Computer Science Contracts in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 59 68
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 16 14 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.98% 1.68% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 1.86% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 5
10th Percentile £621 £356 £418
25th Percentile £625 £372 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £838
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -40.30% +109.38%
75th Percentile £675 - £950
90th Percentile - £510 -
East of England median daily rate £650 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +30.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £80.50 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.17% - -
75th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £71.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +29.09% +4.76% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage +31 5 - - 13
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 12 (75.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) AWS
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) Big Data
1 12 (75.00%) Hadoop
1 12 (75.00%) Tableau
2 4 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 4 (25.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 16 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Data Science Developer
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 10 (62.50%) Senior
2 10 (62.50%) Senior Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Data Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (75.00%) Matplotlib
1 12 (75.00%) NumPy
1 12 (75.00%) Pandas
1 12 (75.00%) PyTorch
1 12 (75.00%) scikit-learn
1 12 (75.00%) Seaborn
1 12 (75.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
1 16 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 12 (75.00%) Analytics
2 12 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 12 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 12 (75.00%) Data Analytics
2 12 (75.00%) Data Munging
2 12 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 12 (75.00%) Feature Engineering
2 12 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 12 (75.00%) LLM
2 12 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 12 (75.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 12 (75.00%) Reinforcement Learning
2 12 (75.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 12 (75.00%) Time Series Forecasting
3 4 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 4 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 4 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 4 (25.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Python
1 12 (75.00%) R
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 12 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 12 (75.00%) PhD
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) OpenAI