Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Computer Science
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 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 23 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.20% 4.44% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 5.26% 1.68%
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 - - -
South East median daily rate £318 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -36.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £32.32
South East median hourly rate £28.50 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +168.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 76 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 83.73% 84.44% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 46 119
10th Percentile £200 £248 £143
25th Percentile £306 £406 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -8.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £628 £638 £623
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 26
10th Percentile £15.62 £44.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.54 £47.50 £16.15
Median hourly rate £20.18 £55.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.31% +182.05% -25.00%
75th Percentile £24.68 £62.50 £26.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £65.50 £41.88
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +5.56%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Oxford -3 1 £450 -35.71% 11
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto