Computer Science Contracts in the City of London

Computer Science
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 68 81
Rank change year-on-year +17 +13 +13
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 79 110 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.67% 3.12% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.41% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 81
10th Percentile £331 £441 £480
25th Percentile £419 £556 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.07% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £748 £875 £650
90th Percentile £813 £1,063 £750
Central London median daily rate £565 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -22.07% +20.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £50.45 £41.85
25th Percentile - £50.75 £45.75
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £61.75
90th Percentile - £77.75 £61.98
Central London median hourly rate - £52.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year - +0.96% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,952 3,230 3,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.58% 91.50% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 2,183 2,969
10th Percentile £356 £356 £387
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £731 £688
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 44
10th Percentile £19.95 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.63 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £41.65 £88.30 £64.78
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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 14 May 2024.

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 9 (11.39%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Chatbot
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (2.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.27%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.27%) Primavera
2 1 (1.27%) R3 Corda
2 1 (1.27%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 27 (34.18%) Azure
2 12 (15.19%) AWS
3 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (8.86%) GCP
6 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
7 5 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (6.33%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (6.33%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.80%) GitHub
9 3 (3.80%) WhatsApp
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (2.53%) Twilio
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Event Grid
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.27%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.59%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) LAN
3 3 (3.80%) CTI
3 3 (3.80%) Network Security
3 3 (3.80%) VoIP
4 2 (2.53%) DNS
4 2 (2.53%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.53%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (2.53%) WAN
5 1 (1.27%) DHCP
5 1 (1.27%) MPLS
5 1 (1.27%) Multicast
5 1 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.27%) SSL
5 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.27%) VLAN
5 1 (1.27%) VPN
5 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.06%) Oracle Database
2 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.80%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.53%) Big Data
4 2 (2.53%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.53%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.53%) MySQL
4 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.53%) Presto
4 2 (2.53%) Tableau
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.27%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.27%) InfluxDB
5 1 (1.27%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Git
1 5 (6.33%) JIRA
2 3 (3.80%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.53%) CircleCI
3 2 (2.53%) ERwin
3 2 (2.53%) Gradle
3 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.53%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.27%) CMake
4 1 (1.27%) Darcs
4 1 (1.27%) GitLab
4 1 (1.27%) JUnit
4 1 (1.27%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.27%) Moq
4 1 (1.27%) MSTest
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.27%) Travis CI
4 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 29 (36.71%) Finance
3 19 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (17.72%) Banking
5 9 (11.39%) Legal
6 4 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.80%) Front Office
7 3 (3.80%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.80%) Retail
8 2 (2.53%) Advertising
8 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Marketing
8 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.27%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.27%) French Language
9 1 (1.27%) German Language
9 1 (1.27%) Japanese Language
9 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Developer
2 16 (20.25%) Architect
3 6 (7.59%) Analyst
4 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Senior
5 4 (5.06%) C# Developer
5 4 (5.06%) Data Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Lead
5 4 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.80%) Python Developer
6 3 (3.80%) Quantitative Developer
6 3 (3.80%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (2.53%) .NET Developer
7 2 (2.53%) Data Modeller
7 2 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.53%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (2.53%) ITIL Manager
7 2 (2.53%) Java Developer
7 2 (2.53%) Service Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.53%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) CSS
2 5 (6.33%) REST
2 5 (6.33%) Web Services
3 4 (5.06%) .NET
3 4 (5.06%) jQuery
3 4 (5.06%) JSON
3 4 (5.06%) XML
4 3 (3.80%) HTML
4 3 (3.80%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (2.53%) Matplotlib
5 2 (2.53%) Middleware
5 2 (2.53%) NumPy
5 2 (2.53%) Pandas
5 2 (2.53%) PySpark
5 2 (2.53%) RAML
5 2 (2.53%) React
5 2 (2.53%) SOAP
5 2 (2.53%) XSLT
6 1 (1.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.59%) Algorithms
3 5 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.33%) Virtual Team
4 4 (5.06%) IVR
5 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.80%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.80%) Market Risk
5 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.53%) Derivative
6 2 (2.53%) Equities
6 2 (2.53%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.53%) Legacy Code
6 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.27%) Blog
7 1 (1.27%) CMDB
7 1 (1.27%) DataPower
7 1 (1.27%) PKI
7 1 (1.27%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Solaris
3 2 (2.53%) VMS
4 1 (1.27%) Android
4 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.27%) Unix
4 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.58%) Agile
3 14 (17.72%) Migration
4 13 (16.46%) ITIL
4 13 (16.46%) Project Management
5 12 (15.19%) DevOps
6 11 (13.92%) Analytics
7 10 (12.66%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (11.39%) Change Management
8 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
8 9 (11.39%) Machine Learning
8 9 (11.39%) PRINCE2
8 9 (11.39%) Software Engineering
9 8 (10.13%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (10.13%) Mathematics
9 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.86%) Data Analysis
10 7 (8.86%) Data Modelling
11 6 (7.59%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (7.59%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 19 (24.05%) Python
2 17 (21.52%) SQL
3 14 (17.72%) Java
4 11 (13.92%) C#
5 10 (12.66%) PowerShell
6 6 (7.59%) C++
7 5 (6.33%) JavaScript
8 4 (5.06%) Go
8 4 (5.06%) Rust
9 3 (3.80%) Clojure
9 3 (3.80%) Haskell
9 3 (3.80%) Kotlin
9 3 (3.80%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.80%) Scala
10 2 (2.53%) Bash
10 2 (2.53%) C
10 2 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.27%) R
11 1 (1.27%) VBA
11 1 (1.27%) VC++
Qualifications
1 73 (92.41%) Degree
2 52 (65.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (17.72%) Master's Degree
4 10 (12.66%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (6.33%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.80%) PhD
7 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.53%) GCIA
7 2 (2.53%) GCIH
7 2 (2.53%) GIAC
7 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.27%) MBA
8 1 (1.27%) MCITP
8 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) QA
2 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.80%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.53%) NIST
3 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.53%) SLA
3 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.27%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) KVM
3 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) PingFederate
2 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.80%) Terraform
5 2 (2.53%) Ansible
5 2 (2.53%) CSIRT
5 2 (2.53%) Grafana
5 2 (2.53%) Nessus
5 2 (2.53%) QRadar
6 1 (1.27%) Kibana
6 1 (1.27%) logstash
6 1 (1.27%) Nagios
6 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.27%) Puppet
6 1 (1.27%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (1.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.99%) Oracle
3 5 (6.33%) Cisco
3 5 (6.33%) Google
3 5 (6.33%) SAP
4 4 (5.06%) Genesys
4 4 (5.06%) VMware
5 3 (3.80%) Proofpoint
5 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.80%) Symantec
6 2 (2.53%) Avaya
6 2 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (2.53%) Citrix
6 2 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.53%) Databricks
6 2 (2.53%) Foundry
6 2 (2.53%) Palantir
6 2 (2.53%) Sparx
7 1 (1.27%) IBM
7 1 (1.27%) Juniper