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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 106 129
Rank change year-on-year -51 +23 +95
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 256 323 339
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.79% 2.31% 1.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.10% 8.93% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 213 228
10th Percentile £317 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -17.91%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £888 £804
England median daily rate £492 £538 £534
% change year-on-year -8.47% +0.66% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.46 £41.00
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% -9.55%
75th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £91.00 - £66.75
England median hourly rate £33.50 £51.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -34.63% -6.82% +0.46%

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 4,196 3,615 4,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.30% 25.90% 24.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,930 2,255 2,921
10th Percentile £363 £350 £336
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% -0.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 58 95
10th Percentile £19.74 £21.43 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% -12.75% +8.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £50.00
% change year-on-year -46.16% -6.58% +11.11%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -18 33 £650 +27.45% 26
West London -3 17 £208 -44.67% 8
South London -5 6 £750 +30.43% 9
East London -8 1 - - 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 (5.47%) Apache Spark
2 11 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.13%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (1.17%) Apache
6 3 (1.17%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.17%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.78%) IIS
7 2 (0.78%) Luigi
7 2 (0.78%) nginx
7 2 (0.78%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.39%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.78%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.39%) Maximo
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.39%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (45.70%) Azure
2 63 (24.61%) AWS
3 36 (14.06%) GCP
4 23 (8.98%) GitHub
4 23 (8.98%) Power Platform
5 22 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.03%) SaaS
7 16 (6.25%) Serverless
8 15 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (3.91%) IaaS
11 9 (3.52%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.52%) Snowflake
12 8 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.13%) ChatGPT
12 8 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (3.13%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.73%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.73%) Firewall
1 7 (2.73%) Network Security
2 6 (2.34%) VoIP
3 5 (1.95%) CTI
4 4 (1.56%) HTTP
4 4 (1.56%) VPN
5 3 (1.17%) DNS
5 3 (1.17%) SSL
6 2 (0.78%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.78%) SSH
6 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.39%) DHCP
7 1 (0.39%) DMZ
7 1 (0.39%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.39%) Internet
7 1 (0.39%) LAN
7 1 (0.39%) MGCP
7 1 (0.39%) SCCP
7 1 (0.39%) WAN
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (7.03%) Power BI
3 16 (6.25%) Relational Database
4 14 (5.47%) Big Data
4 14 (5.47%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.91%) MySQL
5 10 (3.91%) Tableau
6 9 (3.52%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.73%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.95%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.56%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.56%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.17%) Pinecone
10 3 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (10.94%) Git
2 20 (7.81%) JIRA
3 10 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.73%) Selenium
5 5 (1.95%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.95%) GitLab
5 5 (1.95%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.56%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.56%) Postman
7 3 (1.17%) Hardhat
7 3 (1.17%) MLflow
7 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.78%) Maven
9 1 (0.39%) JUnit
9 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
General
1 121 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 104 (40.63%) Finance
3 73 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (21.09%) Banking
5 18 (7.03%) Investment Banking
6 15 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.47%) Front Office
8 13 (5.08%) Marketing
9 11 (4.30%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.52%) Back Office
10 9 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.34%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.56%) Legal
15 4 (1.56%) Publishing
16 3 (1.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (25.39%) Developer
2 36 (14.06%) Architect
3 26 (10.16%) Analyst
4 21 (8.20%) Senior
5 17 (6.64%) Lead
6 16 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (4.69%) Technical Support
8 11 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.30%) Senior Developer
9 10 (3.91%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.52%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (3.13%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.13%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.13%) Integration Architect
12 7 (2.73%) Data Scientist
12 7 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (2.73%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 6 (2.34%) Business Analyst
14 5 (1.95%) Project Manager
14 5 (1.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.89%) .NET
2 28 (10.94%) REST
3 20 (7.81%) HTML
4 18 (7.03%) RESTful
5 16 (6.25%) CSS
5 16 (6.25%) JSON
6 15 (5.86%) Middleware
6 15 (5.86%) OAuth
6 15 (5.86%) React
6 15 (5.86%) XML
7 14 (5.47%) Kafka
8 12 (4.69%) LangChain
8 12 (4.69%) Node.js
9 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.52%) OAuth2
10 9 (3.52%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.52%) SOAP
11 7 (2.73%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.73%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.34%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.64%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (5.08%) Algorithms
6 11 (4.30%) Derivative
7 9 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (3.13%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.34%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.34%) Fixed Income
10 6 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.34%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.95%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.95%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.95%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.95%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.16%) Linux
2 25 (9.77%) Windows
3 11 (4.30%) Unix
4 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.78%) VMS
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (98.83%) Computer Science
2 125 (48.83%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (40.63%) Agile
4 75 (29.30%) DevOps
5 66 (25.78%) CI/CD
6 46 (17.97%) AI
7 40 (15.63%) Analytics
7 40 (15.63%) Microservices
8 38 (14.84%) Software Engineering
9 33 (12.89%) Decision-Making
10 32 (12.50%) Data Modelling
11 31 (12.11%) Machine Learning
12 30 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (11.33%) ETL
13 29 (11.33%) Roadmaps
14 28 (10.94%) Data Science
15 27 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (10.16%) Containerisation
16 26 (10.16%) Migration
16 26 (10.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 87 (33.98%) Python
2 63 (24.61%) SQL
3 53 (20.70%) Java
4 44 (17.19%) JavaScript
5 29 (11.33%) C#
6 26 (10.16%) TypeScript
7 13 (5.08%) C++
8 8 (3.13%) Perl
8 8 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.73%) R
9 7 (2.73%) Ruby
10 6 (2.34%) Bash
10 6 (2.34%) Bicep
11 5 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.56%) C
12 4 (1.56%) Go
12 4 (1.56%) Rust
12 4 (1.56%) Scala
13 3 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 256 (100.00%) Degree
2 64 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 18 (7.03%) Azure Certification
4 15 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 11 (4.30%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 8 (3.13%) PMP
8 7 (2.73%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.34%) CISSP
10 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.56%) ISEB
10 4 (1.56%) PhD
11 3 (1.17%) CBAP
11 3 (1.17%) CISM
11 3 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.78%) CCSP
12 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.38%) QA
2 17 (6.64%) GDPR
3 14 (5.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.56%) SLA
6 3 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.17%) Basel III
6 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.17%) NIST
7 2 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.78%) GAAP
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
8 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.39%) MiFID
System Software
1 40 (15.63%) Docker
2 14 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 33 (12.89%) Kubernetes
2 24 (9.38%) Terraform
3 10 (3.91%) Grafana
4 6 (2.34%) Ansible
4 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.56%) SCCM
6 3 (1.17%) Argo
6 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.17%) Puppet
7 2 (0.78%) Control-M
7 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.20%) Oracle
3 16 (6.25%) Databricks
4 12 (4.69%) Google
5 10 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.91%) SAP
6 8 (3.13%) Software AG
7 6 (2.34%) IBM
7 6 (2.34%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.95%) Genesys
8 5 (1.95%) Informatica
8 5 (1.95%) Workday
9 4 (1.56%) Cisco
9 4 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.56%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.56%) Splunk
9 4 (1.56%) Tenable
9 4 (1.56%) VMware
10 3 (1.17%) ServiceNow