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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 46 38
Rank change year-on-year +26 -8 -15
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 258 178 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.94% 5.94% 6.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.41% 6.23% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 212 98 84
10th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,500 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +39.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £72,500
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 2,742 2,855 3,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 84.37% 95.29% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,570 1,974
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,713 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £73,250
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +6 133 £75,000 -16.67% 6
Reading +33 107 £55,000 +27.17% 18
Maidenhead -4 4 - - 1
Slough +23 3 £47,500 -9.52% 6
Newbury +14 2 £34,000 -54.67%
Windsor -7 1 - - 6
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 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) Apache
2 1 (0.39%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.39%) nginx
2 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.75%) Azure
2 17 (6.59%) AWS
3 9 (3.49%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.55%) IaaS
5 4 (1.55%) SaaS
6 3 (1.16%) GCP
6 3 (1.16%) GitHub
7 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.59%) Network Security
2 7 (2.71%) Firewall
2 7 (2.71%) VPN
3 5 (1.94%) Internet
3 5 (1.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.78%) DNS
4 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.39%) BGP
5 1 (0.39%) DHCP
5 1 (0.39%) IPsec
5 1 (0.39%) MQTT
5 1 (0.39%) OSPF
5 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.39%) RS-485
5 1 (0.39%) RTP
5 1 (0.39%) VLAN
5 1 (0.39%) VoIP
5 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.77%) NoSQL
2 37 (14.34%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.49%) Power BI
4 3 (1.16%) GIS
4 3 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.16%) Tableau
5 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.78%) SSDT
5 2 (0.78%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (29.84%) Git
2 32 (12.40%) Selenium
3 31 (12.02%) Cypress.io
4 17 (6.59%) Visual Studio
5 16 (6.20%) GitLab
6 6 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.78%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.78%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.39%) Gradle
8 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.39%) JIRA
8 1 (0.39%) JUnit
8 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.39%) Robot Framework
General
1 28 (10.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (5.04%) Finance
4 11 (4.26%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.33%) Electronics
6 4 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.78%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.78%) Retail
8 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.39%) Back Office
8 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (38.37%) Developer
2 64 (24.81%) Senior
3 51 (19.77%) Software Developer
4 48 (18.60%) Software Engineer
5 35 (13.57%) Senior Developer
6 30 (11.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 23 (8.91%) Lead
8 22 (8.53%) Architect
9 20 (7.75%) Senior Software Developer
10 18 (6.98%) Lead Developer
10 18 (6.98%) Lead Software Developer
11 17 (6.59%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (6.20%) Software Architect
13 15 (5.81%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 14 (5.43%) Development Director
14 14 (5.43%) Research Engineer
14 14 (5.43%) Research Software Engineer
14 14 (5.43%) Software Development Director
15 13 (5.04%) Data Scientist
16 12 (4.65%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (37.98%) React
2 67 (25.97%) .NET
3 32 (12.40%) HTML
4 31 (12.02%) Jest
5 30 (11.63%) CSS
6 29 (11.24%) CSS3
6 29 (11.24%) HTML5
7 17 (6.59%) React Native
8 6 (2.33%) OpenMP
9 5 (1.94%) Kafka
9 5 (1.94%) Web Services
10 3 (1.16%) Dask
10 3 (1.16%) Django
10 3 (1.16%) Flask
10 3 (1.16%) Middleware
11 2 (0.78%) Matplotlib
11 2 (0.78%) REST
11 2 (0.78%) Sass
11 2 (0.78%) Seaborn
11 2 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.28%) Algorithms
2 21 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.33%) CUDA
4 6 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.55%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.16%) Mixed Reality
7 3 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.39%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.39%) IoT
9 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.39%) PKI
9 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.85%) Linux
2 23 (8.91%) Unix
3 16 (6.20%) Windows
4 5 (1.94%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.39%) VMS
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (52.71%) Agile
2 112 (43.41%) Artificial Intelligence
3 100 (38.76%) Propensity Modelling
4 66 (25.58%) Software Engineering
5 65 (25.19%) Physics
6 58 (22.48%) Mathematics
7 44 (17.05%) Software Testing
8 33 (12.79%) Machine Learning
9 30 (11.63%) Front End Development
10 26 (10.08%) SDLC
11 21 (8.14%) Monte Carlo Method
12 20 (7.75%) Open Source
12 20 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (6.59%) Application Security
13 17 (6.59%) Parallel Programming
13 17 (6.59%) Performance Analysis
14 16 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (5.81%) Penetration Testing
15 15 (5.81%) Test Automation
15 15 (5.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (54.26%) C#
2 98 (37.98%) JavaScript
3 96 (37.21%) TypeScript
4 82 (31.78%) Python
5 53 (20.54%) C++
6 44 (17.05%) Fortran
7 35 (13.57%) C
8 31 (12.02%) SQL
9 30 (11.63%) PHP
10 23 (8.91%) Bash
11 13 (5.04%) Java
11 13 (5.04%) R
12 9 (3.49%) Go
13 8 (3.10%) PowerShell
14 7 (2.71%) Perl
15 5 (1.94%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.94%) MATLAB
16 3 (1.16%) Haskell
16 3 (1.16%) Rust
16 3 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (94.19%) Degree
2 115 (44.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (18.60%) Security Cleared
4 40 (15.50%) Master's Degree
5 35 (13.57%) PhD
6 16 (6.20%) CISSP
7 8 (3.10%) CISM
7 8 (3.10%) GIAC
7 8 (3.10%) GPEN
8 5 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.94%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.16%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.16%) CCNA
9 3 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.16%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.78%) CCNP
10 2 (0.78%) GCIA
10 2 (0.78%) MCP
10 2 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.24%) WCAG
2 12 (4.65%) NIST
3 8 (3.10%) GRC
3 8 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.71%) GDPR
4 7 (2.71%) QA
5 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.33%) NIST 800
5 6 (2.33%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 113 (43.80%) Docker
2 4 (1.55%) Firmware
3 3 (1.16%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 104 (40.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.71%) Nessus
3 6 (2.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (1.94%) Suricata
5 2 (0.78%) Terraform
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Puppet
6 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.65%) Xamarin
3 6 (2.33%) Cisco
3 6 (2.33%) Juniper
3 6 (2.33%) Qualys
4 5 (1.94%) Palo Alto
4 5 (1.94%) Splunk
5 4 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.39%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.39%) Dell
6 1 (0.39%) Google
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle
6 1 (0.39%) SAP
6 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.39%) VMware