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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 101 136
Rank change year-on-year -38 +35 +114
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 277 376 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.98% 2.43% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.14% 9.55% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 255 267
10th Percentile £314 £380 £335
25th Percentile £400 £473 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% +4.55% -16.03%
75th Percentile £700 £734 £700
90th Percentile £805 £888 £825
England median daily rate £483 £554 £534
% change year-on-year -12.82% +3.75% -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 3,882 3,937 4,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.78% 25.39% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,686 2,502 3,161
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £435 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £756 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 56 106
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.25 £19.00
25th Percentile - £29.25 £23.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -28.44% +14.74%
75th Percentile £41.71 £60.19 £67.88
90th Percentile £65.52 £77.33 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £53.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -5.37% +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 18 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 18 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 18 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 £650 +16.85% 172
West London 0 19 £208 -44.67% 15
South London -5 8 £738 +43.90% 1
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 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.25%) Confluence
3 7 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.81%) 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 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Actimize
3 2 (0.72%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.72%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.36%) Endur
4 1 (0.36%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.36%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.36%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (36.46%) Azure
2 66 (23.83%) AWS
3 38 (13.72%) GCP
4 26 (9.39%) GitHub
5 22 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.50%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (4.69%) SaaS
7 13 (4.69%) Serverless
8 11 (3.97%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.61%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.25%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.17%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.69%) Firewall
2 10 (3.61%) Network Security
3 9 (3.25%) VoIP
4 7 (2.53%) VPN
5 5 (1.81%) CTI
5 5 (1.81%) DNS
5 5 (1.81%) 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%) SSL
7 3 (1.08%) WAN
8 2 (0.72%) DHCP
8 2 (0.72%) HTTP
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%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.42%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.69%) Power BI
5 10 (3.61%) MySQL
5 10 (3.61%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.25%) Tableau
7 7 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.17%) Big Data
8 6 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.81%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.44%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.44%) Data Mart
10 4 (1.44%) Metadata
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.08%) Neo4j
11 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.39%) Git
2 19 (6.86%) JIRA
3 12 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.53%) GitLab
4 7 (2.53%) Postman
4 7 (2.53%) Selenium
5 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.81%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.44%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.08%) Gradle
7 3 (1.08%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.08%) JUnit
7 3 (1.08%) MLflow
7 3 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.72%) ERwin
8 2 (0.72%) JMeter
8 2 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
General
1 129 (46.57%) Social Skills
2 110 (39.71%) Finance
3 73 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (19.13%) Banking
5 22 (7.94%) Investment Banking
6 20 (7.22%) Front Office
7 12 (4.33%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.97%) Marketing
9 10 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.61%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.89%) Back Office
10 8 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.89%) Retail
10 8 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.81%) Legal
13 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.44%) Publishing
14 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (26.71%) Developer
2 33 (11.91%) Architect
3 28 (10.11%) Analyst
4 26 (9.39%) Senior
5 13 (4.69%) Senior Developer
6 11 (3.97%) Lead
7 10 (3.61%) Business Analyst
7 10 (3.61%) Software Engineer
7 10 (3.61%) Technical Support
8 9 (3.25%) Cloud Architect
8 9 (3.25%) Data Engineer
8 9 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.89%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.89%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.89%) Integration Analyst
10 7 (2.53%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.53%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.53%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (2.53%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (2.17%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.11%) .NET
1 28 (10.11%) REST
2 19 (6.86%) HTML
3 16 (5.78%) Kafka
4 15 (5.42%) CSS
4 15 (5.42%) React
5 13 (4.69%) JSON
5 13 (4.69%) Middleware
5 13 (4.69%) OAuth
5 13 (4.69%) RESTful
6 12 (4.33%) Node.js
7 11 (3.97%) LangChain
7 11 (3.97%) XML
8 9 (3.25%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.25%) Spring
9 8 (2.89%) SOAP
9 8 (2.89%) Web Services
10 7 (2.53%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (2.17%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.86%) Algorithms
4 16 (5.78%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (5.05%) Derivative
7 13 (4.69%) Fixed Income
8 12 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (3.61%) Data Structures
11 8 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.81%) Data Fabric
14 5 (1.81%) IVR
15 4 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (1.44%) Hedge funds
15 4 (1.44%) Life Science
15 4 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.47%) Linux
2 20 (7.22%) Windows
3 14 (5.05%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Android
6 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (98.92%) Computer Science
2 130 (46.93%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (38.27%) Agile
4 69 (24.91%) DevOps
5 61 (22.02%) CI/CD
6 39 (14.08%) Analytics
7 37 (13.36%) Scrum
7 37 (13.36%) Software Engineering
8 32 (11.55%) Microservices
9 31 (11.19%) AI
10 30 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (10.47%) Containerisation
11 29 (10.47%) Migration
12 28 (10.11%) Machine Learning
12 28 (10.11%) SDLC
13 27 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (9.39%) Project Management
15 25 (9.03%) ETL
16 24 (8.66%) Data Science
16 24 (8.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (35.74%) Python
2 67 (24.19%) SQL
3 64 (23.10%) Java
4 42 (15.16%) JavaScript
5 28 (10.11%) C#
6 19 (6.86%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.42%) C++
8 10 (3.61%) Perl
9 8 (2.89%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.89%) Ruby
10 6 (2.17%) Bash
10 6 (2.17%) R
10 6 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.44%) Bicep
11 4 (1.44%) Go
11 4 (1.44%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.08%) C
12 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.08%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.08%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 277 (100.00%) Degree
2 52 (18.77%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.78%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.33%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.61%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.61%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.61%) PMP
6 9 (3.25%) CISSP
7 6 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.81%) CISM
9 3 (1.08%) CBAP
9 3 (1.08%) CCNA
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
9 3 (1.08%) ISEB
10 2 (0.72%) CCSP
10 2 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.14%) GDPR
3 15 (5.42%) QA
4 9 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.17%) NIST
6 5 (1.81%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.36%) Basel III
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 39 (14.08%) Docker
2 15 (5.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.27%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.30%) Terraform
3 9 (3.25%) Ansible
3 9 (3.25%) Grafana
4 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.08%) Argo
5 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (0.72%) Puppet
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%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.58%) Oracle
3 16 (5.78%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.69%) Google
5 12 (4.33%) SAP
6 10 (3.61%) Databricks
7 9 (3.25%) Cisco
8 6 (2.17%) IBM
8 6 (2.17%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.17%) Splunk
9 5 (1.81%) Genesys
9 5 (1.81%) Murex
9 5 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.81%) UiPath
9 5 (1.81%) VMware
10 4 (1.44%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.44%) Tenable
11 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.08%) New Relic