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 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 68 32
Rank change year-on-year +34 -36 -1
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 111 60 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.75% 4.03% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.78% 4.15% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 70 26 45
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% -13.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,813 £73,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £74,000
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.63% +33.33% +9.09%

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 1,638 1,447 1,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 84.87% 97.18% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 957 728 996
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% +4.55%

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 June 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 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.51%) AWS
2 14 (12.61%) Azure
3 5 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (3.60%) IaaS
5 3 (2.70%) GCP
6 2 (1.80%) SaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.41%) Network Security
2 7 (6.31%) Firewall
3 6 (5.41%) VPN
4 5 (4.50%) Internet
4 5 (4.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.90%) BGP
6 1 (0.90%) DNS
6 1 (0.90%) IPsec
6 1 (0.90%) OSPF
6 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.90%) RTP
6 1 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.90%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (14.41%) GitLab
1 16 (14.41%) Visual Studio
2 5 (4.50%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.90%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Gradle
3 1 (0.90%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.90%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) JUnit
3 1 (0.90%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.90%) Selenium
General
1 18 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.81%) Finance
4 10 (9.01%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.80%) Electronics
5 2 (1.80%) Retail
6 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (35.14%) Software Engineer
2 28 (25.23%) Senior
3 22 (19.82%) Architect
4 18 (16.22%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (14.41%) Software Architect
6 14 (12.61%) Research Engineer
6 14 (12.61%) Research Software Engineer
7 9 (8.11%) Security Manager
8 8 (7.21%) Security Assurance Manager
9 7 (6.31%) Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 6 (5.41%) Developer
10 6 (5.41%) Physicist
10 6 (5.41%) Programmer
10 6 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.41%) Senior Programmer
11 5 (4.50%) Graduate
11 5 (4.50%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Security Architect
12 4 (3.60%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) OpenMP
2 5 (4.50%) Web Services
3 4 (3.60%) Kafka
3 4 (3.60%) React Native
4 1 (0.90%) .NET
4 1 (0.90%) Flutter
4 1 (0.90%) Laravel
4 1 (0.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.90%) Node.js
4 1 (0.90%) pytest
4 1 (0.90%) React
4 1 (0.90%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (27.93%) Algorithms
2 17 (15.32%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (11.71%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.41%) CUDA
4 6 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.60%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.70%) Mixed Reality
7 3 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.90%) PKI
8 1 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.23%) Linux
2 25 (22.52%) Unix
3 5 (4.50%) Kali Linux
4 3 (2.70%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.70%) Windows
5 1 (0.90%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.90%) VMS
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (58.56%) Physics
2 55 (49.55%) Software Engineering
3 45 (40.54%) Mathematics
4 44 (39.64%) Software Testing
5 26 (23.42%) SDLC
6 24 (21.62%) Agile
7 22 (19.82%) Open Source
8 21 (18.92%) Monte Carlo Method
9 19 (17.12%) Parallel Programming
9 19 (17.12%) Performance Analysis
10 16 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (13.51%) Application Security
11 15 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
11 15 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (12.61%) Security Operations
13 13 (11.71%) OWASP
14 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (8.11%) Machine Learning
16 8 (7.21%) Content Development
Programming Languages
1 63 (56.76%) Python
2 46 (41.44%) Fortran
3 44 (39.64%) C++
4 26 (23.42%) C
5 25 (22.52%) Bash
6 23 (20.72%) C#
7 17 (15.32%) SQL
8 11 (9.91%) Java
9 8 (7.21%) Go
10 7 (6.31%) Perl
11 6 (5.41%) PowerShell
12 5 (4.50%) MATLAB
13 4 (3.60%) Kotlin
14 3 (2.70%) Haskell
14 3 (2.70%) Rust
15 1 (0.90%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.90%) PHP
15 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (88.29%) Degree
2 48 (43.24%) Security Cleared
3 29 (26.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (24.32%) Master's Degree
5 25 (22.52%) PhD
6 15 (13.51%) CISSP
7 8 (7.21%) CISM
7 8 (7.21%) GIAC
7 8 (7.21%) GPEN
8 5 (4.50%) AWS Certification
8 5 (4.50%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.80%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.80%) CCNA
9 2 (1.80%) CCNP
9 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.80%) GCIA
9 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.80%) SANS
10 1 (0.90%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) NIST
2 8 (7.21%) GRC
2 8 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (6.31%) GDPR
4 6 (5.41%) NIST 800
4 6 (5.41%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.80%) QA
8 1 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.90%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.31%) Nessus
2 6 (5.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (4.50%) Suricata
4 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.90%) Ansible
5 1 (0.90%) Grafana
5 1 (0.90%) Puppet
5 1 (0.90%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (50.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.41%) Cisco
2 6 (5.41%) Juniper
2 6 (5.41%) Qualys
3 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.50%) Splunk
4 1 (0.90%) AVEVA
4 1 (0.90%) Dell
4 1 (0.90%) Google
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle
4 1 (0.90%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.90%) VMware