Computer Science Jobs in Reading

Computer Science
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 61 32
Rank change year-on-year +19 -29 +2
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 85 75 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.96% 4.72% 7.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 4.86% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 57 34 49
10th Percentile £39,000 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% -3.89% -25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +30.43% +4.55%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,512 1,542 1,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.21% 97.04% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 912 797 930
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,375
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,625
Berkshire median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 2024.

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 1 (1.18%) Confluence
1 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.65%) AWS
1 15 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (5.88%) IaaS
3 3 (3.53%) GCP
3 3 (3.53%) SaaS
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.82%) Network Security
2 7 (8.24%) Firewall
2 7 (8.24%) VPN
3 5 (5.88%) Internet
3 5 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.35%) BGP
4 2 (2.35%) DNS
4 2 (2.35%) IPsec
4 2 (2.35%) OSPF
4 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.18%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.18%) Power BI
2 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) GitLab
1 11 (12.94%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.88%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.18%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) Gradle
3 1 (1.18%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.18%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) JUnit
General
1 19 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.94%) Finance
4 10 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.35%) Electronics
5 2 (2.35%) Retail
6 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Marketing
6 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (21.18%) Senior
2 17 (20.00%) Architect
3 16 (18.82%) Software Engineer
4 13 (15.29%) Research Engineer
4 13 (15.29%) Research Software Engineer
5 11 (12.94%) Software Architect
6 9 (10.59%) Security Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (8.24%) Analyst
8 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (7.06%) Developer
9 6 (7.06%) Physicist
9 6 (7.06%) Programmer
9 6 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (7.06%) Senior Programmer
10 5 (5.88%) Security Architect
11 4 (4.71%) Java Developer
11 4 (4.71%) Junior Java Developer
11 4 (4.71%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) OpenMP
2 5 (5.88%) Kafka
2 5 (5.88%) Web Services
3 4 (4.71%) React Native
4 2 (2.35%) .NET
4 2 (2.35%) React
5 1 (1.18%) Flutter
5 1 (1.18%) Laravel
5 1 (1.18%) Middleware
5 1 (1.18%) Node.js
5 1 (1.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.18%) Algorithms
2 16 (18.82%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (15.29%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.06%) CUDA
6 5 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (4.71%) Security Posture
7 4 (4.71%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.35%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (2.35%) PKI
9 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.82%) Linux
2 13 (15.29%) Unix
3 5 (5.88%) Kali Linux
4 4 (4.71%) Windows
5 3 (3.53%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.35%) VMS
6 2 (2.35%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (51.76%) Physics
2 32 (37.65%) Software Engineering
3 29 (34.12%) Mathematics
4 26 (30.59%) Software Testing
5 20 (23.53%) Agile
6 16 (18.82%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (18.82%) Monte Carlo Method
7 15 (17.65%) Application Security
7 15 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 15 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (16.47%) SDLC
8 14 (16.47%) Security Operations
9 13 (15.29%) OWASP
10 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (10.59%) Machine Learning
11 9 (10.59%) Open Source
12 8 (9.41%) Content Development
12 8 (9.41%) Risk Management
12 8 (9.41%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (49.41%) Python
2 29 (34.12%) Fortran
3 26 (30.59%) C++
4 16 (18.82%) C#
5 13 (15.29%) Bash
5 13 (15.29%) C
6 12 (14.12%) SQL
7 8 (9.41%) Java
8 7 (8.24%) Go
8 7 (8.24%) Perl
8 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
9 5 (5.88%) MATLAB
10 4 (4.71%) Kotlin
11 2 (2.35%) Haskell
11 2 (2.35%) Rust
12 1 (1.18%) PHP
12 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 77 (90.59%) Degree
2 30 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 24 (28.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (17.65%) CISSP
4 15 (17.65%) Master's Degree
5 13 (15.29%) PhD
6 8 (9.41%) CISM
6 8 (9.41%) GIAC
6 8 (9.41%) GPEN
7 5 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 5 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.35%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.35%) CCNA
8 2 (2.35%) CCNP
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.35%) GCIA
8 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.35%) SANS
9 1 (1.18%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.12%) NIST
2 8 (9.41%) GRC
2 8 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.24%) GDPR
4 6 (7.06%) NIST 800
4 6 (7.06%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.35%) QA
8 1 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) Docker
2 3 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) Nessus
2 6 (7.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (5.88%) Suricata
4 3 (3.53%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.35%) Grafana
5 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (2.35%) WSUS
6 1 (1.18%) Ansible
6 1 (1.18%) Puppet
6 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (45.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.24%) Cisco
2 7 (8.24%) Juniper
3 6 (7.06%) Qualys
4 5 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 5 (5.88%) Splunk
5 2 (2.35%) Dell
5 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.35%) VMware
6 1 (1.18%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.18%) Google
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle