Computer Science Degree Contracts in the North West

Computer Science Degree
England > North West

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 152 170
Rank change year-on-year +38 +18 -46
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 23 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.85% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.81% 1.12% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 8
10th Percentile - £200 £427
25th Percentile £158 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £475 £603
Median % change year-on-year -65.26% -21.16% +33.89%
75th Percentile £523 £524 £639
90th Percentile £575 £597 £688
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.22 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £48.56 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% - -
75th Percentile £51.91 £65.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £54.44 £48.50
% change year-on-year +3.33% +12.24% +27.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 819 980 914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.24% 30.91% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 666 599
10th Percentile £268 £325 £263
25th Percentile £415 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% +1.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 67 64
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.75 £17.19
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £39.61
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +0.98% -5.12%
75th Percentile £40.65 £52.56 £53.26
90th Percentile £70.83 £68.20 £64.32
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -23.81% +38.16% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the North West

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Cheshire +17 15 £165 -71.30% 8
Manchester +16 5 £525 +10.53% 43
Cumbria - 2 - - 1
Merseyside +12 1 £550 +18.28% 5
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP Retail
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 5 (21.74%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) BGP
1 4 (17.39%) MPLS
1 4 (17.39%) OSPF
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 4 (17.39%) Value-Added Service
1 4 (17.39%) VLAN
1 4 (17.39%) VPN
1 4 (17.39%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) BigQuery
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Author
1 8 (34.78%) Technical Author
2 5 (21.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) PLC Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Cutover Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) GCP Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) GCP Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Low-Code Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Power Apps Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Architect
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Cutover Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Release Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
1 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (4.35%) Middleware
1 1 (4.35%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) IoT
1 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (39.13%) SDLC
4 8 (34.78%) Content Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Change Management
5 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (17.39%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
7 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Engineering
7 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.70%) DevOps
7 2 (8.70%) ETL
7 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
8 1 (4.35%) Analytical Thinking
8 1 (4.35%) Creative Thinking
8 1 (4.35%) Data Science
8 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Automation
8 1 (4.35%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) Apex Code
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
2 1 (4.35%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) CCIE
2 4 (17.39%) CCNP
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) VCAP
3 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
3 4 (17.39%) LogicMonitor
3 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.35%) SAP