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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 96 157
Rank change year-on-year -48 +61 +112
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 267 430 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.02% 2.67% 1.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.62% 10.95% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 287 277
10th Percentile £289 £363 £325
25th Percentile £400 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £565 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% +5.81% -14.56%
75th Percentile £700 £728 £700
90th Percentile £825 £888 £868
England median daily rate £477 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.32% +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £62.88 £47.75 -
25th Percentile £63.44 £50.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.25 £52.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% +66.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £68.44 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.63 - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.19% -4.55% +9.73%

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 3,502 3,926 5,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.45% 24.41% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,350 2,573 3,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £355
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £759 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.34
25th Percentile - £22.00 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -41.29% +22.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £66.30
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £81.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -53.43% -1.42% +21.73%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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 15 September 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
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 15 September 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 33 £521 -15.02% 54
West London -4 9 £350 -26.32% 7
South London -9 4 £675 +17.39% 5
East London +4 2 £900 +70.62% 6
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.62%) Confluence
3 6 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.87%) CMS
5 4 (1.50%) Apache
5 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.75%) IIS
6 2 (0.75%) Luigi
6 2 (0.75%) nginx
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.75%) Actimize
2 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.75%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.75%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Endur
3 1 (0.37%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.37%) Maximo
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.37%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.09%) Azure
2 57 (21.35%) AWS
3 25 (9.36%) GCP
4 19 (7.12%) GitHub
5 14 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.24%) SaaS
6 10 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.37%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.00%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (2.25%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.87%) Serverless
11 4 (1.50%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.50%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.50%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.50%) PaaS
11 4 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.49%) Firewall
2 12 (4.49%) VPN
3 10 (3.75%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.37%) Network Security
5 7 (2.62%) DNS
6 6 (2.25%) BGP
6 6 (2.25%) OSPF
6 6 (2.25%) Wireless
7 5 (1.87%) WAN
8 4 (1.50%) HSRP
8 4 (1.50%) Internet
8 4 (1.50%) IPsec
8 4 (1.50%) MGCP
8 4 (1.50%) SCCP
8 4 (1.50%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.50%) Telepresence
8 4 (1.50%) VoIP
8 4 (1.50%) WebEx
9 3 (1.12%) MPLS
9 3 (1.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.99%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.49%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.75%) MySQL
5 10 (3.75%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.62%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.62%) Power BI
7 6 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.25%) KDB
7 6 (2.25%) Tableau
8 5 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (1.87%) Big Data
8 5 (1.87%) Hadoop
8 5 (1.87%) Metadata
9 4 (1.50%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.50%) Kdb+
9 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.12%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (8.99%) Git
2 20 (7.49%) JIRA
3 11 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.37%) GitLab
4 9 (3.37%) Selenium
5 6 (2.25%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.25%) Postman
6 5 (1.87%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.50%) CircleCI
8 3 (1.12%) Appium
8 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.12%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.12%) JUnit
8 3 (1.12%) MLflow
9 2 (0.75%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.75%) ERwin
9 2 (0.75%) JMeter
9 2 (0.75%) Maven
9 2 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
General
1 126 (47.19%) Social Skills
2 113 (42.32%) Finance
3 82 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (17.60%) Banking
5 22 (8.24%) Investment Banking
6 21 (7.87%) Front Office
7 13 (4.87%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.00%) Back Office
9 8 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.62%) Retail
10 7 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.25%) Marketing
12 5 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.87%) Legal
13 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 68 (25.47%) Developer
2 35 (13.11%) Senior
3 27 (10.11%) Analyst
4 22 (8.24%) Architect
5 15 (5.62%) Software Engineer
6 12 (4.49%) Senior Developer
7 10 (3.75%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.37%) Data Engineer
8 9 (3.37%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.00%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (3.00%) Consultant
9 8 (3.00%) Integration Analyst
9 8 (3.00%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.62%) C++ Developer
10 7 (2.62%) Cloud Architect
10 7 (2.62%) IT Manager
10 7 (2.62%) Lead
10 7 (2.62%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.62%) Security Manager
10 7 (2.62%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.61%) REST
2 15 (5.62%) .NET
3 14 (5.24%) HTML
3 14 (5.24%) Kafka
4 13 (4.87%) Middleware
5 12 (4.49%) CSS
6 11 (4.12%) React
6 11 (4.12%) RESTful
6 11 (4.12%) XML
7 10 (3.75%) OAuth
7 10 (3.75%) Spring
7 10 (3.75%) Web Services
8 8 (3.00%) LangChain
8 8 (3.00%) Node.js
9 7 (2.62%) JSON
9 7 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.62%) SOAP
10 6 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (1.87%) OpenID
11 5 (1.87%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.36%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.74%) Algorithms
3 17 (6.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (6.37%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.24%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (4.49%) Data Structures
6 11 (4.12%) Derivative
6 11 (4.12%) Fixed Income
6 11 (4.12%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (3.37%) Cloud Native
9 8 (3.00%) Hedge funds
10 6 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.25%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.87%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.87%) Equities
11 5 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.36%) Linux
2 18 (6.74%) Windows
3 10 (3.75%) Unix
4 6 (2.25%) Android
4 6 (2.25%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.75%) SUSE
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (99.63%) Computer Science
2 121 (45.32%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (38.95%) Agile
4 58 (21.72%) DevOps
5 50 (18.73%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.86%) Software Engineering
7 35 (13.11%) Project Management
8 34 (12.73%) Scrum
9 32 (11.99%) Migration
10 31 (11.61%) Analytics
11 24 (8.99%) Test Automation
12 23 (8.61%) Decision-Making
12 23 (8.61%) Machine Learning
12 23 (8.61%) Mentoring
13 22 (8.24%) Data Science
13 22 (8.24%) Microservices
13 22 (8.24%) OO
14 21 (7.87%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (7.87%) Risk Management
15 20 (7.49%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 100 (37.45%) Python
2 65 (24.34%) Java
3 63 (23.60%) SQL
4 31 (11.61%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.12%) C++
6 18 (6.74%) C#
7 11 (4.12%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.37%) Bash
8 9 (3.37%) PowerShell
9 8 (3.00%) Perl
10 6 (2.25%) Ruby
10 6 (2.25%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.87%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.87%) R
12 3 (1.12%) Go
12 3 (1.12%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.12%) PHP
13 2 (0.75%) C
13 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 267 (100.00%) Degree
2 42 (15.73%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.12%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.75%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.37%) CISSP
7 8 (3.00%) PMI Certification
7 8 (3.00%) PMP
8 7 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.25%) CCNA
9 6 (2.25%) CISM
9 6 (2.25%) PhD
10 5 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.87%) CCNP
11 4 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.12%) CRISC
12 3 (1.12%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.12%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.12%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.87%) GDPR
2 13 (4.87%) QA
3 9 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.00%) SLA
5 7 (2.62%) NIST
6 4 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.12%) MiFID
7 3 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.75%) PMO
9 1 (0.37%) Basel III
9 1 (0.37%) EMIR
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (10.11%) Docker
2 9 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (10.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.12%) Terraform
3 12 (4.49%) Ansible
4 7 (2.62%) Grafana
5 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.87%) SCCM
6 3 (1.12%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.75%) Argo
7 2 (0.75%) QRadar
7 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Puppet
8 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.87%) Oracle
3 20 (7.49%) Salesforce
4 14 (5.24%) Cisco
4 14 (5.24%) Google
4 14 (5.24%) SAP
5 8 (3.00%) IBM
6 7 (2.62%) Databricks
7 6 (2.25%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.25%) Tenable
8 5 (1.87%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.87%) Juniper
8 5 (1.87%) Murex
9 4 (1.50%) Aruba
9 4 (1.50%) Meraki
9 4 (1.50%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.50%) Splunk
10 3 (1.12%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.12%) New Relic
10 3 (1.12%) UiPath