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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 41 62
Rank change year-on-year -24 +21 +25
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 53 95 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.11% 4.37% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 4.83% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 63 68
10th Percentile £448 £353 £412
25th Percentile £516 £425 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £565 £725
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -22.07% +20.83%
75th Percentile £776 £748 £875
90th Percentile £880 £823 £1,063
Central London median daily rate £650 £559 £725
% change year-on-year +16.33% -22.93% +20.83%
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 - - -1.87%

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 1,598 1,966 3,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.72% 90.47% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,378 2,121
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 25
10th Percentile £18.70 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -25.00% -15.66%
75th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £48.57 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.48% -20.54% -15.66%

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 7 June 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 10 (18.87%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.77%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) Drupal
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.89%) SAP PLM
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.89%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) Azure
2 7 (13.21%) AWS
3 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.66%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) OCI
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Boomi
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Firewall
1 1 (1.89%) HTTP
1 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.89%) NAS
1 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) Hadoop
2 7 (13.21%) Apache Hive
3 4 (7.55%) Power BI
4 3 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.77%) MySQL
5 2 (3.77%) Spark SQL
5 2 (3.77%) Tableau
6 1 (1.89%) Big Data
6 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.89%) DB2
6 1 (1.89%) KDB
6 1 (1.89%) Looker
6 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.89%) Power Query
6 1 (1.89%) QlikView
6 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) Git
3 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.89%) MLflow
3 1 (1.89%) Selenium
3 1 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 25 (47.17%) Finance
2 19 (35.85%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
4 10 (18.87%) Banking
5 9 (16.98%) Financial Institution
6 7 (13.21%) Front Office
7 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.77%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Advertising
9 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Developer
2 8 (15.09%) Senior
3 6 (11.32%) Architect
4 5 (9.43%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) C# Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Lead
5 4 (7.55%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Gen AI Specialist
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) C++ Developer
7 2 (3.77%) C++ Software Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Integration Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior C# Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior C++ Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) CSS
1 7 (13.21%) PySpark
2 6 (11.32%) HTML
2 6 (11.32%) TensorFlow
3 4 (7.55%) Pandas
3 4 (7.55%) REST
4 3 (5.66%) OAuth
4 3 (5.66%) OpenID
4 3 (5.66%) SAML
5 2 (3.77%) NumPy
5 2 (3.77%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (3.77%) scikit-learn
5 2 (3.77%) SOAP
5 2 (3.77%) Visualforce
5 2 (3.77%) Web Services
5 2 (3.77%) WPF
6 1 (1.89%) Akka
6 1 (1.89%) Flask
6 1 (1.89%) Protocol Buffers
6 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (11.32%) Algorithms
2 6 (11.32%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (11.32%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.55%) Credit Risk
3 4 (7.55%) Data Structures
4 3 (5.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.77%) Hedge funds
5 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) AS400
6 1 (1.89%) CMDB
6 1 (1.89%) Derivative
6 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.89%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.89%) iSeries
6 1 (1.89%) IVR
6 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Android
2 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.89%) Unix
2 1 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (41.51%) Agile
1 22 (41.51%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.53%) Software Engineering
3 12 (22.64%) DevOps
4 11 (20.75%) Mathematics
5 10 (18.87%) Data Science
5 10 (18.87%) Low Latency
6 9 (16.98%) Machine Learning
6 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
7 8 (15.09%) Analytics
7 8 (15.09%) Project Management
7 8 (15.09%) Scrum
8 7 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (13.21%) Data Analytics
9 6 (11.32%) Data Modelling
9 6 (11.32%) Multithreading
9 6 (11.32%) Risk Management
10 5 (9.43%) Data Extraction
10 5 (9.43%) Generative AI
10 5 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (41.51%) Python
2 18 (33.96%) SQL
3 12 (22.64%) Java
4 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
5 7 (13.21%) C++
6 5 (9.43%) C#
7 3 (5.66%) Bash
8 2 (3.77%) Apex Code
8 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.89%) ABAP
9 1 (1.89%) C
9 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.89%) Go
9 1 (1.89%) R
9 1 (1.89%) RPG
9 1 (1.89%) RPG IV
9 1 (1.89%) Scala
9 1 (1.89%) VBA
9 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (96.23%) Degree
2 33 (62.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (18.87%) Master's Degree
4 9 (16.98%) PhD
4 9 (16.98%) Security Cleared
5 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.66%) OCP
6 3 (5.66%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.89%) CBAP
8 1 (1.89%) CEH
8 1 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.89%) OSCP
8 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.89%) PMP
8 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (9.43%) NIST
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (5.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.89%) MiFID
3 1 (1.89%) PMO
3 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) XenApp
3 1 (1.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
3 2 (3.77%) Ansible
4 1 (1.89%) Grafana
4 1 (1.89%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.89%) Podman
4 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.89%) Puppet
4 1 (1.89%) SCCM
4 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (9.43%) Oracle
2 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
2 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.77%) Foundry
3 2 (3.77%) Google
3 2 (3.77%) IBM
3 2 (3.77%) Palantir
4 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.89%) Citrix
4 1 (1.89%) Databricks
4 1 (1.89%) Dell
4 1 (1.89%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Trayport
4 1 (1.89%) VMware