Computer Science Jobs in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 36 38
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 -11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 543 404 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.79% 6.89% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.29% 7.27% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 359 170 224
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £78,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +16.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,846 5,559 6,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.91% 94.83% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,916 3,042 3,882
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,026 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in the Thames Valley

Computer Science
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +19 259 £70,000 -10.83% 58
Buckinghamshire +50 177 £42,500 -26.09% 21
Oxfordshire -11 107 £52,500 +2.44% 28
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (1.47%) SAS
2 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.37%) Confluence
2 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) CMS
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
3 1 (0.18%) nginx
3 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (9.02%) Azure
2 33 (6.08%) AWS
3 15 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (2.39%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.66%) SaaS
6 8 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (1.47%) GCP
7 7 (1.29%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.10%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.92%) IaaS
9 5 (0.92%) Serverless
10 4 (0.74%) GitHub
11 3 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.37%) Amazon EMR
12 2 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.37%) Datadog
12 2 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.79%) Firewall
2 22 (4.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 19 (3.50%) Network Security
4 10 (1.84%) VPN
5 6 (1.10%) Internet
5 6 (1.10%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.74%) NAS
6 4 (0.74%) SAN
7 3 (0.55%) DNS
8 2 (0.37%) BGP
8 2 (0.37%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.37%) IPsec
8 2 (0.37%) OSPF
8 2 (0.37%) SNMP
9 1 (0.18%) DHCP
9 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.18%) RTP
9 1 (0.18%) VLAN
9 1 (0.18%) VoIP
9 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.31%) NoSQL
2 41 (7.55%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.95%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.39%) Power BI
6 7 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.92%) GIS
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.74%) Big Data
9 3 (0.55%) Impala
9 3 (0.55%) Tableau
10 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.37%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.37%) SSDT
10 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (15.65%) Git
2 35 (6.45%) Selenium
3 33 (6.08%) Cypress.io
4 17 (3.13%) Visual Studio
5 15 (2.76%) GitLab
6 11 (2.03%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.37%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 2 (0.37%) JIRA
7 2 (0.37%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.37%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.18%) JUnit
8 1 (0.18%) Maven
8 1 (0.18%) Moq
8 1 (0.18%) MSTest
8 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 108 (19.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 97 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 81 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.87%) Finance
5 19 (3.50%) Electronics
6 11 (2.03%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.03%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.03%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.29%) Law
7 7 (1.29%) Military
7 7 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (0.74%) Aeronautics
10 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.55%) Banking
10 3 (0.55%) Marketing
10 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.55%) Retail
11 1 (0.18%) Back Office
11 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 138 (25.41%) Developer
2 116 (21.36%) Data Scientist
3 112 (20.63%) Senior
4 67 (12.34%) Software Engineer
5 61 (11.23%) Software Developer
6 42 (7.73%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 31 (5.71%) Analyst
9 30 (5.52%) Junior
10 26 (4.79%) Lead
11 24 (4.42%) Architect
12 23 (4.24%) Senior Software Developer
13 19 (3.50%) Computer Scientist
13 19 (3.50%) Lead Developer
13 19 (3.50%) Lead Software Developer
13 19 (3.50%) Research Scientist
14 18 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (3.13%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 16 (2.95%) SOC Analyst
17 15 (2.76%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (21.92%) React
2 83 (15.29%) .NET
3 40 (7.37%) HTML
4 38 (7.00%) CSS
5 33 (6.08%) Jest
6 31 (5.71%) CSS3
6 31 (5.71%) HTML5
7 22 (4.05%) React Native
8 20 (3.68%) OpenMP
9 14 (2.58%) OpenACC
10 11 (2.03%) Kafka
11 9 (1.66%) XML
12 7 (1.29%) Spring
13 6 (1.10%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.10%) Web Services
14 5 (0.92%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.92%) RESTful
15 4 (0.74%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.74%) NumPy
15 4 (0.74%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 204 (37.57%) Algorithms
2 44 (8.10%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.60%) Data Structures
4 22 (4.05%) CUDA
5 20 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (2.39%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.29%) Biopharmaceutical
10 7 (1.29%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.29%) Life Science
11 6 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.92%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.55%) Molecular Biology
14 3 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.50%) Linux
2 43 (7.92%) Windows
3 38 (7.00%) Unix
4 8 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.92%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) VMS
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (39.23%) Mathematics
2 203 (37.38%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (31.31%) Agile
4 140 (25.78%) Cybersecurity
5 132 (24.31%) Artificial Intelligence
5 132 (24.31%) Data Science
6 126 (23.20%) Decision-Making
7 117 (21.55%) Mentoring
8 115 (21.18%) Coaching
8 115 (21.18%) Data Analysis
8 115 (21.18%) Physics
9 110 (20.26%) Red Team
10 105 (19.34%) Propensity Modelling
10 105 (19.34%) Statistical Modelling
11 102 (18.78%) Digital Forensics
11 102 (18.78%) Software Engineering
12 72 (13.26%) Machine Learning
13 55 (10.13%) Parallel Programming
14 48 (8.84%) Software Testing
15 38 (7.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 160 (29.47%) Python
2 154 (28.36%) C#
3 121 (22.28%) JavaScript
4 105 (19.34%) TypeScript
5 90 (16.57%) C++
6 86 (15.84%) Fortran
7 67 (12.34%) C
8 46 (8.47%) SQL
9 34 (6.26%) Java
10 32 (5.89%) PHP
11 23 (4.24%) Bash
12 17 (3.13%) Go
13 13 (2.39%) R
14 10 (1.84%) Kotlin
15 9 (1.66%) MATLAB
15 9 (1.66%) PowerShell
16 7 (1.29%) Perl
17 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.37%) Haskell
18 2 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 517 (95.21%) Degree
2 189 (34.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 105 (19.34%) Master's Degree
4 90 (16.57%) PhD
5 63 (11.60%) Security Cleared
6 33 (6.08%) CISSP
7 19 (3.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (2.21%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.66%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.47%) CISM
10 8 (1.47%) GIAC
10 8 (1.47%) GPEN
11 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.55%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.55%) CCNA
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.71%) WCAG
2 14 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.21%) GDPR
3 12 (2.21%) NIST
4 10 (1.84%) QA
5 9 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.47%) GRC
7 7 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.29%) CDISC
8 6 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.10%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.10%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.74%) SLA
11 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 130 (23.94%) Docker
2 5 (0.92%) Firmware
3 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.37%) HDFS
4 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 112 (20.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.47%) Nessus
3 6 (1.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.92%) Suricata
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.37%) Nagios
5 2 (0.37%) Netcool
5 2 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
5 2 (0.37%) WSUS
5 2 (0.37%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.21%) Xamarin
3 7 (1.29%) Cisco
3 7 (1.29%) Google
3 7 (1.29%) Juniper
3 7 (1.29%) Splunk
4 6 (1.10%) iManage
4 6 (1.10%) Qualys
4 6 (1.10%) YouTube
5 5 (0.92%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.55%) Cloudera
7 3 (0.55%) EMC
8 2 (0.37%) Dell
8 2 (0.37%) IBM
8 2 (0.37%) Informatica
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle
8 2 (0.37%) SAP
8 2 (0.37%) VMware