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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 44 87
Rank change year-on-year -8 +43 +10
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 219 138 124
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.62% 4.64% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 5.08% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 53 72
10th Percentile £183 £288 £263
25th Percentile £189 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year -55.61% +7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £575
90th Percentile £625 £634 £638
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 1 11
10th Percentile £50.80 - £20.12
25th Percentile £80.50 £20.85 £61.25
Median hourly rate £84.00 £21.90 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +283.56% -66.31% +217.54%
75th Percentile £88.00 £22.95 £66.01
90th Percentile - - £73.75
England median hourly rate £81.50 £54.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +49.54% -0.91% -

All Process & 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 4,887 2,717 4,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.87% 91.30% 82.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,120 1,731 2,713
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.99%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £660 £700
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 188 465
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.59 £15.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £82.25 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.94
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

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 9 June 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the South East

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 9 June 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
Thames Valley +24 117 £448 -6.28% 60
Berkshire +14 74 £208 -56.54% 24
Surrey -3 32 £209 -57.13% 18
Hampshire -19 31 £550 +10.00% 43
Oxfordshire -4 26 £525 - 21
Kent +17 22 £215 -36.25% 14
Buckinghamshire -21 17 £582 +10.76% 16
West Sussex -20 10 £275 -4.51% 7
Home Counties - 3 - -
East Sussex -15 2 £461 - 3
Middlesex - 1 £198 - 3
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 4 (1.83%) Confluence
2 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.72%) Azure
2 17 (7.76%) AWS
2 17 (7.76%) Entra ID
3 11 (5.02%) GCP
4 9 (4.11%) SaaS
5 7 (3.20%) GitHub
5 7 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.37%) Sauce Labs
8 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.91%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.46%) Apigee
9 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.46%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.74%) DNS
2 5 (2.28%) SSH
2 5 (2.28%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.83%) Firewall
3 4 (1.83%) Network Security
4 3 (1.37%) LAN
4 3 (1.37%) WAN
5 2 (0.91%) BGP
5 2 (0.91%) OSPF
6 1 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.46%) DHCP
6 1 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.46%) IPsec
6 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.46%) VPN
6 1 (0.46%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.39%) Relational Database
1 14 (6.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.48%) MySQL
3 6 (2.74%) Power BI
4 3 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.37%) Tableau
5 2 (0.91%) Big Data
5 2 (0.91%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (12.79%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.20%) CircleCI
2 7 (3.20%) Gradle
3 6 (2.74%) JUnit
4 5 (2.28%) Git
4 5 (2.28%) GitLab
5 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.83%) JIRA
6 3 (1.37%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.37%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.37%) Xcode
7 2 (0.91%) Selenium
7 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.46%) Maven
8 1 (0.46%) TestNG
8 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (22.83%) Aerospace
2 42 (19.18%) Social Skills
3 29 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.68%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.48%) Finance
7 7 (3.20%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.74%) Military
9 5 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.83%) Marketing
10 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.37%) Avionics
11 3 (1.37%) Law
11 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.91%) Electronics
12 2 (0.91%) Legal
12 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.46%) Banking
13 1 (0.46%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 32 (14.61%) Product Manager
2 29 (13.24%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (12.79%) Product Delivery Manager
4 22 (10.05%) Systems Delivery Manager
4 22 (10.05%) Systems Manager
5 15 (6.85%) Analyst
6 14 (6.39%) Lead
7 13 (5.94%) Technical Support
8 10 (4.57%) Architect
8 10 (4.57%) Senior
9 8 (3.65%) Developer
9 8 (3.65%) IAM Specialist
10 7 (3.20%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Technical Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Technical Support Engineer
11 6 (2.74%) Engineering Manager
12 5 (2.28%) Android Engineer
12 5 (2.28%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.28%) Service Designer
12 5 (2.28%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.48%) REST
1 12 (5.48%) SailPoint
2 11 (5.02%) OAuth
3 10 (4.57%) OpenID
3 10 (4.57%) Web Services
4 9 (4.11%) LDAP
4 9 (4.11%) OAuth2
4 9 (4.11%) React
4 9 (4.11%) SAML
5 7 (3.20%) RAML
6 6 (2.74%) Android Jetpack
6 6 (2.74%) CSS
7 5 (2.28%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.28%) Dagger
7 5 (2.28%) GraphQL
7 5 (2.28%) Jetpack Compose
7 5 (2.28%) OkHttp
7 5 (2.28%) RxJava
7 5 (2.28%) WireMock
8 3 (1.37%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.81%) Product Ownership
2 24 (10.96%) Data Structures
3 23 (10.50%) Onboarding
4 18 (8.22%) Management Information System
5 15 (6.85%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.20%) Legacy Code
6 7 (3.20%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.74%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.28%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.28%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.28%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.28%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.37%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.37%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.91%) Life Science
10 2 (0.91%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 37 (16.89%) Windows
2 33 (15.07%) Linux
3 25 (11.42%) Unix
4 13 (5.94%) Android
5 10 (4.57%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.28%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.94%) Agile
2 47 (21.46%) Change Control
3 46 (21.00%) Systems Engineering
4 39 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (15.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 33 (15.07%) PRINCE2
7 32 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (14.16%) ITSM
9 30 (13.70%) Programme Management
10 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (12.33%) Information Security
12 27 (12.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 26 (11.87%) Configuration Management
14 25 (11.42%) Requirements Management
15 23 (10.50%) CI/CD
15 23 (10.50%) SysML
15 23 (10.50%) UML
16 22 (10.05%) Runbook
17 21 (9.59%) DoDAF
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.00%) Python
2 25 (11.42%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.68%) SQL
4 18 (8.22%) Java
5 17 (7.76%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.02%) Perl
7 8 (3.65%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.37%) C++
9 2 (0.91%) Ada
9 2 (0.91%) C
9 2 (0.91%) C#
9 2 (0.91%) Go
9 2 (0.91%) R
9 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.46%) Bash
10 1 (0.46%) Bicep
10 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.46%) Swift
10 1 (0.46%) Tcl
10 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 161 (73.52%) Degree
2 100 (45.66%) Security Cleared
3 65 (29.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 50 (22.83%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.48%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.65%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.28%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.83%) PMP
11 3 (1.37%) CCNP
11 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.91%) CCNA
12 2 (0.91%) CISSP
12 2 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (11.87%) NIST
3 11 (5.02%) QA
4 10 (4.57%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.20%) NIST 800
6 6 (2.74%) NCSC
7 5 (2.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.37%) DO-254
9 3 (1.37%) IEC 61508
9 3 (1.37%) ISO 26262
9 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.46%) DICOM
10 1 (0.46%) GDPR
10 1 (0.46%) GRC
10 1 (0.46%) HL7
10 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 26 (11.87%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.65%) Docker
3 3 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.91%) Firmware
4 2 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.28%) Terraform
3 3 (1.37%) Grafana
3 3 (1.37%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.46%) Istio
5 1 (0.46%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.46%) linkerd
Vendors
1 29 (13.24%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.42%) IBM
3 22 (10.05%) Oracle
4 12 (5.48%) BeyondTrust
4 12 (5.48%) CyberArk
5 9 (4.11%) Splunk
6 5 (2.28%) Cisco
7 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.37%) Dell
8 3 (1.37%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.37%) VMware
9 2 (0.91%) Databricks
9 2 (0.91%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.91%) Google
9 2 (0.91%) HP
9 2 (0.91%) Okta
9 2 (0.91%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.46%) Meraki