Computer Science Contracts in the South West

Computer Science
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 126 129
Rank change year-on-year +37 +3 -40
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 61 47 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.91% 1.29% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 1.44% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 38 32
10th Percentile £450 £421 £333
25th Percentile £500 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +2.33% -16.54%
75th Percentile £680 £651 £638
90th Percentile £745 £788 £662
England median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile - £50.75 £47.42
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.88 £48.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.25 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +21.29% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.94 £54.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £72.63 £57.90
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,273 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.88% 89.57% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 2,404 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 343 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.00 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.38 £69.92
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the South West

Computer Science
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Bristol +29 30 £530 -3.64% 46
Gloucestershire +10 11 £588 +30.56% 7
Wiltshire -8 10 £575 +4.55% 10
Somerset +5 2 £380 - 9
Dorset +8 1 £350 -12.50% 10
Devon -2 1 £425 -35.85% 15
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
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 8 (13.11%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) Apache
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.64%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.20%) Simulink
2 5 (8.20%) Stateflow
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.64%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Magento
2 1 (1.64%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 16 (26.23%) Azure
2 9 (14.75%) AWS
3 8 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.20%) PaaS
5 4 (6.56%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.64%) GCP
6 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (1.64%) IaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.84%) VSAN
2 4 (6.56%) Junos
2 4 (6.56%) SDH
2 4 (6.56%) WAN
3 3 (4.92%) PBX
3 3 (4.92%) VoIP
4 1 (1.64%) VPN
4 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.56%) MySQL
3 2 (3.28%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.28%) Hadoop
3 2 (3.28%) Metadata
4 1 (1.64%) Big Data
4 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.64%) Flink
4 1 (1.64%) GIS
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (14.75%) JIRA
2 7 (11.48%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.28%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.64%) GitLab
4 1 (1.64%) Maven
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.64%) Subversion
General
1 24 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
5 5 (8.20%) Automotive
5 5 (8.20%) Legal
6 4 (6.56%) Aeronautics
6 4 (6.56%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.92%) Digital Economy
7 3 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Electronics
8 1 (1.64%) Finance
8 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (44.26%) Architect
2 14 (22.95%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (9.84%) Developer
3 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Software Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Systems Architect
6 3 (4.92%) Active Directory Architect
6 3 (4.92%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) AWS Data Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) Business IT Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) IT Business Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) UI Developer
8 1 (1.64%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.64%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) Flash
2 5 (8.20%) CSS
2 5 (8.20%) HTML
3 3 (4.92%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (4.92%) React
4 2 (3.28%) .NET
4 2 (3.28%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.28%) JSON
4 2 (3.28%) PySpark
4 2 (3.28%) pytest
4 2 (3.28%) XML
5 1 (1.64%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.64%) HTML5
5 1 (1.64%) J2EE
5 1 (1.64%) Lucene
5 1 (1.64%) OSGi
5 1 (1.64%) RESTful
5 1 (1.64%) Spring
5 1 (1.64%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Algorithms
1 6 (9.84%) Clustering
2 5 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.92%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) PKI
5 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.64%) STB
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.20%) Linux
1 5 (8.20%) Windows
2 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.28%) Unix
4 1 (1.64%) Android
4 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (36.07%) Agile
3 14 (22.95%) Architecture Governance
3 14 (22.95%) Data Management
4 13 (21.31%) Architectural Patterns
4 13 (21.31%) Roadmaps
5 12 (19.67%) Validation
6 10 (16.39%) DevOps
6 10 (16.39%) Migration
7 9 (14.75%) Data Modelling
7 9 (14.75%) Decision-Making
7 9 (14.75%) TOGAF
8 8 (13.11%) ArchiMate
8 8 (13.11%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (13.11%) Software Engineering
9 7 (11.48%) Analytics
9 7 (11.48%) BPMN
9 7 (11.48%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (11.48%) System Testing
9 7 (11.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 10 (16.39%) Python
3 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.20%) MATLAB
4 4 (6.56%) Java
5 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.92%) R
6 2 (3.28%) PHP
6 2 (3.28%) Scala
7 1 (1.64%) Bash
7 1 (1.64%) C
7 1 (1.64%) C#
7 1 (1.64%) C++
7 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (91.80%) Degree
2 33 (54.10%) Security Cleared
3 27 (44.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (39.34%) SC Cleared
5 18 (29.51%) DV Cleared
6 14 (22.95%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (21.31%) Master's Degree
8 9 (14.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (11.48%) CCNP
9 7 (11.48%) HND
9 7 (11.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (9.84%) CCNA
11 4 (6.56%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (6.56%) JNCIA
12 3 (4.92%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (3.28%) CISSP
13 2 (3.28%) IBM Certification
14 1 (1.64%) CISM
14 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (11.48%) VMware NSX
3 6 (9.84%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.64%) Docker
5 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.92%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) Ansible
3 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.28%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.64%) OPNET
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) Cisco
3 11 (18.03%) VMware
4 9 (14.75%) IBM
5 8 (13.11%) Atlassian
6 7 (11.48%) Juniper
6 7 (11.48%) Nokia
7 5 (8.20%) Google
8 4 (6.56%) Ciena
8 4 (6.56%) Palo Alto
9 3 (4.92%) Avaya
9 3 (4.92%) Ericsson
9 3 (4.92%) Ribbon
10 2 (3.28%) Adobe
10 2 (3.28%) Databricks
11 1 (1.64%) Mapbox
11 1 (1.64%) Oracle
11 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.64%) Splunk