Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Computer Science
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 18.75% - 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.27% - 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £800
75th Percentile - - £850
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £300 - £700
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 14 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 68.75% 87.50% 81.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 16
10th Percentile £450 £341 £388
25th Percentile £469 £356 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £745
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -46.31% +14.62%
75th Percentile £588 £475 -
90th Percentile £595 £490 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £325 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -10.00% +5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 5
10th Percentile - £16.46 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £16.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.22% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile £38.35 £29.10 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £30.00 £19.12 £23.00
% change year-on-year +56.90% -16.87% +2.63%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Stafford

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) PuTTY
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Peregrine
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy