The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 20 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 Coventry 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 25 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.415% 3.861% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.34% 21.74% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £100 £415 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-75.90% -
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 £28.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.25 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.41% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
29 46 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 13.68% 17.76% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 11
Average daily rate £350 £370 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +7.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £275 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £415 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
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 Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) MCP
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) C++

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (33.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
My client is looking for an embedded software engineer to take part in the first part of an Audio based project. This will be based in there offices...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013