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The table below looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank261266
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads349494
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.496 %0.499 %
As % of the category below2.465 %2.477 %
Daily rates quoted120210
Average minimum daily rate£375£376
Average daily rate£406£417
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£437£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted5724
Average minimum hourly rate£31.35£28.59
Average hourly rate£32.94£29.91
% change on same period last year+10.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.54£31.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.61£29.91
% change on same period last year+12.39 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1415619943
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.12 %20.14 %
Daily rates quoted55517141
Average minimum daily rate£438£467
Average daily rate£471£500
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£504£534
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted11251582
Average minimum hourly rate£24.19£24.20
Average hourly rate£26.11£26.08
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.03£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.85£26.56
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Computer Science UKComputer Science
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Computer Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Computer Science Demand Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Science across the England region.

England Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Computer Science Hourly 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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+1196£438-0.96 %
South EastUp+1974£339+9.02 %
YorkshireUp+1122£293+6.49 %
East of EnglandUp+2621£280-20.94 %
South WestUp+3311--
West MidlandsUp+2111£292-
North WestUp+2010£427+21.85 %
East MidlandsUp+22--
MidlandsUp+231--
Computer Science UKComputer Science
UK

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1467 (76.31 %)Degree
2198 (32.35 %)Java
3152 (24.84 %)C++
4136 (22.22 %)Finance
5119 (19.44 %)OO
6110 (17.97 %)SQL
7106 (17.32 %).NET
897 (15.85 %)Mathematics
989 (14.54 %)JavaScript
1088 (14.38 %)C#
1181 (13.24 %)C
1181 (13.24 %)XML
1278 (12.75 %)Windows
1377 (12.58 %)J2EE
1470 (11.44 %)Linux
1470 (11.44 %)UNIX
1565 (10.62 %)Oracle
1664 (10.46 %)SQL Server
1664 (10.46 %)Microsoft
1758 (9.477 %)HTML
1758 (9.477 %)Front Office
1758 (9.477 %)AJAX
1857 (9.314 %)Derivative
1956 (9.150 %)CSS
1956 (9.150 %)UML
2052 (8.497 %)Banking
2149 (8.007 %)Spring
2247 (7.680 %)Education
2345 (7.353 %)Software Engineering
2345 (7.353 %)ASP.NET

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1106 (17.32 %).NET
281 (13.24 %)XML
377 (12.58 %)J2EE
458 (9.477 %)HTML
458 (9.477 %)AJAX
556 (9.150 %)CSS
649 (8.007 %)Spring
745 (7.353 %)ASP.NET
844 (7.190 %)WebServices
844 (7.190 %)Hibernate
940 (6.536 %)Middleware
1019 (3.105 %)XHTML
1117 (2.778 %)J2SE
1117 (2.778 %)JSP
1215 (2.451 %)STL
1314 (2.288 %)EJB
1314 (2.288 %)WebSphere
1413 (2.124 %)XSLT
1512 (1.961 %)JMS
1512 (1.961 %).NET Framework
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (2.451 %)Apache
213 (2.124 %)WebLogic
39 (1.471 %)SAS
39 (1.471 %)CMS
48 (1.307 %)Tomcat
57 (1.144 %)JBoss
64 (0.654 %)IIS
64 (0.654 %)BizTalk Server
64 (0.654 %)Content Management Server
64 (0.654 %)ESB
73 (0.490 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (0.490 %)Sitecore CMS
73 (0.490 %)WebSphere MQ
73 (0.490 %)WPS
73 (0.490 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.327 %)Documentum
