Computer Science Contract Job Trends in the North East

Computer Science
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +35
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.90% 3.97% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 4.30% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £218 £405 -
25th Percentile £295 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -29.17% +60.00%
75th Percentile £513 £438 -
90th Percentile £535 £445 -
England median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 288 256 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 85.97% 92.42% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 101 151
10th Percentile £170 £310 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £600 £688 £650
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 33 13
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £29.77 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% -6.97% +82.86%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £54.00 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the North East

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the North East over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the North East

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Tyne and Wear -18 2 £324 -28.06% 29
Northumberland - 1 £550 -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) OpenAPI
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Swagger
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) VMware