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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 101 129
Rank change year-on-year -40 +28 +122
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 277 385 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.97% 2.45% 1.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.09% 9.66% 8.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 261 273
10th Percentile £305 £375 £333
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 £738 £700
90th Percentile £778 £888 £825
England median daily rate £488 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.36% - -8.33%
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 3,905 3,987 4,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.84% 25.35% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,697 2,543 3,193
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £670
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 99 57 106
10th Percentile £19.44 £20.30 £19.00
25th Percentile - £30.00 £23.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -28.44% +14.74%
75th Percentile £42.31 £60.75 £67.88
90th Percentile £66.46 £77.11 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -3.57% +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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -16 34 £650 +13.04% 175
West London +2 19 £208 -44.67% 16
South London -2 8 £738 +43.90% 1
East London 0 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 8 (2.89%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.89%) Confluence
3 6 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.44%) Apache
6 3 (1.08%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.08%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 2 (0.72%) CMS
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%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.36%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.36%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (36.10%) Azure
2 66 (23.83%) AWS
3 39 (14.08%) GCP
4 24 (8.66%) GitHub
5 22 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.50%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.69%) SaaS
8 12 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.97%) Serverless
10 10 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.61%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (2.17%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.17%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.05%) Firewall
2 10 (3.61%) Network Security
3 9 (3.25%) VoIP
4 8 (2.89%) 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%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.42%) Relational Database
5 13 (4.69%) Power BI
6 10 (3.61%) MySQL
6 10 (3.61%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.25%) Tableau
8 7 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.17%) Big Data
9 6 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.81%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.44%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.44%) Data Mart
11 4 (1.44%) Metadata
12 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.72%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 26 (9.39%) Git
2 17 (6.14%) JIRA
3 11 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.53%) GitLab
4 7 (2.53%) Postman
4 7 (2.53%) Selenium
5 5 (1.81%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
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
1 128 (46.21%) Social Skills
2 106 (38.27%) Finance
3 72 (25.99%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (18.41%) Banking
5 21 (7.58%) Investment Banking
6 20 (7.22%) Front Office
7 12 (4.33%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.61%) Marketing
9 8 (2.89%) Back Office
9 8 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.89%) Retail
10 7 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.81%) Legal
12 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.44%) Publishing
13 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (27.80%) 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%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 7 (2.53%) Systems Analyst
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 11 (3.97%) Node.js
6 11 (3.97%) XML
7 10 (3.61%) LangChain
7 10 (3.61%) Spring
8 9 (3.25%) AngularJS
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%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.86%) Algorithms
4 15 (5.42%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (5.05%) Derivative
6 13 (4.69%) Fixed Income
7 11 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.61%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.81%) Data Fabric
12 5 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.81%) IVR
13 4 (1.44%) Life Science
13 4 (1.44%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.83%) Linux
2 19 (6.86%) 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
3 103 (37.18%) Agile
4 67 (24.19%) DevOps
5 60 (21.66%) CI/CD
6 39 (14.08%) Analytics
7 36 (13.00%) Scrum
7 36 (13.00%) Software Engineering
8 32 (11.55%) Microservices
9 30 (10.83%) Migration
10 29 (10.47%) AI
11 28 (10.11%) Containerisation
11 28 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (9.75%) Machine Learning
12 27 (9.75%) SDLC
13 26 (9.39%) ETL
13 26 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (8.66%) Project Management
14 24 (8.66%) Roadmaps
15 23 (8.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 99 (35.74%) Python
2 68 (24.55%) SQL
3 65 (23.47%) Java
4 42 (15.16%) JavaScript
5 27 (9.75%) C#
6 18 (6.50%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.42%) C++
8 11 (3.97%) Perl
9 8 (2.89%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.89%) Ruby
10 7 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.17%) Bash
11 6 (2.17%) R
12 4 (1.44%) Bicep
12 4 (1.44%) Go
12 4 (1.44%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.08%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.08%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 277 (100.00%) Degree
2 51 (18.41%) 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
6 9 (3.25%) CISSP
7 8 (2.89%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.89%) PMP
8 6 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.81%) CISM
10 3 (1.08%) CBAP
10 3 (1.08%) CCNA
10 3 (1.08%) CCNP
10 3 (1.08%) ISEB
10 3 (1.08%) PhD
11 2 (0.72%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.14%) GDPR
3 13 (4.69%) QA
4 9 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.17%) NIST
5 6 (2.17%) SLA
6 4 (1.44%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.44%) MiFID
6 4 (1.44%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.72%) PMO
9 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.36%) Basel III
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.36%) EMIR
9 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 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 35 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.94%) 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%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.36%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.22%) Oracle
3 15 (5.42%) Salesforce
4 14 (5.05%) Google
5 10 (3.61%) SAP
6 9 (3.25%) Cisco
6 9 (3.25%) Databricks
7 6 (2.17%) IBM
7 6 (2.17%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.17%) Splunk
8 5 (1.81%) Genesys
8 5 (1.81%) Murex
8 5 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.81%) UiPath
8 5 (1.81%) VMware
9 4 (1.44%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.44%) Tenable
10 3 (1.08%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.08%) New Relic