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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 78 125
Rank change year-on-year +21 +47 -30
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 686 767 877
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.89% 3.03% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.34% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 548 590
10th Percentile £325 £400 £413
25th Percentile £413 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -5.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £723 £750 £775
90th Percentile £825 £900 £875
England median daily rate £525 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 9 34
10th Percentile £38.75 £30.00 £29.78
25th Percentile £42.25 £50.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% +26.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.50 £58.91
90th Percentile £80.75 £85.00 £64.78
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +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 15,579 22,987 35,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.96% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,152 16,646 26,360
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £447 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 266 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +3.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.75
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 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
Central London +23 100 £553 -23.79% 59
West London +25 17 £475 -11.63% 39
South London +9 6 £583 +16.50% 7
East London -3 5 £713 +1.79% 20
North London +3 2 £100 - 3
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 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.46%) Confluence
5 7 (1.02%) SAS
6 6 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.58%) Apache
8 4 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.44%) CMS
9 3 (0.44%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.44%) Gunicorn
9 3 (0.44%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.44%) nginx
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 17 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.17%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.87%) Simulink
6 6 (0.87%) Stateflow
7 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.44%) Windchill
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.44%) Endur
4 3 (0.44%) ENOVIA
4 3 (0.44%) Orchestrade
4 3 (0.44%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 201 (29.30%) Azure
2 137 (19.97%) AWS
3 97 (14.14%) GCP
4 40 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 32 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (3.94%) GitHub
8 26 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
8 26 (3.79%) Serverless
9 18 (2.62%) SaaS
10 16 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (2.33%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.19%) Snowflake
12 14 (2.04%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.90%) PaaS
13 13 (1.90%) Vertex AI
14 11 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.79%) Firewall
2 19 (2.77%) DNS
2 19 (2.77%) Internet
2 19 (2.77%) Network Security
3 11 (1.60%) LAN
3 11 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.46%) HTTP
5 8 (1.17%) WAN
6 7 (1.02%) DHCP
6 7 (1.02%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.02%) SSH
6 7 (1.02%) VPN
7 5 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (0.73%) VoIP
8 4 (0.58%) CTI
8 4 (0.58%) OSPF
8 4 (0.58%) Skype
8 4 (0.58%) VLAN
8 4 (0.58%) Wireless
9 3 (0.44%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.31%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.27%) Big Data
2 43 (6.27%) Relational Database
3 39 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (4.96%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (4.23%) Power BI
7 27 (3.94%) Tableau
8 19 (2.77%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.33%) Hadoop
10 13 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.90%) MySQL
11 12 (1.75%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.46%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.46%) RDBMS
13 9 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.31%) KDB
14 7 (1.02%) Data Mining
14 7 (1.02%) Redis
15 6 (0.87%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 64 (9.33%) Git
2 38 (5.54%) Jenkins
3 32 (4.66%) JIRA
4 22 (3.21%) GitLab
5 12 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 12 (1.75%) Gradle
6 7 (1.02%) ERwin
6 7 (1.02%) JUnit
7 6 (0.87%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.73%) Maven
8 5 (0.73%) MLflow
9 4 (0.58%) git-flow
9 4 (0.58%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.58%) Postman
9 4 (0.58%) Sourcetree
9 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 370 (53.94%) Social Skills
2 202 (29.45%) Finance
3 163 (23.76%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.06%) Banking
5 53 (7.73%) Front Office
6 36 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.79%) Legal
8 25 (3.64%) Marketing
9 20 (2.92%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.48%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.04%) Retail
13 12 (1.75%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.46%) Advertising
14 10 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.31%) Games
16 8 (1.17%) Automotive
17 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 168 (24.49%) Developer
2 86 (12.54%) Architect
3 79 (11.52%) Senior
4 45 (6.56%) Analyst
5 44 (6.41%) Java Developer
6 42 (6.12%) Lead
7 39 (5.69%) Software Engineer
8 33 (4.81%) Consultant
9 29 (4.23%) Data Engineer
10 27 (3.94%) Python Developer
10 27 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (3.21%) Senior Developer
13 20 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (2.92%) Network Engineer
14 18 (2.62%) Business Analyst
14 18 (2.62%) Security Engineer
15 17 (2.48%) Data Scientist
16 14 (2.04%) GCP Engineer
17 13 (1.90%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.73%) CSS
2 48 (7.00%) HTML
3 47 (6.85%) .NET
4 39 (5.69%) React
5 32 (4.66%) REST
6 30 (4.37%) Kafka
7 28 (4.08%) Spring
8 21 (3.06%) RESTful
9 20 (2.92%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.77%) JSON
10 19 (2.77%) Pandas
11 16 (2.33%) Node.js
12 14 (2.04%) Django
12 14 (2.04%) NumPy
12 14 (2.04%) XML
13 13 (1.90%) Web Services
14 12 (1.75%) jQuery
15 11 (1.60%) .NET Core
15 11 (1.60%) Swagger
16 10 (1.46%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.79%) Algorithms
2 57 (8.31%) Management Information System
3 41 (5.98%) Derivative
4 40 (5.83%) Data Structures
5 34 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (4.66%) Fixed Income
7 25 (3.64%) Product Ownership
8 23 (3.35%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.62%) Virtual Team
10 17 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 15 (2.19%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.75%) Blockchain
14 11 (1.60%) Hedge funds
14 11 (1.60%) Market Risk
15 10 (1.46%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.46%) Equities
15 10 (1.46%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.87%) Linux
2 37 (5.39%) Windows
3 20 (2.92%) Unix
4 17 (2.48%) Android
5 12 (1.75%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.73%) Solaris
7 5 (0.73%) VMS
8 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (38.19%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (31.20%) Agile
3 117 (17.06%) CI/CD
4 110 (16.03%) DevOps
5 102 (14.87%) Analytics
6 96 (13.99%) Software Engineering
7 89 (12.97%) Mathematics
8 82 (11.95%) Machine Learning
9 79 (11.52%) Data Science
10 77 (11.22%) Data Modelling
11 68 (9.91%) Migration
12 58 (8.45%) Data Analysis
13 56 (8.16%) Project Management
14 55 (8.02%) Artificial Intelligence
14 55 (8.02%) Test Automation
15 50 (7.29%) Mentoring
16 49 (7.14%) Microservices
17 48 (7.00%) Business Intelligence
18 47 (6.85%) Decision-Making
18 47 (6.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 196 (28.57%) Python
2 181 (26.38%) SQL
3 126 (18.37%) Java
4 69 (10.06%) JavaScript
5 60 (8.75%) C#
6 44 (6.41%) C++
7 30 (4.37%) Bash
8 29 (4.23%) PowerShell
9 22 (3.21%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.62%) Rust
11 16 (2.33%) Go
11 16 (2.33%) Scala
12 15 (2.19%) Kotlin
13 14 (2.04%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.60%) C
14 11 (1.60%) Perl
14 11 (1.60%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.46%) R
15 10 (1.46%) VBA
16 8 (1.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 614 (89.50%) Degree
2 413 (60.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 132 (19.24%) Master's Degree
4 58 (8.45%) Security Cleared
5 51 (7.43%) SC Cleared
6 28 (4.08%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.64%) PhD
8 24 (3.50%) CISSP
9 20 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (2.77%) Numerate Degree
11 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.60%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.60%) CEH
13 11 (1.60%) CISM
13 11 (1.60%) GIAC
14 10 (1.46%) CCIE
14 10 (1.46%) CCNP
14 10 (1.46%) PMI Certification
14 10 (1.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.29%) QA
2 43 (6.27%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.60%) SLA
5 9 (1.31%) NIST
6 7 (1.02%) MiFID
7 6 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.87%) GDPR
7 6 (0.87%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.58%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.44%) COBIT
10 3 (0.44%) GRC
10 3 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 36 (5.25%) Docker
2 25 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.73%) KVM
5 5 (0.73%) vSphere
6 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.58%) vCloud
7 3 (0.44%) NFS
7 3 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (8.02%) Kubernetes
2 50 (7.29%) Terraform
3 13 (1.90%) Ansible
4 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.60%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.02%) CSIRT
6 6 (0.87%) Grafana
6 6 (0.87%) Nessus
7 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.58%) QRadar
8 4 (0.58%) SCCM
9 3 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.44%) Puppet
10 2 (0.29%) Istio
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Identity Management
10 2 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.29%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 120 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.04%) Oracle
3 44 (6.41%) Google
4 29 (4.23%) Databricks
5 24 (3.50%) SAP
6 23 (3.35%) Cisco
7 21 (3.06%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.62%) VMware
9 13 (1.90%) ION Trading
10 12 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.60%) Foundry
11 11 (1.60%) Palantir
12 8 (1.17%) Genesys
12 8 (1.17%) Splunk
13 7 (1.02%) Arista
13 7 (1.02%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (1.02%) CA
13 7 (1.02%) IBM
14 6 (0.87%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.87%) Juniper