Computer Science Degree Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 100 185
Rank change year-on-year -39 +85 +107
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 251 403 385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.00% 2.26% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.82% 9.39% 6.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 261 300
10th Percentile £327 £350 £400
25th Percentile £424 £425 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.34%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £800
90th Percentile £825 £813 £900
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 4
10th Percentile £46.30 - £23.23
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.75 £28.06
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +19.05% -11.58%
75th Percentile £67.50 £80.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.25 £83.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £57.50 £56.25 £54.44
% change year-on-year +2.22% +3.33% +12.24%

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 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 -10 40 £525 -8.70% 46
West London +6 6 £400 -15.79% 29
South London +1 1 £725 +98.63% 4
East London - 1 £650 - 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 8 (3.19%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.99%) Apache
3 3 (1.20%) Confluence
4 2 (0.80%) CMS
4 2 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.39%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.80%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Endur
2 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.29%) AWS
2 54 (21.51%) Azure
3 22 (8.76%) GCP
4 18 (7.17%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.78%) OCI
6 10 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.59%) GitHub
8 8 (3.19%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.19%) SaaS
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.59%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.59%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.59%) Serverless
10 3 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.20%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.20%) Kong
10 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.97%) Firewall
2 12 (4.78%) Network Security
3 11 (4.38%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.98%) DNS
5 9 (3.59%) VPN
6 7 (2.79%) S/MIME
6 7 (2.79%) SSL
7 6 (2.39%) Wireless
8 5 (1.99%) DHCP
8 5 (1.99%) LAN
8 5 (1.99%) WAN
9 4 (1.59%) BGP
9 4 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (1.59%) Internet
9 4 (1.59%) OSPF
9 4 (1.59%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (5.98%) Power BI
3 11 (4.38%) Tableau
4 10 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.19%) Big Data
6 7 (2.79%) DB2
6 7 (2.79%) Hadoop
6 7 (2.79%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.79%) Oracle ODI
6 7 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (2.79%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.39%) MySQL
7 6 (2.39%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (2.39%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.99%) KDB
8 5 (1.99%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (1.59%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 28 (11.16%) Git
2 14 (5.58%) JIRA
3 12 (4.78%) Selenium
4 11 (4.38%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.19%) GitLab
6 6 (2.39%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.39%) JUnit
6 6 (2.39%) Maven
7 5 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.59%) Appium
8 4 (1.59%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.20%) JMeter
9 3 (1.20%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.80%) Gatling
10 2 (0.80%) Postman
11 1 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.40%) NSubstitute
11 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 139 (55.38%) Social Skills
2 87 (34.66%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (30.68%) Finance
4 22 (8.76%) Banking
5 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.38%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.98%) Marketing
8 9 (3.59%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.59%) Front Office
8 9 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.99%) Retail
10 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.20%) Back Office
11 3 (1.20%) Electronics
11 3 (1.20%) Military
11 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.80%) Advertising
12 2 (0.80%) Legal
12 2 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (20.72%) Developer
2 33 (13.15%) Architect
2 33 (13.15%) Senior
3 19 (7.57%) Lead
4 14 (5.58%) Software Engineer
5 12 (4.78%) Network Engineer
6 11 (4.38%) Analyst
7 10 (3.98%) Consultant
7 10 (3.98%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.59%) Java Engineer
8 9 (3.59%) Security Architect
8 9 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.19%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.19%) Test Engineer
10 7 (2.79%) Information Security Engineer
10 7 (2.79%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.39%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) Report Writer
11 6 (2.39%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.77%) CSS
2 15 (5.98%) HTML
3 14 (5.58%) REST
4 12 (4.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (3.98%) .NET
5 10 (3.98%) Spring
6 9 (3.59%) PySpark
6 9 (3.59%) React
7 8 (3.19%) Web Services
8 7 (2.79%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.79%) OAuth
9 6 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (2.39%) Middleware
9 6 (2.39%) OpenID
9 6 (2.39%) SAML
9 6 (2.39%) TensorFlow
10 5 (1.99%) Kafka
10 5 (1.99%) Node.js
10 5 (1.99%) RESTful
10 5 (1.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.56%) Management Information System
2 23 (9.16%) Algorithms
3 18 (7.17%) Data Structures
4 13 (5.18%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.98%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.59%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (3.19%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.79%) PKI
9 6 (2.39%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.39%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.39%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.99%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.20%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.57%) Linux
2 8 (3.19%) Windows
3 7 (2.79%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.39%) Android
5 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.80%) AIX
6 2 (0.80%) Solaris
6 2 (0.80%) SUSE
6 2 (0.80%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (99.60%) Computer Science
2 133 (52.99%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (31.87%) Agile
4 48 (19.12%) CI/CD
5 45 (17.93%) DevOps
6 36 (14.34%) Software Engineering
7 34 (13.55%) Migration
8 29 (11.55%) Test Automation
9 28 (11.16%) Mentoring
10 26 (10.36%) Data Governance
10 26 (10.36%) Scrum
11 25 (9.96%) Machine Learning
12 24 (9.56%) Data Science
13 23 (9.16%) Project Management
14 22 (8.76%) Artificial Intelligence
15 21 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (8.37%) Data Modelling
16 20 (7.97%) Analytics
16 20 (7.97%) Decision-Making
17 18 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 92 (36.65%) Python
2 58 (23.11%) Java
2 58 (23.11%) SQL
3 32 (12.75%) JavaScript
4 21 (8.37%) PowerShell
5 16 (6.37%) Bash
6 14 (5.58%) C++
7 12 (4.78%) C#
8 6 (2.39%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.39%) Perl
9 5 (1.99%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.99%) R
10 4 (1.59%) RPG
10 4 (1.59%) RPG IV
11 3 (1.20%) C
11 3 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.20%) PHP
11 3 (1.20%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.80%) Go
12 2 (0.80%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 251 (100.00%) Degree
2 33 (13.15%) Master's Degree
3 30 (11.95%) Security Cleared
4 24 (9.56%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.77%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.78%) CISSP
7 11 (4.38%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.59%) PMI Certification
9 8 (3.19%) CCNA
9 8 (3.19%) PMP
10 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.79%) PhD
11 6 (2.39%) CCNP
11 6 (2.39%) CISM
11 6 (2.39%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.99%) CRISC
12 5 (1.99%) OCP
12 5 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.55%) QA
2 18 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (6.77%) Data Quality
4 15 (5.98%) NIST
5 8 (3.19%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.39%) GDPR
6 6 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 6 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.80%) GRC
8 2 (0.80%) NCSC
9 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.40%) PMO
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (5.98%) Docker
2 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) XenApp
4 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (8.37%) Terraform
2 17 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.37%) Ansible
4 7 (2.79%) Progress Chef
5 6 (2.39%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.39%) Puppet
6 4 (1.59%) Grafana
6 4 (1.59%) Istio
7 3 (1.20%) Argo
7 3 (1.20%) Control-M
7 3 (1.20%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.80%) OPNET
9 1 (0.40%) SCCM
9 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (13.55%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.16%) Oracle
3 17 (6.77%) Google
4 11 (4.38%) Cisco
5 10 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.19%) IBM
7 7 (2.79%) SAP
7 7 (2.79%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.99%) F5
8 5 (1.99%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.99%) Meraki
9 4 (1.59%) Adobe
9 4 (1.59%) Dataiku
9 4 (1.59%) Infoblox
9 4 (1.59%) Juniper
9 4 (1.59%) OutSystems
9 4 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.20%) Databricks
10 3 (1.20%) Informatica
10 3 (1.20%) Red Hat