Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Computer Science
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +3
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 13 19 17
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 2.74% 3.30% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 3.80% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 14
10th Percentile £393 £548 £525
25th Percentile £450 £684 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £738 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +22.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £756 £684
90th Percentile £968 - £750
South West median daily rate £300 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -57.14% +27.27% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 425 500 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 89.47% 86.96% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 342 541
10th Percentile £319 £356 £350
25th Percentile £510 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £674 £655 £638
90th Percentile £725 £736 £725
South West median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 16
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £17.90 - £35.64
Median hourly rate £23.25 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.78% -74.42% -18.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £65.75
90th Percentile - £22.23 £73.25
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Wiltshire

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Salisbury - 4 £946 - 4
Corsham 0 3 £550 -25.42%
Swindon -1 3 £400 - 5
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Looker
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Data Governance
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Data Management
3 5 (38.46%) Data Science
3 5 (38.46%) Mathematics
4 4 (30.77%) AI
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Data Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Data Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
5 3 (23.08%) Coaching
5 3 (23.08%) Compliance Audit
5 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (23.08%) Security Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
3 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 22301
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (7.69%) Packer
2 1 (7.69%) PowerCLI
2 1 (7.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Atlassian
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) Dell
2 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock
2 1 (7.69%) HP
2 1 (7.69%) Micro Focus
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) NetIQ
2 1 (7.69%) Okta
2 1 (7.69%) VMware