The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 29 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.990% 2.682% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.556% 9.722% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £500 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -
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 £32.00 £31.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -13.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36 72 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 17.82% 27.59% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 34
Average daily rate £250 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £260 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £478 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 23 18
Average hourly rate £11.96 £17.51 £13.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.69% +28.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.37 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.43 £22.90 £25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool +5 2 £500 +73.91%
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Resource Management
2 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) Baan
3 2 (40.00%) Process Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Sun
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) JD Edwards
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Informix
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) DB2
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) AIX
3 2 (40.00%) HPUX
3 2 (40.00%) Solaris
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Infor

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (80.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Informix
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) DB2
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Programmer
3 2 (40.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Gameplay Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Physics
1 1 (20.00%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) AIX
1 2 (40.00%) HPUX
1 2 (40.00%) Solaris
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Resource Management
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Baan
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Sun
2 2 (40.00%) JD Edwards
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Infor