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 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 122 118
Rank change year-on-year -55 -4 +78
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 242 289 373
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 2.16% 2.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.03% 8.57% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 193 244
10th Percentile £204 £363 £326
25th Percentile £400 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £796
England median daily rate £500 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.45% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 18
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.24 £38.75
25th Percentile £62.50 £42.73 £39.38
Median hourly rate £72.50 £47.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.83% +6.11% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85.00 £55.00 £77.81
90th Percentile £91.00 £57.25 £83.75
England median hourly rate £33.50 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.09% -21.82% +2.33%

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 4,810 3,374 4,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.55% 25.24% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,421 2,179 2,944
10th Percentile £360 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -4.30% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 130
10th Percentile £20.34 £21.50 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.43% -20.21%
75th Percentile £72.50 £56.19 £60.94
90th Percentile £76.60 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +25.00% -18.78%

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 6 March 2026.

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 6 March 2026.

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 6 March 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
Central London -15 33 £638 +21.43% 57
West London -8 14 £208 -47.60% 6
South London -11 6 £750 +15.38% 5
East London 0 1 - - 8
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 14 (5.79%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.24%) Confluence
5 3 (1.24%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.24%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Camunda
7 1 (0.41%) IIS
7 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.41%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.41%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 129 (53.31%) Azure
2 65 (26.86%) AWS
3 36 (14.88%) GCP
4 25 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (9.92%) Power Platform
6 23 (9.50%) SaaS
7 19 (7.85%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (7.02%) GitHub
9 15 (6.20%) Serverless
10 14 (5.79%) IaaS
11 12 (4.96%) Entra ID
12 11 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.72%) PaaS
15 8 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (2.89%) Amazon S3
16 7 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (2.48%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.48%) Firewall
2 5 (2.07%) CTI
2 5 (2.07%) Network Security
2 5 (2.07%) VoIP
3 4 (1.65%) HTTP
3 4 (1.65%) VPN
4 3 (1.24%) SSL
4 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.83%) DMZ
5 2 (0.83%) S/MIME
5 2 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.41%) IGMP
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.85%) Power BI
1 19 (7.85%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.02%) Big Data
2 17 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.13%) Tableau
6 8 (3.31%) MySQL
6 8 (3.31%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.48%) Redis
9 5 (2.07%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.65%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.65%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.24%) Metadata
11 3 (1.24%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 29 (11.98%) Git
2 12 (4.96%) JIRA
3 9 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.48%) GitLab
5 5 (2.07%) Selenium
6 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.65%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.24%) ERwin
7 3 (1.24%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.24%) MLflow
7 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.24%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.24%) Vite
8 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.83%) Postman
8 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.41%) JUnit
9 1 (0.41%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.41%) TestNG
General
1 117 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 97 (40.08%) Finance
3 63 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (17.77%) Banking
5 20 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (5.37%) Front Office
6 13 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Marketing
8 11 (4.55%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.48%) Legal
11 6 (2.48%) Retail
12 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.65%) Publishing
13 3 (1.24%) Back Office
13 3 (1.24%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.24%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (20.66%) Developer
2 43 (17.77%) Architect
3 22 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 21 (8.68%) Lead
5 20 (8.26%) Senior
6 18 (7.44%) Technical Support
7 13 (5.37%) Support Specialist
8 12 (4.96%) Integration Architect
8 12 (4.96%) Technical Specialist
8 12 (4.96%) Technical Support Specialist
9 11 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (4.55%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.72%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.89%) Analyst
12 6 (2.48%) Applications Architect
12 6 (2.48%) C# Developer
12 6 (2.48%) Data Modeller
12 6 (2.48%) Data Scientist
12 6 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (2.48%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.16%) .NET
2 24 (9.92%) React
3 19 (7.85%) REST
4 18 (7.44%) Middleware
4 18 (7.44%) RESTful
5 15 (6.20%) HTML
6 11 (4.55%) CSS
6 11 (4.55%) Node.js
6 11 (4.55%) OAuth
7 9 (3.72%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.72%) JSON
7 9 (3.72%) Kafka
7 9 (3.72%) LangChain
7 9 (3.72%) PyTorch
8 6 (2.48%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.48%) TensorFlow
8 6 (2.48%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.07%) SOAP
9 5 (2.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.16%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.68%) Onboarding
3 20 (8.26%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.96%) Derivative
4 12 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 11 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.13%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.72%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.31%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.31%) Distributed Computing
8 8 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.48%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.07%) Equities
10 5 (2.07%) Fixed Income
10 5 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.07%) IVR
10 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.98%) Windows
2 16 (6.61%) Linux
3 10 (4.13%) Unix
4 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.65%) VMS
5 2 (0.83%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (98.76%) Computer Science
2 115 (47.52%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (36.78%) Agile
4 72 (29.75%) DevOps
5 68 (28.10%) CI/CD
6 62 (25.62%) AI
7 50 (20.66%) Analytics
8 42 (17.36%) Microservices
9 35 (14.46%) Roadmaps
10 34 (14.05%) Data Modelling
10 34 (14.05%) ETL
11 33 (13.64%) Decision-Making
11 33 (13.64%) Software Engineering
12 29 (11.98%) Technical Leadership
13 28 (11.57%) Containerisation
13 28 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (11.57%) Data Science
13 28 (11.57%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (11.16%) Data Governance
14 27 (11.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 85 (35.12%) Python
2 55 (22.73%) SQL
3 47 (19.42%) Java
4 32 (13.22%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.92%) C#
6 22 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.55%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.13%) C++
9 6 (2.48%) Bash
9 6 (2.48%) Go
9 6 (2.48%) Scala
10 5 (2.07%) Bicep
10 5 (2.07%) Perl
11 4 (1.65%) R
11 4 (1.65%) Rust
12 3 (1.24%) Ruby
12 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.24%) Solidity
12 3 (1.24%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.83%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 242 (100.00%) Degree
2 68 (28.10%) Master's Degree
3 21 (8.68%) Azure Certification
4 17 (7.02%) CISSP
5 16 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.37%) CISM
7 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 9 (3.72%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.31%) PMI Certification
9 8 (3.31%) PMP
9 8 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.07%) CCSP
12 5 (2.07%) CRISC
13 4 (1.65%) PhD
14 3 (1.24%) CISA
14 3 (1.24%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.92%) QA
2 21 (8.68%) GDPR
3 12 (4.96%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.72%) NIST
4 9 (3.72%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.65%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.24%) Basel III
7 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.24%) GRC
7 3 (1.24%) WCAG
8 2 (0.83%) GAAP
8 2 (0.83%) IFRS
8 2 (0.83%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.83%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (17.36%) Docker
2 24 (9.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.65%) Firmware
4 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) HDFS
5 1 (0.41%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (15.29%) Kubernetes
2 29 (11.98%) Terraform
3 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.31%) Grafana
5 6 (2.48%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.24%) Argo
7 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.24%) Puppet
8 2 (0.83%) Control-M
8 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (28.93%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.09%) Oracle
3 14 (5.79%) Databricks
3 14 (5.79%) Google
4 12 (4.96%) Software AG
5 9 (3.72%) SAP
6 6 (2.48%) Informatica
7 5 (2.07%) Genesys
7 5 (2.07%) Workday
8 4 (1.65%) Apple
8 4 (1.65%) iManage
8 4 (1.65%) Intapp
8 4 (1.65%) Nexthink
8 4 (1.65%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco
9 3 (1.24%) IBM
9 3 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.24%) Splunk