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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 99 133
Rank change year-on-year -47 +34 +115
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 278 377 387
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.96% 2.40% 1.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.03% 9.44% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 257 265
10th Percentile £314 £374 £334
25th Percentile £400 £473 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -16.03%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £785 £888 £825
England median daily rate £479 £552 £534
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.37% -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 3,954 3,993 4,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.92% 25.41% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 2,548 3,128
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £755 £775
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.24% -4.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 57 103
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.30 £19.30
25th Percentile - £30.00 £24.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -29.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £42.09 £60.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £66.02 £80.32 £86.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -25 33 £625 +8.70% 185
West London +5 19 £208 -44.67% 15
South London -3 9 £738 +43.90% 2
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 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.24%) Confluence
3 8 (2.88%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.08%) Apache
6 3 (1.08%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.08%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 2 (0.72%) Luigi
7 2 (0.72%) nginx
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.08%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.72%) Actimize
4 2 (0.72%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.36%) Endur
5 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.36%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.36%) Maximo
5 1 (0.36%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.36%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.36%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (36.69%) Azure
2 68 (24.46%) AWS
3 38 (13.67%) GCP
4 26 (9.35%) GitHub
5 22 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.83%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.04%) Serverless
8 13 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.68%) SaaS
9 12 (4.32%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (3.60%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.60%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.52%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.16%) Azure Functions
14 6 (2.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.68%) Firewall
2 10 (3.60%) Network Security
3 9 (3.24%) VoIP
4 7 (2.52%) VPN
5 5 (1.80%) CTI
5 5 (1.80%) DNS
5 5 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.44%) MGCP
6 4 (1.44%) SCCP
6 4 (1.44%) Telepresence
6 4 (1.44%) WebEx
7 3 (1.08%) HTTP
7 3 (1.08%) SSL
7 3 (1.08%) WAN
8 2 (0.72%) DHCP
8 2 (0.72%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.72%) SSH
8 2 (0.72%) VLAN
8 2 (0.72%) Wireless
9 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.76%) Relational Database
4 15 (5.40%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (5.04%) Power BI
6 10 (3.60%) MySQL
6 10 (3.60%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.24%) Tableau
8 8 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.52%) Big Data
10 6 (2.16%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.80%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.44%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.44%) Data Mart
12 4 (1.44%) Metadata
13 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
13 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.71%) Git
2 19 (6.83%) JIRA
3 12 (4.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.52%) GitLab
4 7 (2.52%) Postman
4 7 (2.52%) Selenium
5 5 (1.80%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.80%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.80%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.80%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.44%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.08%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.08%) MLflow
7 3 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.72%) Gradle
8 2 (0.72%) JMeter
8 2 (0.72%) JUnit
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 2 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
General
1 129 (46.40%) Social Skills
2 111 (39.93%) Finance
3 73 (26.26%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (19.06%) Banking
5 21 (7.55%) Investment Banking
6 19 (6.83%) Front Office
7 12 (4.32%) Financial Institution
7 12 (4.32%) Marketing
8 10 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.60%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.88%) Back Office
9 8 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.88%) Retail
9 8 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.80%) Legal
12 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.44%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.44%) Publishing
13 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (26.98%) Developer
2 33 (11.87%) Architect
3 27 (9.71%) Analyst
4 25 (8.99%) Senior
5 13 (4.68%) Senior Developer
6 11 (3.96%) Lead
7 10 (3.60%) Business Analyst
7 10 (3.60%) Technical Support
8 9 (3.24%) Cloud Architect
8 9 (3.24%) Data Engineer
8 9 (3.24%) Software Engineer
8 9 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.88%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.88%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.88%) Integration Analyst
10 7 (2.52%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.52%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (2.52%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 7 (2.52%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.43%) .NET
2 28 (10.07%) REST
3 20 (7.19%) HTML
4 16 (5.76%) Kafka
5 15 (5.40%) CSS
5 15 (5.40%) React
6 14 (5.04%) JSON
6 14 (5.04%) OAuth
7 13 (4.68%) Middleware
7 13 (4.68%) RESTful
8 12 (4.32%) Node.js
9 11 (3.96%) LangChain
9 11 (3.96%) XML
10 9 (3.24%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.24%) Spring
11 8 (2.88%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.88%) SOAP
11 8 (2.88%) Web Services
12 7 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.16%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.99%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.19%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.83%) Algorithms
4 17 (6.12%) Cloud Native
5 14 (5.04%) Derivative
5 14 (5.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (4.68%) Fixed Income
7 12 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.60%) Data Structures
10 9 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (2.16%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.80%) Data Fabric
13 5 (1.80%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (1.80%) IVR
14 4 (1.44%) Hedge funds
14 4 (1.44%) Life Science
14 4 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.79%) Linux
2 20 (7.19%) Windows
3 14 (5.04%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.72%) Android
5 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (98.92%) Computer Science
2 130 (46.76%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (38.49%) Agile
4 70 (25.18%) DevOps
5 62 (22.30%) CI/CD
6 38 (13.67%) Analytics
7 37 (13.31%) Scrum
8 36 (12.95%) Software Engineering
9 32 (11.51%) AI
9 32 (11.51%) Microservices
10 30 (10.79%) Containerisation
10 30 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (10.79%) Migration
11 29 (10.43%) Machine Learning
12 28 (10.07%) SDLC
13 27 (9.71%) Project Management
13 27 (9.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (8.99%) ETL
15 24 (8.63%) Data Science
15 24 (8.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (35.61%) Python
2 66 (23.74%) SQL
3 63 (22.66%) Java
4 43 (15.47%) JavaScript
5 29 (10.43%) C#
6 20 (7.19%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.40%) C++
8 10 (3.60%) Perl
9 8 (2.88%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.88%) Ruby
10 7 (2.52%) Bash
11 6 (2.16%) R
11 6 (2.16%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.44%) Bicep
12 4 (1.44%) Go
12 4 (1.44%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.08%) C
13 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.08%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.08%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 278 (100.00%) Degree
2 53 (19.06%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.76%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.32%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.32%) Security Cleared
5 11 (3.96%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.96%) PMP
6 10 (3.60%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.24%) CISSP
8 6 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.80%) CISM
10 3 (1.08%) CBAP
10 3 (1.08%) CCNA
10 3 (1.08%) CCNP
10 3 (1.08%) ISEB
10 3 (1.08%) PhD
11 2 (0.72%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.12%) GDPR
3 15 (5.40%) QA
4 9 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.16%) NIST
6 5 (1.80%) SLA
7 4 (1.44%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.44%) MiFID
7 4 (1.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 2 (0.72%) Basel III
9 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.36%) EMIR
10 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 40 (14.39%) Docker
2 15 (5.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.63%) Terraform
3 10 (3.60%) Ansible
3 10 (3.60%) Grafana
4 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.08%) Argo
5 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.08%) Puppet
5 3 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.72%) QRadar
6 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.36%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (19.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.55%) Oracle
3 16 (5.76%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.68%) Google
5 12 (4.32%) SAP
6 11 (3.96%) Databricks
7 9 (3.24%) Cisco
8 6 (2.16%) IBM
8 6 (2.16%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.16%) Splunk
9 5 (1.80%) Genesys
9 5 (1.80%) Murex
9 5 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.80%) UiPath
9 5 (1.80%) VMware
10 4 (1.44%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.44%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.44%) Tenable
11 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace