Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Computer Science Degree
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 95 112
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 31 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.10% 0.46% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.06% 1.20% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 12
10th Percentile £204 - £450
25th Percentile £345 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £519 - £656
90th Percentile £591 - £874
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £82.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £121.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +189.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 613 581 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.47% 38.02% 44.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 322 452
10th Percentile £255 £257 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £578 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +15.50% -8.91%
75th Percentile £545 £659 £620
90th Percentile £626 £722 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 31 55
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.25 £45.21
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £54.78
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.17 £69.56
90th Percentile £98.00 £75.40 £75.93
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Berkshire

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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 Degree within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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 +20 12 £450 - 2
Wokingham - 8 £444 -
Windsor -2 5 £208 -58.50% 3
Bracknell -4 2 £563 - 2
Maidenhead - 2 - - 2
Slough - 1 £650 - 6
Computer Science Degree
South East

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) GeoServer
1 4 (12.90%) Smallworld
2 2 (6.45%) nginx
3 1 (3.23%) Apache
3 1 (3.23%) Gunicorn
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 3 (9.68%) GCP
2 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.23%) Collibra
4 1 (3.23%) IaaS
4 1 (3.23%) iPaaS
4 1 (3.23%) OCI
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Network Security
2 3 (9.68%) Wireless
3 2 (6.45%) 5G
3 2 (6.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.23%) Firewall
4 1 (3.23%) Intranet
4 1 (3.23%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (3.23%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (3.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Relational Database
2 4 (12.90%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (12.90%) GIS
2 4 (12.90%) MySQL
2 4 (12.90%) QGIS
3 3 (9.68%) Metadata
3 3 (9.68%) Power BI
3 3 (9.68%) Tableau
4 2 (6.45%) Data Lake
4 2 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 1 (3.23%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.23%) Redis
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.23%) Appium
2 1 (3.23%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.23%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Selenium
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Technical Support
3 3 (9.68%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Data Centre Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) GIS Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Data Scientist
5 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Django Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Node.js Developer
5 1 (3.23%) SAP MDM Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Data Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Software Release Manager
5 1 (3.23%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) Bootstrap
2 1 (3.23%) Django
2 1 (3.23%) Express.js
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) jQuery
2 1 (3.23%) JSON
2 1 (3.23%) Matplotlib
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.23%) Pandas
2 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.23%) RESTful
2 1 (3.23%) scikit-learn
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
2 1 (3.23%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.23%) WebdriverIO
2 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Replication
4 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Kali Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 16 (51.61%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) DevOps
4 8 (25.81%) Agile
4 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.81%) Migration
5 7 (22.58%) Analytics
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (19.35%) Data Governance
6 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
6 6 (19.35%) Visualisation
7 5 (16.13%) AI
7 5 (16.13%) Data Science
7 5 (16.13%) Machine Learning
7 5 (16.13%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
8 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (12.90%) Master Data Management
8 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Python
2 8 (25.81%) SQL
3 6 (19.35%) Java
4 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 4 (12.90%) Perl
5 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.23%) ABAP
6 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (29.03%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.90%) CISSP
4 3 (9.68%) PMP
5 2 (6.45%) CFCE
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.45%) GCFA
5 2 (6.45%) GCIA
5 2 (6.45%) GCIH
5 2 (6.45%) GIAC
5 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (3.23%) OSCP
6 1 (3.23%) SANS
6 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.23%) VCAP
6 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.90%) QA
3 3 (9.68%) GDPR
3 3 (9.68%) GRC
4 2 (6.45%) HIPAA
4 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (6.45%) NIST
5 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) Nmap
2 1 (3.23%) vRealize
2 1 (3.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) ESRI
2 4 (12.90%) Intergraph
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.45%) ArcSight
4 2 (6.45%) Google
4 2 (6.45%) LogRhythm
4 2 (6.45%) SAP
4 2 (6.45%) Splunk
5 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.23%) IBM
5 1 (3.23%) Pega
5 1 (3.23%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.23%) VMware