Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in London

Computer Science Degree
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 102 134
Rank change year-on-year -38 +32 +116
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 273 380 391
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.97% 2.43% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.10% 9.60% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 258 269
10th Percentile £314 £384 £331
25th Percentile £400 £473 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% +4.55% -16.03%
75th Percentile £700 £729 £700
90th Percentile £785 £888 £825
England median daily rate £492 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -10.55% +3.00% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.35 £27.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £43.00 £30.88
Median hourly rate £72.50 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% +16.67% -15.89%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £91.00 - £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -43.22% +7.27% +0.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,846 3,957 4,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.77% 25.35% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,662 2,516 3,189
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £437 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £756 £775
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 56 107
10th Percentile £19.44 £20.25 £19.00
25th Percentile - £29.25 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -27.78% +13.68%
75th Percentile £42.31 £60.19 £67.75
90th Percentile £66.46 £77.33 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -3.57% +16.67%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in London

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the London region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Central London -27 34 £650 +16.85% 189
West London +3 19 £208 -44.67% 16
South London -7 8 £738 +43.90% 1
East London +2 3 £900 +70.62% 3
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 11 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.30%) Confluence
3 6 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.20%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.10%) Apache
5 3 (1.10%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.10%) Hyperledger
5 3 (1.10%) IIS
6 2 (0.73%) Luigi
6 2 (0.73%) nginx
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.73%) Actimize
3 2 (0.73%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.73%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.37%) Endur
4 1 (0.37%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.37%) Maximo
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.37%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (36.63%) Azure
2 64 (23.44%) AWS
3 38 (13.92%) GCP
4 24 (8.79%) GitHub
5 22 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.59%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.76%) SaaS
8 12 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.03%) Serverless
10 10 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.66%) Entra ID
11 8 (2.93%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.20%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.20%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.76%) Firewall
2 10 (3.66%) Network Security
3 9 (3.30%) VoIP
4 7 (2.56%) VPN
5 5 (1.83%) CTI
5 5 (1.83%) DNS
5 5 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.47%) MGCP
6 4 (1.47%) SCCP
6 4 (1.47%) Telepresence
6 4 (1.47%) WebEx
7 3 (1.10%) SSL
7 3 (1.10%) WAN
8 2 (0.73%) DHCP
8 2 (0.73%) HTTP
8 2 (0.73%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.73%) SSH
8 2 (0.73%) VLAN
8 2 (0.73%) Wireless
9 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.49%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.76%) Power BI
5 10 (3.66%) MySQL
5 10 (3.66%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.30%) Tableau
7 7 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.20%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.83%) Big Data
9 5 (1.83%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.47%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.47%) Data Mart
10 4 (1.47%) Metadata
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.73%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 26 (9.52%) Git
2 18 (6.59%) JIRA
3 11 (4.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.56%) GitLab
4 7 (2.56%) Postman
4 7 (2.56%) Selenium
5 5 (1.83%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.83%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.47%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.47%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.10%) Gradle
7 3 (1.10%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.10%) JUnit
7 3 (1.10%) MLflow
7 3 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.73%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.73%) ERwin
8 2 (0.73%) JMeter
8 2 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
General
1 128 (46.89%) Social Skills
2 107 (39.19%) Finance
3 72 (26.37%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (18.68%) Banking
5 21 (7.69%) Investment Banking
6 20 (7.33%) Front Office
7 12 (4.40%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.03%) Marketing
9 10 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.30%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.93%) Back Office
11 8 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.93%) Retail
11 8 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.83%) Legal
14 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.47%) Publishing
15 3 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (27.11%) Developer
2 33 (12.09%) Architect
3 28 (10.26%) Analyst
4 26 (9.52%) Senior
5 13 (4.76%) Senior Developer
6 11 (4.03%) Lead
7 10 (3.66%) Business Analyst
7 10 (3.66%) Software Engineer
7 10 (3.66%) Technical Support
8 9 (3.30%) Cloud Architect
8 9 (3.30%) Data Engineer
8 9 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.93%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.93%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.93%) Integration Analyst
10 7 (2.56%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.56%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (2.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.26%) .NET
1 28 (10.26%) REST
2 19 (6.96%) HTML
3 15 (5.49%) CSS
3 15 (5.49%) Kafka
3 15 (5.49%) React
4 13 (4.76%) JSON
4 13 (4.76%) Middleware
4 13 (4.76%) OAuth
4 13 (4.76%) RESTful
5 11 (4.03%) Node.js
5 11 (4.03%) XML
6 10 (3.66%) LangChain
7 9 (3.30%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.30%) Spring
8 8 (2.93%) SOAP
8 8 (2.93%) Web Services
9 7 (2.56%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.33%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.96%) Algorithms
4 15 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (5.13%) Derivative
6 13 (4.76%) Fixed Income
7 11 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.66%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.20%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.83%) Data Fabric
12 5 (1.83%) IVR
13 4 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
13 4 (1.47%) Hedge funds
13 4 (1.47%) Life Science
13 4 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.62%) Linux
2 19 (6.96%) Windows
3 14 (5.13%) Unix
4 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.10%) Android
6 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (98.90%) Computer Science
2 129 (47.25%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (38.10%) Agile
4 68 (24.91%) DevOps
5 60 (21.98%) CI/CD
6 38 (13.92%) Analytics
7 36 (13.19%) Scrum
8 35 (12.82%) Software Engineering
9 32 (11.72%) Microservices
10 29 (10.62%) AI
10 29 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (10.26%) Containerisation
11 28 (10.26%) Migration
12 27 (9.89%) SDLC
13 26 (9.52%) Machine Learning
13 26 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (9.16%) ETL
15 24 (8.79%) Project Management
15 24 (8.79%) Roadmaps
16 23 (8.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 97 (35.53%) Python
2 66 (24.18%) SQL
3 63 (23.08%) Java
4 42 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 27 (9.89%) C#
6 18 (6.59%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.13%) C++
8 10 (3.66%) Perl
9 8 (2.93%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.93%) Ruby
10 6 (2.20%) Bash
10 6 (2.20%) R
10 6 (2.20%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.47%) Bicep
11 4 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.10%) C
12 3 (1.10%) Go
12 3 (1.10%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.10%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 273 (100.00%) Degree
2 50 (18.32%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.86%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.66%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.30%) CISSP
6 9 (3.30%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.30%) PMP
7 6 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.83%) CISM
9 3 (1.10%) CBAP
9 3 (1.10%) CCNA
9 3 (1.10%) CCNP
9 3 (1.10%) ISEB
10 2 (0.73%) CCSP
10 2 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.23%) GDPR
3 14 (5.13%) QA
4 9 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.20%) NIST
6 5 (1.83%) SLA
7 4 (1.47%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.47%) MiFID
7 4 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.73%) PMO
10 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.37%) Basel III
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.37%) EMIR
10 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (13.92%) Docker
2 15 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.45%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.06%) Terraform
3 9 (3.30%) Ansible
3 9 (3.30%) Grafana
4 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.10%) Argo
5 3 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.10%) SCCM
6 2 (0.73%) Puppet
6 2 (0.73%) QRadar
6 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.33%) Oracle
3 15 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.76%) Google
5 11 (4.03%) SAP
6 9 (3.30%) Cisco
6 9 (3.30%) Databricks
7 6 (2.20%) IBM
7 6 (2.20%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.20%) Splunk
8 5 (1.83%) Genesys
8 5 (1.83%) Murex
8 5 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.83%) UiPath
8 5 (1.83%) VMware
9 4 (1.47%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.47%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.47%) Tenable
10 3 (1.10%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.10%) New Relic