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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 44 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 +12
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 64 88 88
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.75% 4.20% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 4.58% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 54 52
10th Percentile £318 £425 £326
25th Percentile £484 £507 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £715
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -12.53% +14.32%
75th Percentile £675 £744 £875
90th Percentile £801 £850 £995
Central London median daily rate £575 £613 £690
% change year-on-year -6.12% -11.17% +10.32%
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 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 1,612 1,922 2,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.55% 91.74% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,118 1,181 1,754
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £697
90th Percentile £763 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +36.00% -38.12%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +27.27% -36.40%

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 29 October 2025.

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 5 (7.81%) Apache Spark
1 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.69%) Confluence
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.56%) Drupal
4 1 (1.56%) Ethereum
4 1 (1.56%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (4.69%) Workday HCM
2 2 (3.13%) SAP MDG
2 2 (3.13%) SAP PLM
2 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.13%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.06%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) AWS
3 7 (10.94%) GCP
4 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.69%) PaaS
7 2 (3.13%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (3.13%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.56%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.56%) Dagster
8 1 (1.56%) dbt
8 1 (1.56%) Fivetran
8 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.56%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) Firewall
2 2 (3.13%) Network Security
3 1 (1.56%) DHCP
3 1 (1.56%) DNS
3 1 (1.56%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.56%) Internet
3 1 (1.56%) SSH
3 1 (1.56%) SSL
3 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) Apache Hive
2 3 (4.69%) Hadoop
2 3 (4.69%) KDB
3 2 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.13%) Kdb+
3 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.13%) Spark SQL
3 2 (3.13%) Tableau
4 1 (1.56%) Big Data
4 1 (1.56%) Pinecone
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.56%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) MLflow
2 3 (4.69%) Selenium
3 2 (3.13%) Git
3 2 (3.13%) GitLab
3 2 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.56%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.56%) Fiddler
4 1 (1.56%) Gradle
4 1 (1.56%) Hardhat
4 1 (1.56%) Postman
4 1 (1.56%) QUnit
General
1 35 (54.69%) Finance
2 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
3 18 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Banking
4 7 (10.94%) Front Office
5 5 (7.81%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Financial Institution
6 4 (6.25%) Legal
6 4 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.69%) Back Office
8 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.56%) Marketing
9 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Developer
2 12 (18.75%) Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Data Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) Senior
5 5 (7.81%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Architect
6 4 (6.25%) Data Scientist
7 3 (4.69%) Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Java Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Lead
7 3 (4.69%) Salesforce Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Python Developer
8 2 (3.13%) SAP PLM Consultant
8 2 (3.13%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) .NET
2 8 (12.50%) CSS
2 8 (12.50%) HTML
3 4 (6.25%) Pandas
3 4 (6.25%) Web Services
4 3 (4.69%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (4.69%) NumPy
4 3 (4.69%) PySpark
4 3 (4.69%) RESTful
4 3 (4.69%) TensorFlow
4 3 (4.69%) Visualforce
4 3 (4.69%) XML
5 2 (3.13%) Django
5 2 (3.13%) Flask
5 2 (3.13%) jQuery
5 2 (3.13%) PyTorch
5 2 (3.13%) REST
5 2 (3.13%) scikit-learn
5 2 (3.13%) Spring
6 1 (1.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 7 (10.94%) Product Ownership
3 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
4 5 (7.81%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (6.25%) Fixed Income
6 3 (4.69%) Derivative
6 3 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.13%) Hedge funds
7 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
7 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.56%) CMDB
8 1 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Linux
2 4 (6.25%) Unix
3 2 (3.13%) Windows
4 1 (1.56%) Android
4 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (31.25%) Agile
3 14 (21.88%) Data Science
4 12 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 11 (17.19%) AI
5 11 (17.19%) Machine Learning
5 11 (17.19%) Mathematics
6 10 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Analytics
7 9 (14.06%) DevOps
7 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
7 9 (14.06%) Scrum
7 9 (14.06%) SDLC
7 9 (14.06%) Software Engineering
7 9 (14.06%) Validation
8 7 (10.94%) Data Modelling
8 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.94%) Migration
8 7 (10.94%) Roadmaps
8 7 (10.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 24 (37.50%) Python
2 19 (29.69%) SQL
3 10 (15.63%) Java
3 10 (15.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.81%) C#
5 3 (4.69%) Apex Code
5 3 (4.69%) C++
6 2 (3.13%) ABAP
7 1 (1.56%) C
7 1 (1.56%) F#
7 1 (1.56%) Go
7 1 (1.56%) PHP
7 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.56%) R
7 1 (1.56%) Ruby
7 1 (1.56%) Solidity
7 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.56%) VBA
7 1 (1.56%) VC++
Qualifications
1 62 (96.88%) Degree
2 32 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (17.19%) Master's Degree
4 6 (9.38%) CBAP
4 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.25%) PhD
6 2 (3.13%) CISSP
6 2 (3.13%) ISEB
6 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CISM
7 1 (1.56%) IIBA
7 1 (1.56%) MBA
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.56%) PMP
7 1 (1.56%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.56%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
1 5 (7.81%) GDPR
1 5 (7.81%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) COBIT
2 3 (4.69%) NIST
3 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.56%) EMIR
4 1 (1.56%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) PSD2
4 1 (1.56%) SEPA
4 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
2 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Ansible
2 1 (1.56%) Kubeflow
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.56%) Rundeck
2 1 (1.56%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 5 (7.81%) Workday
4 4 (6.25%) Databricks
5 3 (4.69%) Oracle
5 3 (4.69%) SAP
5 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.13%) Foundry
6 2 (3.13%) Palantir
6 2 (3.13%) Tenable
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco
7 1 (1.56%) F5
7 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.56%) IBM
7 1 (1.56%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.56%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.56%) OutSystems
7 1 (1.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.56%) UiPath