Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Computer Science Degree
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Central London median daily rate £650 £530 £715
% change year-on-year +22.64% -25.82% -3.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of Westminster

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 26.09% 18.18% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £350 £388 £173
25th Percentile £425 £416 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £185
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +145.14% -69.17%
75th Percentile £613 £484 £194
90th Percentile £650 £514 £379
Central London median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Paddington - 1 £700 -
Computer Science Degree
Central London

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800