Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Computer Science
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 57 65
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +37
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 6 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.82% 0.50% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.57% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile - £300 £380
25th Percentile £350 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.74% -0.05% +19.11%
75th Percentile £522 £525 £517
90th Percentile £591 £540 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £200 £500 £380
% change year-on-year -60.00% +31.58% -1.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 524 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.81% 86.61% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 332 547
10th Percentile £304 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -9.05% -
75th Percentile £573 £574 £613
90th Percentile £645 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 6
10th Percentile - £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.43 £18.74
Median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +66.61% -2.29%
75th Percentile £25.38 £41.50 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.18 £98.25 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.72 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -33.17% +71.05% -11.63%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Leeds

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Leeds over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Leeds

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Java Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Kafka Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) J2EE
1 1 (16.67%) JPA
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (16.67%) GCIH
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (16.67%) Darktrace
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) Splunk