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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 107 125
Rank change year-on-year -39 +18 +107
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 271 371 383
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.90% 2.38% 1.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.77% 9.30% 8.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 253 263
10th Percentile £313 £364 £350
25th Percentile £400 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +4.55% -17.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £888 £825
England median daily rate £475 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -13.64% +3.77% -11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.46 £33.20
25th Percentile £62.50 £45.06 £42.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £91.00 - £63.50
England median hourly rate £33.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.19% -4.55% +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 4,003 3,988 4,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.00% 25.56% 23.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,799 2,531 3,069
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £665
90th Percentile £745 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 53 95
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.25 £19.35
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +11.70%
75th Percentile £43.31 £60.75 £65.43
90th Percentile £72.91 £83.20 £85.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +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 8 December 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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -11 36 £600 +13.21% 24
West London +3 18 £208 -44.67% 11
South London -6 6 £750 +30.43% 9
East London -1 3 £900 +62.53% 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 10 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.95%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.95%) Confluence
3 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.11%) Apache
4 3 (1.11%) Ethereum
4 3 (1.11%) Hyperledger
4 3 (1.11%) IIS
5 2 (0.74%) Luigi
5 2 (0.74%) nginx
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.11%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.74%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.37%) Endur
5 1 (0.37%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.37%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.37%) Maximo
5 1 (0.37%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.37%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (38.01%) Azure
2 62 (22.88%) AWS
3 36 (13.28%) GCP
4 24 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (8.86%) GitHub
5 20 (7.38%) Power Platform
6 15 (5.54%) Serverless
7 13 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.43%) SaaS
9 10 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 8 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.95%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.95%) Snowflake
12 7 (2.58%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.58%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.69%) Firewall
2 9 (3.32%) VoIP
3 8 (2.95%) Network Security
4 6 (2.21%) VPN
5 5 (1.85%) CTI
5 5 (1.85%) DNS
6 4 (1.48%) HTTP
6 4 (1.48%) MGCP
6 4 (1.48%) SCCP
6 4 (1.48%) Telepresence
6 4 (1.48%) WebEx
7 3 (1.11%) SSL
7 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.11%) WAN
8 2 (0.74%) DHCP
8 2 (0.74%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.74%) SSH
8 2 (0.74%) VLAN
8 2 (0.74%) Wireless
9 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.90%) Relational Database
3 15 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.54%) Power BI
4 10 (3.69%) MySQL
4 10 (3.69%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.32%) Big Data
5 9 (3.32%) Tableau
6 7 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.48%) Data Mart
10 3 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.11%) Metadata
10 3 (1.11%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.96%) Git
2 20 (7.38%) JIRA
3 13 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.95%) Selenium
5 7 (2.58%) Postman
6 6 (2.21%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.21%) GitLab
7 5 (1.85%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.85%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.85%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.48%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.11%) Hardhat
9 3 (1.11%) MLflow
9 3 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.74%) ERwin
10 2 (0.74%) Gradle
10 2 (0.74%) JMeter
10 2 (0.74%) JUnit
10 2 (0.74%) Maven
10 2 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
General
1 128 (47.23%) Social Skills
2 107 (39.48%) Finance
3 74 (27.31%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (18.82%) Banking
5 17 (6.27%) Investment Banking
6 16 (5.90%) Front Office
7 13 (4.80%) Marketing
8 11 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.69%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.32%) Back Office
10 9 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.95%) Retail
11 8 (2.95%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.48%) Publishing
14 3 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (26.57%) Developer
2 36 (13.28%) Architect
3 27 (9.96%) Analyst
4 24 (8.86%) Senior
5 13 (4.80%) Senior Developer
6 12 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
7 11 (4.06%) Lead
8 10 (3.69%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.69%) Technical Support
9 9 (3.32%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.32%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.95%) Business Integration Analyst
10 8 (2.95%) Data Scientist
10 8 (2.95%) Integration Analyst
11 7 (2.58%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.58%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (2.58%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 7 (2.58%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.18%) .NET
2 28 (10.33%) REST
3 21 (7.75%) HTML
4 16 (5.90%) CSS
5 15 (5.54%) JSON
5 15 (5.54%) OAuth
5 15 (5.54%) RESTful
6 14 (5.17%) Kafka
6 14 (5.17%) React
7 13 (4.80%) XML
8 12 (4.43%) LangChain
8 12 (4.43%) Middleware
8 12 (4.43%) Node.js
9 10 (3.69%) SOAP
10 9 (3.32%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.32%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.95%) Spring
11 8 (2.95%) Web Services
12 7 (2.58%) PyTorch
12 7 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.01%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.64%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.27%) Algorithms
5 13 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (4.43%) Derivative
6 12 (4.43%) Fixed Income
7 11 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (4.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (3.69%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.21%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.85%) IVR
11 5 (1.85%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.48%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.48%) Life Science
12 4 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.33%) Linux
2 20 (7.38%) Windows
3 13 (4.80%) Unix
4 4 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.74%) Android
5 2 (0.74%) VMS
5 2 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (98.89%) Computer Science
2 128 (47.23%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (40.96%) Agile
4 76 (28.04%) DevOps
5 66 (24.35%) CI/CD
6 39 (14.39%) Software Engineering
7 35 (12.92%) AI
7 35 (12.92%) Microservices
7 35 (12.92%) Scrum
8 34 (12.55%) Analytics
9 30 (11.07%) Machine Learning
10 28 (10.33%) Containerisation
10 28 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (10.33%) Migration
10 28 (10.33%) SDLC
10 28 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (9.59%) Project Management
12 25 (9.23%) Decision-Making
12 25 (9.23%) ETL
12 25 (9.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 94 (34.69%) Python
2 65 (23.99%) SQL
3 60 (22.14%) Java
4 43 (15.87%) JavaScript
5 30 (11.07%) C#
6 21 (7.75%) TypeScript
7 12 (4.43%) C++
8 8 (2.95%) Perl
8 8 (2.95%) Ruby
9 7 (2.58%) Bash
9 7 (2.58%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.21%) R
10 6 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.85%) Bicep
12 4 (1.48%) Go
12 4 (1.48%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.11%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.11%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.11%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 271 (100.00%) Degree
2 54 (19.93%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.90%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.32%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.32%) PMP
7 8 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.58%) CISSP
9 6 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.48%) CISM
10 4 (1.48%) ISEB
10 4 (1.48%) PhD
11 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.11%) CBAP
11 3 (1.11%) CCNA
11 3 (1.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.01%) QA
2 17 (6.27%) GDPR
3 15 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.85%) SLA
6 4 (1.48%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.48%) NIST
6 4 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.11%) PMO
8 2 (0.74%) Basel III
8 2 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.74%) MiFID
9 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.37%) EMIR
9 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 39 (14.39%) Docker
2 15 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.86%) Terraform
3 10 (3.69%) Ansible
3 10 (3.69%) Grafana
4 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.11%) Argo
5 3 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.11%) Puppet
5 3 (1.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (20.66%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.01%) Oracle
3 16 (5.90%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.80%) Databricks
4 13 (4.80%) Google
5 9 (3.32%) SAP
6 8 (2.95%) Cisco
7 6 (2.21%) IBM
7 6 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.85%) Genesys
8 5 (1.85%) Murex
8 5 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.85%) UiPath
8 5 (1.85%) VMware
9 4 (1.48%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.48%) Splunk
9 4 (1.48%) Tenable
10 3 (1.11%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto