Computer Science Contract Job Trends in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 107 87
Rank change year-on-year +47 -20 +67
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 143 72 130
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.61% 1.75% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 2.06% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 46 80
10th Percentile £170 £169 £208
25th Percentile £186 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £537 £525 £588
90th Percentile £600 £575 £673
England median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile £76.59 £21.64 £39.39
25th Percentile £84.97 £23.93 £50.00
Median hourly rate £89.63 £28.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +214.49% -48.18% +22.51%
75th Percentile - £45.88 £72.50
90th Percentile - £55.85 £79.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £52.50 £61.75
% change year-on-year -17.14% -14.98% +12.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,478 3,488 4,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.87% 84.95% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,212 2,134 3,120
10th Percentile £219 £260 £218
25th Percentile £385 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £662 £688 £695
England median daily rate £508 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 168 246
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.97 £16.33
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.69 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.52 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.00% +9.56% +20.03%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.39
90th Percentile £69.02 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +27.14%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the South East

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Computer Science

Computer Science
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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 +39 55 £419 -17.89% 96
Berkshire +29 37 £425 -18.27% 39
Hampshire +27 32 £223 -51.10% 67
East Sussex +15 23 £360 -10.00% 7
Surrey -16 17 £215 -52.22% 43
Buckinghamshire +15 12 £335 -27.57% 24
West Sussex 0 12 £283 -52.83% 11
Oxfordshire -9 6 - - 36
Kent - 3 £193 - 20
Home Counties - 1 - -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.50%) Confluence
1 5 (3.50%) Smallworld
2 4 (2.80%) GeoServer
3 3 (2.10%) Apache
3 3 (2.10%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.40%) Camunda
4 2 (1.40%) JBoss
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.40%) nginx
5 1 (0.70%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.70%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.40%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.38%) AWS
1 22 (15.38%) Azure
2 9 (6.29%) GCP
2 9 (6.29%) GitHub
3 5 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (2.80%) Amazon S3
4 4 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.80%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.80%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (2.10%) Serverless
6 2 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.40%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (1.40%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.40%) IaaS
6 2 (1.40%) SaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Collibra
7 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.59%) Wireless
2 7 (4.90%) Firewall
3 6 (4.20%) Network Security
3 6 (4.20%) VoIP
3 6 (4.20%) VPN
4 5 (3.50%) DNS
4 5 (3.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.80%) 5G
5 4 (2.80%) DHCP
6 3 (2.10%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (1.40%) 4G
7 2 (1.40%) DOCSIS
7 2 (1.40%) GPON
7 2 (1.40%) Internet
7 2 (1.40%) LTE
7 2 (1.40%) MPLS
7 2 (1.40%) xDSL
8 1 (0.70%) MGCP
8 1 (0.70%) SAN
8 1 (0.70%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (6.29%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.90%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.50%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (3.50%) Big Data
4 5 (3.50%) Couchbase
4 5 (3.50%) GIS
4 5 (3.50%) MySQL
5 4 (2.80%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (2.80%) Power BI
5 4 (2.80%) QGIS
6 3 (2.10%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.10%) Metadata
6 3 (2.10%) Tableau
7 2 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.40%) Redis
7 2 (1.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (13.29%) Git
2 14 (9.79%) JIRA
3 11 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.20%) GitLab
5 4 (2.80%) Subversion
6 2 (1.40%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.40%) JUnit
6 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.70%) Appium
7 1 (0.70%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 61 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.07%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (16.08%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (6.29%) Finance
5 4 (2.80%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.80%) Military
6 3 (2.10%) Legal
6 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.70%) Advertising
8 1 (0.70%) Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.70%) Electronics
