The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 48 42 50
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 3 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.641% 1.913% 0.204%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.478% 11.70% 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Average hourly rate - £8.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -42.85%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 94 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 14.32% 16.35% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 42 31
Average daily rate £375 £344 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £211 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 8
Average hourly rate £15.75 £21.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.74% +53.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.04 £8.00 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.13 £31.20 £23.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford -4 1 - - 8
Witney - - - -
Abingdon - - - -
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (50.00%) Web Services
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) NetWare
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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%) Web Services
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) iOS SDK
3 1 (16.67%) JSON
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Programmer
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (16.67%) iOS Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) NetWare
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCIE
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) VMware