Computer Science Contracts in Berkshire

Computer Science
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 59 85
Rank change year-on-year -34 +26 -8
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 29 56 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.48% 3.11% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 3.43% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 19
10th Percentile £193 £387 £385
25th Percentile £313 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £589 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% -1.88% +23.08%
75th Percentile £512 £721 £613
90th Percentile £636 - £763
South East median daily rate £450 £525 £433
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.39% -8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £41.50 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £20.47 £31.25
% change year-on-year +217.54% -34.50% -39.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,735 1,635 2,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.84% 90.93% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 1,056 1,368
10th Percentile £213 £350 £270
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £630 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 49 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.30 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £24.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £56.89 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +170.24% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.59 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.40 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.18%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Reading -25 15 £397 -41.14% 39
Bracknell -9 3 £120 -78.18% 8
Newbury - 3 £330 -
Wokingham 0 2 £615 -16.61% 1
Windsor - 2 £900 - 5
Crowthorne - 1 - - 2
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (10.34%) SAS
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (10.34%) SPSS
4 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) OpenShift
2 2 (6.90%) PaaS
2 2 (6.90%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) 3G
1 7 (24.14%) 4G
1 7 (24.14%) DNS
2 6 (20.69%) 5G
2 6 (20.69%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (20.69%) GGSN
2 6 (20.69%) LTE
2 6 (20.69%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (20.69%) RANAP
2 6 (20.69%) SGSN
2 6 (20.69%) VoLTE
2 6 (20.69%) Wireshark
3 3 (10.34%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) Network Security
4 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (3.45%) 2G
5 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.45%) Junos
5 1 (3.45%) RNC
5 1 (3.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.34%) Tableau
2 1 (3.45%) DTS
2 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (6.90%) Git
4 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.45%) CMake
4 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.45%) Maven
4 1 (3.45%) SonarQube
4 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Telecoms
3 10 (34.48%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (20.69%) Multimedia
6 3 (10.34%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (10.34%) Analyst
1 3 (10.34%) Configuration Engineer
1 3 (10.34%) Data Analyst
1 3 (10.34%) Network Configuration Engineer
1 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
1 3 (10.34%) Site Engineer
1 3 (10.34%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 2 (6.90%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (6.90%) Architect
2 2 (6.90%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Data Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Full Stack Developer
3 1 (3.45%) Lead DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) SOC Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Data Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) D3.js
2 2 (6.90%) OLE
3 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.45%) CNTK
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) jQuery
3 1 (3.45%) JSON
3 1 (3.45%) Node.js
3 1 (3.45%) OpenVINO
3 1 (3.45%) PyTorch
3 1 (3.45%) React
3 1 (3.45%) TensorFlow
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
3 1 (3.45%) XML
3 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Life Science
3 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Android
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (31.03%) Statistics
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) Customer Experience
3 6 (20.69%) Network Architecture
3 6 (20.69%) Performance Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
4 4 (13.79%) Scrum
5 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (10.34%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
5 3 (10.34%) Econometrics
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) OO
5 3 (10.34%) OOP
5 3 (10.34%) Six Sigma
5 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) SQL
3 4 (13.79%) C#
3 4 (13.79%) R
4 3 (10.34%) F#
5 1 (3.45%) C++
5 1 (3.45%) Java
5 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) Degree
2 18 (62.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.90%) A+ Certification
4 2 (6.90%) MCITP
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.45%) CCDP
5 1 (3.45%) CCNA
5 1 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) HP ASE
5 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.45%) JNCIE
5 1 (3.45%) MBCS
5 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Ansible
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Empirix
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
1 6 (20.69%) NetScout
2 4 (13.79%) Juniper
3 2 (6.90%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.45%) Checkmarx
4 1 (3.45%) Ericsson
4 1 (3.45%) Mavenir
4 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) Remedy
4 1 (3.45%) VMware