8 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (15.38%) Developer
2 12 (8.39%) Architect
2 12 (8.39%) Senior
3 9 (6.29%) Analyst
4 8 (5.59%) Lead
5 7 (4.90%) Senior Developer
6 5 (3.50%) Technical Support
7 4 (2.80%) Data Scientist
7 4 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (2.80%) Informatica Developer
7 4 (2.80%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (2.80%) Service Manager
8 3 (2.10%) Android Developer
8 3 (2.10%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (2.10%) IT Analyst
8 3 (2.10%) Principal Developer
8 3 (2.10%) SOC Analyst
8 3 (2.10%) Software Developer
8 3 (2.10%) Support Engineer
9 2 (1.40%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.39%) REST
2 11 (7.69%) Kafka
3 9 (6.29%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (3.50%) HTML
5 4 (2.80%) GraphQL
5 4 (2.80%) gRPC
5 4 (2.80%) Pandas
5 4 (2.80%) RESTful
5 4 (2.80%) scikit-learn
6 3 (2.10%) CSS
6 3 (2.10%) Material Design
6 3 (2.10%) NumPy
6 3 (2.10%) Web Services
7 2 (1.40%) JSON
7 2 (1.40%) Node.js
7 2 (1.40%) SOAP
7 2 (1.40%) Spring
7 2 (1.40%) XML
8 1 (0.70%) Express.js
8 1 (0.70%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.59%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.20%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.50%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.10%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.40%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Replication
8 2 (1.40%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.70%) EMV
9 1 (0.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.69%) Windows
2 17 (11.89%) Linux
3 10 (6.99%) Mac OS
4 5 (3.50%) Unix
5 4 (2.80%) Android
5 4 (2.80%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.10%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.70%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.57%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (25.87%) Agile
3 21 (14.69%) DevOps
4 20 (13.99%) Analytics
5 18 (12.59%) ITIL
6 17 (11.89%) Migration
7 16 (11.19%) CI/CD
8 15 (10.49%) Data Science
8 15 (10.49%) Decision-Making
8 15 (10.49%) Microservices
9 13 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (9.09%) Visualisation
10 12 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (8.39%) Data Governance
10 12 (8.39%) Machine Learning
10 12 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (8.39%) TDD
11 11 (7.69%) AI
12 10 (6.99%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.78%) Python
2 18 (12.59%) Java
2 18 (12.59%) SQL
3 10 (6.99%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.29%) Go
5 7 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.50%) Bash
6 5 (3.50%) Perl
7 4 (2.80%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.10%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.10%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.10%) Swift
9 2 (1.40%) Ada
9 2 (1.40%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.40%) C
9 2 (1.40%) C#
9 2 (1.40%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.40%) Scala
10 1 (0.70%) ABAP
10 1 (0.70%) Magik
Qualifications
1 95 (66.43%) Degree
2 70 (48.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (18.88%) DBS Check
4 18 (12.59%) Master's Degree
5 16 (11.19%) Security Cleared
6 13 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.90%) CISSP
7 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.20%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.50%) A+ Certification
9 5 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.80%) PMP
10 4 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (2.10%) CFCE
11 3 (2.10%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (2.10%) GCFA
11 3 (2.10%) GCIA
11 3 (2.10%) GCIH
12 2 (1.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.49%) GDPR
2 12 (8.39%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.80%) QA
5 3 (2.10%) GRC
5 3 (2.10%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.10%) NIST
6 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 2 (1.40%) OASIS TOSCA
6 2 (1.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (9.79%) Docker
2 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.80%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.80%) Ansible
3 3 (2.10%) SCCM
4 2 (1.40%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.40%) Terraform
4 2 (1.40%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.70%) Grafana
5 1 (0.70%) Nessus
5 1 (0.70%) Nmap
5 1 (0.70%) Puppet
5 1 (0.70%) vRealize
5 1 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 16 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.59%) Cisco
2 8 (5.59%) SAP
3 7 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.20%) Oracle
5 5 (3.50%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.50%) Google
5 5 (3.50%) Splunk
5 5 (3.50%) VMware
6 4 (2.80%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (2.80%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.80%) ESRI
6 4 (2.80%) Informatica
6 4 (2.80%) Intergraph
6 4 (2.80%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.10%) Apple
7 3 (2.10%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.10%) Citrix
7 3 (2.10%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.10%) Snow
379 Computer Science jobs in the South East