
5 1 (2.08%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.08%) KDB
5 1 (2.08%) Looker
5 1 (2.08%) Power Query
5 1 (2.08%) QlikView
5 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (8.33%) Git
3 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.08%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.08%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (54.17%) Finance
2 16 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (25.00%) Banking
3 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.83%) Financial Institution
5 9 (18.75%) Front Office
6 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.08%) Advertising
7 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Developer
2 9 (18.75%) Senior
3 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Architect
5 4 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) C# Developer
5 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Gen AI Specialist
6 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.17%) C++ Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Front Office Business Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Integration Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) PySpark
1 5 (10.42%) TensorFlow
2 4 (8.33%) OAuth
2 4 (8.33%) REST
3 3 (6.25%) OpenID
3 3 (6.25%) SAML
3 3 (6.25%) SOAP
4 2 (4.17%) .NET
4 2 (4.17%) CSS
4 2 (4.17%) Middleware
4 2 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (4.17%) SailPoint
4 2 (4.17%) Web Services
4 2 (4.17%) WPF
5 1 (2.08%) Akka
5 1 (2.08%) NumPy
5 1 (2.08%) Pandas
5 1 (2.08%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (2.08%) React
5 1 (2.08%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (14.58%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 4 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (6.25%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.17%) AS400
5 2 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.17%) Equities
5 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 2 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.08%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.08%) iSeries
6 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Unix
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (37.50%) Agile
3 15 (31.25%) DevOps
4 10 (20.83%) Software Engineering
5 9 (18.75%) Low Latency
5 9 (18.75%) Mathematics
6 8 (16.67%) Analytics
6 8 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.58%) Project Management
8 6 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (12.50%) Data Science
8 6 (12.50%) Machine Learning
8 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 6 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 5 (10.42%) Data Analytics
9 5 (10.42%) Data Extraction
9 5 (10.42%) Generative AI
9 5 (10.42%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (10.42%) LLM
9 5 (10.42%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 19 (39.58%) Python
2 13 (27.08%) SQL
3 11 (22.92%) Java
4 6 (12.50%) C#
4 6 (12.50%) C++
5 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
6 3 (6.25%) Bash
7 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.17%) RPG
7 2 (4.17%) RPG IV
7 2 (4.17%) VBA
8 1 (2.08%) Bicep
8 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (2.08%) Go
8 1 (2.08%) R
8 1 (2.08%) Scala
8 1 (2.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (95.83%) Degree
2 31 (64.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (22.92%) Master's Degree
4 7 (14.58%) PhD
5 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.25%) OCP
7 3 (6.25%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.17%) CFA
8 2 (4.17%) MBA
8 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.08%) CBAP
9 1 (2.08%) CEH
9 1 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (2.08%) OSCP
9 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.08%) PMP
9 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (10.42%) NIST
2 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (6.25%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.08%) MiFID
4 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.08%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.08%) XenApp
3 1 (2.08%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Ansible
1 5 (10.42%) Terraform
2 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) Progress Chef
2 2 (4.17%) Puppet
3 1 (2.08%) Grafana
3 1 (2.08%) OPNET
3 1 (2.08%) Podman
3 1 (2.08%) SCCM
3 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle
3 3 (6.25%) IBM
3 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.17%) Bloomberg
4 2 (4.17%) Google
4 2 (4.17%) Trayport
5 1 (2.08%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco
5 1 (2.08%) Citrix
5 1 (2.08%) Dell
5 1 (2.08%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.08%) F5
5 1 (2.08%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.08%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.08%) Meraki
5 1 (2.08%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.08%) SAP
5 1 (2.08%) VMware