Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Computer Science
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 35 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 12 17 10
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 2.29% 3.85% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 4.42% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 9
10th Percentile £190 £500 £570
25th Percentile £243 £502 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £544 £700
Median % change year-on-year -18.16% -22.32% +40.00%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £738
90th Percentile £606 - £780
West Midlands median daily rate £508 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -11.74% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £20.06 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 385 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 88.00% 87.30% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 225 232
10th Percentile £313 £400 £220
25th Percentile £408 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £688
90th Percentile £725 £675 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 4
10th Percentile £16.13 £14.11 £23.00
25th Percentile £32.74 £14.70 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.46 £32.91 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.94% +2.05% +95.45%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 £34.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £26.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -11.77% -5.00% +55.19%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Warwickshire

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in Warwickshire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 27 October 2025. 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
Warwick -14 6 £520 -4.37% 4
Rugby - 3 - - 1
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (8.33%) Apache Spark
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Telepresence
1 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Big Data
1 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (8.33%) OLTP
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
1 3 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Environment Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth
1 1 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Data Fabric
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Information Management
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Kanban
3 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (8.33%) Architectural Design
4 1 (8.33%) Data Science
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 19650
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle