Computer Science Degree Contracts in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 74 88
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 -27
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 11 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.92% 1.25% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 3.92% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 2
10th Percentile - £355 £434
25th Percentile £413 £363 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -16.28% -6.52%
75th Percentile £438 £525 £616
90th Percentile - £555 £651
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £41.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 528 332 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 44.33% 31.89% 23.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 211 215
10th Percentile £205 £363 £313
25th Percentile £434 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £613
90th Percentile £716 £725 £683
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £493
% change year-on-year - +11.68% +6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 1
10th Percentile £44.10 £56.76 -
25th Percentile £55.41 £63.14 £9.75
Median hourly rate £62.07 £66.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +560.00% -77.01%
75th Percentile £86.10 £76.99 £10.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -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
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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) 3G
2 5 (45.45%) 4G
2 5 (45.45%) 5G
2 5 (45.45%) Diameter Protocol
2 5 (45.45%) GGSN
2 5 (45.45%) LTE
2 5 (45.45%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (45.45%) RANAP
2 5 (45.45%) SGSN
2 5 (45.45%) VoLTE
2 5 (45.45%) Wireshark
3 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
5 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (9.09%) Junos
5 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (9.09%) SSL
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (81.82%) Telecoms
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Multimedia
3 5 (45.45%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Network Configuration Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ARM Templates
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
1 1 (9.09%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Customer Experience
2 5 (45.45%) Network Architecture
2 5 (45.45%) Performance Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Statistics
3 4 (36.36%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Dependency Management
5 1 (9.09%) DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) RBAC
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) HP ASE
2 1 (9.09%) JNCIE
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Empirix
1 5 (45.45%) NetScout
2 4 (36.36%) Juniper
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) VMware