Computer Science Degree Contracts in London

Computer Science Degree
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 182 292
Rank change year-on-year +79 +110 -43
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 402 380 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.30% 1.47% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.69% 6.76% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 299 265
10th Percentile £325 £400 £401
25th Percentile £413 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £681 £800 £713
90th Percentile £813 £900 £875
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 6
10th Percentile - £23.23 £30.38
25th Percentile £38.75 £28.06 £33.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £42.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -1.18% -2.30%
75th Percentile £78.75 £61.25 £52.97
90th Percentile £83.75 £74.75 £58.06
England median hourly rate £55.63 £54.44 £47.50
% change year-on-year +2.19% +14.60% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,148 5,621 6,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.76% 21.69% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,816 3,807 4,580
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 79 149
10th Percentile £14.17 £19.88 £24.35
25th Percentile £19.74 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +6.74% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.00 £64.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.25 £84.50 £65.93
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.26
% change year-on-year -23.81% +30.42% +4.56%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in London

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

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 15 May 2024. 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 +30 53 £570 -21.38% 43
West London +26 12 £475 +10.14% 13
South London +12 7 £365 -27.00% 6
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.99%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.75%) Apache
5 3 (0.75%) CMS
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.50%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.50%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.50%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) CICS
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.24%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.74%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.75%) Windchill
4 1 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (1.00%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.75%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.75%) ENOVIA
3 2 (0.50%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.25%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 106 (26.37%) Azure
2 91 (22.64%) AWS
3 60 (14.93%) GCP
4 23 (5.72%) Serverless
5 21 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 20 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.23%) GitHub
8 16 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (3.23%) Vertex AI
10 11 (2.74%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (2.49%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.49%) Google Compute Engine
12 9 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (2.24%) SaaS
13 8 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.73%) Firewall
2 14 (3.48%) Network Security
3 9 (2.24%) DNS
3 9 (2.24%) Internet
4 8 (1.99%) LAN
5 6 (1.49%) WAN
6 5 (1.24%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.24%) VPN
7 4 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.00%) VoIP
8 3 (0.75%) CTI
8 3 (0.75%) SNMP
8 3 (0.75%) SSH
8 3 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.50%) DWDM
9 2 (0.50%) HTTP
9 2 (0.50%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.50%) OSPF
9 2 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.71%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (5.22%) Relational Database
3 18 (4.48%) BigQuery
3 18 (4.48%) Power BI
4 14 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.48%) Tableau
5 11 (2.74%) Big Data
6 10 (2.49%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.49%) MySQL
7 9 (2.24%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.99%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.49%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.49%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.24%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.24%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.00%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 42 (10.45%) Git
2 25 (6.22%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.48%) JIRA
4 13 (3.23%) GitLab
5 9 (2.24%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.74%) Gradle
7 5 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.24%) JUnit
7 5 (1.24%) MLflow
8 4 (1.00%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.00%) Sourcetree
8 4 (1.00%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.75%) ERwin
9 3 (0.75%) Maven
9 3 (0.75%) Selenium
10 2 (0.50%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.50%) Xcode
General
1 249 (61.94%) Social Skills
2 108 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (24.13%) Finance
4 47 (11.69%) Banking
5 20 (4.98%) Front Office
6 17 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.74%) Legal
9 11 (2.74%) Marketing
10 10 (2.49%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.24%) Retail
12 8 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.00%) Advertising
13 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.00%) Billing
13 4 (1.00%) Games
14 3 (0.75%) French Language
Job Titles
1 81 (20.15%) Developer
2 62 (15.42%) Architect
3 31 (7.71%) Senior
4 28 (6.97%) Lead
5 23 (5.72%) Software Engineer
