Computer Science Contracts in London

Computer Science
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 80 140
Rank change year-on-year +22 +60 -37
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 652 806 821
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.66% 2.99% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 3.29% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 574 551
10th Percentile £350 £413 £416
25th Percentile £425 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £763 £750
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 11 30
10th Percentile £38.75 £26.25 £30.73
25th Percentile £42.25 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +16.02% +19.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £56.94
90th Percentile £80.75 £83.75 £61.83
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.41% +11.97% +17.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,770 24,518 35,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.59% 91.07% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,304 17,620 26,197
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 277 426
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.58 £17.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.75 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.45% +6.43% +12.03%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £76.95 £67.81
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Central London +22 84 £565 -22.07% 70
West London +19 15 £475 +10.14% 42
South London +12 7 £365 -27.00% 12
East London -3 5 £788 +53.66% 21
North London +3 2 £100 - 4
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.38%) Confluence
5 6 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.92%) SAS
6 4 (0.61%) Apache
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.61%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.46%) CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.46%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.07%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.92%) Simulink
5 6 (0.92%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.46%) Windchill
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.15%) Blender
8 1 (0.15%) Houdini
8 1 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.53%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.61%) Primavera
4 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.46%) ENOVIA
5 2 (0.31%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Endur
6 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 167 (25.61%) Azure
2 112 (17.18%) AWS
3 80 (12.27%) GCP
4 44 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.14%) GitHub
7 26 (3.99%) Serverless
8 24 (3.68%) Power Platform
9 21 (3.22%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.30%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.30%) Vertex AI
12 14 (2.15%) SaaS
13 11 (1.69%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.53%) Google Compute Engine
14 10 (1.53%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.38%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.37%) Internet
2 18 (2.76%) DNS
2 18 (2.76%) Firewall
3 14 (2.15%) Network Security
4 10 (1.53%) VPN
5 9 (1.38%) HTTP
5 9 (1.38%) LAN
5 9 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.07%) SSH
7 6 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (0.92%) WAN
7 6 (0.92%) Wireless
8 5 (0.77%) DHCP
8 5 (0.77%) OSPF
8 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.61%) HSRP
9 4 (0.61%) IPsec
9 4 (0.61%) Skype
9 4 (0.61%) VLAN
10 3 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.06%) SQL Server
2 39 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (5.52%) Relational Database
4 33 (5.06%) Big Data
5 29 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.76%) Power BI
8 17 (2.61%) Tableau
9 16 (2.45%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.30%) Hadoop
11 13 (1.99%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.84%) KDB
13 10 (1.53%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.53%) RDBMS
14 9 (1.38%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.38%) MySQL
15 6 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.92%) Metadata
16 5 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.77%) Presto
Development Applications
1 49 (7.52%) Git
2 37 (5.67%) Jenkins
3 27 (4.14%) JIRA
4 19 (2.91%) GitLab
5 12 (1.84%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.38%) Gradle
7 7 (1.07%) ERwin
8 6 (0.92%) JUnit
9 5 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.77%) MLflow
10 4 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.61%) git-flow
10 4 (0.61%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.61%) Postman
10 4 (0.61%) Sourcetree
10 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.46%) Maven
11 3 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 351 (53.83%) Social Skills
2 181 (27.76%) Finance
3 140 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.58%) Banking
5 52 (7.98%) Front Office
6 32 (4.91%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.99%) Marketing
8 22 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.07%) Legal
10 17 (2.61%) Investment Banking
11 16 (2.45%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.84%) Retail
14 10 (1.53%) Advertising
14 10 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.38%) Games
15 9 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.07%) Automotive
17 6 (0.92%) Electronics
17 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (24.54%) Developer
2 87 (13.34%) Architect
3 80 (12.27%) Senior
4 43 (6.60%) Java Developer
5 42 (6.44%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.37%) Lead
7 31 (4.75%) Analyst
8 28 (4.29%) Consultant
9 27 (4.14%) Data Engineer
10 26 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
11 25 (3.83%) Python Developer
12 23 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (3.22%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.76%) Network Engineer
16 16 (2.45%) Data Scientist
17 14 (2.15%) Business Analyst
17 14 (2.15%) Quantitative Developer
18 12 (1.84%) Cloud Engineer
18 12 (1.84%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.36%) CSS
2 44 (6.75%) HTML
3 42 (6.44%) .NET
4 36 (5.52%) React
5 28 (4.29%) REST
6 21 (3.22%) JSON
6 21 (3.22%) RESTful
6 21 (3.22%) Spring
7 20 (3.07%) Kafka
8 18 (2.76%) Pandas
9 17 (2.61%) Node.js
10 15 (2.30%) Django
10 15 (2.30%) NumPy
11 13 (1.99%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.69%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.69%) Swagger
12 11 (1.69%) XML
13 10 (1.53%) jQuery
14 9 (1.38%) ASP.NET
14 9 (1.38%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 78 (11.96%) Algorithms
2 53 (8.13%) Management Information System
3 41 (6.29%) Derivative
4 40 (6.13%) Data Structures
5 31 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.14%) Fixed Income
7 23 (3.53%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.22%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.76%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.45%) Equities
11 16 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (2.30%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.69%) Blockchain
13 11 (1.69%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.69%) Market Risk
13 11 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 10 (1.53%) Social Media
15 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.75%) Linux
2 33 (5.06%) Windows
3 19 (2.91%) Unix
4 18 (2.76%) Android
5 12 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.92%) Solaris
8 5 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.77%) VMS
9 4 (0.61%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.15%) OS/390
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (35.89%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (28.68%) Agile
3 105 (16.10%) CI/CD
4 99 (15.18%) Software Engineering
5 98 (15.03%) DevOps
6 88 (13.50%) Analytics
7 80 (12.27%) Machine Learning
8 78 (11.96%) Mathematics
9 74 (11.35%) Data Science
10 72 (11.04%) Data Modelling
11 66 (10.12%) Migration
12 58 (8.90%) Project Management
13 55 (8.44%) Artificial Intelligence
14 53 (8.13%) Test Automation
15 49 (7.52%) Data Analysis
16 43 (6.60%) Mentoring
16 43 (6.60%) Scrum
17 42 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 42 (6.44%) Decision-Making
17 42 (6.44%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 184 (28.22%) Python
2 162 (24.85%) SQL
3 128 (19.63%) Java
4 66 (10.12%) JavaScript
5 62 (9.51%) C#
6 47 (7.21%) C++
7 32 (4.91%) PowerShell
8 25 (3.83%) TypeScript
9 23 (3.53%) Bash
10 17 (2.61%) Scala
11 16 (2.45%) Rust
12 14 (2.15%) Go
13 12 (1.84%) C
13 12 (1.84%) Kotlin
14 10 (1.53%) Perl
14 10 (1.53%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.53%) R
15 8 (1.23%) MATLAB
16 7 (1.07%) VBA
17 6 (0.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 582 (89.26%) Degree
2 401 (61.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 126 (19.33%) Master's Degree
4 53 (8.13%) Security Cleared
5 46 (7.06%) SC Cleared
6 35 (5.37%) PhD
7 21 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (3.07%) Azure Certification
9 18 (2.76%) CISSP
10 15 (2.30%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.69%) CCNA
12 11 (1.69%) CCNP
12 11 (1.69%) CEH
13 10 (1.53%) CCIE
13 10 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 10 (1.53%) PMP
14 8 (1.23%) CISM
14 8 (1.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.21%) QA
2 39 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.69%) NIST
3 11 (1.69%) SLA
4 7 (1.07%) MiFID
5 5 (0.77%) COBIT
5 5 (0.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.61%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.61%) GRC
6 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.31%) PMO
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (3.99%) Docker
2 18 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.77%) KVM
6 4 (0.61%) NFS
6 4 (0.61%) vCloud
6 4 (0.61%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (6.44%) Terraform
2 41 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.38%) PingFederate
4 8 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.92%) Grafana
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.61%) Nessus
6 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) SCCM
6 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.46%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.46%) Puppet
8 2 (0.31%) QRadar
8 2 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.59%) Oracle
3 32 (4.91%) Google
4 23 (3.53%) Cisco
5 22 (3.37%) Databricks
6 21 (3.22%) SAP
7 20 (3.07%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.76%) VMware
9 11 (1.69%) Foundry
9 11 (1.69%) Palantir
9 11 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.53%) ION Trading
11 7 (1.07%) Arista
12 6 (0.92%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.92%) IBM
12 6 (0.92%) Juniper
13 5 (0.77%) Citrix
13 5 (0.77%) Genesys
13 5 (0.77%) Qualys
13 5 (0.77%) Red Hat