Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Hounslow

Computer Science
West London > Hounslow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hounslow requiring Computer Science skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 12 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 8 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hounslow 12.31% 9.17% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.70% 9.80% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 4
10th Percentile £350 £208 £176
25th Percentile £388 £353 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £548
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -31.51% +43.61%
75th Percentile £407 £425 £680
90th Percentile £407 £463 £698
West London median daily rate £375 £425 £575
% change year-on-year -11.76% -26.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £68.70 -
25th Percentile - £69.75 -
Median hourly rate - £71.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile - £73.25 £68.50
90th Percentile - £74.30 £70.60
West London median hourly rate £29.07 £71.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -59.34% +10.00% +73.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hounslow

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 Hounslow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 96.92% 93.58% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 61 67
10th Percentile £225 £189 £114
25th Percentile £353 £330 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -20.93% +4.17%
75th Percentile £501 £498 £622
90th Percentile £538 £575 £681
West London median daily rate £420 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -11.58% -15.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 19
10th Percentile £33.00 £18.13 £59.25
25th Percentile £34.31 £20.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £54.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% -25.00% +350.00%
75th Percentile £49.75 £65.00 £88.75
90th Percentile £53.50 £68.00 £90.00
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.75 £72.00
% change year-on-year -45.03% -36.46% +278.95%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Hounslow

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

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

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

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

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Git
2 2 (25.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (12.50%) Appium
3 1 (12.50%) JUnit
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) C++ Developer
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Angular 2
1 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Code
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) OOD
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (25.00%) Kanban
3 2 (25.00%) Memory Management
3 2 (25.00%) OOP
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Debt
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (12.50%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Python
3 5 (62.50%) SQL
4 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Kubernetes