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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 107 126
Rank change year-on-year -37 +19 +101
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 271 365 371
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.88% 2.40% 1.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.65% 9.34% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 247 253
10th Percentile £314 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -17.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £781 £888 £825
England median daily rate £477 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -13.32% +3.00% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.46 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £45.06 £42.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £52.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% +2.44% +3.02%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £62.19
90th Percentile £91.00 - £63.88
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 4,073 3,906 4,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.31% 25.68% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,838 2,467 2,985
10th Percentile £358 £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 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 57 89
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -28.57% +11.70%
75th Percentile £53.13 £60.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -9 36 £650 +22.64% 19
West London -3 17 £208 -44.67% 9
South London -4 6 £750 +30.43% 2
East London -4 1 - - 1
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 12 (4.43%) Apache Spark
2 11 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.32%) Confluence
4 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.11%) Apache
5 3 (1.11%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.11%) Hyperledger
5 3 (1.11%) IIS
5 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.74%) Luigi
6 2 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
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 ERP
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
1 112 (41.33%) Azure
2 65 (23.99%) AWS
3 37 (13.65%) GCP
4 27 (9.96%) GitHub
5 26 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.38%) Power Platform
7 16 (5.90%) Serverless
8 14 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (5.17%) SaaS
9 12 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.32%) Snowflake
12 8 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.95%) ChatGPT
12 8 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.95%) IaaS
12 8 (2.95%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.69%) Firewall
2 8 (2.95%) Network Security
3 6 (2.21%) VoIP
3 6 (2.21%) VPN
4 5 (1.85%) CTI
4 5 (1.85%) DNS
5 4 (1.48%) HTTP
6 3 (1.11%) SSL
6 3 (1.11%) WAN
7 2 (0.74%) DHCP
7 2 (0.74%) S/MIME
7 2 (0.74%) SSH
7 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.74%) VLAN
7 2 (0.74%) Wireless
8 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.37%) IPsec
8 1 (0.37%) LAN
8 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.90%) Relational Database
4 15 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.54%) Power BI
5 12 (4.43%) Big Data
6 10 (3.69%) MySQL
6 10 (3.69%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.32%) Tableau
8 7 (2.58%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.48%) Data Mart
11 4 (1.48%) Neo4j
12 3 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.11%) Metadata
12 3 (1.11%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 26 (9.59%) Git
2 20 (7.38%) JIRA
3 13 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.58%) GitLab
4 7 (2.58%) Selenium
5 6 (2.21%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.21%) Postman
6 5 (1.85%) CircleCI
6 5 (1.85%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.85%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.11%) Hardhat
8 3 (1.11%) MLflow
8 3 (1.11%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.74%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.74%) ERwin
9 2 (0.74%) JUnit
9 2 (0.74%) Maven
9 2 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
General
1 133 (49.08%) Social Skills
2 107 (39.48%) Finance
3 71 (26.20%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (19.19%) Banking
5 17 (6.27%) Investment Banking
6 14 (5.17%) Front Office
7 13 (4.80%) Marketing
8 11 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.69%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.32%) Back Office
11 8 (2.95%) Retail
11 8 (2.95%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.48%) Publishing
15 3 (1.11%) Legal
15 3 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (25.09%) Developer
2 39 (14.39%) Architect
3 27 (9.96%) Analyst
4 23 (8.49%) Senior
5 13 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (4.43%) Cloud Architect
6 12 (4.43%) Lead
7 11 (4.06%) Senior Developer
8 10 (3.69%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.69%) Data Engineer
8 10 (3.69%) Technical Support
9 8 (2.95%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.95%) C# Developer
9 8 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (2.95%) Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.95%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 7 (2.58%) Azure Architect
10 7 (2.58%) Data Scientist
10 7 (2.58%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (2.21%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.55%) .NET
2 28 (10.33%) REST
3 21 (7.75%) HTML
4 17 (6.27%) CSS
4 17 (6.27%) RESTful
5 16 (5.90%) JSON
5 16 (5.90%) React
6 15 (5.54%) OAuth
7 14 (5.17%) Kafka
7 14 (5.17%) LangChain
7 14 (5.17%) XML
8 13 (4.80%) Node.js
9 10 (3.69%) AngularJS
9 10 (3.69%) Middleware
9 10 (3.69%) PyTorch
9 10 (3.69%) SOAP
10 9 (3.32%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (2.95%) TensorFlow
12 7 (2.58%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.01%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.64%) Cloud Native
4 16 (5.90%) Algorithms
5 15 (5.54%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (4.06%) Derivative
6 11 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (4.06%) Fixed Income
7 10 (3.69%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.58%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.21%) AI Agents
10 6 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.85%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.85%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.85%) IVR
11 5 (1.85%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.23%) Linux
2 20 (7.38%) Windows
3 12 (4.43%) 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
1 269 (99.26%) Computer Science
2 127 (46.86%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (40.96%) Agile
4 76 (28.04%) DevOps
5 68 (25.09%) CI/CD
6 42 (15.50%) AI
7 39 (14.39%) Microservices
8 37 (13.65%) Software Engineering
9 35 (12.92%) Analytics
10 34 (12.55%) Machine Learning
11 32 (11.81%) Scrum
12 30 (11.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (10.33%) Containerisation
13 28 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (10.33%) Data Science
13 28 (10.33%) Decision-Making
13 28 (10.33%) Migration
14 27 (9.96%) Data Modelling
14 27 (9.96%) Roadmaps
14 27 (9.96%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 91 (33.58%) Python
2 67 (24.72%) SQL
3 61 (22.51%) Java
4 43 (15.87%) JavaScript
5 31 (11.44%) C#
6 25 (9.23%) TypeScript
7 13 (4.80%) C++
8 8 (2.95%) Perl
9 7 (2.58%) Bash
9 7 (2.58%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.58%) Ruby
10 6 (2.21%) Bicep
10 6 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.85%) Go
11 5 (1.85%) R
12 3 (1.11%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.11%) C
12 3 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.11%) Solidity
12 3 (1.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 271 (100.00%) Degree
2 60 (22.14%) Master's Degree
3 18 (6.64%) Azure Certification
4 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.80%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.32%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.32%) PMP
7 8 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.58%) CISSP
8 7 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.85%) PhD
11 4 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.48%) CISM
11 4 (1.48%) ISEB
12 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.11%) CBAP
12 3 (1.11%) CCNA
12 3 (1.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.75%) QA
2 17 (6.27%) GDPR
3 14 (5.17%) 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
8 2 (0.74%) WCAG
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 12 (4.43%) 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 32 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 26 (9.59%) Terraform
3 9 (3.32%) Grafana
4 8 (2.95%) Ansible
5 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.11%) Argo
6 3 (1.11%) Puppet
6 3 (1.11%) SCCM
7 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.38%) Oracle
3 17 (6.27%) Databricks
4 14 (5.17%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.80%) Google
6 10 (3.69%) SAP
7 6 (2.21%) IBM
7 6 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.85%) Cisco
8 5 (1.85%) Genesys
8 5 (1.85%) Murex
8 5 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.85%) VMware
9 4 (1.48%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.48%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.48%) Software AG
9 4 (1.48%) Splunk
9 4 (1.48%) Tenable
9 4 (1.48%) UiPath