The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 44 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 15 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.792% 1.708% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.938% 9.146% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £350 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.13% -
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
81 164 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 16.04% 18.68% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 102 48
Average daily rate £325 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £248 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £452 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £16.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+165.62% +12.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

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 Bristol region.

Bristol Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Avonmouth - - - -
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Web Services
2 4 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (37.50%) OO
3 3 (37.50%) C
3 3 (37.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Electronics
3 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
3 3 (37.50%) JSON
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) RESTful
3 3 (37.50%) Memory Management
3 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
3 3 (37.50%) iOS SDK
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (12.50%) VBA
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) DTS
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Star Schema

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (50.00%) Web Services
1 4 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (37.50%) JSON
2 3 (37.50%) RESTful
2 3 (37.50%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) DTS
1 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) iOS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Database Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) OO
1 3 (37.50%) TDD
1 3 (37.50%) Memory Management
2 1 (12.50%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (12.50%) Inmon Methodology
2 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
2 1 (12.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VBA
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Basel II
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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Posted: 14 June 2013