Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Computer Science Degree
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.39% 1.47% 2.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% 2.27% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £338
25th Percentile £863 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - £400
75th Percentile £888 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £650 £625 £400
% change year-on-year +4.00% +56.25% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 100 88 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 34.84% 64.71% 50.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 27
10th Percentile £371 £325 £363
25th Percentile £438 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £420
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +28.57% +8.39%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £522
90th Percentile £750 £623 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 57 52
10th Percentile £25.05 £38.00 £30.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £60.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.04% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £95.00 £83.45
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.79 £68.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -66.85% +14.58% -7.69%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Domain Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Presales
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow