The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 40 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.683% - 0.195%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.371% - 1.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -13.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
89 85 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.27% 13.69% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 38 43
Average daily rate £340 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% +0.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £158 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
Average hourly rate £24.75 £15.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.62 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.40 £20.80 £61.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Games
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Game Development
4 1 (14.29%) WebGL
4 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
4 1 (14.29%) Physics
4 1 (14.29%) French Language
4 1 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Italian Language
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) iPhone
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (14.29%) WebGL
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (42.86%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) French Language
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
2 1 (14.29%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) UI Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Developer
2 1 (14.29%) UI Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Games Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Android Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Physics
1 1 (14.29%) iPhone
1 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) Game Development
2 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) UML
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) VBScript
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Google