Computer Science Contracts in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 150 178
Rank change year-on-year +73 +28 -27
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 511 372 447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.42% 1.64% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 1.84% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 235 261
10th Percentile £288 £330 £190
25th Percentile £413 £456 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £600
90th Percentile £675 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 28 32
10th Percentile £20.12 £18.39 £17.00
25th Percentile £33.13 £19.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.25 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +15.88% -10.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.03 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year - +21.55% +4.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,473 20,238 27,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.84% 89.10% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,285 13,877 19,070
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 1,255 1,342
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.68 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.40 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £74.92 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in the UK excluding London

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +87 138 £525 +8.02% 187
South East +14 124 £450 -14.29% 215
Midlands +53 88 £538 +5.39% 167
West Midlands +53 76 £525 - 83
North West +52 74 £520 +7.00% 106
South West +14 61 £588 +6.82% 97
Yorkshire +39 53 £521 -5.27% 55
East of England +30 49 £500 - 100
Scotland +31 43 £525 - 60
North East +23 13 £600 - 29
Wales +19 12 £403 -26.82% 13
East Midlands +6 12 £650 +30.00% 84
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 20
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 29 (5.68%) Confluence
2 15 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.15%) Apache
4 7 (1.37%) SAS
5 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.98%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) MTS
Applications
1 32 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.94%) Simulink
3 14 (2.74%) Stateflow
4 13 (2.54%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.98%) SPSS
7 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.20%) CATIA
8 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Stata
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.59%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 95 (18.59%) Azure
2 71 (13.89%) AWS
3 28 (5.48%) Power Platform
4 27 (5.28%) GCP
5 20 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (3.13%) SaaS
6 16 (3.13%) Snowflake
7 12 (2.35%) PaaS
8 11 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.76%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.17%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.17%) GitHub
12 6 (1.17%) Serverless
13 5 (0.98%) IaaS
13 5 (0.98%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.78%) Azure Functions
14 4 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.70%) DNS
2 21 (4.11%) Firewall
3 18 (3.52%) Wireless
4 17 (3.33%) DHCP
4 17 (3.33%) WAN
4 17 (3.33%) Wireshark
5 16 (3.13%) 5G
6 12 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.35%) VPN
7 11 (2.15%) LAN
7 11 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.76%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (1.76%) SAN
9 8 (1.57%) Ethernet
10 7 (1.37%) 4G
10 7 (1.37%) BGP
10 7 (1.37%) Ethereal
10 7 (1.37%) MPLS
11 6 (1.17%) LTE
11 6 (1.17%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.48%) Power BI
2 23 (4.50%) Relational Database
3 22 (4.31%) MySQL
4 16 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
4 16 (3.13%) Tableau
5 14 (2.74%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.15%) Metadata
6 11 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.96%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.76%) Big Data
9 8 (1.57%) Data Mining
10 6 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.17%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.98%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.78%) MS Access
13 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (9.59%) JIRA
2 45 (8.81%) Git
3 21 (4.11%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.72%) Bitbucket
5 10 (1.96%) Oracle APEX
6 9 (1.76%) GitLab
7 8 (1.57%) Subversion
8 7 (1.37%) Artifactory
8 7 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (1.17%) Selenium
10 5 (0.98%) JUnit
11 4 (0.78%) Gradle
11 4 (0.78%) JMeter
11 4 (0.78%) Mercurial
11 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.59%) Travis CI
12 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.39%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 202 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 128 (25.05%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (12.33%) Finance
4 43 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.22%) Telecoms
6 25 (4.89%) Legal
7 22 (4.31%) Banking
8 19 (3.72%) Automotive
9 18 (3.52%) Electronics
10 16 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.54%) Marketing
11 13 (2.54%) Multimedia
11 13 (2.54%) Retail
12 11 (2.15%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.17%) Law
14 6 (1.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (15.07%) Architect
2 58 (11.35%) Senior
3 55 (10.76%) Software Engineer
4 51 (9.98%) Analyst
5 45 (8.81%) Developer
6 36 (7.05%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.09%) Network Engineer
