Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends 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 10 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 77 75
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 +23
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 11 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.87% 0.99% 1.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.32% 2.33% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 10
10th Percentile £369 - £450
25th Percentile £422 £413 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.93% +26.47%
75th Percentile £519 £438 £642
90th Percentile £556 - £695
Berkshire median daily rate £481 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -23.00% +13.64% -8.33%

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 174 472 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 29.59% 42.52% 36.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 249 266
10th Percentile £325 £408 £264
25th Percentile £450 £558 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% +10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £645 £688 £625
90th Percentile £700 £765 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £594 £525
% change year-on-year -15.71% +13.10% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 36 13
10th Percentile £39.73 £50.95 £57.75
25th Percentile £59.19 £60.95 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.33 £67.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% +6.76% -
75th Percentile - £90.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £100.00 £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £54.49 £62.47 £63.91
% change year-on-year -12.79% -2.24% +203.95%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Reading over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Reading

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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 2 (18.18%) nginx
2 1 (9.09%) Gunicorn
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon EventBridge
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon S3
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Wireless
2 3 (27.27%) 802.11
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) 5G
4 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (9.09%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (9.09%) Redis
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) IT Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Network Support
3 1 (9.09%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) 802.1X
2 1 (9.09%) Bootstrap
2 1 (9.09%) Django
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) jQuery
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) OAuth
2 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
3 3 (27.27%) Network Design
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) SABSA
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) TDD
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) Bash
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) CFCE
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) GCFA
3 1 (9.09%) GCIA
3 1 (9.09%) GCIH
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (9.09%) VCAP
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
1 1 (9.09%) vRealize
1 1 (9.09%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) AirMagnet
1 3 (27.27%) Aruba
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Ekahau
1 3 (27.27%) Extreme Networks
1 3 (27.27%) Juniper
1 3 (27.27%) Meraki
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) ArcSight
3 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) LogRhythm
3 1 (9.09%) Pega
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) VMware