Computer Science Contracts in London

Computer Science
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 84 139
Rank change year-on-year +27 +55 -34
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 647 809 815
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.65% 2.99% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 3.28% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 576 547
10th Percentile £350 £413 £409
25th Percentile £425 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £763 £750
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 11 27
10th Percentile £38.75 £26.25 £31.90
25th Percentile £42.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £55.94
90th Percentile £81.25 £83.75 £62.05
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.41% +11.97% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +14 86 £565 -22.07% 66
West London +21 15 £475 +10.14% 28
South London +14 7 £365 -27.00% 4
East London -2 5 £748 +45.85% 18
North London +3 2 £100 - 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.39%) Confluence
5 6 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.77%) SAS
7 4 (0.62%) Apache
7 4 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.62%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.46%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.46%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.31%) CMS
9 2 (0.31%) GemFire
9 2 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.93%) Simulink
5 6 (0.93%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.46%) Windchill
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.15%) Blender
8 1 (0.15%) Houdini
8 1 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.55%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) ENOVIA
5 2 (0.31%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Endur
6 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 162 (25.04%) Azure
2 113 (17.47%) AWS
3 78 (12.06%) GCP
4 44 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.02%) GitHub
6 26 (4.02%) Serverless
7 22 (3.40%) Power Platform
8 21 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.32%) SaaS
10 15 (2.32%) Vertex AI
11 14 (2.16%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.01%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.55%) Google Compute Engine
15 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (1.39%) PaaS
15 9 (1.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.25%) Internet
2 20 (3.09%) Firewall
3 18 (2.78%) DNS
4 15 (2.32%) Network Security
5 11 (1.70%) VPN
6 9 (1.39%) HTTP
6 9 (1.39%) LAN
6 9 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.08%) SSH
8 6 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.93%) WAN
8 6 (0.93%) Wireless
9 5 (0.77%) DHCP
9 5 (0.77%) OSPF
9 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.62%) HSRP
10 4 (0.62%) IPsec
10 4 (0.62%) Skype
10 4 (0.62%) SSL
10 4 (0.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 39 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (5.10%) Big Data
3 33 (5.10%) Relational Database
4 28 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.55%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.47%) BigQuery
6 16 (2.47%) Power BI
6 16 (2.47%) Tableau
7 15 (2.32%) Hadoop
8 13 (2.01%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.70%) KDB
9 11 (1.70%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.55%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.39%) MySQL
12 8 (1.24%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.93%) Metadata
15 5 (0.77%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 47 (7.26%) Git
2 38 (5.87%) Jenkins
3 26 (4.02%) JIRA
4 19 (2.94%) GitLab
5 11 (1.70%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.24%) Gradle
7 7 (1.08%) ERwin
8 6 (0.93%) JUnit
9 5 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.77%) MLflow
9 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.62%) git-flow
10 4 (0.62%) Postman
10 4 (0.62%) Sourcetree
10 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.46%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.46%) Maven
11 3 (0.46%) Selenium
11 3 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 348 (53.79%) Social Skills
2 182 (28.13%) Finance
3 135 (20.87%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.13%) Banking
5 52 (8.04%) Front Office
6 32 (4.95%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.02%) Marketing
8 21 (3.25%) Legal
8 21 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.09%) Investment Banking
10 15 (2.32%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.85%) Retail
13 10 (1.55%) Advertising
13 10 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.08%) Automotive
15 7 (1.08%) Games
16 6 (0.93%) Back Office
16 6 (0.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 157 (24.27%) Developer
2 89 (13.76%) Architect
3 80 (12.36%) Senior
4 41 (6.34%) Java Developer
4 41 (6.34%) Software Engineer
5 34 (5.26%) Lead
6 31 (4.79%) Analyst
7 28 (4.33%) Consultant
8 26 (4.02%) Data Engineer
8 26 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
9 25 (3.86%) Python Developer
10 23 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (3.25%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (2.78%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.32%) Data Scientist
15 14 (2.16%) Quantitative Developer
15 14 (2.16%) Senior Architect
16 13 (2.01%) Security Engineer
17 12 (1.85%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.11%) CSS
2 42 (6.49%) HTML
3 40 (6.18%) .NET
4 32 (4.95%) React
5 28 (4.33%) REST
6 20 (3.09%) JSON
6 20 (3.09%) Kafka
6 20 (3.09%) RESTful
7 19 (2.94%) Spring
8 17 (2.63%) Pandas
9 15 (2.32%) Node.js
9 15 (2.32%) NumPy
10 14 (2.16%) Django
11 12 (1.85%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.70%) Swagger
13 10 (1.55%) .NET Core
13 10 (1.55%) jQuery
14 9 (1.39%) Hibernate
14 9 (1.39%) RAML
14 9 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.59%) Algorithms
2 57 (8.81%) Management Information System
3 43 (6.65%) Derivative
4 36 (5.56%) Data Structures
5 30 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.17%) Fixed Income
7 22 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 20 (3.09%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.78%) Mobile App
10 16 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (2.47%) Equities
10 16 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (2.16%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.70%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.55%) Blockchain
13 10 (1.55%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.65%) Linux
2 33 (5.10%) Windows
3 17 (2.63%) Android
3 17 (2.63%) Unix
4 12 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.39%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.93%) Solaris
7 5 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.77%) VMS
8 4 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.15%) OS/390
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (35.86%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (27.98%) Agile
3 101 (15.61%) CI/CD
4 99 (15.30%) DevOps
4 99 (15.30%) Software Engineering
5 88 (13.60%) Analytics
6 80 (12.36%) Machine Learning
7 79 (12.21%) Mathematics
8 72 (11.13%) Data Science
9 69 (10.66%) Data Modelling
10 64 (9.89%) Migration
11 55 (8.50%) Artificial Intelligence
11 55 (8.50%) Project Management
12 49 (7.57%) Test Automation
13 47 (7.26%) Data Analysis
14 43 (6.65%) Microservices
15 42 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (6.49%) Decision-Making
15 42 (6.49%) Mentoring
15 42 (6.49%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 186 (28.75%) Python
2 159 (24.57%) SQL
3 125 (19.32%) Java
4 64 (9.89%) JavaScript
5 61 (9.43%) C#
6 48 (7.42%) C++
7 31 (4.79%) PowerShell
8 25 (3.86%) TypeScript
9 23 (3.55%) Bash
10 17 (2.63%) Scala
11 15 (2.32%) Rust
12 13 (2.01%) Go
13 12 (1.85%) C
13 12 (1.85%) Kotlin
14 10 (1.55%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.55%) R
15 9 (1.39%) Perl
16 8 (1.24%) MATLAB
17 7 (1.08%) VBA
18 6 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 578 (89.34%) Degree
2 396 (61.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (19.32%) Master's Degree
4 51 (7.88%) Security Cleared
5 44 (6.80%) SC Cleared
6 35 (5.41%) PhD
7 23 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (3.09%) CISSP
9 19 (2.94%) Azure Certification
10 17 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.70%) CCNA
12 11 (1.70%) CCNP
12 11 (1.70%) CEH
12 11 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.55%) CCIE
14 9 (1.39%) GIAC
14 9 (1.39%) PMI Certification
14 9 (1.39%) PMP
15 8 (1.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.11%) QA
2 38 (5.87%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.01%) NIST
4 11 (1.70%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.70%) SLA
5 7 (1.08%) MiFID
6 6 (0.93%) GDPR
6 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.77%) COBIT
7 5 (0.77%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.62%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.62%) GRC
9 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 27 (4.17%) Docker
2 16 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.77%) KVM
6 4 (0.62%) NFS
6 4 (0.62%) vCloud
6 4 (0.62%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (6.80%) Terraform
2 41 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.55%) Ansible
4 9 (1.39%) PingFederate
5 6 (0.93%) Grafana
5 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.62%) Nessus
6 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.62%) SCCM
6 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.46%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.46%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.15%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.50%) Oracle
3 30 (4.64%) Google
4 23 (3.55%) Cisco
5 21 (3.25%) Databricks
5 21 (3.25%) SAP
6 20 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.78%) VMware
8 11 (1.70%) Foundry
8 11 (1.70%) Palantir
9 10 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.39%) ION Trading
11 7 (1.08%) Arista
12 6 (0.93%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.93%) IBM
12 6 (0.93%) Juniper
13 5 (0.77%) Citrix
13 5 (0.77%) Genesys
13 5 (0.77%) Qualys
13 5 (0.77%) Red Hat