The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 - 65 46
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 0 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - 0.586% 0.939%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.532% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £330 -
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 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.41% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
54 158 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 19.93% 23.13% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 88 35
Average daily rate £400 £500 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +61.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £575 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
Average hourly rate £42.00 £23.85 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.10% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.54 £10.70 £19.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.00 £33.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend