Computer Science Contracts in the South East

Computer Science
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 97 123
Rank change year-on-year +15 +26 -34
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 120 126 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.16% 2.18% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.44% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 67 81
10th Percentile £235 £197 £140
25th Percentile £341 £419 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £433
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +21.39% -8.95%
75th Percentile £575 £634 £600
90th Percentile £638 £721 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 16
10th Percentile £54.25 £16.00 £19.14
25th Percentile - £19.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £65.00 £20.47 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +217.54% -34.50% -39.02%
75th Percentile £67.38 £60.75 £47.58
90th Percentile £74.38 £63.00 £52.39
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.41% +11.97% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,694 5,167 6,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.65% 89.46% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,751 3,590 4,710
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 223 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.10 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.96 £63.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the South East

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 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the South East

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the South East

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 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 -14 42 £425 -22.73% 130
Surrey +28 29 £500 -1.48% 54
Berkshire -34 29 £403 -31.63% 57
West Sussex +24 20 £400 -5.88% 9
Hampshire -14 18 £475 +46.72% 32
Buckinghamshire +28 7 £625 +42.86% 19
Oxfordshire +8 6 £425 -15.00% 54
Middlesex - 5 £275 -
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Kent +5 1 £363 - 15
Sussex - 1 £350 - 3
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 7 (5.83%) Confluence
2 3 (2.50%) SAS
3 2 (1.67%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) JBoss
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) MTS
Applications
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.50%) SPSS
4 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.17%) Azure
2 12 (10.00%) AWS
3 8 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.17%) GitHub
6 4 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.50%) GCP
7 3 (2.50%) IaaS
7 3 (2.50%) PaaS
7 3 (2.50%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.67%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.67%) SaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.67%) DNS
2 12 (10.00%) Firewall
3 9 (7.50%) Wireless
4 8 (6.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (5.83%) 3G
5 7 (5.83%) 4G
5 7 (5.83%) DHCP
6 6 (5.00%) 5G
6 6 (5.00%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (5.00%) GGSN
6 6 (5.00%) LTE
6 6 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (5.00%) RANAP
6 6 (5.00%) SGSN
6 6 (5.00%) VoLTE
6 6 (5.00%) WAN
6 6 (5.00%) Wireshark
7 5 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (4.17%) LAN
7 5 (4.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.50%) Tableau
2 8 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (5.00%) Power BI
3 6 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (3.33%) MS Access
5 3 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (2.50%) Couchbase
5 3 (2.50%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.50%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.83%) DTS
7 1 (0.83%) MySQL
7 1 (0.83%) QlikView
7 1 (0.83%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (17.50%) Git
1 21 (17.50%) JIRA
2 16 (13.33%) Jenkins
3 7 (5.83%) Bitbucket
3 7 (5.83%) Subversion
4 4 (3.33%) Artifactory
4 4 (3.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (2.50%) GitLab
5 3 (2.50%) JUnit
6 2 (1.67%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.67%) Gradle
6 2 (1.67%) JMeter
6 2 (1.67%) Selenium
7 1 (0.83%) CMake
7 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.83%) TestNG
7 1 (0.83%) TestRail
7 1 (0.83%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.83%) Valgrind
General
1 47 (39.17%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.17%) Telecoms
4 13 (10.83%) Legal
5 12 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (9.17%) Finance
7 10 (8.33%) Retail
8 6 (5.00%) Multimedia
9 5 (4.17%) Electronics
10 4 (3.33%) Aerospace
10 4 (3.33%) Billing
10 4 (3.33%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.50%) Front Office
12 2 (1.67%) Automotive
13 1 (0.83%) Banking
13 1 (0.83%) German Language
13 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (15.83%) Software Engineer
2 16 (13.33%) Analyst
2 16 (13.33%) Senior
3 12 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 8 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 7 (5.83%) Architect
6 6 (5.00%) Developer
6 6 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) C++ Software Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Service Analyst
7 5 (4.17%) Service Management Analyst
8 4 (3.33%) Project Analyst
8 4 (3.33%) Software Development Engineer
8 4 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.33%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.33%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.83%) REST
1 7 (5.83%) RESTful
2 6 (5.00%) .NET
2 6 (5.00%) Kafka
2 6 (5.00%) XML
3 5 (4.17%) DirectX
3 5 (4.17%) OpenGL
3 5 (4.17%) OpenGL ES
3 5 (4.17%) Vulkan
4 4 (3.33%) PyTorch
4 4 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (3.33%) SOAP
4 4 (3.33%) TensorFlow
4 4 (3.33%) Web Services
5 3 (2.50%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.50%) D3.js
5 3 (2.50%) gRPC
5 3 (2.50%) HTML
5 3 (2.50%) JSON
5 3 (2.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.83%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.50%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.17%) CMDB
6 4 (3.33%) Device Driver
6 4 (3.33%) e-Health
6 4 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.50%) Life Science
7 3 (2.50%) Photography
7 3 (2.50%) PKI
8 2 (1.67%) Animation
8 2 (1.67%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.67%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.67%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (1.67%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.17%) Windows
2 22 (18.33%) Linux
3 11 (9.17%) Unix
4 9 (7.50%) Android
4 9 (7.50%) Windows Server
5 8 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (3.33%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.67%) Solaris
8 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.83%) VMS
8 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (22.50%) Agile
3 25 (20.83%) Software Engineering
4 21 (17.50%) ITIL
5 20 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (15.83%) Scrum
7 16 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (13.33%) Software Testing
8 15 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 13 (10.83%) Roadmaps
10 12 (10.00%) Customer Experience
10 12 (10.00%) Mathematics
11 10 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (8.33%) Customer Service
11 10 (8.33%) DevOps
11 10 (8.33%) Kanban
11 10 (8.33%) Migration
11 10 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (8.33%) Statistics
12 9 (7.50%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.00%) Python
2 19 (15.83%) SQL
3 18 (15.00%) C++
4 13 (10.83%) C#
5 9 (7.50%) Java
6 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.00%) Go
7 6 (5.00%) Shell Script
8 5 (4.17%) Bash
8 5 (4.17%) C
8 5 (4.17%) Perl
8 5 (4.17%) R
9 4 (3.33%) Assembly Language
9 4 (3.33%) F#
9 4 (3.33%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.33%) MATLAB
9 4 (3.33%) VB.NET
10 3 (2.50%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.67%) GLSL
11 2 (1.67%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 111 (92.50%) Degree
2 69 (57.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (14.17%) Master's Degree
4 11 (9.17%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 6 (5.00%) PhD
7 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.17%) CCNA
8 5 (4.17%) CCNP
9 4 (3.33%) A+ Certification
10 3 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.50%) MCITP
10 3 (2.50%) RHCSA
11 2 (1.67%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.67%) RHCE
11 2 (1.67%) VCAP
11 2 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.83%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.50%) SLA
2 8 (6.67%) QA
3 6 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.33%) JTAG
5 3 (2.50%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.67%) HL7
6 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.83%) GDPR
7 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (10.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (7.50%) vSphere
3 7 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.00%) Docker
5 5 (4.17%) Firmware
6 4 (3.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (3.33%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.33%) VirtualBox
6 4 (3.33%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.33%) Ansible
2 4 (3.33%) SCCM
2 4 (3.33%) WSUS
3 3 (2.50%) NetBackup
3 3 (2.50%) SCOM
4 2 (1.67%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.67%) Oracle ZFS
4 2 (1.67%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (1.67%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.67%) vRealize
4 2 (1.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 2 (1.67%) yum
5 1 (0.83%) Grafana
5 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.83%) Kibana
5 1 (0.83%) Nessus
5 1 (0.83%) Terraform
5 1 (0.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.33%) VMware
3 10 (8.33%) Cisco
3 10 (8.33%) Oracle
4 7 (5.83%) F5
4 7 (5.83%) SAP
4 7 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.00%) Empirix
5 6 (5.00%) Juniper
5 6 (5.00%) NetScout
5 6 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (5.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.33%) Alteryx
6 4 (3.33%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.50%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.50%) EMC
7 3 (2.50%) Forcepoint
7 3 (2.50%) Veritas
8 2 (1.67%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.67%) Google