Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Computer Science
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 2 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 3.70% 11.32% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 13.04% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £393 £568
25th Percentile - £427 £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £528 £745
Median % change year-on-year +89.57% -29.19% -
75th Percentile - £582 £766
90th Percentile - £595 £769
East London median daily rate £1,000 £554 £745
% change year-on-year +80.59% -25.67% +41.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
East London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 46 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 98.15% 86.79% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 43 130
10th Percentile £428 £453 £435
25th Percentile £450 £498 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £594
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% -2.36% +13.14%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £648 £770
East London median daily rate £500 £528 £575
% change year-on-year -5.21% -8.26% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £28.14 - £15.13
25th Percentile £32.61 - £16.56
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £18.93
75th Percentile £47.54 - -
90th Percentile £52.02 - -
East London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.63 £23.32
% change year-on-year +29.53% +14.19% +3.71%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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
Canary Wharf -9 2 £1,000 +89.57% 1
Computer Science
East London

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Equity Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) PnL Attribution
1 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA