Computer Science Contracts in Worcestershire

Computer Science
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 24
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 -2
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 6 13 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 12.24% 16.05% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.04% 20.00% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 1
10th Percentile £539 £503 -
25th Percentile £563 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile £588 £575 -
90th Percentile £606 £588 -
West Midlands median daily rate £292 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -44.38% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £56.25 £25.25
% change year-on-year -55.56% +122.77% +80.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46 65 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 93.88% 80.25% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 50 76
10th Percentile £145 £213 £308
25th Percentile £500 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £620
90th Percentile £888 £589 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 3
10th Percentile £13.71 - £16.78
25th Percentile £15.94 £10.50 £17.13
Median hourly rate £17.16 £18.97 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +7.05% +14.32%
75th Percentile £18.13 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £43.68 £73.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.03 £22.50 £20.97
% change year-on-year -6.56% +7.30% +24.64%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Worcestershire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Worcestershire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Worcestershire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Malvern -4 4 £575 +4.55% 8
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (83.33%) DevOps
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
1 5 (83.33%) User Experience
1 5 (83.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
2 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform