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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 80 135
Rank change year-on-year +23 +55 -33
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 669 777 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.83% 3.00% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 3.30% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 561 555
10th Percentile £344 £410 £425
25th Percentile £419 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +8.04%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £767
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 30
10th Percentile £38.75 £25.00 £29.15
25th Percentile £42.25 £30.75 £34.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.50 £55.03
90th Percentile £79.75 £85.00 £61.83
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.19 £46.71
% change year-on-year +3.41% +13.86% +22.92%

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 15,492 23,515 35,613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.89% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,111 16,974 26,028
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 266 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.25 £17.18
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.43 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.17 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% +0.46% +13.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.38 £67.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -19.29% 66
West London +24 19 £475 -5.00% 37
South London +6 7 £365 -27.00% 15
East London -2 6 £725 +45.00% 205
North London +2 2 £100 - 2
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 19 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.49%) Confluence
4 9 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.05%) SAS
7 4 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.60%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.45%) Apache
8 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.45%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.45%) Gunicorn
8 3 (0.45%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.45%) nginx
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.90%) Simulink
4 6 (0.90%) Stateflow
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.45%) Windchill
6 1 (0.15%) InVision
6 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.45%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.45%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.45%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.30%) Endur
5 2 (0.30%) Primavera
5 2 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 179 (26.76%) Azure
2 127 (18.98%) AWS
3 88 (13.15%) GCP
4 42 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.33%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.89%) GitHub
7 26 (3.89%) Serverless
8 21 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.24%) PowerApps
10 15 (2.24%) Vertex AI
11 14 (2.09%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.94%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.94%) SaaS
13 11 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.49%) Google Compute Engine
15 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (1.35%) Power Automate
16 8 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.44%) Firewall
2 20 (2.99%) Internet
3 18 (2.69%) DNS
4 17 (2.54%) Network Security
5 10 (1.49%) LAN
5 10 (1.49%) VPN
6 9 (1.35%) HTTP
6 9 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.20%) SSH
8 7 (1.05%) WAN
9 6 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.90%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.75%) DHCP
10 5 (0.75%) OSPF
10 5 (0.75%) Wireless
11 4 (0.60%) HSRP
11 4 (0.60%) IPsec
11 4 (0.60%) Skype
11 4 (0.60%) VLAN
11 4 (0.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (5.98%) Relational Database
3 35 (5.23%) Big Data
4 28 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (4.04%) NoSQL
6 23 (3.44%) Power BI
6 23 (3.44%) Tableau
7 20 (2.99%) BigQuery
8 15 (2.24%) Hadoop
9 13 (1.94%) KDB
10 12 (1.79%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.79%) MySQL
11 10 (1.49%) Data Lake
11 10 (1.49%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.49%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.90%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.90%) Metadata
12 6 (0.90%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (8.82%) Git
2 41 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 32 (4.78%) JIRA
4 21 (3.14%) GitLab
5 12 (1.79%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.35%) Gradle
7 7 (1.05%) ERwin
8 5 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.75%) JUnit
8 5 (0.75%) MLflow
9 4 (0.60%) git-flow
9 4 (0.60%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.60%) Postman
9 4 (0.60%) Sourcetree
9 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.45%) Maven
General
1 357 (53.36%) Social Skills
2 198 (29.60%) Finance
3 153 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (10.01%) Banking
5 55 (8.22%) Front Office
6 35 (5.23%) Public Sector
7 27 (4.04%) Marketing
8 20 (2.99%) Legal
8 20 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.84%) Financial Institution
9 19 (2.84%) Investment Banking
10 15 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.09%) Retail
11 14 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.49%) Advertising
14 9 (1.35%) Games
15 7 (1.05%) Automotive
15 7 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (24.96%) Developer
2 87 (13.00%) Architect
3 75 (11.21%) Senior
4 45 (6.73%) Java Developer
5 39 (5.83%) Analyst
5 39 (5.83%) Software Engineer
6 33 (4.93%) Lead
7 29 (4.33%) Consultant
8 27 (4.04%) Data Engineer
8 27 (4.04%) Python Developer
9 26 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (3.29%) Senior Developer
11 20 (2.99%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (2.99%) Network Engineer
12 18 (2.69%) Business Analyst
13 16 (2.39%) Data Scientist
13 16 (2.39%) Security Engineer
14 14 (2.09%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (2.09%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.17%) CSS
2 45 (6.73%) .NET
3 44 (6.58%) HTML
4 38 (5.68%) React
5 31 (4.63%) REST
6 24 (3.59%) Spring
7 23 (3.44%) Kafka
7 23 (3.44%) RESTful
8 21 (3.14%) JSON
9 17 (2.54%) Pandas
10 16 (2.39%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.39%) Node.js
11 15 (2.24%) Django
12 14 (2.09%) NumPy
13 13 (1.94%) Web Services
13 13 (1.94%) XML
14 12 (1.79%) jQuery
15 11 (1.64%) .NET Core
15 11 (1.64%) Swagger
16 9 (1.35%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (12.26%) Algorithms
2 56 (8.37%) Management Information System
3 43 (6.43%) Data Structures
4 40 (5.98%) Derivative
5 33 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.48%) Fixed Income
7 23 (3.44%) Product Ownership
8 22 (3.29%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (2.54%) Mobile App
11 17 (2.54%) Virtual Team
12 16 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (2.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 13 (1.94%) Equities
15 12 (1.79%) Blockchain
16 11 (1.64%) Hedge funds
16 11 (1.64%) Market Risk
16 11 (1.64%) Social Media
17 10 (1.49%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.07%) Linux
2 35 (5.23%) Windows
3 20 (2.99%) Unix
4 17 (2.54%) Android
5 13 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.20%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.90%) Solaris
8 5 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.75%) VMS
9 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.30%) 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
1 247 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (30.04%) Agile
3 116 (17.34%) CI/CD
4 105 (15.70%) DevOps
5 96 (14.35%) Software Engineering
6 95 (14.20%) Analytics
7 80 (11.96%) Machine Learning
7 80 (11.96%) Mathematics
8 78 (11.66%) Data Modelling
9 75 (11.21%) Data Science
10 63 (9.42%) Migration
11 58 (8.67%) Test Automation
12 55 (8.22%) Artificial Intelligence
12 55 (8.22%) Data Analysis
13 54 (8.07%) Project Management
14 47 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (6.58%) Decision-Making
15 44 (6.58%) Microservices
15 44 (6.58%) Scrum
16 43 (6.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 195 (29.15%) Python
2 174 (26.01%) SQL
3 133 (19.88%) Java
4 69 (10.31%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.57%) C#
6 46 (6.88%) C++
7 30 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 28 (4.19%) Bash
9 25 (3.74%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.69%) Go
10 18 (2.69%) Rust
11 15 (2.24%) Scala
12 14 (2.09%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.64%) C
14 10 (1.49%) Perl
14 10 (1.49%) R
15 9 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.35%) VBA
16 8 (1.20%) MATLAB
16 8 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 596 (89.09%) Degree
2 404 (60.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 130 (19.43%) Master's Degree
4 54 (8.07%) Security Cleared
5 47 (7.03%) SC Cleared
6 32 (4.78%) PhD
7 25 (3.74%) CISSP
8 23 (3.44%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.39%) Numerate Degree
11 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.79%) CISM
12 12 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.64%) CCNP
13 11 (1.64%) CEH
13 11 (1.64%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.64%) PMP
14 10 (1.49%) CCIE
14 10 (1.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.62%) QA
2 40 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.49%) NIST
4 10 (1.49%) SLA
5 7 (1.05%) MiFID
6 6 (0.90%) GDPR
6 6 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.60%) COBIT
8 4 (0.60%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.45%) GRC
9 3 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 34 (5.08%) Docker
2 21 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.75%) KVM
6 4 (0.60%) NFS
6 4 (0.60%) vCloud
6 4 (0.60%) vSphere
7 3 (0.45%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 48 (7.17%) Terraform
3 13 (1.94%) Ansible
4 11 (1.64%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.05%) Grafana
5 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.60%) Nessus
8 4 (0.60%) SCCM
9 3 (0.45%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.45%) Puppet
10 2 (0.30%) QRadar
10 2 (0.30%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.30%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.15%) Kibana
11 1 (0.15%) logstash
11 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 116 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.67%) Oracle
3 38 (5.68%) Google
4 25 (3.74%) SAP
5 24 (3.59%) Cisco
5 24 (3.59%) Databricks
6 18 (2.69%) VMware
7 17 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.79%) ION Trading
9 11 (1.64%) Foundry
9 11 (1.64%) Palantir
9 11 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.05%) Arista
10 7 (1.05%) CheckPoint
10 7 (1.05%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.05%) Genesys
10 7 (1.05%) IBM
10 7 (1.05%) Splunk
11 6 (0.90%) Juniper
11 6 (0.90%) Qualys