6 20 (4.98%) Consultant
7 19 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (4.73%) Java Developer
8 16 (3.98%) Data Engineer
8 16 (3.98%) Security Engineer
9 15 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.48%) Analyst
10 14 (3.48%) Network Engineer
11 13 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.23%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (2.74%) GCP Engineer
12 11 (2.74%) Java Engineer
13 10 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (2.49%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.96%) CSS
2 29 (7.21%) HTML
3 23 (5.72%) React
4 22 (5.47%) .NET
5 21 (5.22%) REST
6 17 (4.23%) RESTful
6 17 (4.23%) Spring
7 12 (2.99%) AngularJS
7 12 (2.99%) JSON
7 12 (2.99%) Web Services
8 10 (2.49%) Swagger
9 9 (2.24%) ASP.NET
9 9 (2.24%) Hibernate
9 9 (2.24%) jQuery
9 9 (2.24%) Kafka
9 9 (2.24%) RAML
10 8 (1.99%) Node.js
10 8 (1.99%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.99%) XML
11 7 (1.74%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.20%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.21%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.47%) Data Centre
4 21 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (4.73%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.73%) Derivative
6 14 (3.48%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.23%) Fixed Income
8 12 (2.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (2.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (2.74%) Virtual Team
10 9 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (2.24%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.99%) Blockchain
11 8 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.99%) Legacy Code
12 7 (1.74%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.74%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.74%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.49%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.71%) Linux
2 20 (4.98%) Windows
3 11 (2.74%) Android
3 11 (2.74%) Unix
4 6 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.49%) Solaris
4 6 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.24%) VMS
6 4 (1.00%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.25%) OS/390
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (99.00%) Computer Science
2 185 (46.02%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (30.10%) Agile
4 70 (17.41%) DevOps
5 67 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 53 (13.18%) Software Engineering
7 45 (11.19%) Analytics
8 43 (10.70%) Machine Learning
9 42 (10.45%) Data Modelling
10 41 (10.20%) Migration
11 40 (9.95%) Project Management
12 39 (9.70%) Data Science
13 36 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
14 34 (8.46%) Microservices
15 33 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
16 32 (7.96%) Mathematics
17 31 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
17 31 (7.71%) Code Quality
18 29 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
19 28 (6.97%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 104 (25.87%) Python
2 85 (21.14%) SQL
3 67 (16.67%) Java
4 49 (12.19%) JavaScript
5 28 (6.97%) C#
6 24 (5.97%) C++
7 23 (5.72%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.47%) Bash
9 21 (5.22%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.99%) Scala
11 10 (2.49%) C
11 10 (2.49%) R
12 9 (2.24%) Go
12 9 (2.24%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.74%) Perl
13 7 (1.74%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.49%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.24%) Bicep
16 3 (0.75%) Rust
16 3 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 402 (100.00%) Degree
2 73 (18.16%) Master's Degree
3 45 (11.19%) Security Cleared
4 39 (9.70%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.22%) CISSP
6 16 (3.98%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.23%) PhD
8 12 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (2.74%) CEH
9 11 (2.74%) CISM
10 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.99%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.99%) CCIE
11 8 (1.99%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (1.74%) CCNA
13 6 (1.49%) CCNP
14 5 (1.24%) CISA
14 5 (1.24%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.46%) QA
2 21 (5.22%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.49%) NIST
5 4 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.00%) SLA
6 3 (0.75%) GDPR
6 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.50%) MiFID
7 2 (0.50%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (5.47%) Docker
2 13 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.24%) KVM
4 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.00%) vCloud
5 4 (1.00%) vSphere
6 3 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (9.70%) Terraform
2 27 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.49%) Ansible
4 8 (1.99%) PingFederate
5 6 (1.49%) Grafana
5 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.00%) SCCM
7 3 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.50%) Nessus
8 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.50%) Puppet
8 2 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.25%) Nagios
9 1 (0.25%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.70%) Oracle
3 23 (5.72%) Google
4 19 (4.73%) Cisco
5 17 (4.23%) VMware
6 14 (3.48%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.99%) Databricks
7 12 (2.99%) SAP
8 10 (2.49%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.74%) Arista
9 7 (1.74%) Genesys
9 7 (1.74%) IBM
10 6 (1.49%) Foundry
10 6 (1.49%) Juniper
10 6 (1.49%) Palantir
10 6 (1.49%) Qualys
11 5 (1.24%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.24%) Sparx
12 4 (1.00%) ION Trading