Jobs in Caversham

Caversham is a suburb of Reading with a population of almost 24,000. Caversham was originally part of Oxfordshire until 1911 when county boundaries changed; Caversham legally switched counties and became part of Reading and Berkshire. Back in the 12th century, Caversham was an important place for pilgrims; kings, queens, noblemen and peasants travelled from miles around to worship at the Shrine of Our Lady (a shrine built to honour the Virgin Mary) and the chapel of St. Anne, built on a well whose waters were said to have healing properties. Since the end of the Second World War, Caversham has been the home of BBC Monitoring, which monitors media worldwide from headquarters in Caversham Park House. It is also well known for being the home of Caversham Court, a historic house and garden whose residents and owners over the years include Lady Elizabeth Mosley, the grandmother of Fascist leader Oswald Mosley, and Mary de Pledge, famous for breeding the Caversham strain of Pekingese dogs.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 0.94, suggesting that demand for job vacancies in Caversham is decreasing.

The standard deviation of salaries for the results of this search is 19,810.

1,215 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 2,422 in the last 72 hours and 6,006 in the last week.

Companies presently offering job vacancies in Caversham include NHS, Jacobs, Amec Foster Wheeler..

61% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 39% are contract jobs.