Computer Science Contracts in West London

Computer Science
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 28 48
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -3
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 10 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 4.76% 4.23% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 4.81% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £373 £424 £368
25th Percentile £384 £450 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £431
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.14% -15.44%
75th Percentile £407 - £500
90th Percentile £475 £476 £523
London median daily rate £600 £551 £600
% change year-on-year +8.84% -8.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £67.50
25th Percentile - £51.25 £71.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £52.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.63% -34.38% +113.33%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £86.25
90th Percentile - - £88.50
London median hourly rate £48.50 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 186 312 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.57% 87.89% 93.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 223 383
10th Percentile £231 £215 £350
25th Percentile £339 £316 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £483 £575 £638
90th Percentile £628 £650 £700
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 49
10th Percentile £18.99 £16.25 £29.60
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.56 £52.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -52.88% +176.58%
75th Percentile £30.79 £50.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.10 £59.50 £85.00
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in West London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in West London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in West London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in West London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in West London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in West London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hounslow +11 7 £400 -11.11% 17
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) 5G
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (10.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (10.00%) MS Access
2 1 (10.00%) Power Query
2 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JUnit
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) Appium
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) QA Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) QA Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Cabling Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Transformation Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) CCTV
2 1 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (30.00%) SDLC
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (50.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (10.00%) CBAP
4 1 (10.00%) CSPO
4 1 (10.00%) HNC
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Google