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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 68 71
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 47 53 65
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.50% 2.83% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 3.08% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 32 45
10th Percentile £348 £451 £274
25th Percentile £425 £491 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £709 £716 £745
90th Percentile £867 £898 £880
Central London median daily rate £600 £528 £629
% change year-on-year +13.74% -16.10% -10.18%
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 1,674 1,722 2,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.04% 91.89% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,039 1,569
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.05% -4.37%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 15
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £19.42
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £43.38
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £64.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +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 31 January 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 2 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Ethereum
2 1 (2.13%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) GCP
3 9 (19.15%) AWS
4 7 (14.89%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (6.38%) Google Gemini
7 2 (4.26%) ChatGPT
7 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.26%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.13%) Akamai
8 1 (2.13%) Alation
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.13%) Collibra
8 1 (2.13%) dbt
8 1 (2.13%) Fivetran
8 1 (2.13%) GitHub
8 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (2.13%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 2 (4.26%) Network Security
3 1 (2.13%) DHCP
3 1 (2.13%) DNS
3 1 (2.13%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.13%) Internet
3 1 (2.13%) SSL
3 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) KDB
1 4 (8.51%) Kdb+
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 3 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.38%) Tableau
3 2 (4.26%) Tick Data
4 1 (2.13%) Big Data
4 1 (2.13%) Metadata
4 1 (2.13%) MySQL
4 1 (2.13%) OLAP
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (2.13%) Pinecone
4 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.13%) PowerCenter
4 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.13%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.13%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Git
1 3 (6.38%) JIRA
1 3 (6.38%) Selenium
2 2 (4.26%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.26%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.26%) GitLab
2 2 (4.26%) Postman
2 2 (4.26%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.13%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.13%) ERwin
3 1 (2.13%) Hardhat
3 1 (2.13%) QUnit
3 1 (2.13%) SonarQube
General
1 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 23 (48.94%) Finance
3 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.89%) Front Office
5 6 (12.77%) Banking
5 6 (12.77%) Legal
6 5 (10.64%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (8.51%) Investment Banking
8 3 (6.38%) Back Office
8 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.26%) Financial Institution
9 2 (4.26%) Law
9 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Developer
2 6 (12.77%) Analyst
3 4 (8.51%) KDB Developer
4 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (6.38%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Data Scientist
4 3 (6.38%) Security Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Security Specialist
4 3 (6.38%) Senior
4 3 (6.38%) Test Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Evangelist
5 2 (4.26%) Java Developer
5 2 (4.26%) Lead
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) .NET
2 3 (6.38%) LangChain
2 3 (6.38%) PyTorch
2 3 (6.38%) TensorFlow
3 2 (4.26%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) HTML
4 1 (2.13%) Faiss
4 1 (2.13%) HTML5
4 1 (2.13%) jQuery
4 1 (2.13%) LangGraph
4 1 (2.13%) Murex MxML
4 1 (2.13%) Node.js
4 1 (2.13%) OAuth
4 1 (2.13%) OpenID
4 1 (2.13%) React
4 1 (2.13%) SAML
4 1 (2.13%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (2.13%) web3js
4 1 (2.13%) XML
4 1 (2.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.51%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.51%) Fixed Income
2 4 (8.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.38%) Equities
3 3 (6.38%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.26%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.26%) Derivative
4 2 (4.26%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.26%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.13%) Blog
5 1 (2.13%) BYOD
5 1 (2.13%) PMI
5 1 (2.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
1 4 (8.51%) Unix
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (34.04%) Agile
3 14 (29.79%) AI
4 11 (23.40%) Data Science
5 9 (19.15%) DevOps
5 9 (19.15%) Generative AI
5 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
6 8 (17.02%) SDLC
7 7 (14.89%) Data Governance
7 7 (14.89%) Scrum
7 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (14.89%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (12.77%) Analytics
8 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.77%) Information Security
8 6 (12.77%) Software Engineering
8 6 (12.77%) Validation
9 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
9 5 (10.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.17%) Python
2 12 (25.53%) SQL
3 10 (21.28%) Java
4 6 (12.77%) C#
5 4 (8.51%) C++
5 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.26%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.13%) F#
7 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.13%) Solidity
7 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.13%) VBA
7 1 (2.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 45 (95.74%) Degree
2 31 (65.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (14.89%) Master's Degree
4 5 (10.64%) CISSP
5 4 (8.51%) CISM
6 3 (6.38%) CBAP
6 3 (6.38%) CRISC
7 2 (4.26%) CASP
7 2 (4.26%) GSEC
7 2 (4.26%) ISEB
7 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.13%) MBA
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.13%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (2.13%) PhD
8 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.13%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.51%) GDPR
2 4 (8.51%) QA
3 2 (4.26%) GRC
4 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.13%) EMIR
4 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.13%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.13%) PSD2
4 1 (2.13%) SEPA
4 1 (2.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.13%) Rundeck
1 1 (2.13%) SCCM
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Google
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) Informatica
3 2 (4.26%) Tenable
3 2 (4.26%) UiPath
3 2 (4.26%) Workday
4 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) F5
4 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.13%) Foundry
4 1 (2.13%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.13%) Murex
4 1 (2.13%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.13%) OutSystems
4 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) VMware