Computer Science Contracts in Aberdeen
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 24 17 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +10
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 2 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.299% 5.729% 0.538%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.143% 26.83% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.25 £31.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-2.41% -12.67%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 28 41 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 18.18% 21.35% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 19
Average daily rate £475 £320 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.43% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £117 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £601 £486 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.76% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Computer Science
Scotland

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Aberdeen Computer Science Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Science across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science.

1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle
3 9 (50.00%) Windows
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 8 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 6 (33.33%) Project Management
5 6 (33.33%) Business Analysis
6 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
6 5 (27.78%) Citrix
6 5 (27.78%) PMP
6 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
6 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
6 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
7 4 (22.22%) IIS
7 4 (22.22%) CSS
7 4 (22.22%) XML
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 4 (22.22%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) Java
7 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 4 (22.22%) Apache
7 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
7 4 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (22.22%) Intranet
7 4 (22.22%) Internet
7 4 (22.22%) Data Management
7 4 (22.22%) Content Management

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Computer Science also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
1 4 (22.22%) XML
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) Software Packaging
2 2 (11.11%) X-Windows
2 2 (11.11%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) IIS
1 4 (22.22%) Apache
1 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
1 4 (22.22%) LiveLink
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SmartPlant
2 1 (5.556%) SAP GTS
2 1 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
2 4 (22.22%) Intranet
2 4 (22.22%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) SAN
3 1 (5.556%) SMS
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (11.11%) SAP BI
3 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MSI
1 1 (5.556%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Systems Support
3 4 (22.22%) Support Team Leader
3 4 (22.22%) Business Project Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Business Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Team Leader
4 3 (16.67%) Project Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Wintel Server Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Wintel Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Teradata DBA
6 1 (5.556%) Applications Packager
6 1 (5.556%) Administrator
6 1 (5.556%) Developer
6 1 (5.556%) DBA
6 1 (5.556%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Storage Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.556%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Windows 7
3 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.556%) Android
6 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
1 6 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
3 4 (22.22%) Data Management
3 4 (22.22%) Content Management
3 4 (22.22%) Document Management
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) Process Management
4 2 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (5.556%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Change Management
5 1 (5.556%) OO
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) Python
3 1 (5.556%) VBScript
3 1 (5.556%) VB
3 1 (5.556%) PHP
3 1 (5.556%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) PMP
2 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Citrix
4 4 (22.22%) Kofax
4 4 (22.22%) Open Text
5 2 (11.11%) SAP
5 2 (11.11%) Business Objects
6 1 (5.556%) Sun
6 1 (5.556%) NetApp
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Aberdeen, Scotland
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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