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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 138 106
Rank change year-on-year -36 -32 +97
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 257 250 391
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.52% 1.98% 2.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.18% 7.81% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 173 254
10th Percentile £204 £361 £354
25th Percentile £400 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £815 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
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% -3.23%
75th Percentile £41.42 £65.31 £78.75
90th Percentile £46.42 £68.13 £83.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £55.63
% change year-on-year -31.82% -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 4,959 3,203 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.28% 25.42% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,542 2,170 2,939
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 63 120
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.30 £14.23
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.98
Median hourly rate £37.25 £37.50 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +16.77% -25.31%
75th Percentile £74.46 £57.50 £60.31
90th Percentile £77.28 £68.50 £83.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.00% +33.33% -25.00%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -16 32 £613 +5.38% 58
West London -15 11 £208 -47.60% 5
South London -10 4 £637 -12.14% 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 14 (5.45%) Apache Spark
1 14 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Camunda
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.56%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 138 (53.70%) Azure
2 72 (28.02%) AWS
3 36 (14.01%) GCP
4 28 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (9.73%) Power Platform
6 23 (8.95%) SaaS
7 22 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (6.61%) Serverless
9 16 (6.23%) GitHub
10 15 (5.84%) IaaS
11 14 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (4.28%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.89%) PaaS
14 9 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.50%) Snowflake
15 8 (3.11%) Amazon S3
15 8 (3.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.11%) Firewall
2 7 (2.72%) VPN
3 6 (2.33%) BGP
3 6 (2.33%) DMZ
4 5 (1.95%) CTI
4 5 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.95%) VoIP
5 4 (1.56%) HTTP
6 3 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.17%) IGMP
6 3 (1.17%) MPLS
6 3 (1.17%) Multicast
6 3 (1.17%) OSPF
6 3 (1.17%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.17%) VXLAN
6 3 (1.17%) WAN
7 2 (0.78%) IPv4
7 2 (0.78%) IPv6
8 1 (0.39%) Network Security
8 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.17%) Power BI
1 21 (8.17%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.39%) Big Data
2 19 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.23%) Relational Database
4 14 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (5.06%) NoSQL
6 11 (4.28%) Tableau
7 8 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.72%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.72%) MySQL
9 6 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.33%) Redis
9 6 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.56%) Metadata
11 4 (1.56%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (10.89%) Git
2 14 (5.45%) JIRA
3 11 (4.28%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.33%) GitLab
5 5 (1.95%) Selenium
6 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.56%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.56%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.17%) ERwin
7 3 (1.17%) MLflow
7 3 (1.17%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.17%) Vite
8 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.78%) Maven
8 2 (0.78%) Postman
8 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.39%) RStudio
9 1 (0.39%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 126 (49.03%) Social Skills
2 99 (38.52%) Finance
3 66 (25.68%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (19.46%) Banking
5 19 (7.39%) Front Office
5 19 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (6.61%) Investment Banking
7 15 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.45%) Marketing
9 9 (3.50%) Legal
10 8 (3.11%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.11%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.33%) Retail
13 4 (1.56%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.56%) Publishing
14 3 (1.17%) Back Office
14 3 (1.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (16.73%) Architect
1 43 (16.73%) Developer
2 25 (9.73%) Lead
3 22 (8.56%) Senior
4 21 (8.17%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (7.39%) Technical Support
6 15 (5.84%) Support Specialist
7 14 (5.45%) Technical Specialist
7 14 (5.45%) Technical Support Specialist