82 (0.327 %)SharePoint
82 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 2003
82 (0.327 %)Oracle 9iAS
82 (0.327 %)Captiva
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (4.248 %)MS Office
224 (3.922 %)MS Excel
310 (1.634 %)MS Visio
310 (1.634 %)Spreadsheet
46 (0.980 %)MS Project
54 (0.654 %)Quicktime
63 (0.490 %)MATLAB
71 (0.163 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.163 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.327 %)Oracle Clinical
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (4.575 %)DVB
217 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
313 (2.124 %)Internet
48 (1.307 %)SAN
57 (1.144 %)3G
66 (0.980 %)GSM
66 (0.980 %)LAN
66 (0.980 %)Ethernet
75 (0.817 %)WAN
75 (0.817 %)GPRS
84 (0.654 %)TCAP
84 (0.654 %)ISUP
84 (0.654 %)SCCP
84 (0.654 %)2G
84 (0.654 %)SSL
84 (0.654 %)Wireless
93 (0.490 %)Intranet
93 (0.490 %)SNMP
93 (0.490 %)DNS
93 (0.490 %)CDMA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
164 (10.46 %)SQL Server
227 (4.412 %)MySQL
319 (3.105 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (2.288 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (1.471 %)Datawarehouse
59 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (1.144 %)RDBMS
76 (0.980 %)ETL
76 (0.980 %)OLAP
85 (0.817 %)DB2
85 (0.817 %)Oracle 9i
85 (0.817 %)Oracle 10g
85 (0.817 %)KDB
94 (0.654 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
103 (0.490 %)Data Mart
103 (0.490 %)Crystal Reports
112 (0.327 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.327 %)BusinessObjects
112 (0.327 %)OLTP
112 (0.327 %)PostgreSQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (5.229 %)Subversion
222 (3.595 %)Visual Studio
316 (2.614 %)JUnit
415 (2.451 %)Ant
415 (2.451 %)Eclipse
514 (2.288 %)Flash
610 (1.634 %)NUnit
77 (1.144 %)IntelliJ
77 (1.144 %)Selenium
77 (1.144 %)FitNesse
86 (0.980 %)VSS/SourceSafe
95 (0.817 %)CruiseControl
104 (0.654 %)ClearCase
113 (0.490 %)Oracle Forms
113 (0.490 %)TestDirector
121 (0.163 %)MSI
121 (0.163 %)InstallShield
121 (0.163 %)XDoclet
121 (0.163 %)PVCS
121 (0.163 %)jMock
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1136 (22.22 %)Finance
258 (9.477 %)Front Office
352 (8.497 %)Banking
447 (7.680 %)Education
543 (7.026 %)Investment Banking
624 (3.922 %)Games
722 (3.595 %)Telecoms
816 (2.614 %)Pharmaceutical
816 (2.614 %)Government
912 (1.961 %)Retail
1011 (1.797 %)Construction
1011 (1.797 %)Financial Institution
1011 (1.797 %)Electronics
119 (1.471 %)Electric
127 (1.144 %)Back Office
136 (0.980 %)Health
136 (0.980 %)Multimedia
136 (0.980 %)Marketing
145 (0.817 %)Home Office
145 (0.817 %)Music
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1274 (44.77 %)Developer
2106 (17.32 %)Java Developer
362 (10.13 %)Analyst
459 (9.641 %)Graduate
552 (8.497 %)Software Engineer
640 (6.536 %)Architect
640 (6.536 %)Junior
640 (6.536 %)C++ Developer
735 (5.719 %)Programmer
735 (5.719 %)Graduate Developer
834 (5.556 %)Senior Developer
933 (5.392 %)Junior Developer
1031 (5.065 %)C# Developer
1128 (4.575 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1225 (4.085 %)Junior Java Developer
1324 (3.922 %).NET Developer
1420 (3.268 %)J2EE Developer
1518 (2.941 %)Tester
1518 (2.941 %)Graduate Java Developer
1617 (2.778 %)Software Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
197 (15.85 %)Mathematics
257 (9.314 %)Derivative
340 (6.536 %)Physics
428 (4.575 %)STB
526 (4.248 %)iDTV
622 (3.595 %)Equities
716 (2.614 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
813 (2.124 %)Management Information System
912 (1.961 %)Economics
1011 (1.797 %)Grid Computing
119 (1.471 %)Credit Derivative
119 (1.471 %)Blackberry
