Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Computer Science Degree
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Taunton 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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 3.85% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18 3 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 69.23% 21.43% 81.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 22
10th Percentile £455 £540 £505
25th Percentile £500 £563 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £634
90th Percentile £719 £630 £722
Somerset median daily rate £375 £575 £591
% change year-on-year -34.78% -2.75% +1.98%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Taunton

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared