Computer Science Contracts in Central London

Computer Science
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 71 86
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 +13
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 99 119 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.09% 3.24% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 3.55% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 68 75
10th Percentile £353 £412 £455
25th Percentile £425 £523 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £727 £875 £700
90th Percentile £823 £1,063 £823
London median daily rate £550 £580 £625
% change year-on-year -5.17% -7.20% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - £50.45 £44.45
25th Percentile - £50.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% +65.63%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £61.94
90th Percentile - £77.75 £65.43
London median hourly rate £55.00 £58.75 £45.50
% change year-on-year -6.38% +29.12% +20.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,195 3,349 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.74% 91.28% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 2,258 3,100
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +6.05%
75th Percentile £680 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 47
10th Percentile £20.22 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.33 £25.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £31.19 £53.19 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Central London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London +20 96 £551 -23.97% 40
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 9 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.04%) Jupyter
4 2 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.01%) Apache
5 1 (1.01%) Confluence
5 1 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.02%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.02%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (2.02%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.02%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (2.02%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.01%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (1.01%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.01%) Primavera
2 1 (1.01%) R3 Corda
2 1 (1.01%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.30%) Azure
2 20 (20.20%) AWS
3 10 (10.10%) GCP
3 10 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.08%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (7.07%) Power Platform
6 6 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.05%) OneDrive
8 4 (4.04%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.04%) Snowflake
9 3 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.03%) WhatsApp
10 2 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.02%) GitHub
10 2 (2.02%) IaaS
10 2 (2.02%) PaaS
10 2 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (2.02%) Twilio
11 1 (1.01%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.09%) Firewall
2 5 (5.05%) LAN
3 4 (4.04%) CTI
3 4 (4.04%) Network Security
3 4 (4.04%) VoIP
4 3 (3.03%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.03%) WAN
5 2 (2.02%) DNS
5 2 (2.02%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (2.02%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.01%) DHCP
6 1 (1.01%) Internet
6 1 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.01%) SSL
6 1 (1.01%) VLAN
6 1 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.04%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.04%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.04%) Oracle Database
4 3 (3.03%) Big Data
4 3 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.03%) Hadoop
4 3 (3.03%) MySQL
4 3 (3.03%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.02%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.02%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.02%) Power BI
5 2 (2.02%) Presto
5 2 (2.02%) Redis
5 2 (2.02%) SAP HANA
5 2 (2.02%) Tableau
6 1 (1.01%) HBase
6 1 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (10.10%) Git
2 4 (4.04%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.04%) JIRA
3 3 (3.03%) GitLab
3 3 (3.03%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.02%) ERwin
4 2 (2.02%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.01%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.01%) CMake
5 1 (1.01%) Darcs
5 1 (1.01%) Jaeger
5 1 (1.01%) Mercurial
5 1 (1.01%) Moq
5 1 (1.01%) MSTest
5 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.01%) Subversion
5 1 (1.01%) Travis CI
5 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 36 (36.36%) Finance
3 22 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.16%) Banking
5 9 (9.09%) Legal
6 6 (6.06%) Front Office
6 6 (6.06%) Marketing
7 5 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.04%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.04%) Investment Banking
9 3 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.03%) Retail
10 2 (2.02%) Advertising
10 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.01%) Arabic Language
11 1 (1.01%) French Language
11 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (22.22%) Developer
2 18 (18.18%) Architect
3 9 (9.09%) Senior
4 8 (8.08%) Analyst
5 5 (5.05%) Data Engineer
5 5 (5.05%) Data Scientist
5 5 (5.05%) Lead
5 5 (5.05%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 5 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.04%) Java Developer
6 4 (4.04%) Python Developer
6 4 (4.04%) Senior Data Scientist
7 3 (3.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) C# Developer
7 3 (3.03%) Consultant
7 3 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.03%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.07%) CSS
2 6 (6.06%) Matplotlib
2 6 (6.06%) Pandas
3 5 (5.05%) PyTorch
3 5 (5.05%) React
3 5 (5.05%) scikit-learn
4 4 (4.04%) .NET
4 4 (4.04%) AngularJS
4 4 (4.04%) HTML
4 4 (4.04%) jQuery
4 4 (4.04%) JSON
4 4 (4.04%) Plotly
4 4 (4.04%) pytest
4 4 (4.04%) Web Services
4 4 (4.04%) XML
5 3 (3.03%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (3.03%) Middleware
5 3 (3.03%) PySpark
5 3 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.08%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.07%) Algorithms
4 5 (5.05%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.05%) Virtual Team
5 4 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.04%) Data Structures
5 4 (4.04%) Fixed Income
5 4 (4.04%) IVR
5 4 (4.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (3.03%) Derivative
6 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.02%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.02%) CBDC
7 2 (2.02%) Equities
7 2 (2.02%) IoT
7 2 (2.02%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.01%) DataPower
8 1 (1.01%) PKI
8 1 (1.01%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.10%) Windows
2 9 (9.09%) Linux
3 2 (2.02%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (2.02%) Solaris
3 2 (2.02%) VMS
4 1 (1.01%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.01%) Unix
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (32.32%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (25.25%) Agile
3 17 (17.17%) CI/CD
4 16 (16.16%) Migration
5 14 (14.14%) DevOps
5 14 (14.14%) Machine Learning
5 14 (14.14%) Mathematics
5 14 (14.14%) Project Management
6 13 (13.13%) Analytics
6 13 (13.13%) ITIL
7 10 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (10.10%) Data Science
7 10 (10.10%) PRINCE2
8 9 (9.09%) Change Management
8 9 (9.09%) Customer Experience
8 9 (9.09%) Software Engineering
8 9 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (8.08%) Data Analysis
9 8 (8.08%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 27 (27.27%) Python
2 22 (22.22%) SQL
3 14 (14.14%) Java
4 10 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 9 (9.09%) C#
6 7 (7.07%) JavaScript
7 6 (6.06%) Bash
8 5 (5.05%) C++
9 4 (4.04%) Go
9 4 (4.04%) Kotlin
9 4 (4.04%) PL/SQL
9 4 (4.04%) Rust
10 3 (3.03%) Clojure
10 3 (3.03%) Haskell
10 3 (3.03%) Scala
11 2 (2.02%) C
11 2 (2.02%) T-SQL
12 1 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 1 (1.01%) VBA
12 1 (1.01%) VC++
Qualifications
1 87 (87.88%) Degree
2 64 (64.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (17.17%) Master's Degree
4 10 (10.10%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (6.06%) Azure Certification
6 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
7 4 (4.04%) GCIA
7 4 (4.04%) GCIH
7 4 (4.04%) GIAC
8 2 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.02%) PhD
8 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.02%) PMP
9 1 (1.01%) CCNA
9 1 (1.01%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.04%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (4.04%) QA
2 3 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.03%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.02%) GDPR
3 2 (2.02%) NIST
3 2 (2.02%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.02%) SLA
3 2 (2.02%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.01%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.01%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (7.07%) Docker
2 6 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.02%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.02%) KVM
5 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (10.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (8.08%) PingFederate
3 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (6.06%) Terraform
4 4 (4.04%) CSIRT
4 4 (4.04%) Nessus
4 4 (4.04%) QRadar
5 2 (2.02%) Ansible
5 2 (2.02%) Grafana
6 1 (1.01%) Kibana
6 1 (1.01%) logstash
6 1 (1.01%) Nagios
6 1 (1.01%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.01%) Puppet
6 1 (1.01%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.01%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.18%) Oracle
3 8 (8.08%) Databricks
3 8 (8.08%) Google
4 6 (6.06%) SAP
5 5 (5.05%) VMware
6 4 (4.04%) BeyondTrust
6 4 (4.04%) Cisco
6 4 (4.04%) Genesys
7 3 (3.03%) ION Trading
7 3 (3.03%) Proofpoint
7 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.03%) Symantec
8 2 (2.02%) Avaya
8 2 (2.02%) Citrix
8 2 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.02%) Foundry
8 2 (2.02%) Palantir
8 2 (2.02%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.02%) Sparx