Computer Science Jobs in Reading

Computer Science
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 42 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -27
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 20 85 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.87% 4.96% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 5.62% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 20 57 34
10th Percentile £31,750 £39,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,063 £39,500 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,783 £55,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% +27.17% -3.89%
75th Percentile £80,625 £70,000 £70,875
90th Percentile £106,500 £75,000 £72,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,565 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.62% -6.67% +30.43%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 447 1,512 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 86.46% 88.21% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 240 913 789
10th Percentile £31,700 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,188 £39,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -9.17% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,750 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.18% -12.42% -

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
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Reading

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Reading over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram 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 2 (10.00%) Apache
1 2 (10.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
1 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Pinecone
1 3 (15.00%) Weaviate
2 2 (10.00%) Hadoop
2 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 2 (10.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MLflow
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JUnit
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Junior
1 6 (30.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Graduate
2 5 (25.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Junior Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Data Scientist
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Scientific Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Trainer
6 1 (5.00%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Node.js
2 3 (15.00%) Kafka
2 3 (15.00%) PyTorch
2 3 (15.00%) scikit-learn
2 3 (15.00%) TensorFlow
3 2 (10.00%) .NET
3 2 (10.00%) NumPy
3 2 (10.00%) Pandas
4 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.00%) Loki
4 1 (5.00%) React
4 1 (5.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Acoustics
2 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 6 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (25.00%) Physics
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Fintech
5 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (15.00%) Data Science
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Generative AI
6 3 (15.00%) MLOps
7 2 (10.00%) Application Security
7 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 2 (10.00%) Containerisation
7 2 (10.00%) Multi-Agent System
7 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C++
1 11 (55.00%) Python
2 10 (50.00%) Java
3 7 (35.00%) C#
3 7 (35.00%) SQL
4 3 (15.00%) R
5 2 (10.00%) Bash
5 2 (10.00%) C
5 2 (10.00%) Fortran
6 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (5.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 13 (65.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 5 (25.00%) PhD
5 2 (10.00%) CCNA
5 2 (10.00%) CCNP
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.00%) CISSP
5 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (10.00%) GCIA
5 2 (10.00%) SANS
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Docker
2 2 (10.00%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (15.00%) Kubeflow
3 2 (10.00%) Grafana
3 2 (10.00%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.00%) Argo
4 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) PayPal
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) SAP