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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 105 128
Rank change year-on-year -32 +23 +122
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 280 386 395
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.00% 2.49% 1.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.24% 9.81% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 263 274
10th Percentile £307 £378 £341
25th Percentile £400 £468 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -17.91%
75th Percentile £700 £734 £700
90th Percentile £775 £888 £825
England median daily rate £483 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -12.18% +3.00% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £58.00 £43.65 £27.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £46.25 £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 3,869 3,933 4,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 25.36% 23.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,669 2,505 3,176
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £670
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 57 104
10th Percentile £19.42 £20.30 £19.00
25th Percentile - £30.00 £22.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -26.76% +14.52%
75th Percentile £42.09 £60.75 £68.50
90th Percentile £65.29 £77.11 £86.50
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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -21 35 £650 +8.33% 194
West London +4 20 £208 -44.67% 17
South London -1 8 £738 +43.90% 1
East London -1 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 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.86%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.86%) Confluence
3 6 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.43%) Apache
6 3 (1.07%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.07%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.07%) IIS
7 2 (0.71%) CMS
7 2 (0.71%) Luigi
7 2 (0.71%) nginx
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) Actimize
3 2 (0.71%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.71%) 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
1 101 (36.07%) Azure
2 68 (24.29%) AWS
3 41 (14.64%) GCP
4 24 (8.57%) GitHub
5 22 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.07%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.64%) SaaS
8 12 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 10 (3.57%) Serverless
10 9 (3.21%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.14%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.14%) Snowflake
13 5 (1.79%) Anthropic Claude
13 5 (1.79%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.00%) Firewall
2 10 (3.57%) Network Security
3 9 (3.21%) VoIP
4 8 (2.86%) VPN
5 5 (1.79%) CTI
5 5 (1.79%) DNS
5 5 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.43%) MGCP
6 4 (1.43%) SCCP
6 4 (1.43%) Telepresence
6 4 (1.43%) WebEx
7 3 (1.07%) SSL
7 3 (1.07%) WAN
8 2 (0.71%) DHCP
8 2 (0.71%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.71%) SSH
8 2 (0.71%) VLAN
8 2 (0.71%) Wireless
9 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.86%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.36%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.29%) Power BI
6 10 (3.57%) MySQL
6 10 (3.57%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.21%) Tableau
8 7 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.14%) Big Data
9 6 (2.14%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.79%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.43%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.43%) Data Mart
11 4 (1.43%) Metadata
12 3 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (9.64%) Git
2 17 (6.07%) JIRA
3 11 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.50%) GitLab
4 7 (2.50%) Postman
4 7 (2.50%) Selenium
5 5 (1.79%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.79%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.43%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.07%) Gradle
7 3 (1.07%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.07%) JUnit
7 3 (1.07%) MLflow
7 3 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.71%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.71%) ERwin
8 2 (0.71%) JMeter
8 2 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
General
1 129 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 108 (38.57%) Finance
3 72 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (17.50%) Banking
5 21 (7.50%) Front Office
5 21 (7.50%) Investment Banking
6 12 (4.29%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.21%) Marketing
9 8 (2.86%) Back Office
9 8 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.86%) Retail
10 7 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.79%) Legal
12 4 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.43%) Publishing
13 3 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 79 (28.21%) Developer
2 32 (11.43%) Architect
3 28 (10.00%) Analyst
4 27 (9.64%) Senior
5 14 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 11 (3.93%) Lead
7 10 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 10 (3.57%) Software Engineer
7 10 (3.57%) Technical Support
8 9 (3.21%) Data Engineer
9 8 (2.86%) Business Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (2.86%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.86%) Integration Analyst
9 8 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.50%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.50%) C++ Developer
10 7 (2.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (2.50%) Python Developer
10 7 (2.50%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.00%) REST
2 27 (9.64%) .NET
3 18 (6.43%) HTML
4 16 (5.71%) Kafka
5 15 (5.36%) CSS
5 15 (5.36%) React
6 13 (4.64%) OAuth
6 13 (4.64%) RESTful
7 12 (4.29%) JSON
7 12 (4.29%) Middleware
8 11 (3.93%) Node.js
8 11 (3.93%) XML
9 10 (3.57%) LangChain
9 10 (3.57%) Spring
10 9 (3.21%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.86%) SOAP
11 8 (2.86%) Web Services
12 7 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.14%) FastAPI
13 6 (2.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.79%) Algorithms
4 16 (5.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (5.36%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.00%) Derivative
7 13 (4.64%) Fixed Income
8 11 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.57%) Data Structures
9 10 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (2.14%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.79%) Data Fabric
13 5 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (1.79%) IVR
14 4 (1.43%) Hedge funds
14 4 (1.43%) Life Science
14 4 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.07%) Linux
2 20 (7.14%) Windows
3 15 (5.36%) Unix
4 5 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.43%) Android
6 3 (1.07%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (98.93%) Computer Science
2 131 (46.79%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (36.79%) Agile
4 67 (23.93%) DevOps
5 61 (21.79%) CI/CD
6 39 (13.93%) Analytics
7 36 (12.86%) Scrum
8 35 (12.50%) Software Engineering
9 32 (11.43%) Microservices
10 30 (10.71%) AI
10 30 (10.71%) Migration
11 29 (10.36%) Containerisation
12 28 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (9.64%) Machine Learning
14 26 (9.29%) ETL
14 26 (9.29%) SDLC
15 25 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (8.57%) Project Management
16 24 (8.57%) Roadmaps
17 23 (8.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 102 (36.43%) Python
2 69 (24.64%) SQL
3 66 (23.57%) Java
4 42 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 26 (9.29%) C#
6 17 (6.07%) C++
6 17 (6.07%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.93%) Perl
8 8 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.86%) Ruby
9 7 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.14%) Bash
10 6 (2.14%) R
11 4 (1.43%) Bicep
11 4 (1.43%) Go
11 4 (1.43%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.07%) C
12 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.07%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.07%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 280 (100.00%) Degree
2 51 (18.21%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.71%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.29%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.57%) CISSP
6 7 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.50%) PMP
7 6 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.14%) CISM
7 6 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.07%) CBAP
9 3 (1.07%) CCNA
9 3 (1.07%) CCNP
9 3 (1.07%) ISEB
9 3 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.07%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.79%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.43%) GDPR
3 14 (5.00%) QA
4 10 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.50%) NIST
5 7 (2.50%) SLA
6 5 (1.79%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.43%) MiFID
7 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.71%) PMO
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 41 (14.64%) Docker
2 15 (5.36%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (13.21%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.86%) Terraform
3 9 (3.21%) Ansible
3 9 (3.21%) Grafana
4 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.43%) SCCM
6 3 (1.07%) Argo
6 3 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.71%) Puppet
7 2 (0.71%) QRadar
8 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.36%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.14%) Oracle
3 15 (5.36%) Google
3 15 (5.36%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.57%) SAP
5 9 (3.21%) Cisco
5 9 (3.21%) Databricks
6 6 (2.14%) IBM
6 6 (2.14%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.14%) Splunk
7 5 (1.79%) Genesys
7 5 (1.79%) Murex
7 5 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.79%) Tenable
7 5 (1.79%) UiPath
7 5 (1.79%) VMware
8 4 (1.43%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.43%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.07%) CheckPoint