The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 85 85 91
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 20 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.280% 0.628% 0.822%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.634% 3.344% 4.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £431 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.75% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £240 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £506 £360 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
Average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.06% +16.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £29.40 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.40 £46.75
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
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
355 299 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 22.73% 18.78% 18.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 117 132
Average daily rate £365 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% +7.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £248 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £545 £459
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 56 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -27.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £13.25 £13.64
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £38.75 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Aldershot - 4 - -
Havant - 3 - -
Southampton -2 2 - -
Fareham +7 1 £338 -
Basingstoke -18 1 - -
Eastleigh - 1 - -
Gosport - 1 - -
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 30 (96.77%) Degree
2 13 (41.94%) Telecoms
3 7 (22.58%) CISSP
3 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
3 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 7 (22.58%) Software Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) HTTP
4 6 (19.35%) UNIX
4 6 (19.35%) Linux
4 6 (19.35%) Java
4 6 (19.35%) SQL
4 6 (19.35%) Oracle
4 6 (19.35%) XML
4 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
4 6 (19.35%) Git (software)
4 6 (19.35%) HTML5
5 5 (16.13%) Cucumber
5 5 (16.13%) REST
5 5 (16.13%) DV Cleared
5 5 (16.13%) Drools
5 5 (16.13%) JPA
5 5 (16.13%) Multithreading
5 5 (16.13%) XSL
5 5 (16.13%) ITIL
5 5 (16.13%) JDBC
5 5 (16.13%) MCSA
5 5 (16.13%) ERP
5 5 (16.13%) JMS
5 5 (16.13%) Active Directory

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 6 (19.35%) XML
1 6 (19.35%) HTML5
2 5 (16.13%) REST
2 5 (16.13%) Drools
2 5 (16.13%) JPA
2 5 (16.13%) XSL
2 5 (16.13%) JDBC
2 5 (16.13%) JMS
2 5 (16.13%) Spring
2 5 (16.13%) Lucene
2 5 (16.13%) Hibernate
3 2 (6.452%) Middleware
3 2 (6.452%) HTML
3 2 (6.452%) JSP
3 2 (6.452%) CSS
4 1 (3.226%) Ext JS
4 1 (3.226%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (3.226%) Backbone.js
4 1 (3.226%) Node.js
4 1 (3.226%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
2 6 (19.35%) HTTP
3 5 (16.13%) SAN
3 5 (16.13%) Internet
3 5 (16.13%) DVB
4 3 (9.677%) Firewall
5 1 (3.226%) Wireless
5 1 (3.226%) BSS
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Git (software)
2 5 (16.13%) Cucumber
2 5 (16.13%) Maven
General
1 13 (41.94%) Telecoms
2 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.452%) Legal
3 2 (6.452%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.226%) Avionics
4 1 (3.226%) Spanish Language
4 1 (3.226%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.226%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Software Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Service Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Help Desk Support
4 3 (9.677%) Java Software Engineer
4 3 (9.677%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Security Officer
5 2 (6.452%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Developer
5 2 (6.452%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Implementation Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Graduate
6 1 (3.226%) Tester
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) DTV
2 3 (9.677%) SaaS
3 2 (6.452%) CESG
3 2 (6.452%) CESG CLAS
3 2 (6.452%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.452%) CCTV
3 2 (6.452%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.452%) RMADS
4 1 (3.226%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.226%) Firmware
4 1 (3.226%) Life Science
4 1 (3.226%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) UNIX
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
2 4 (12.90%) Windows
3 1 (3.226%) Android
3 1 (3.226%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Software Engineering
2 5 (16.13%) Multithreading
2 5 (16.13%) ITIL
2 5 (16.13%) ERP
2 5 (16.13%) Incident Management
3 4 (12.90%) Validation
3 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
3 4 (12.90%) SIEM
4 3 (9.677%) Project Management
4 3 (9.677%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.452%) Business Continuity
5 2 (6.452%) Information Security
5 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.452%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (6.452%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.452%) TOGAF
5 2 (6.452%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (6.452%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Java
1 6 (19.35%) SQL
2 5 (16.13%) XPath
3 3 (9.677%) C++
4 2 (6.452%) C
4 2 (6.452%) C#
4 2 (6.452%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.226%) Python
5 1 (3.226%) Perl
5 1 (3.226%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (96.77%) Degree
2 7 (22.58%) CISSP
3 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) MCSA
4 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (16.13%) GIAC
4 5 (16.13%) GCIA
5 3 (9.677%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.452%) MBA
6 2 (6.452%) CISA
6 2 (6.452%) CISM
7 1 (3.226%) PMP
7 1 (3.226%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.452%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.226%) JTAG
2 1 (3.226%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Oracle
3 5 (16.13%) Citrix
4 4 (12.90%) McAfee
4 4 (12.90%) IronPort
4 4 (12.90%) Sourcefire
4 4 (12.90%) Blue Coat
4 4 (12.90%) ArcSight
5 3 (9.677%) Remedy
6 2 (6.452%) VMware
7 1 (3.226%) Sencha
7 1 (3.226%) RedPrairie
7 1 (3.226%) HP
7 1 (3.226%) SAP
7 1 (3.226%) Informatica
7 1 (3.226%) JDA
7 1 (3.226%) Salesforce.com