Computer Science Jobs in Berkshire

Computer Science
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 41 37
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 250 206 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.11% 6.64% 6.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.45% 6.94% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 215 111 90
10th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +33.91% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +16.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,645 2,969 3,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 85.79% 95.65% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,787 1,613 1,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +1.27% +7.73%
75th Percentile £71,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Berkshire

Computer Science
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell +6 145 £75,000 -16.67% 7
Reading +19 89 £55,000 +27.17% 28
Maidenhead -8 4 - - 1
Slough +29 3 £47,500 +15.15% 8
Newbury +10 2 £34,000 -54.67%
Thatcham - 1 £50,000 - 1
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Apache
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IIS
2 1 (0.40%) nginx
2 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.00%) Azure
2 17 (6.80%) AWS
3 8 (3.20%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (2.00%) IaaS
4 5 (2.00%) SaaS
5 3 (1.20%) GCP
5 3 (1.20%) GitHub
6 2 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.80%) Network Security
2 8 (3.20%) VPN
3 7 (2.80%) Firewall
4 5 (2.00%) Internet
4 5 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.20%) DNS
6 2 (0.80%) BGP
6 2 (0.80%) IPsec
6 2 (0.80%) OSPF
6 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) DHCP
7 1 (0.40%) MQTT
7 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.40%) RS-485
7 1 (0.40%) VLAN
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (22.80%) NoSQL
2 39 (15.60%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.20%) Power BI
5 3 (1.20%) GIS
5 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.20%) Tableau
6 2 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.80%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.80%) SSDT
6 2 (0.80%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 83 (33.20%) Git
2 35 (14.00%) Cypress.io
2 35 (14.00%) Selenium
3 14 (5.60%) Visual Studio
4 13 (5.20%) GitLab
5 6 (2.40%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.80%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.80%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.80%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) Gradle
7 1 (0.40%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.40%) JIRA
7 1 (0.40%) JUnit
General
1 29 (11.60%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (4.80%) Finance
4 11 (4.40%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.00%) Electronics
6 4 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.80%) Marketing
7 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.80%) Retail
8 1 (0.40%) Back Office
8 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (43.20%) Developer
2 57 (22.80%) Senior
3 56 (22.40%) Software Developer
4 38 (15.20%) Senior Developer
5 34 (13.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 33 (13.20%) Software Engineer
7 25 (10.00%) Lead
8 21 (8.40%) Senior Software Developer
9 20 (8.00%) Lead Developer
9 20 (8.00%) Lead Software Developer
10 19 (7.60%) Architect
11 17 (6.80%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 15 (6.00%) Development Director
12 15 (6.00%) Software Development Director
13 13 (5.20%) C++ Software Engineer
13 13 (5.20%) Research Engineer
13 13 (5.20%) Research Software Engineer
13 13 (5.20%) Software Architect
14 12 (4.80%) Data Scientist
14 12 (4.80%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (44.00%) React
2 74 (29.60%) .NET
3 36 (14.40%) HTML
4 35 (14.00%) Jest
5 34 (13.60%) CSS
6 33 (13.20%) CSS3
6 33 (13.20%) HTML5
7 17 (6.80%) React Native
8 6 (2.40%) Kafka
8 6 (2.40%) OpenMP
9 5 (2.00%) Web Services
10 3 (1.20%) Dask
10 3 (1.20%) Django
10 3 (1.20%) Flask
10 3 (1.20%) Middleware
11 2 (0.80%) Leaflet
11 2 (0.80%) Matplotlib
11 2 (0.80%) OpenLayers
11 2 (0.80%) Sass
11 2 (0.80%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.40%) Algorithms
2 20 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.20%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.40%) CUDA
6 5 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.60%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.80%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.80%) PKI
8 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.40%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.40%) FPGA
9 1 (0.40%) IoT
9 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.60%) Linux
1 19 (7.60%) Windows
2 13 (5.20%) Unix
3 5 (2.00%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.60%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.80%) VMS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (56.80%) Agile
2 121 (48.40%) Artificial Intelligence
3 110 (44.00%) Propensity Modelling
4 51 (20.40%) Software Engineering
5 49 (19.60%) Physics
6 46 (18.40%) Mathematics
7 34 (13.60%) Front End Development
7 34 (13.60%) Machine Learning
8 30 (12.00%) Software Testing
9 20 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (7.20%) Monte Carlo Method
11 17 (6.80%) Application Security
12 16 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (6.40%) SDLC
13 15 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
13 15 (6.00%) Vulnerability Management
14 14 (5.60%) Mathematical Modelling
14 14 (5.60%) Multithreading
14 14 (5.60%) Security Operations
14 14 (5.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 148 (59.20%) C#
2 108 (43.20%) JavaScript
3 106 (42.40%) TypeScript
4 67 (26.80%) Python
5 45 (18.00%) C++
6 34 (13.60%) PHP
7 31 (12.40%) Fortran
8 29 (11.60%) SQL
9 27 (10.80%) C
10 13 (5.20%) Bash
10 13 (5.20%) Java
10 13 (5.20%) R
11 9 (3.60%) PowerShell
12 8 (3.20%) Go
13 7 (2.80%) Perl
14 5 (2.00%) Kotlin
14 5 (2.00%) MATLAB
15 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.80%) Haskell
16 2 (0.80%) Rust
Qualifications
1 240 (96.00%) Degree
2 122 (48.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (13.60%) Security Cleared
4 28 (11.20%) Master's Degree
5 23 (9.20%) PhD
6 16 (6.40%) CISSP
7 8 (3.20%) CISM
7 8 (3.20%) GIAC
7 8 (3.20%) GPEN
8 5 (2.00%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.20%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.20%) CCNA
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.80%) CCNP
10 2 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.80%) GCIA
10 2 (0.80%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.20%) WCAG
2 12 (4.80%) NIST
3 8 (3.20%) GRC
3 8 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.80%) GDPR
4 7 (2.80%) QA
5 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.40%) NIST 800
5 6 (2.40%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 124 (49.60%) Docker
2 4 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 115 (46.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.20%) Nessus
3 6 (2.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (2.00%) Suricata
5 2 (0.80%) Grafana
5 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.80%) WSUS
6 1 (0.40%) Ansible
6 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.80%) Xamarin
3 7 (2.80%) Cisco
3 7 (2.80%) Juniper
4 6 (2.40%) Qualys
5 5 (2.00%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.00%) Splunk
6 4 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.80%) Dell
7 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.80%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle
8 1 (0.40%) SAP