Computer Science Contracts in Hertfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 59 60 62
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.628% 1.030% 0.227%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.985% 5.025% 1.429%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £450 £388 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +29.16%
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 £32.25 £31.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+4.03% -13.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 134 199 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 21.04% 20.49% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 77 66
Average daily rate £388 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £246 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 9
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.93% -36.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £10.27 £25.49
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Watford +9 1 - -
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (46.67%) C++
3 7 (46.67%) OO
4 6 (40.00%) Embedded C++
4 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (26.67%) Retail
5 4 (26.67%) Web Services
6 3 (20.00%) Java
6 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) OpenGL
6 3 (20.00%) Symbian
6 3 (20.00%) JSON
6 3 (20.00%) Qt
6 3 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (20.00%) bada
6 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
7 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
7 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (13.33%) HTML5
7 2 (13.33%) Android
7 2 (13.33%) Subversion
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (13.33%) Workflow
7 2 (13.33%) Finance
7 2 (13.33%) Eclipse

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (26.67%) Web Services
2 3 (20.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (20.00%) JSON
2 3 (20.00%) Qt
3 2 (13.33%) HTML5
4 1 (6.667%) ASP
4 1 (6.667%) .NET
4 1 (6.667%) Ajax
4 1 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (6.667%) WPF
4 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (6.667%) OLTP
2 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (13.33%) Subversion
1 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (6.667%) LoadRunner
2 1 (6.667%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (26.67%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Games
3 1 (6.667%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Software Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Tester
3 1 (6.667%) SQL DBA
3 1 (6.667%) DBA
3 1 (6.667%) Information Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Database Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.667%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) bada
1 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (13.33%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (46.67%) OO
3 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
5 1 (6.667%) ITIL
5 1 (6.667%) OOD
5 1 (6.667%) Project Management
5 1 (6.667%) Service Management
5 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Time Management
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.667%) Resource Management
5 1 (6.667%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C++
2 6 (40.00%) Embedded C++
3 3 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
4 1 (6.667%) VBScript
4 1 (6.667%) VB
4 1 (6.667%) VBA
4 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
4 1 (6.667%) Ruby
4 1 (6.667%) Erlang
4 1 (6.667%) C#
4 1 (6.667%) F#
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Symbian
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle
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