Computer Science Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Computer Science
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 48 82
Rank change year-on-year +10 +34 +11
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 60 47 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.38% 3.26% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.01% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 25
10th Percentile £185 £286 £270
25th Percentile £194 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -28.89%
75th Percentile £508 £538 £530
90th Percentile £700 £585 £568
England median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £29.00 - £58.25
25th Percentile £61.75 - £59.38
Median hourly rate £67.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.00% -20.00% +36.99%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £64.38
90th Percentile £86.40 - £64.75
England median hourly rate £43.50 £52.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% -13.22% +11.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,228 1,172 1,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.70% 81.39% 87.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 458 869
10th Percentile £200 £213 £224
25th Percentile £378 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £619
90th Percentile £682 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 281 374
10th Percentile £14.27 £14.84 £13.61
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £29.17 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.01% +45.85% -4.76%
75th Percentile £56.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the East of England

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the East of England

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Hertfordshire +19 22 £219 +16.80% 35
Cambridgeshire -5 20 £428 -0.87% 34
Essex - 10 £603 - 22
Bedfordshire -10 7 £243 -51.50% 9
Norfolk -13 1 - - 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (8.33%) OpenStack
2 4 (6.67%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (5.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (3.33%) Confluence
5 1 (1.67%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.67%) Simulink
3 1 (1.67%) CANalyzer
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.67%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.33%) AWS
2 9 (15.00%) Azure
2 9 (15.00%) npm
3 7 (11.67%) Serverless
4 6 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (8.33%) Amazon S3
5 5 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (6.67%) dbt
6 4 (6.67%) Snowflake
7 2 (3.33%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.33%) GCP
8 1 (1.67%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.67%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) DNS
2 7 (11.67%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (11.67%) DHCP
2 7 (11.67%) Ethernet
2 7 (11.67%) PuTTY
3 4 (6.67%) iSCSI
3 4 (6.67%) SAN
4 2 (3.33%) Firewall
4 2 (3.33%) LAN
4 2 (3.33%) WAN
4 2 (3.33%) Wireless
4 2 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (6.67%) Big Data
1 4 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.67%) Oracle Database
1 4 (6.67%) RDBMS
1 4 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.00%) Hadoop
2 3 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.00%) Tableau
3 1 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.67%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (26.67%) JIRA
2 15 (25.00%) GitLab
3 11 (18.33%) Artifactory
4 9 (15.00%) Visual Studio
5 5 (8.33%) TeamCity
6 2 (3.33%) Selenium
6 2 (3.33%) webpack
7 1 (1.67%) CANoe
7 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 24 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.33%) Electronics
3 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.00%) Games
6 5 (8.33%) Aerospace
7 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.67%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.67%) Automotive
9 1 (1.67%) Banking
9 1 (1.67%) Finance
9 1 (1.67%) Law
9 1 (1.67%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 10 (16.67%) Developer
2 8 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 7 (11.67%) Analyst
3 7 (11.67%) Network Analyst
4 6 (10.00%) Architect
4 6 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (8.33%) Administrator
5 5 (8.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Network Support
5 5 (8.33%) Network Support Analyst
5 5 (8.33%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Implementation Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) Snowflake Architect
6 4 (6.67%) Support Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Technical Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.67%) React
2 11 (18.33%) Vue
3 10 (16.67%) Node.js
4 9 (15.00%) .NET
4 9 (15.00%) .NET Framework
4 9 (15.00%) AngularJS
4 9 (15.00%) CSS
4 9 (15.00%) HTML
4 9 (15.00%) Svelte
5 3 (5.00%) Matplotlib
5 3 (5.00%) PyTorch
5 3 (5.00%) scikit-learn
5 3 (5.00%) Seaborn
5 3 (5.00%) TensorFlow
6 2 (3.33%) Celery
6 2 (3.33%) D3.js
6 2 (3.33%) Django
6 2 (3.33%) NumPy
6 2 (3.33%) Pandas
6 2 (3.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.00%) Algorithms
2 10 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (15.00%) Data Structures
4 7 (11.67%) FPGA
4 7 (11.67%) Verilog
5 6 (10.00%) PCIe
6 4 (6.67%) Data Centre
6 4 (6.67%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (6.67%) Virtual Team
7 3 (5.00%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (3.33%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (1.67%) Credit Risk
9 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.67%) Life Science
9 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.67%) Smartphone
9 1 (1.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (28.33%) Linux
2 4 (6.67%) CentOS
2 4 (6.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.00%) Containerisation
1 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (23.33%) Software Engineering
3 13 (21.67%) Agile
4 12 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 11 (18.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (16.67%) DevOps
6 10 (16.67%) Microservices
6 10 (16.67%) SDLC
6 10 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 9 (15.00%) AI
7 9 (15.00%) Design Patterns
7 9 (15.00%) Machine Learning
7 9 (15.00%) OOP
7 9 (15.00%) TDD
8 7 (11.67%) Physics
9 6 (10.00%) Cryptography
9 6 (10.00%) Data Science
9 6 (10.00%) Task Automation
9 6 (10.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.67%) Python
2 12 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (16.67%) C++
4 9 (15.00%) C#
4 9 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 8 (13.33%) SQL
6 7 (11.67%) MATLAB
7 6 (10.00%) Shell Script
7 6 (10.00%) SystemVerilog
7 6 (10.00%) Tcl
8 5 (8.33%) Java
9 4 (6.67%) R
10 2 (3.33%) Bash
10 2 (3.33%) Perl
11 1 (1.67%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 43 (71.67%) Degree
2 26 (43.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (11.67%) CCNA
5 7 (11.67%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (10.00%) HNC
6 6 (10.00%) HND
7 4 (6.67%) Master's Degree
8 3 (5.00%) PhD
9 2 (3.33%) CCNP
10 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 6 (10.00%) DO-254
2 5 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (1.67%) GxP
3 1 (1.67%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (15.00%) Docker
2 6 (10.00%) Firmware
3 5 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.67%) Ansible
3 4 (6.67%) Terraform
4 1 (1.67%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.67%) Puppet
4 1 (1.67%) Salt
Vendors
1 13 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 7 (11.67%) Cisco
4 6 (10.00%) Actel
4 6 (10.00%) Altera
4 6 (10.00%) Intel
4 6 (10.00%) Microsemi
4 6 (10.00%) Xilinx
5 5 (8.33%) Oracle
5 5 (8.33%) VMware
6 4 (6.67%) StreamSets
7 3 (5.00%) IBM
8 2 (3.33%) Google
8 2 (3.33%) Peregrine
8 2 (3.33%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.33%) Remedy
9 1 (1.67%) Databricks
9 1 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.67%) SAP