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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 137 109
Rank change year-on-year -52 -28 +84
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 244 253 401
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.99% 2.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 7.79% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 166 258
10th Percentile £181 £329 £335
25th Percentile £400 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% - -8.37%
75th Percentile £739 £719 £700
90th Percentile £850 £825 £804
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 17
10th Percentile £27.21 £42.46 -
25th Percentile £28.64 £45.06 £38.75
Median hourly rate £32.07 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.70% +22.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £41.42 £65.31 £78.75
90th Percentile £46.42 £68.13 £83.75
England median hourly rate £82.50 £55.00 £55.63
% change year-on-year +50.00% -1.12% +1.14%

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 5,040 3,249 4,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.74% 25.49% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,613 2,200 2,927
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £440 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £656
90th Percentile £750 £760 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 61 116
10th Percentile £20.79 £20.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.27 £20.43
Median hourly rate £52.22 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.07% +15.38% -39.53%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £69.38
England median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -23.81%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -30 26 £551 +5.00% 29
West London -25 5 £368 -7.96% 4
South London -7 4 £637 -12.14% 4
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 (5.74%) Apache Spark
2 13 (5.33%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.64%) Confluence
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.82%) Apache
6 2 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) Camunda
7 1 (0.41%) IIS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Aladdin
1 5 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
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%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 129 (52.87%) Azure
2 72 (29.51%) AWS
3 33 (13.52%) GCP
4 28 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (9.43%) Power Platform
6 22 (9.02%) SaaS
7 19 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (6.97%) GitHub
9 16 (6.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (6.15%) Serverless
11 14 (5.74%) IaaS
12 11 (4.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.10%) Snowflake
14 9 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.69%) Amazon S3
14 9 (3.69%) Entra ID
14 9 (3.69%) PaaS
15 7 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.87%) DMZ
1 7 (2.87%) Firewall
1 7 (2.87%) VPN
2 6 (2.46%) BGP
2 6 (2.46%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.05%) CTI
3 5 (2.05%) VoIP
4 4 (1.64%) HTTP
5 3 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (1.23%) IGMP
5 3 (1.23%) MPLS
5 3 (1.23%) Multicast
5 3 (1.23%) OSPF
5 3 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.23%) VXLAN
5 3 (1.23%) WAN
6 2 (0.82%) IPv4
6 2 (0.82%) IPv6
6 2 (0.82%) Network Security
7 1 (0.41%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.61%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.20%) Power BI
3 19 (7.79%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (7.38%) Big Data
5 14 (5.74%) NoSQL
6 13 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (5.33%) Relational Database
7 10 (4.10%) Tableau
8 8 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.87%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.87%) Redis
10 6 (2.46%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.46%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.64%) Metadata
12 4 (1.64%) MySQL
12 4 (1.64%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.64%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.23%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 26 (10.66%) Git
2 13 (5.33%) JIRA
3 11 (4.51%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.69%) GitLab
5 6 (2.46%) Selenium
6 4 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.64%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.23%) ERwin
7 3 (1.23%) MLflow
7 3 (1.23%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.23%) Vite
8 2 (0.82%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.41%) Gradle
9 1 (0.41%) Maven
9 1 (0.41%) NUnit
9 1 (0.41%) Postman
9 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 122 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 97 (39.75%) Finance
3 65 (26.64%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (22.13%) Banking
5 20 (8.20%) Front Office
6 19 (7.79%) Investment Banking
7 18 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (5.33%) Marketing
10 9 (3.69%) Legal
11 8 (3.28%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.46%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.46%) Retail
13 5 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.23%) Back Office
15 3 (1.23%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.23%) Japanese Language
15 3 (1.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (17.21%) Developer
