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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 38 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 15 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 2.86% 3.06% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 3.52% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 12
10th Percentile £190 £529 £479
25th Percentile £245 £563 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -4.17% +41.18%
75th Percentile £535 £588 £738
90th Percentile £600 £666 -
West Midlands median daily rate £470 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -18.26% -4.17% +26.32%
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 457 369 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 87.21% 86.82% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 223 239
10th Percentile £312 £377 £227
25th Percentile £400 £494 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £719
90th Percentile £703 £725 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 8 3
10th Percentile £23.23 £13.05 £22.00
25th Percentile £29.33 £14.17 £25.00
Median hourly rate £40.46 £14.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.24% -51.00% +73.91%
75th Percentile £50.00 £32.60 £32.25
90th Percentile - £33.98 £33.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £24.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% -11.59% +52.78%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -10 9 £490 -14.78% 4
Rugby - 3 - - 1
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) Telepresence
1 3 (20.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Big Data
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Hadoop
1 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.67%) OLTP
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Data Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Environment Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) Kafka
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Data Fabric
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (20.00%) Information Management
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Data Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Kanban
3 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO 19650
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Atlassian
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) SAP