The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 June 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 Middlesex 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 24 25 40
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +15
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 1 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.495% 2.105% 0.519%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.174% 11.76% 3.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
46 51 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 22.77% 17.89% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 21
Average daily rate £400 £340 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £314 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £554 £503 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £38.25 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% +6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Electronics
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) OpenGL
3 3 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Physics
4 2 (33.33%) Android
4 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (33.33%) GLSL
4 2 (33.33%) High Availability
4 2 (33.33%) SAN
4 2 (33.33%) Informatica
4 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) Intel
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (16.67%) Qt
5 1 (16.67%) Open Source
5 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
5 1 (16.67%) Games

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (50.00%) OpenGL
2 1 (16.67%) Qt
2 1 (16.67%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Graphics Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (33.33%) Physics
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (16.67%) Open Source
4 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
4 1 (16.67%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) GLSL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Informatica
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Intel