The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Brighton 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 31 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 1.604% 1.038% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.71% 6.667% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
28 45 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 14.97% 15.57% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 12
Average daily rate £370 £370 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £196 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £438 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Computer Science
East Sussex

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton 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 Brighton region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Brighton Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Online Games
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Social Media
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer
3 1 (33.33%) vSphere

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Online Games
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) XenServer
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware