Computer Science Contracts in London

Computer Science
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 57 81
Rank change year-on-year -12 +24 +40
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 467 689 757
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.72% 3.91% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 4.43% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 449 535
10th Percentile £361 £325 £379
25th Percentile £436 £413 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £750
90th Percentile £825 £825 £900
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 36 10
10th Percentile - £38.75 £27.00
25th Percentile £29.07 £42.00 £35.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -6.38% +29.12%
75th Percentile £65.38 £69.69 £78.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £81.25 £84.38
England median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,586 15,540 22,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.34% 88.29% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,766 11,085 16,505
10th Percentile £338 £343 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 312 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -26.72% +9.63%
75th Percentile £50.25 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £82.50
England median hourly rate £26.45 £37.75 £35.03
% change year-on-year -29.93% +7.76% +36.41%

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 23 June 2025.

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 23 June 2025.

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 23 June 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 -18 64 £625 +10.62% 535
West London +13 14 £400 -15.79% 115
South London 0 5 £725 +24.46% 13
East London +13 4 £658 -7.71% 196
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 38 (8.14%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.71%) GemFire
2 8 (1.71%) Oracle Coherence
3 7 (1.50%) Confluence
4 6 (1.28%) CMS
4 6 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.64%) Apache
6 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.43%) SAS
7 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Appian
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.28%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.21%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.21%) InVision
7 1 (0.21%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.00%) FLEXCUBE
1 14 (3.00%) Oracle BPM
2 6 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Actimize
3 2 (0.43%) Endur
3 2 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.21%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 113 (24.20%) Azure
2 107 (22.91%) AWS
3 31 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (6.42%) GCP
5 26 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 20 (4.28%) GitHub
7 17 (3.64%) SaaS
8 16 (3.43%) Amazon S3
9 12 (2.57%) OCI
10 10 (2.14%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.93%) PaaS
11 9 (1.93%) Serverless
12 7 (1.50%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (1.07%) Amazon Kinesis
14 5 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.64%) Firewall
2 22 (4.71%) TCP/IP
3 17 (3.64%) VPN
4 15 (3.21%) Network Security
5 12 (2.57%) DNS
6 7 (1.50%) HTTP
6 7 (1.50%) WAN
7 6 (1.28%) LAN
7 6 (1.28%) Wireless
8 5 (1.07%) BGP
8 5 (1.07%) Internet
8 5 (1.07%) OSPF
9 4 (0.86%) DHCP
9 4 (0.86%) LTE
9 4 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.86%) WLAN
10 3 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 3 (0.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 3 (0.64%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (5.35%) Power BI
2 25 (5.35%) Relational Database
3 24 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (3.64%) Hadoop
4 17 (3.64%) Redis
5 16 (3.43%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.78%) Tableau
7 12 (2.57%) Big Data
7 12 (2.57%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.14%) Apache Hive
8 10 (2.14%) KDB
9 7 (1.50%) MySQL
9 7 (1.50%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.50%) Oracle ODI
9 7 (1.50%) Power Query
9 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.28%) DB2
10 6 (1.28%) Metadata
10 6 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 34 (7.28%) Git
2 31 (6.64%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.71%) JIRA
4 11 (2.36%) Selenium
5 10 (2.14%) GitLab
5 10 (2.14%) JUnit
6 9 (1.93%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.71%) Gradle
8 6 (1.28%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.07%) Maven
9 5 (1.07%) MLflow
9 5 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.86%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.86%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.86%) git-flow
11 3 (0.64%) Appium
11 3 (0.64%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.64%) Toad
12 2 (0.43%) Postman
General
1 250 (53.53%) Social Skills
2 199 (42.61%) Finance
3 167 (35.76%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (19.49%) Banking
5 43 (9.21%) Front Office
5 43 (9.21%) Investment Banking
6 23 (4.93%) Financial Institution
7 19 (4.07%) Marketing
8 17 (3.64%) Military
8 17 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.57%) Legal
11 11 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.71%) Back Office
12 8 (1.71%) Retail
12 8 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.07%) Electronics
13 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 148 (31.69%) Developer
2 67 (14.35%) Senior
3 40 (8.57%) Lead
4 39 (8.35%) Java Developer
5 38 (8.14%) Architect
6 37 (7.92%) Analyst
7 25 (5.35%) Python Developer
7 25 (5.35%) Software Engineer
8 23 (4.93%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.07%) Data Scientist
10 17 (3.64%) C# Developer
11 15 (3.21%) Lead Developer
11 15 (3.21%) Lead Java Developer
12 14 (3.00%) Java Engineer
13 13 (2.78%) Consultant
13 13 (2.78%) Data Engineer
13 13 (2.78%) Network Engineer
14 12 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.36%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 11 (2.36%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.14%) .NET
2 30 (6.42%) Kafka
3 27 (5.78%) REST
4 25 (5.35%) CSS
5 24 (5.14%) HTML
6 19 (4.07%) Pandas
6 19 (4.07%) Spring
7 17 (3.64%) ActiveMQ
8 16 (3.43%) AngularJS
8 16 (3.43%) React
9 15 (3.21%) Middleware
9 15 (3.21%) PySpark
9 15 (3.21%) TensorFlow
10 14 (3.00%) Web Services
11 11 (2.36%) Node.js
11 11 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
12 10 (2.14%) ASP.NET
13 9 (1.93%) NumPy
13 9 (1.93%) PyTorch
14 8 (1.71%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.57%) Algorithms
2 38 (8.14%) Management Information System
3 36 (7.71%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (4.50%) Product Ownership
6 19 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.64%) Distributed Computing
7 17 (3.64%) Fixed Income
8 16 (3.43%) Derivative
9 14 (3.00%) Virtual Team
10 13 (2.78%) Mobile App
11 12 (2.57%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (2.14%) Hedge funds
14 9 (1.93%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.93%) Credit Risk
14 9 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.71%) Market Risk
16 7 (1.50%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 45 (9.64%) Linux
2 19 (4.07%) Windows
3 10 (2.14%) Unix
4 8 (1.71%) Android
4 8 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.86%) AIX
5 4 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Solaris
7 2 (0.43%) SUSE
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.21%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (44.11%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (34.26%) Agile
3 102 (21.84%) DevOps
4 81 (17.34%) Software Engineering
5 75 (16.06%) Mathematics
6 70 (14.99%) CI/CD
7 62 (13.28%) Data Science
8 57 (12.21%) Analytics
8 57 (12.21%) Machine Learning
9 44 (9.42%) TDD
10 43 (9.21%) Risk Management
11 42 (8.99%) Data Modelling
11 42 (8.99%) Project Management
12 41 (8.78%) Artificial Intelligence
12 41 (8.78%) Roadmaps
13 40 (8.57%) Migration
13 40 (8.57%) Scrum
14 39 (8.35%) Mentoring
15 37 (7.92%) Test Automation
16 35 (7.49%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 168 (35.97%) Python
2 137 (29.34%) Java
3 133 (28.48%) SQL
4 47 (10.06%) JavaScript
5 41 (8.78%) C++
6 31 (6.64%) C#
7 22 (4.71%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.50%) PL/SQL
9 20 (4.28%) Bash
10 13 (2.78%) R
11 10 (2.14%) C
11 10 (2.14%) Perl
12 9 (1.93%) Haskell
12 9 (1.93%) PHP
12 9 (1.93%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.71%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.50%) Apex Code
14 7 (1.50%) Ruby
15 6 (1.28%) VBA
16 5 (1.07%) F#
Qualifications
1 416 (89.08%) Degree
2 252 (53.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (14.35%) Master's Degree
4 36 (7.71%) Security Cleared
5 31 (6.64%) SC Cleared
6 30 (6.42%) PhD
7 29 (6.21%) Numerate Degree
8 22 (4.71%) CISSP
9 19 (4.07%) AWS Certification
10 18 (3.85%) PMI Certification
11 16 (3.43%) CISM
11 16 (3.43%) PMP
12 15 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (3.00%) Azure Certification
14 13 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (2.36%) CCNA
16 10 (2.14%) CRISC
17 8 (1.71%) CCNP
18 6 (1.28%) CBAP
18 6 (1.28%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.21%) QA
3 20 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.07%) NIST
5 16 (3.43%) GDPR
6 15 (3.21%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 5 (1.07%) MiFID
9 5 (1.07%) PMO
10 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.86%) SLA
10 4 (0.86%) WCAG
11 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.64%) GRC
11 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.43%) NCSC
12 2 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 34 (7.28%) Docker
2 14 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.71%) GridGain
4 4 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.43%) iptables
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.21%) XenApp
6 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (9.64%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.21%) Terraform
3 21 (4.50%) Ansible
4 6 (1.28%) Progress Chef
4 6 (1.28%) Puppet
5 4 (0.86%) Grafana
5 4 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.64%) Control-M
6 3 (0.64%) Istio
6 3 (0.64%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.64%) Rundeck
6 3 (0.64%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) Argo
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.43%) QRadar
7 2 (0.43%) SELinux
7 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 57 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.35%) Oracle
3 21 (4.50%) Google
4 19 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.21%) Cisco
6 14 (3.00%) SAP
6 14 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.14%) IBM
8 5 (1.07%) Databricks
8 5 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.07%) Juniper
8 5 (1.07%) Meraki
8 5 (1.07%) OutSystems
8 5 (1.07%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.86%) Aruba
9 4 (0.86%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.86%) Informatica
9 4 (0.86%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.86%) Splunk
9 4 (0.86%) YouTube