119 (1.471 %)Statistics
119 (1.471 %)Social Network
128 (1.307 %)iPhone
128 (1.307 %)MPEG
137 (1.144 %)Fixed Income
137 (1.144 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
137 (1.144 %)ASIC
137 (1.144 %)Multithreading
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (12.75 %)Windows
270 (11.44 %)UNIX
270 (11.44 %)Linux
318 (2.941 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (2.614 %)Solaris
59 (1.471 %)Windows 2000
67 (1.144 %)HPUX
67 (1.144 %)Windows XP
76 (0.980 %)VMS
85 (0.817 %)Mac OS X
94 (0.654 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.654 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.327 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.327 %)VxWorks
111 (0.163 %)Symbian OS
111 (0.163 %)Windows CE
111 (0.163 %)FreeBSD
111 (0.163 %)OpenVMS
111 (0.163 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1119 (19.44 %)OO
256 (9.150 %)UML
345 (7.353 %)Software Engineering
440 (6.536 %)Agile Software Development
529 (4.739 %)Unit Testing
623 (3.758 %)OOD
722 (3.595 %)Security Cleared
819 (3.105 %)OOP
819 (3.105 %)Project Management
918 (2.941 %)Configuration Management
1016 (2.614 %)TDD
1016 (2.614 %)Risk Management
1016 (2.614 %)Scrum
1115 (2.451 %)SC Cleared
1214 (2.288 %)Algorithmic Trading
1214 (2.288 %)Workflow
1214 (2.288 %)Web Development
1214 (2.288 %)SOA
1313 (2.124 %)Migration
1412 (1.961 %)Validation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1198 (32.35 %)Java
2152 (24.84 %)C++
3110 (17.97 %)SQL
489 (14.54 %)JavaScript
588 (14.38 %)C#
681 (13.24 %)C
730 (4.902 %)Perl
829 (4.739 %)Embedded C
829 (4.739 %)Embedded C++
923 (3.758 %)PHP
1022 (3.595 %)VB
1121 (3.431 %)Python
1219 (3.105 %)VBA
1219 (3.105 %)Transact-SQL
1313 (2.124 %)VB.NET
1411 (1.797 %)Ruby
159 (1.471 %)DHTML
159 (1.471 %)ActionScript
159 (1.471 %)PL/SQL
159 (1.471 %)VB6
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1467 (76.31 %)Degree
220 (3.268 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (2.451 %)PhD
46 (0.980 %)MCSE
46 (0.980 %)ISEB
55 (0.817 %)Oracle Certification
55 (0.817 %)MBA
64 (0.654 %)CISSP
73 (0.490 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.490 %)MCSD
73 (0.490 %)HND
73 (0.490 %)Postgraduate
82 (0.327 %)HNC
82 (0.327 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.327 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.163 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.163 %)SAS Certification
91 (0.163 %)CISA
91 (0.163 %)CISM
91 (0.163 %)MCP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.614 %)QA
212 (1.961 %)GCP
37 (1.144 %)GMP
37 (1.144 %)GLP
37 (1.144 %)21 CFR Part 11
45 (0.817 %)ISO17799
45 (0.817 %)SLA
45 (0.817 %)BS7799
45 (0.817 %)BS7666
54 (0.654 %)GxP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (2.778 %)Active Directory
22 (0.327 %)Terminal Server
22 (0.327 %)ISA Server
22 (0.327 %)MSMQ
22 (0.327 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.163 %)NetBackup
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.327 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (0.327 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (0.163 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.163 %)OVOW
21 (0.163 %)WSUS
21 (0.163 %)OpenView
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (10.62 %)Oracle
264 (10.46 %)Microsoft
312 (1.961 %)Sybase
410 (1.634 %)Perforce
59 (1.471 %)Adobe
59 (1.471 %)IBM
67 (1.144 %)Citrix
67 (1.144 %)TIBCO
76 (0.980 %)VMware
76 (0.980 %)Cognizant
76 (0.980 %)VERITAS
76 (0.980 %)HP
85 (0.817 %)Cisco
85 (0.817 %)DataSynapse
85 (0.817 %)Sitecore
94 (0.654 %)Red Hat
94 (0.654 %)Informatica
103 (0.490 %)Hyperion
103 (0.490 %)EMC
103 (0.490 %)Symbian