Computer Science Degree Contracts in the South West

Computer Science Degree
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 128 153
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 +7
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 17 29 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 0.91% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.84% 1.61% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 10
10th Percentile - £369 £269
25th Percentile £355 £459 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +6.82% +3.29%
75th Percentile £538 £672 £680
90th Percentile £705 £683 £806
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £82.96 £59.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.43% - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £56.25 £54.44
% change year-on-year +2.22% +3.33% +12.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 923 1,806 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.01% 56.46% 52.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 1,150 1,403
10th Percentile £250 £353 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 196 156
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.31 £38.53
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.45
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in the South West

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +18 11 £370 -29.52% 18
Wiltshire +35 4 £800 +28.00% 4
Gloucestershire +11 1 - - 14
Dorset +4 1 £525 +50.00% 5
Computer Science Degree
England

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) AWS
2 10 (58.82%) Azure
3 9 (52.94%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (5.88%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Internet
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Bitbucket
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
3 7 (41.18%) Electronics
3 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing
3 7 (41.18%) Marketing
3 7 (41.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Applications Support
2 7 (41.18%) Applications Developer
2 7 (41.18%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
3 6 (35.29%) Azure Developer
3 6 (35.29%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (35.29%) C# Application Developer
3 6 (35.29%) C# Developer
3 6 (35.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Development Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) ERP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Java Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (52.94%) .NET
2 8 (47.06%) CSS
2 8 (47.06%) HTML
3 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.88%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (5.88%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (5.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Computer Science
2 12 (70.59%) Software Engineering
3 10 (58.82%) CI/CD
3 10 (58.82%) User Experience
4 9 (52.94%) Continuous Delivery
4 9 (52.94%) Service Management
5 8 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (47.06%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (47.06%) Service Delivery
5 8 (47.06%) Software Delivery
5 8 (47.06%) TDD
5 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
5 8 (47.06%) Web Development
6 7 (41.18%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (41.18%) Programme Management
7 6 (35.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 4 (23.53%) Agile
9 3 (17.65%) DevOps
9 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C#
1 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
4 1 (5.88%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) Azure Certification
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.88%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (11.76%) Terraform
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Google
2 7 (41.18%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.88%) Jaspersoft
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.88%) VMware