Computer Science Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Computer Science
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 57 56
Rank change year-on-year -57 -1 +23
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 58 69 55
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.65% 3.80% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 4.30% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 43 36
10th Percentile £166 £163 £369
25th Percentile £178 £203 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year -49.47% -26.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £635
90th Percentile £869 £625 £715
England median daily rate £473 £492 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -10.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £22.04 £51.50
25th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -50.00% +137.62%
75th Percentile £28.75 £31.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £32.20 £72.50
England median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -8.70% +13.86% -18.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,991 1,605 1,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.07% 88.28% 81.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,835 1,033 1,014
10th Percentile £313 £235 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £626
90th Percentile £675 £663 £725
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 103 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.14
25th Percentile £17.64 £16.07 £15.13
Median hourly rate £29.60 £24.34 £22.05
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% +10.41% -19.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.30 £35.63
90th Percentile £68.70 £50.00 £55.03
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the West Midlands

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Warwickshire -8 15 £656 +118.75% 7
Coventry -13 13 £225 +9.76% 3
Staffordshire -10 11 £197 +35.52% 3
Birmingham -24 9 £195 -44.29% 31
Shropshire -47 7 £656 - 3
Worcestershire -3 1 - - 3
Solihull -22 1 £600 - 3
Wolverhampton - 1 £200 - 1
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (6.90%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (6.90%) SAS
1 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Navisworks
1 7 (12.07%) Revit
2 2 (3.45%) Adobe XD
2 2 (3.45%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Maximo
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Azure
2 8 (13.79%) AWS
2 8 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.90%) Snowflake
4 3 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (3.45%) Figma
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon Kinesis
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
1 3 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.72%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) Metadata
2 8 (13.79%) Power BI
3 4 (6.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 4 (6.90%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 1 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.72%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.72%) GIS
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) MLflow
2 2 (3.45%) Git
General
1 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Architect
2 7 (12.07%) Integration Architect
3 5 (8.62%) Senior
4 4 (6.90%) Data Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) SAS Architect
4 4 (6.90%) Technical Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Designer
5 3 (5.17%) Digital Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Integration Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Security Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) UI Designer
6 2 (3.45%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (3.45%) UX Designer
7 1 (1.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) Senior Data Scientist
7 1 (1.72%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) Middleware
1 4 (6.90%) REST
2 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.45%) CSS
2 2 (3.45%) CSS3
2 2 (3.45%) HTML
2 2 (3.45%) HTML5
2 2 (3.45%) React
2 2 (3.45%) Vue
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.72%) gRPC
3 1 (1.72%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) LINQ
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.72%) SOAP
3 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.45%) SCADA
5 1 (1.72%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.72%) Grid Computing
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) IoT
5 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Unix
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (24.14%) AI
3 12 (20.69%) Data Governance
4 11 (18.97%) CI/CD
5 10 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (15.52%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (13.79%) Data Integration
7 8 (13.79%) Data Security
7 8 (13.79%) Generative AI
7 8 (13.79%) TOGAF
8 7 (12.07%) Analytics
8 7 (12.07%) Building Information Modelling
8 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.07%) Digital Engineering
8 7 (12.07%) Information Management
8 7 (12.07%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (10.34%) Containerisation
9 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.34%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) C#
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) Java
3 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) Bicep
4 1 (1.72%) C++
4 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (46.55%) Degree
2 19 (32.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.79%) TOGAF Certification
4 7 (12.07%) DBS Check
4 7 (12.07%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.62%) Master's Degree
5 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.90%) SAS Certification
7 3 (5.17%) CEH
7 3 (5.17%) CISM
7 3 (5.17%) CISSP
8 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.45%) PhD
9 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.90%) ISO 19650
3 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.17%) GDPR
3 3 (5.17%) HIPAA
3 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.72%) NIST
4 1 (1.72%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) AirWatch
2 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Autodesk
1 7 (12.07%) Databricks
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.45%) Adobe
4 1 (1.72%) BMC
4 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.72%) ESRI
4 1 (1.72%) Google
4 1 (1.72%) IBM
4 1 (1.72%) MobileIron
4 1 (1.72%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle
4 1 (1.72%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) VMware
62 Computer Science jobs in the West Midlands