Computer Science Contracts in Reading

Computer Science
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science 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 47 77 53
Rank change year-on-year +30 -24 +16
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 13 14 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.18% 1.17% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.30% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 21
10th Percentile £402 £234 £363
25th Percentile £450 £314 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £397 £674
Median % change year-on-year +19.72% -41.14% +7.84%
75th Percentile £500 £438 £721
90th Percentile £675 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £478 £380 £565
% change year-on-year +25.66% -32.74% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £41.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Reading

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Reading

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Reading

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Reading

Computer Science
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 (7.69%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) OCI
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) VLAN
2 3 (23.08%) 802.11
2 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (23.08%) Wireless
3 2 (15.38%) 3G
3 2 (15.38%) 4G
3 2 (15.38%) 5G
3 2 (15.38%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) GGSN
3 2 (15.38%) LTE
3 2 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (15.38%) RANAP
3 2 (15.38%) SGSN
3 2 (15.38%) VoLTE
3 2 (15.38%) Wireshark
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) OSPF
4 1 (7.69%) SSL
4 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Burp Suite
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Metasploit
2 1 (7.69%) CMake
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Multimedia
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.69%) IT Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Support
3 1 (7.69%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) 802.1X
2 2 (15.38%) OAuth
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) CNTK
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) Middleware
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth2
3 1 (7.69%) OpenVINO
3 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) SOAP
3 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
3 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Android
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Data Collection
2 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
2 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
2 3 (23.08%) Network Design
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
3 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) OWASP
3 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) C
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) Ruby
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (76.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (38.46%) Master's Degree
4 2 (15.38%) GPEN
4 2 (15.38%) GWAPT
4 2 (15.38%) OSCE
4 2 (15.38%) OSCP
5 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) AirMagnet
1 3 (23.08%) Aruba
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco
1 3 (23.08%) Ekahau
1 3 (23.08%) Extreme Networks
1 3 (23.08%) Juniper
1 3 (23.08%) Meraki
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Empirix
2 2 (15.38%) NetScout
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) SAP