The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 28 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.724% 0.912% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.000% 7.317% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
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
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
50 41 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 21.55% 12.46% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 14
Average daily rate £425 £373 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.09% +24.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £193 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £444 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +45.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Sussex Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Brighton +8 3 £313 -
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Online Games
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) Social Media
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Music
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
3 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Tester
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Online Games
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) XenServer
1 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) VMware