Computer Science Contracts in Reading

Computer Science
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 50 69
Rank change year-on-year -35 +19 -18
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 15 31 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.29% 3.09% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 3.47% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 20 9
10th Percentile £234 £363 £443
25th Percentile £314 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £397 £687 £625
Median % change year-on-year -42.25% +9.92% +31.58%
75th Percentile £438 £721 £763
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -30.61% +2.08% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £41.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,041 894 1,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.82% 89.22% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 597 803
10th Percentile £213 £363 £249
25th Percentile £413 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £616 £656 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 22 8
10th Percentile £19.63 £45.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £52.90 £55.91 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +133.93% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76.99 £74.59 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.57 £58.75 £21.03
% change year-on-year +3.10% +179.43% -0.12%

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 14 May 2024.

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:

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
2 1 (6.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) 3G
1 7 (46.67%) 4G
1 7 (46.67%) DNS
2 6 (40.00%) 5G
2 6 (40.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (40.00%) GGSN
2 6 (40.00%) LTE
2 6 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (40.00%) RANAP
2 6 (40.00%) SGSN
2 6 (40.00%) VoLTE
2 6 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (20.00%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) Network Security
5 1 (6.67%) 2G
5 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (6.67%) RNC
5 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (6.67%) SSL
5 1 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) CMake
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
1 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
2 7 (46.67%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 3 (20.00%) Network Configuration Engineer
1 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Databuild Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Site Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ARM Templates
1 1 (6.67%) CNTK
1 1 (6.67%) JSON
1 1 (6.67%) OpenVINO
1 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
1 1 (6.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 6 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 6 (40.00%) Performance Improvement
1 6 (40.00%) Statistics
2 4 (26.67%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.67%) Data Validation
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security
4 1 (6.67%) OO
4 1 (6.67%) OOP
4 1 (6.67%) QMS
4 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) C++
2 1 (6.67%) F#
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 12 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) HP ASE
3 1 (6.67%) JNCIE
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Empirix
1 6 (40.00%) NetScout
2 4 (26.67%) Juniper
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Ericsson
4 1 (6.67%) Mavenir
4 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy
4 1 (6.67%) VMware