Computer Science Degree Contracts in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 80 74
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 10 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.68% 0.92% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.49% 2.08% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile - - £355
25th Percentile £450 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -16.28%
75th Percentile - £438 £525
90th Percentile £710 - £555
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £41.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 182 528 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.49% 44.30% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 271 211
10th Percentile £394 £205 £363
25th Percentile £481 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £680
90th Percentile - £716 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 44 15
10th Percentile - £44.10 £56.76
25th Percentile - £55.41 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.07 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -5.95% +560.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £86.10 £76.99
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (10.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OCI
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) 802.11
1 3 (30.00%) VLAN
1 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (30.00%) Wireless
2 2 (20.00%) 3G
2 2 (20.00%) 4G
2 2 (20.00%) 5G
2 2 (20.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) GGSN
2 2 (20.00%) LTE
2 2 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (20.00%) RANAP
2 2 (20.00%) SGSN
2 2 (20.00%) VoLTE
2 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (20.00%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
1 3 (30.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) IT Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Network Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Network Support
3 1 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) 802.1X
2 2 (20.00%) OAuth
3 1 (10.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) Data Collection
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) OWASP
3 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Statistics
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C
1 2 (20.00%) C++
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) Ruby
2 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) GPEN
3 2 (20.00%) GWAPT
3 2 (20.00%) OSCE
3 2 (20.00%) OSCP
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) AirMagnet
1 3 (30.00%) Aruba
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Ekahau
1 3 (30.00%) Extreme Networks
1 3 (30.00%) Juniper
1 3 (30.00%) Meraki
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Empirix
2 2 (20.00%) NetScout
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP