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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 97 131
Rank change year-on-year -49 +34 +121
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 270 390 388
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.96% 2.50% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.17% 9.85% 8.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 263 271
10th Percentile £291 £390 £338
25th Percentile £400 £473 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +4.55% -17.91%
75th Percentile £700 £728 £700
90th Percentile £775 £888 £825
England median daily rate £482 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -12.45% +3.77% -11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £58.00 £43.65 £27.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £46.25 £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 3,764 3,959 4,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.36% 25.34% 23.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,575 2,526 3,168
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £742 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 55 100
10th Percentile £19.28 £20.20 £18.99
25th Percentile - £31.44 £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +19.52%
75th Percentile £42.09 £64.13 £69.00
90th Percentile £65.17 £77.54 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -23 34 £590 -1.67% 223
West London +8 20 £208 -44.67% 23
South London -6 7 £750 +46.34% 1
East London +1 3 £900 +70.62% 2
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 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.96%) Confluence
3 6 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.48%) Apache
4 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.11%) CMS
5 3 (1.11%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.11%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.74%) IIS
6 2 (0.74%) Luigi
6 2 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.74%) Actimize
3 2 (0.74%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.74%) 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 94 (34.81%) Azure
2 64 (23.70%) AWS
3 38 (14.07%) GCP
4 24 (8.89%) GitHub
5 20 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (5.93%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.81%) SaaS
8 12 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.70%) Serverless
11 9 (3.33%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.59%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (2.22%) OpenShift
14 6 (2.22%) Snowflake
15 5 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
15 5 (1.85%) PaaS
15 5 (1.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.93%) Firewall
2 10 (3.70%) Network Security
3 9 (3.33%) VoIP
3 9 (3.33%) VPN
4 6 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.85%) CTI
5 5 (1.85%) DNS
6 4 (1.48%) MGCP
6 4 (1.48%) SCCP
6 4 (1.48%) Telepresence
6 4 (1.48%) WAN
6 4 (1.48%) WebEx
7 3 (1.11%) SSL
7 3 (1.11%) Wireless
8 2 (0.74%) BGP
8 2 (0.74%) Internet
8 2 (0.74%) IPsec
8 2 (0.74%) OSPF
8 2 (0.74%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.74%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.56%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.44%) Power BI
5 10 (3.70%) MySQL
5 10 (3.70%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.33%) Tableau
7 6 (2.22%) Big Data
7 6 (2.22%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.48%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.48%) Metadata
10 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (9.26%) Git
2 17 (6.30%) JIRA
3 11 (4.07%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.59%) GitLab
4 7 (2.59%) Postman
4 7 (2.59%) Selenium
5 5 (1.85%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.85%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.85%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.48%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.11%) Gradle
7 3 (1.11%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.11%) JUnit
7 3 (1.11%) MLflow
7 3 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.74%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.74%) ERwin
8 2 (0.74%) JMeter
8 2 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
General
1 125 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 104 (38.52%) Finance
3 71 (26.30%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (17.78%) Banking
5 21 (7.78%) Front Office
5 21 (7.78%) Investment Banking
6 12 (4.44%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.33%) Marketing
9 8 (2.96%) Back Office
10 7 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.59%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.59%) Retail
10 7 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.85%) Legal
12 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.48%) Publishing
13 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (28.52%) Developer
2 30 (11.11%) Architect
3 28 (10.37%) Analyst
4 27 (10.00%) Senior
5 14 (5.19%) Senior Developer
6 10 (3.70%) Business Analyst
6 10 (3.70%) Data Engineer
6 10 (3.70%) Software Engineer
7 9 (3.33%) Lead
7 9 (3.33%) Technical Support
8 8 (2.96%) Business Integration Analyst
8 8 (2.96%) Integration Analyst
8 8 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.59%) C++ Developer
9 7 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
9 7 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (2.59%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 7 (2.59%) Python Developer
9 7 (2.59%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (2.22%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.00%) REST
2 25 (9.26%) .NET
3 18 (6.67%) HTML
4 15 (5.56%) CSS
4 15 (5.56%) Kafka
4 15 (5.56%) React
5 13 (4.81%) OAuth
5 13 (4.81%) RESTful
6 12 (4.44%) JSON
6 12 (4.44%) Middleware
7 11 (4.07%) Node.js
7 11 (4.07%) XML
8 10 (3.70%) Spring
9 9 (3.33%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.33%) LangChain
10 8 (2.96%) Web Services
11 7 (2.59%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.59%) SOAP
12 6 (2.22%) FastAPI
12 6 (2.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.26%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.04%) Algorithms
3 18 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 16 (5.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (5.19%) Derivative
6 13 (4.81%) Fixed Income
7 12 (4.44%) Cloud Native
8 11 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.70%) Data Structures
9 10 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.22%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.85%) Data Fabric
12 5 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.85%) IVR
13 4 (1.48%) Hedge funds
13 4 (1.48%) Life Science
13 4 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.74%) Linux
2 18 (6.67%) Windows
3 15 (5.56%) Unix
4 5 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.48%) Android
6 3 (1.11%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (98.89%) Computer Science
2 128 (47.41%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (35.93%) Agile
4 63 (23.33%) DevOps
5 57 (21.11%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.70%) Analytics
7 36 (13.33%) Scrum
8 34 (12.59%) Software Engineering
9 32 (11.85%) Microservices
10 28 (10.37%) Migration
11 27 (10.00%) Containerisation
11 27 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (10.00%) Machine Learning
12 26 (9.63%) ETL
13 25 (9.26%) AI
14 24 (8.89%) Project Management
14 24 (8.89%) SDLC
14 24 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (8.15%) Data Science
16 21 (7.78%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 96 (35.56%) Python
2 69 (25.56%) SQL
3 65 (24.07%) Java
4 42 (15.56%) JavaScript
5 24 (8.89%) C#
6 17 (6.30%) C++
6 17 (6.30%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.07%) Perl
8 8 (2.96%) Ruby
9 7 (2.59%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.22%) R
10 6 (2.22%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.48%) Bash
11 4 (1.48%) Bicep
11 4 (1.48%) Go
11 4 (1.48%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.11%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.11%) C
12 3 (1.11%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.11%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 270 (100.00%) Degree
2 50 (18.52%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.93%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.70%) CISSP
6 9 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.59%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.59%) PMP
8 6 (2.22%) CISM
8 6 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.48%) CCNA
10 4 (1.48%) CCNP
11 3 (1.11%) CBAP
11 3 (1.11%) ISEB
11 3 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.67%) GDPR
3 12 (4.44%) QA
4 10 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.59%) NIST
5 7 (2.59%) SLA
6 5 (1.85%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.48%) MiFID
7 4 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.74%) 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%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (14.44%) Docker
2 14 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (13.70%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.04%) Terraform
3 7 (2.59%) Ansible
3 7 (2.59%) Grafana
4 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.48%) SCCM
5 3 (1.11%) Argo
5 3 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.74%) QRadar
7 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.41%) Oracle
3 15 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.81%) Google
5 10 (3.70%) Cisco
5 10 (3.70%) Databricks
5 10 (3.70%) SAP
6 6 (2.22%) IBM
6 6 (2.22%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.22%) Splunk
7 5 (1.85%) Genesys
7 5 (1.85%) Murex
7 5 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.85%) Tenable
7 5 (1.85%) UiPath
8 4 (1.48%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.48%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.48%) VMware
9 3 (1.11%) CheckPoint