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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 0
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 5 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hounslow 6.58% 17.14% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.04% 17.39% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 3
10th Percentile - £384 £353
25th Percentile £218 £396 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £409 £407 £438
90th Percentile £448 £409 £468
West London median daily rate £241 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -39.73% -15.79% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £68.70
25th Percentile - - £69.75
Median hourly rate - - £71.50
75th Percentile - - £73.25
90th Percentile - - £74.30
West London median hourly rate - £29.07 £71.50
% change year-on-year - -59.34% -1.38%

All Process & 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 71 69 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 93.42% 98.57% 97.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 51 64
10th Percentile £218 £225 £189
25th Percentile £263 £365 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £419
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -4.48% -24.38%
75th Percentile £663 £489 £498
90th Percentile £779 £538 £628
West London median daily rate £520 £425 £489
% change year-on-year +22.35% -13.04% -13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile £22.84 £35.10 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.36 £38.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £30.40 £52.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.54% -3.70% -28.00%
75th Percentile £35.61 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £38.24 £59.80 £68.00
West London median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £45.75
% change year-on-year +9.34% -45.03% -30.68%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Hounslow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Hounslow over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Hounslow

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
Contract Job Locations in Hounslow

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 Hounslow region over the 6 months to 15 August 2026. 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
Chiswick - 1 £450 - 2
Computer Science
West London

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hounslow 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 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum Master
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) SAFe Practitioner
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR