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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 70 51
Rank change year-on-year -23 -19 +29
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 41 49 82
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.78% 2.79% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.00% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 37 57
10th Percentile £389 £445 £316
25th Percentile £442 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £565
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +23.89% -22.07%
75th Percentile £682 £763 £738
90th Percentile £762 £855 £805
Central London median daily rate £500 £650 £565
% change year-on-year -23.08% +15.04% -22.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.03 - -
Median hourly rate £32.07 - -
75th Percentile £33.10 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 £29.07 -
% change year-on-year +10.30% - -

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 1,963 1,636 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.27% 93.17% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,032 1,406
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £806
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 11
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -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 1 May 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 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 8 (19.51%) GCP
4 7 (17.07%) GitHub
5 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
6 4 (9.76%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (7.32%) Azure AKS
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (7.32%) Google Gemini
8 2 (4.88%) ChatGPT
8 2 (4.88%) Snowflake
9 1 (2.44%) Alation
9 1 (2.44%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (2.44%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.44%) Collibra
9 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) NoSQL
1 5 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.32%) DB2
2 3 (7.32%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.88%) KDB
3 2 (4.88%) Kdb+
3 2 (4.88%) Power BI
3 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.88%) Tick Data
4 1 (2.44%) Data Mart
4 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) OLAP
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (2.44%) PowerCenter
4 1 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.44%) ERwin
3 1 (2.44%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Postman
3 1 (2.44%) Selenium
3 1 (2.44%) SonarQube
General
1 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Finance
3 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
5 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.76%) Investment Banking
6 3 (7.32%) Front Office
6 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Back Office
7 2 (4.88%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.44%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Data Scientist
2 5 (12.20%) Analyst
2 5 (12.20%) Architect
2 5 (12.20%) Developer
3 4 (9.76%) IT Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) SOX Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Java Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Lead
4 3 (7.32%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Security Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Evangelist
5 2 (4.88%) Java Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Java Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Java Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Junior Java Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Junior Java Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Junior Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) PyTorch
1 6 (14.63%) React
2 5 (12.20%) TensorFlow
3 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
3 3 (7.32%) Backbone.js
3 3 (7.32%) Bootstrap
3 3 (7.32%) Ember.js
3 3 (7.32%) Hugging Face
3 3 (7.32%) jQuery
3 3 (7.32%) Keras
3 3 (7.32%) Spring
4 2 (4.88%) .NET
4 2 (4.88%) LangChain
4 2 (4.88%) Node.js
5 1 (2.44%) Murex MxML
5 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.32%) Equities
2 3 (7.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.88%) AI Agents
3 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.44%) Blog
4 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Tandem
4 1 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
2 4 (9.76%) Windows
3 3 (7.32%) Android
3 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.32%) Unix
4 1 (2.44%) VMS
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (48.78%) AI
3 14 (34.15%) Agile
4 10 (24.39%) Machine Learning
5 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (21.95%) Data Science
5 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
6 8 (19.51%) SDLC
7 7 (17.07%) DevOps
7 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
7 7 (17.07%) Software Engineering
8 6 (14.63%) Asset Management
8 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
8 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (14.63%) Generative AI
8 6 (14.63%) LLM
9 5 (12.20%) Analytics
9 5 (12.20%) Change Management
9 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) Python
2 13 (31.71%) SQL
3 12 (29.27%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) C#
4 2 (4.88%) C++
4 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.44%) VB
5 1 (2.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (85.37%) Degree
2 21 (51.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (21.95%) CISSP
4 7 (17.07%) CRISC
5 5 (12.20%) CISA
5 5 (12.20%) CISM
6 4 (9.76%) PhD
7 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.88%) CASP
7 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.88%) GSEC
7 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.44%) CCNA
8 1 (2.44%) CCSK
8 1 (2.44%) CEH
8 1 (2.44%) MCSE
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (12.20%) NIST
2 4 (9.76%) COBIT
2 4 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.76%) ITGC
2 4 (9.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (7.32%) GDPR
4 2 (4.88%) GRC
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.44%) EU AI Act
5 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.44%) QA
5 1 (2.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
1 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Control-M
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Google
2 3 (7.32%) Informatica
3 2 (4.88%) Murex
4 1 (2.44%) EMC
4 1 (2.44%) Foundry
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) UiPath
4 1 (2.44%) VMware