Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Computer Science
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 2.00% 6.90% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £700 -
% change year-on-year -35.71% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 22 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 86.00% 75.86% 82.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 16 56
10th Percentile £257 £244 £207
25th Percentile £372 £459 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £419
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +25.37% -6.94%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £550
90th Percentile £639 £681 £655
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 £42.50 -
Median hourly rate £16.71 £45.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.88% +246.15% -48.00%
75th Percentile £21.47 £47.50 £14.86
90th Percentile £23.68 - £20.74
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £20.18 £55.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -63.31% +182.05% -25.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Oxford

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto