Computer Science Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Computer Science
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 27.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £621 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - -
75th Percentile £642 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £632 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 16 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 100.00% 88.89% 90.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 84
10th Percentile £535 £429 £250
25th Percentile - - £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +62.50%
75th Percentile £610 £488 £700
90th Percentile £636 £670 -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate £18.87 - £16.71

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk