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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 103 132
Rank change year-on-year -45 +29 +111
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 274 384 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.93% 2.41% 1.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.89% 9.47% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 258 264
10th Percentile £314 £374 £333
25th Percentile £400 £473 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -16.98%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £888 £825
England median daily rate £476 £570 £534
% change year-on-year -16.51% +6.65% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.46 £27.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £45.06 £30.88
Median hourly rate £72.50 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £91.00 - £63.13
England median hourly rate £33.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.19% -4.55% +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 3,979 4,055 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.01% 25.49% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,766 2,575 3,110
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £760 £775
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 55 99
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.20 £19.20
25th Percentile - £28.63 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £49.69 £60.38 £65.43
90th Percentile £72.25 £81.28 £83.85
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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -26 34 £600 +8.60% 27
West London +4 19 £208 -44.67% 13
South London -5 8 £750 +46.34% 2
East London 0 3 £900 +62.53% 5
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 10 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.28%) Confluence
3 8 (2.92%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.09%) Apache
6 3 (1.09%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.09%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.09%) IIS
7 2 (0.73%) Luigi
7 2 (0.73%) nginx
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.09%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.73%) 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
1 101 (36.86%) Azure
2 64 (23.36%) AWS
3 37 (13.50%) GCP
4 26 (9.49%) GitHub
5 22 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.30%) Power Platform
7 15 (5.47%) Serverless
8 13 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.01%) SaaS
11 10 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (3.65%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.28%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.92%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.55%) Azure Functions
14 7 (2.55%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.01%) Firewall
2 9 (3.28%) Network Security
2 9 (3.28%) VoIP
3 6 (2.19%) VPN
4 5 (1.82%) CTI
4 5 (1.82%) DNS
4 5 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.46%) HTTP
5 4 (1.46%) MGCP
5 4 (1.46%) SCCP
5 4 (1.46%) Telepresence
5 4 (1.46%) WebEx
6 3 (1.09%) SSL
6 3 (1.09%) WAN
7 2 (0.73%) DHCP
7 2 (0.73%) S/MIME
7 2 (0.73%) SSH
7 2 (0.73%) VLAN
7 2 (0.73%) Wireless
8 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.84%) Relational Database
4 15 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.47%) Power BI
5 11 (4.01%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.65%) MySQL
7 9 (3.28%) Big Data
7 9 (3.28%) Tableau
8 8 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (2.19%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.82%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.46%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.46%) Data Mart
13 3 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.09%) Metadata
13 3 (1.09%) Neo4j
13 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.85%) Git
2 21 (7.66%) JIRA
3 13 (4.74%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.92%) GitLab
4 8 (2.92%) Selenium
5 7 (2.55%) Postman
6 6 (2.19%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.82%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.82%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.82%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.46%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.09%) Hardhat
9 3 (1.09%) MLflow
9 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.73%) ERwin
10 2 (0.73%) Gradle
10 2 (0.73%) JMeter
10 2 (0.73%) JUnit
10 2 (0.73%) Maven
10 2 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
General
1 129 (47.08%) Social Skills
2 109 (39.78%) Finance
3 75 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (18.61%) Banking
5 18 (6.57%) Front Office
6 17 (6.20%) Investment Banking
7 13 (4.74%) Marketing
8 12 (4.38%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.28%) Back Office
10 9 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.92%) Retail
11 8 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.46%) Legal
13 4 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.46%) Publishing
14 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (27.74%) Developer
2 34 (12.41%) Architect
3 27 (9.85%) Analyst
4 26 (9.49%) Senior
5 14 (5.11%) Senior Developer
6 12 (4.38%) Lead
7 10 (3.65%) Business Analyst
7 10 (3.65%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (3.65%) Technical Support
8 9 (3.28%) Data Engineer
8 9 (3.28%) Software Engineer
9 8 (2.92%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.92%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.92%) Integration Analyst
10 7 (2.55%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.55%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (2.55%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 7 (2.55%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.95%) .NET
2 28 (10.22%) REST
3 21 (7.66%) HTML
4 15 (5.47%) CSS
4 15 (5.47%) JSON
4 15 (5.47%) Kafka
4 15 (5.47%) OAuth
5 14 (5.11%) React
5 14 (5.11%) RESTful
6 13 (4.74%) Middleware
6 13 (4.74%) XML
7 12 (4.38%) Node.js
8 11 (4.01%) LangChain
9 9 (3.28%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.28%) OAuth2
9 9 (3.28%) SOAP
10 8 (2.92%) Spring
10 8 (2.92%) Web Services
11 7 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (2.19%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 19 (6.93%) Algorithms
3 18 (6.57%) Product Ownership
4 17 (6.20%) Cloud Native
5 14 (5.11%) Derivative
6 13 (4.74%) Fixed Income
6 13 (4.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (4.38%) Data Structures
7 12 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.19%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.82%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.82%) IVR
12 4 (1.46%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.46%) Life Science
12 4 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.58%) Linux
2 20 (7.30%) Windows
3 14 (5.11%) Unix
4 4 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.73%) Android
5 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (98.91%) Computer Science
2 130 (47.45%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (40.15%) Agile
4 71 (25.91%) DevOps
5 62 (22.63%) CI/CD
6 38 (13.87%) Software Engineering
7 37 (13.50%) Scrum
8 36 (13.14%) Analytics
9 33 (12.04%) AI
9 33 (12.04%) Microservices
10 31 (11.31%) Migration
11 30 (10.95%) Containerisation
12 29 (10.58%) Machine Learning
13 28 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (10.22%) SDLC
14 27 (9.85%) Project Management
14 27 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (9.12%) ETL
15 25 (9.12%) Roadmaps
16 24 (8.76%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 98 (35.77%) Python
2 66 (24.09%) SQL
3 63 (22.99%) Java
4 44 (16.06%) JavaScript
5 30 (10.95%) C#
6 20 (7.30%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.47%) C++
8 9 (3.28%) Perl
9 8 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.92%) Ruby
10 7 (2.55%) Bash
11 6 (2.19%) R
11 6 (2.19%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.46%) Bicep
12 4 (1.46%) Go
12 4 (1.46%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.09%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.09%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.09%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 274 (100.00%) Degree
2 54 (19.71%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.84%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.38%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.01%) PMI Certification
5 11 (4.01%) PMP
6 10 (3.65%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.92%) CISSP
8 6 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.46%) CISM
11 3 (1.09%) CBAP
11 3 (1.09%) CCNA
11 3 (1.09%) CCNP
11 3 (1.09%) ISEB
11 3 (1.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.57%) GDPR
2 16 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.84%) QA
3 8 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.82%) NIST
4 5 (1.82%) SLA
5 4 (1.46%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.09%) PMO
7 2 (0.73%) Basel III
7 2 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.73%) MiFID
8 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.36%) EMIR
8 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 40 (14.60%) Docker
2 15 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.41%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.76%) Terraform
3 10 (3.65%) Ansible
3 10 (3.65%) Grafana
4 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.09%) Argo
5 3 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.09%) Puppet
5 3 (1.09%) SCCM
6 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.36%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.36%) QRadar
7 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (20.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.93%) Oracle
3 16 (5.84%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.74%) Google
5 11 (4.01%) Databricks
6 9 (3.28%) Cisco
6 9 (3.28%) SAP
7 8 (2.92%) IBM
8 6 (2.19%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.82%) Genesys
9 5 (1.82%) Murex
9 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.82%) Splunk
9 5 (1.82%) UiPath
9 5 (1.82%) VMware
10 4 (1.46%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.46%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.46%) Tenable
11 3 (1.09%) New Relic