2 41 (16.80%) Architect
3 28 (11.48%) Lead
4 21 (8.61%) Senior
4 21 (8.61%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (6.97%) Technical Support
6 16 (6.56%) Support Specialist
7 15 (6.15%) Technical Specialist
7 15 (6.15%) Technical Support Specialist
8 13 (5.33%) Data Engineer
9 12 (4.92%) Integration Architect
10 11 (4.51%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Analyst
11 9 (3.69%) Cloud Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.87%) Applications Architect
12 7 (2.87%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.87%) Data Modeller
12 7 (2.87%) Python Developer
13 6 (2.46%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.84%) .NET
2 22 (9.02%) React
3 21 (8.61%) REST
4 18 (7.38%) Middleware
4 18 (7.38%) RESTful
5 11 (4.51%) Kafka
5 11 (4.51%) PyTorch
6 9 (3.69%) HTML
6 9 (3.69%) LangChain
6 9 (3.69%) Node.js
7 8 (3.28%) OAuth
7 8 (3.28%) PySpark
7 8 (3.28%) Spring
8 7 (2.87%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.87%) WebSockets
9 6 (2.46%) JSON
9 6 (2.46%) Pandas
9 6 (2.46%) TensorFlow
10 5 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (2.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.89%) Onboarding
2 24 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 22 (9.02%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.74%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.33%) Derivative
6 12 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.28%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.28%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.87%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (2.87%) Equities
10 6 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.46%) Equity Derivative
10 6 (2.46%) Fixed Income
10 6 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.46%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.05%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.70%) Windows
2 17 (6.97%) Linux
3 7 (2.87%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.05%) Unix
5 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.23%) VMS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (98.36%) Computer Science
2 100 (40.98%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (37.70%) Agile
4 81 (33.20%) AI
5 75 (30.74%) DevOps
6 69 (28.28%) CI/CD
7 52 (21.31%) Analytics
8 41 (16.80%) Microservices
9 40 (16.39%) Data Modelling
9 40 (16.39%) Software Engineering
10 36 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (14.34%) Decision-Making
12 34 (13.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (13.93%) Roadmaps
13 33 (13.52%) ETL
14 30 (12.30%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (11.89%) Data Governance
16 28 (11.48%) ITIL
16 28 (11.48%) Migration
17 26 (10.66%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 87 (35.66%) Python
2 61 (25.00%) SQL
3 35 (14.34%) Java
4 26 (10.66%) C#
5 20 (8.20%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.20%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.33%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.87%) Bash
7 7 (2.87%) C++
7 7 (2.87%) Scala
8 5 (2.05%) Go
9 4 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.64%) R
10 3 (1.23%) Bicep
10 3 (1.23%) Rust
11 2 (0.82%) C
11 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 244 (100.00%) Degree
2 64 (26.23%) Master's Degree
3 20 (8.20%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (6.56%) CISSP
6 12 (4.92%) CISM
7 11 (4.51%) Security Cleared
8 9 (3.69%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.69%) PMI Certification
8 9 (3.69%) PMP
8 9 (3.69%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.46%) CRISC
9 6 (2.46%) PhD
10 5 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.64%) CCSP
11 4 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.64%) MBA
11 4 (1.64%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.61%) QA
2 17 (6.97%) Data Quality
3 16 (6.56%) GDPR
4 11 (4.51%) NIST
5 8 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.05%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.23%) Basel III
8 3 (1.23%) GRC
8 3 (1.23%) WCAG
9 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.82%) GAAP
9 2 (0.82%) IFRS
9 2 (0.82%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.82%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 33 (13.52%) Docker
2 24 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.64%) Firmware
4 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) HDFS
5 1 (0.41%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.41%) Squid
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (15.16%) Kubernetes
2 34 (13.93%) Terraform
3 21 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (5.74%) Ansible
5 13 (5.33%) Grafana
6 10 (4.10%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.64%) SCCM
8 3 (1.23%) Control-M
8 3 (1.23%) Puppet
8 3 (1.23%) WSUS
9 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 74 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.38%) Oracle
3 17 (6.97%) Google
4 13 (5.33%) Databricks
5 12 (4.92%) Software AG
6 9 (3.69%) SAP
7 6 (2.46%) Citrix
7 6 (2.46%) Informatica
7 6 (2.46%) Splunk
8 5 (2.05%) Apple
8 5 (2.05%) Bloomberg
8 5 (2.05%) Genesys
8 5 (2.05%) iManage
8 5 (2.05%) Intapp
8 5 (2.05%) Reuters
9 4 (1.64%) Aderant
9 4 (1.64%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.64%) Nexthink
10 3 (1.23%) F5
10 3 (1.23%) PagerDuty