8 23 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (3.72%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.52%) Data Scientist
10 18 (3.52%) Lead
11 14 (2.74%) Data Analyst
11 14 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (2.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (2.54%) Consultant
12 13 (2.54%) Support Engineer
13 11 (2.15%) AWS Engineer
13 11 (2.15%) Enterprise Architect
13 11 (2.15%) Java Developer
13 11 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.87%) HTML
2 26 (5.09%) CSS
3 22 (4.31%) AngularJS
4 20 (3.91%) .NET
5 13 (2.54%) Kafka
5 13 (2.54%) React
5 13 (2.54%) Spring
6 11 (2.15%) .NET Framework
6 11 (2.15%) REST
6 11 (2.15%) RESTful
7 10 (1.96%) Middleware
7 10 (1.96%) XML
8 7 (1.37%) Web Services
9 6 (1.17%) GraphQL
9 6 (1.17%) NumPy
9 6 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.17%) SOAP
10 5 (0.98%) OpenGL ES
10 5 (0.98%) PyTorch
10 5 (0.98%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.59%) Management Information System
2 39 (7.63%) Algorithms
3 33 (6.46%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (3.13%) Data Structures
7 13 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.35%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.96%) CMDB
10 9 (1.76%) PKI
10 9 (1.76%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.17%) Life Science
13 5 (0.98%) Clustering
13 5 (0.98%) SCADA
13 5 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.50%) Windows
2 60 (11.74%) Linux
3 44 (8.61%) Unix
4 17 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.54%) Android
6 8 (1.57%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.98%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.78%) Solaris
9 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.59%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.39%) HPUX
10 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) zOS
11 1 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (23.48%) Agile
3 93 (18.20%) Software Engineering
4 87 (17.03%) DevOps
5 67 (13.11%) ITIL
6 65 (12.72%) Test Automation
7 58 (11.35%) Migration
8 53 (10.37%) Scrum
9 50 (9.78%) Data Modelling
10 47 (9.20%) Data Science
10 47 (9.20%) Roadmaps
11 45 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (8.02%) Decision-Making
13 40 (7.83%) Analytics
14 38 (7.44%) Data Management
15 36 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (7.05%) Change Management
15 36 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (6.85%) Project Management
17 34 (6.65%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (21.72%) Python
2 84 (16.44%) SQL
3 64 (12.52%) Java
4 44 (8.61%) JavaScript
5 28 (5.48%) C#
5 28 (5.48%) C++
5 28 (5.48%) PowerShell
6 22 (4.31%) MATLAB
7 21 (4.11%) R
8 20 (3.91%) C
9 15 (2.94%) Scala
10 13 (2.54%) Perl
10 13 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.35%) Bash
12 9 (1.76%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.37%) VB.NET
14 6 (1.17%) Go
14 6 (1.17%) Rust
15 5 (0.98%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.78%) F#
Qualifications
1 456 (89.24%) Degree
2 291 (56.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (16.05%) Security Cleared
4 75 (14.68%) Master's Degree
5 51 (9.98%) SC Cleared
6 37 (7.24%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (5.28%) DV Cleared
8 23 (4.50%) CCNA
9 22 (4.31%) CCNP
10 19 (3.72%) PhD
11 18 (3.52%) PMI Certification
11 18 (3.52%) PMP
12 13 (2.54%) CISSP
12 13 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.96%) HND
15 8 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (1.37%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.24%) QA
2 19 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.35%) SLA
4 9 (1.76%) NIST
5 6 (1.17%) GDPR
6 4 (0.78%) JTAG
7 3 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.59%) HL7
7 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (7.44%) Docker
2 29 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.31%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.35%) vSphere
5 11 (2.15%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.57%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.17%) Firmware
9 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.78%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.78%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.59%) KVM
12 2 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.50%) Terraform
3 11 (2.15%) Ansible
4 10 (1.96%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.37%) OpenView
6 6 (1.17%) SCCM
7 5 (0.98%) PowerCLI
8 4 (0.78%) OPNET
8 4 (0.78%) SCOM
8 4 (0.78%) WSUS
9 3 (0.59%) Kibana
9 3 (0.59%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.59%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.39%) logstash
10 2 (0.39%) Nessus
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle ZFS
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.39%) vRealize
10 2 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 89 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.83%) ServiceNow
3 36 (7.05%) VMware
4 32 (6.26%) Cisco
5 29 (5.68%) SAP
6 26 (5.09%) Oracle
7 22 (4.31%) Google
8 20 (3.91%) Atlassian
9 13 (2.54%) Databricks
9 13 (2.54%) IBM
10 12 (2.35%) Juniper
11 10 (1.96%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.57%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.37%) Nokia
13 7 (1.37%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.37%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.37%) Tanium
14 6 (1.17%) F5
14 6 (1.17%) NetScout
14 6 (1.17%) Splunk