Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Essex

Computer Science
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 10 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 8.62% - 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% - 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £522 - £347
25th Percentile £552 - £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 - £515
75th Percentile £652 - £598
90th Percentile £681 - £719
East of England median daily rate £425 £438 £400
% change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -28.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
East of England median hourly rate £67.00 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +34.00% -20.00% +36.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 100 101 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 86.21% 78.91% 84.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 123
10th Percentile £153 £178 £182
25th Percentile £230 £222 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £318 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% -36.40% +1.01%
75th Percentile £525 £450 £575
90th Percentile £613 £553 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.19 £20.50
25th Percentile - £23.44 £22.09
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.17 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% -47.44% +11.52%
75th Percentile £39.69 £76.44 £76.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £79.70
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £29.17 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.01% +45.85% -4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Essex

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Essex over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Essex

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 15 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
Basildon - 5 £700 - 1
Epping - 4 - -
Witham - 1 £505 - 1
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 4 (40.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (10.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Serverless
2 4 (40.00%) Amazon S3
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (40.00%) dbt
2 4 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (20.00%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) Azure AKS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (40.00%) RDBMS
1 4 (40.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (10.00%) Big Data
2 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (10.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Agriculture
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Implementation Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Snowflake Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Support Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Implementation Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) R Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SAS Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SAS Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Express.js
1 1 (10.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) System Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (40.00%) ETL
3 4 (40.00%) High Availability
3 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Science
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) SQL
3 5 (50.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (90.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
1 4 (40.00%) StreamSets
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft