Computer Science Degree Contracts in the South East

Computer Science Degree
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 174 172
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 -19
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 62 52 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.12% 0.89% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 2.38% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 32 41
10th Percentile £263 £365 £157
25th Percentile £338 £422 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £433
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +15.61% -1.70%
75th Percentile £623 £541 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £27.05 £21.40 £19.88
25th Percentile £43.63 £34.00 £25.81
Median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% +28.73% +25.64%
75th Percentile £76.88 £62.50 £43.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £56.98
England median hourly rate £56.25 £54.44 £48.50
% change year-on-year +3.33% +12.24% +32.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,476 2,182 2,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.81% 37.43% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,400 1,441 1,585
10th Percentile £313 £300 £299
25th Percentile £439 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £735 £713 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 144 85
10th Percentile £17.52 £21.30 £19.06
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.32 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +28.81% +11.25%
75th Percentile £67.02 £69.06 £56.03
90th Percentile £85.41 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the South East

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley -13 18 £425 -14.57% 48
West Sussex +17 14 £355 -16.47% 6
Berkshire -26 14 £475 -5.00% 32
Hampshire +9 12 £500 -17.70% 17
Surrey +16 10 £600 +20.00% 17
Middlesex - 4 £275 - 1
Buckinghamshire +27 2 £250 - 7
Oxfordshire +3 2 £425 +63.46% 9
Sussex - 1 £350 -
Home Counties - 1 £475 -
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.23%) Apache
1 2 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 11 (17.74%) AWS
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.45%) GitHub
4 4 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.84%) IaaS
5 3 (4.84%) PaaS
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.23%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.61%) SaaS
7 1 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) DNS
2 6 (9.68%) Firewall
3 4 (6.45%) 3G
3 4 (6.45%) 4G
3 4 (6.45%) 5G
3 4 (6.45%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (6.45%) GGSN
3 4 (6.45%) LTE
3 4 (6.45%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (6.45%) RANAP
3 4 (6.45%) SGSN
3 4 (6.45%) VoLTE
3 4 (6.45%) Wireshark
4 3 (4.84%) DHCP
4 3 (4.84%) Network Security
4 3 (4.84%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (3.23%) DMZ
5 2 (3.23%) SSL
5 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.84%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (3.23%) Couchbase
3 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.61%) MySQL
4 1 (1.61%) Power BI
4 1 (1.61%) QlikView
4 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Git
1 11 (17.74%) Jenkins
2 8 (12.90%) JIRA
3 3 (4.84%) Bitbucket
3 3 (4.84%) GitLab
3 3 (4.84%) Subversion
4 2 (3.23%) CircleCI
4 2 (3.23%) Gradle
4 2 (3.23%) JUnit
4 2 (3.23%) Selenium
5 1 (1.61%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.61%) JMeter
5 1 (1.61%) Maven
5 1 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.61%) TestNG
5 1 (1.61%) TestRail
5 1 (1.61%) Travis CI
5 1 (1.61%) Valgrind
5 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 6 (9.68%) Retail
6 5 (8.06%) Legal
6 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Electronics
7 4 (6.45%) Multimedia
8 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Automotive
10 1 (1.61%) Banking
10 1 (1.61%) German Language
10 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.61%) Marketing
10 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (12.90%) Software Engineer
2 7 (11.29%) Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Network Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Senior
3 5 (8.06%) Service Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Service Management Analyst
4 4 (6.45%) Python Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Android Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Developer
5 3 (4.84%) Graphics Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (4.84%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Architect
6 2 (3.23%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Environment Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) REST
2 5 (8.06%) DirectX
2 5 (8.06%) Kafka
2 5 (8.06%) OpenGL
2 5 (8.06%) OpenGL ES
2 5 (8.06%) Vulkan
3 4 (6.45%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.84%) GraphQL
4 3 (4.84%) gRPC
4 3 (4.84%) JSON
4 3 (4.84%) PyTorch
4 3 (4.84%) RESTful
4 3 (4.84%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.23%) .NET
5 2 (3.23%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.23%) CSS
5 2 (3.23%) HTML
5 2 (3.23%) React
5 2 (3.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) CMDB
3 4 (6.45%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.84%) Photography
5 2 (3.23%) Animation
5 2 (3.23%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.23%) Legacy Code
5 2 (3.23%) Life Science
5 2 (3.23%) Mixed Reality
5 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.61%) PKI
6 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.35%) Windows
2 9 (14.52%) Linux
3 8 (12.90%) Android
4 6 (9.68%) Windows Server
5 4 (6.45%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.61%) VMS
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 23 (37.10%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (20.97%) Agile
3 13 (20.97%) Software Engineering
4 12 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (17.74%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (14.52%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.52%) Kanban
6 9 (14.52%) Scrum
7 8 (12.90%) DevOps
7 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
8 7 (11.29%) CI/CD
8 7 (11.29%) Microservices
8 7 (11.29%) Roadmaps
9 6 (9.68%) Customer Experience
9 6 (9.68%) Machine Learning
9 6 (9.68%) Network Architecture
9 6 (9.68%) Software Testing
9 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.68%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.03%) Python
2 8 (12.90%) C#
3 7 (11.29%) C++
3 7 (11.29%) Java
4 6 (9.68%) Go
5 5 (8.06%) Bash
5 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.84%) Kotlin
6 3 (4.84%) Perl
7 2 (3.23%) GLSL
7 2 (3.23%) HLSL
7 2 (3.23%) SQL
8 1 (1.61%) C
8 1 (1.61%) R
8 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) Master's Degree
3 6 (9.68%) Azure Certification
4 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) CCNA
5 4 (6.45%) CCNP
5 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.23%) PhD
7 2 (3.23%) VCAP
7 2 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.61%) CCDP
8 1 (1.61%) CISA
8 1 (1.61%) CISM
8 1 (1.61%) CISSP
8 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.61%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 2 (3.23%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) HL7
3 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.68%) Docker
2 6 (9.68%) vSphere
3 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.23%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) Ansible
2 2 (3.23%) vRealize
2 2 (3.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.61%) Nessus
3 1 (1.61%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
3 1 (1.61%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) VMware
3 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.45%) Empirix
4 4 (6.45%) NetScout
5 3 (4.84%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (4.84%) Juniper
5 3 (4.84%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.23%) F5
6 2 (3.23%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.23%) SAP
6 2 (3.23%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.61%) Cisco
7 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.61%) Google
7 1 (1.61%) Oracle
7 1 (1.61%) Qualys
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.61%) Workday