Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Computer Science Degree
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.17% - 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% - 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £688 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - -78.08%
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £500 £370 £588
% change year-on-year +35.14% -37.02% -10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.25 £82.96 £59.50
% change year-on-year -27.37% +39.43% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 112 76 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 32.84% 50.33% 40.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 42 34
10th Percentile £361 £318 £205
25th Percentile £450 £511 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -9.98%
75th Percentile £614 £705 £622
90th Percentile £650 £831 £643
South West median daily rate £529 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.82% - -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.51 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% -43.05% -35.00%
75th Percentile £38.75 - £40.00
90th Percentile £57.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.26% -11.54% -

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Somerset

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Taunton - 2 - - 1
Street - 1 £725 -
Computer Science Degree
South West

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Telepresence
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) React Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) Dapper ORM
1 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) Information Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft