Computer Science Contracts in the Midlands

Computer Science
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 107 148
Rank change year-on-year +50 +41 -37
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 82 49 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.94% 1.51% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 1.72% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 40 44
10th Percentile £311 £358 £219
25th Percentile £425 £448 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £445
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +13.48% +4.71%
75th Percentile £633 £659 £500
90th Percentile £691 £740 £688
England median daily rate £525 £565 £586
% change year-on-year -7.08% -3.62% +6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile - £26.66 -
25th Percentile £22.33 £29.72 £13.50
Median hourly rate £56.25 £37.63 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.50% +168.75% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.72 £14.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £52.09 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.87 £47.50
% change year-on-year +2.10% +13.41% +17.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,848 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.44% 87.66% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,999 3,249
10th Percentile £231 £262 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 97 136
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.30 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £13.84
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +26.05% +19.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £23.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £60.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the Midlands

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
West Midlands +53 70 £525 - 82
East Midlands +7 12 £650 +30.00% 79
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.66%) Apache
1 3 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.54%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.44%) Simulink
3 1 (1.22%) CATIA
3 1 (1.22%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.22%) SAP Business One
1 1 (1.22%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (23.17%) Azure
2 5 (6.10%) AWS
3 4 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.88%) Serverless
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Functions
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.44%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.22%) GCP
6 1 (1.22%) GitHub
6 1 (1.22%) IaaS
6 1 (1.22%) PaaS
6 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.54%) DHCP
1 7 (8.54%) DNS
2 6 (7.32%) WAN
3 5 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (6.10%) Ethereal
3 5 (6.10%) Ethernet
3 5 (6.10%) Firewall
3 5 (6.10%) LAN
3 5 (6.10%) Wireless
3 5 (6.10%) Wireshark
4 3 (3.66%) SAN
5 2 (2.44%) Network Security
6 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Data Mining
2 4 (4.88%) Power BI
3 3 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.44%) Big Data
4 2 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.44%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.22%) Apache Hive
5 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.22%) Flink
5 1 (1.22%) Presto
5 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Git
1 5 (6.10%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.88%) GitLab
3 2 (2.44%) Artifactory
3 2 (2.44%) Travis CI
4 1 (1.22%) JIRA
4 1 (1.22%) NUnit
4 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 31 (37.80%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.10%) German Language
5 5 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Electronics
6 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Law
6 2 (2.44%) Retail
7 1 (1.22%) Back Office
7 1 (1.22%) Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.22%) Police
7 1 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (17.07%) Architect
2 11 (13.41%) Developer
2 11 (13.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 9 (10.98%) Analyst
4 8 (9.76%) Senior
5 6 (7.32%) Java Developer
5 6 (7.32%) Network Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Data Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Network Support
6 5 (6.10%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Software Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (3.66%) Lead
8 3 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.66%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.44%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.44%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.32%) Spring
2 5 (6.10%) Middleware
3 4 (4.88%) Kafka
4 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
4 3 (3.66%) React
4 3 (3.66%) REST
5 2 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (2.44%) CSS
5 2 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (2.44%) HTML
5 2 (2.44%) Web Services
6 1 (1.22%) .NET
6 1 (1.22%) Guice
6 1 (1.22%) NumPy
6 1 (1.22%) PySpark
6 1 (1.22%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.22%) SAP PI
6 1 (1.22%) SOAP
6 1 (1.22%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.85%) Data Centre
1 13 (15.85%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.54%) Algorithms
4 5 (6.10%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.10%) SCADA
5 4 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.88%) Industry 4.0
5 4 (4.88%) IoT
6 3 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.66%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.44%) CCTV
7 2 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.54%) Unix
1 7 (8.54%) Windows
2 4 (4.88%) Linux
3 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.83%) DevOps
3 19 (23.17%) Software Engineering
4 17 (20.73%) Decision-Making
5 15 (18.29%) Agile
6 11 (13.41%) CI/CD
6 11 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (13.41%) ITIL
6 11 (13.41%) Migration
7 10 (12.20%) User Experience
8 9 (10.98%) Analytical Thinking
8 9 (10.98%) Analytics
8 9 (10.98%) Data Science
8 9 (10.98%) Workflow
9 8 (9.76%) Service Management
10 7 (8.54%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.32%) Microservices
12 5 (6.10%) Data Centre Operations
12 5 (6.10%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.07%) Python
2 13 (15.85%) SQL
3 9 (10.98%) Java
4 5 (6.10%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.10%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.44%) C#
5 2 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.44%) MATLAB
5 2 (2.44%) Perl
5 2 (2.44%) Scala
6 1 (1.22%) C
6 1 (1.22%) C++
6 1 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.22%) PHP
6 1 (1.22%) R
6 1 (1.22%) Rust
6 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (96.34%) Degree
2 52 (63.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (21.95%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.20%) DV Cleared
5 9 (10.98%) Master's Degree
6 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.32%) CCNA
7 6 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (7.32%) CISSP
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.44%) CEH
9 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.22%) CCNP
10 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.22%) PMP
10 1 (1.22%) SAP Certification
10 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) QA
2 4 (4.88%) NIST
3 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (6.10%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.66%) Docker
4 2 (2.44%) vSphere
5 1 (1.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.10%) OpenView
2 3 (3.66%) SysTrack
2 3 (3.66%) Terraform
3 2 (2.44%) Ansible
3 2 (2.44%) Kibana
3 2 (2.44%) logstash
4 1 (1.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) SAP
3 5 (6.10%) BMC
3 5 (6.10%) Cisco
4 4 (4.88%) Citrix
4 4 (4.88%) VMware
5 3 (3.66%) New Relic
5 3 (3.66%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.44%) Confluent
6 2 (2.44%) NVIDIA
6 2 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.22%) Google
7 1 (1.22%) Informatica
7 1 (1.22%) Mitel
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle
7 1 (1.22%) Sage
7 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.22%) Splunk
7 1 (1.22%) Teradata
7 1 (1.22%) Xilinx