8 12 (4.67%) Cloud Architect
8 12 (4.67%) Data Engineer
8 12 (4.67%) Integration Architect
9 11 (4.28%) Analyst
10 9 (3.50%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.72%) Applications Architect
11 7 (2.72%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (2.72%) Data Modeller
11 7 (2.72%) Data Scientist
11 7 (2.72%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.73%) .NET
2 22 (8.56%) REST
3 20 (7.78%) React
4 19 (7.39%) RESTful
5 18 (7.00%) Middleware
6 11 (4.28%) PyTorch
7 10 (3.89%) HTML
7 10 (3.89%) Kafka
8 9 (3.50%) LangChain
8 9 (3.50%) Node.js
9 8 (3.11%) OAuth
9 8 (3.11%) Spring
10 7 (2.72%) JSON
10 7 (2.72%) PySpark
11 6 (2.33%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.33%) TensorFlow
11 6 (2.33%) WebSockets
12 5 (1.95%) CSS
12 5 (1.95%) SOAP
12 5 (1.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.12%) Management Information System
2 25 (9.73%) Onboarding
3 22 (8.56%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.45%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.06%) Derivative
5 13 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.11%) AI Agents
7 8 (3.11%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.11%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.11%) Distributed Computing
7 8 (3.11%) Equities
8 7 (2.72%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.33%) Equity Derivative
9 6 (2.33%) Fixed Income
9 6 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.33%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.95%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.45%) Windows
2 19 (7.39%) Linux
3 9 (3.50%) Unix
4 6 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (98.05%) Computer Science
2 109 (42.41%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (36.58%) Agile
4 80 (31.13%) DevOps
5 78 (30.35%) AI
6 73 (28.40%) CI/CD
7 56 (21.79%) Analytics
8 42 (16.34%) Data Modelling
8 42 (16.34%) Microservices
9 41 (15.95%) Software Engineering
10 37 (14.40%) Decision-Making
10 37 (14.40%) ETL
10 37 (14.40%) Roadmaps
11 36 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (13.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (12.06%) Data Science
13 31 (12.06%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (11.67%) Data Engineering
15 29 (11.28%) Data Governance
15 29 (11.28%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 94 (36.58%) Python
2 67 (26.07%) SQL
3 43 (16.73%) Java
4 26 (10.12%) C#
5 24 (9.34%) JavaScript
6 19 (7.39%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.45%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.50%) C++
9 7 (2.72%) Bash
9 7 (2.72%) Scala
10 6 (2.33%) Go
11 5 (1.95%) R
12 4 (1.56%) Bicep
12 4 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.56%) Perl
12 4 (1.56%) Rust
13 3 (1.17%) C
13 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 257 (100.00%) Degree
2 66 (25.68%) Master's Degree
3 22 (8.56%) Azure Certification
4 19 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (5.84%) CISSP
6 13 (5.06%) CISM
6 13 (5.06%) Security Cleared
7 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.50%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.50%) PMI Certification
8 9 (3.50%) PMP
9 7 (2.72%) PhD
10 6 (2.33%) CRISC
11 5 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.56%) MBA
12 4 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.17%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.56%) QA
2 18 (7.00%) GDPR
3 16 (6.23%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.28%) NIST
5 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.33%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.17%) Basel III
8 3 (1.17%) GRC
8 3 (1.17%) WCAG
9 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.78%) GAAP
9 2 (0.78%) IFRS
9 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.78%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.78%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 36 (14.01%) Docker
2 25 (9.73%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) HDFS
5 1 (0.39%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 35 (13.62%) Kubernetes
2 34 (13.23%) Terraform
3 20 (7.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (5.06%) Grafana
5 10 (3.89%) Ansible
5 10 (3.89%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.17%) Control-M
6 3 (1.17%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.17%) Puppet
6 3 (1.17%) SCCM
7 2 (0.78%) WSUS
8 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 78 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.78%) Oracle
3 17 (6.61%) Google
4 13 (5.06%) Databricks
5 12 (4.67%) Software AG
6 9 (3.50%) SAP
7 6 (2.33%) Informatica
8 5 (1.95%) Apple
8 5 (1.95%) Citrix
8 5 (1.95%) Genesys
8 5 (1.95%) iManage
8 5 (1.95%) Intapp
9 4 (1.56%) Aderant
9 4 (1.56%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.56%) Nexthink
9 4 (1.56%) Reuters
10 3 (1.17%) Cisco
10 3 (1.17%) Juniper
10 3 (1.17%) Nokia
10 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
145 Computer Science Degree jobs in London