Computer Science Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 141 158 155
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -3
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 80 88 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.010% 0.866% 0.955%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.073% 4.569% 5.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 30
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 22
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £16.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £58.00
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 1577 1926 1933
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.91% 18.96% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 824 798
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 179
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -12.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Surrey +12 23 £400 +14.28%
Berkshire +14 22 £300 -20.00%
Hampshire 0 20 £431 +43.75%
West Sussex +18 5 - -
East Sussex +9 3 £225 -
Middlesex +2 3 £615 +64.00%
Oxfordshire -10 2 - -
Kent - 2 £235 -
Buckinghamshire -6 1 - -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 127 (89.44%) Degree
2 38 (26.76%) Mathematics
3 37 (26.06%) SQL
4 36 (25.35%) Microsoft
5 35 (24.65%) Telecoms
6 34 (23.94%) Oracle
7 32 (22.54%) Windows
8 31 (21.83%) C#
8 31 (21.83%) C++
9 28 (19.72%) Java
9 28 (19.72%) SQL Server
10 26 (18.31%) C
11 24 (16.90%) MS Excel
12 22 (15.49%) Linux
13 21 (14.79%) UNIX
14 18 (12.68%) .NET
14 18 (12.68%) Games
14 18 (12.68%) Scrum
15 17 (11.97%) XML
16 16 (11.27%) JavaScript
17 14 (9.859%) MS Office
17 14 (9.859%) TCP/IP
17 14 (9.859%) Finance
17 14 (9.859%) Software Engineering
18 13 (9.155%) Incident Management
18 13 (9.155%) Security Cleared
18 13 (9.155%) Test Automation
18 13 (9.155%) Analytics
18 13 (9.155%) ITIL
19 12 (8.451%) Electronics

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 18 (12.68%) .NET
2 17 (11.97%) XML
3 11 (7.746%) WCF
4 10 (7.042%) REST
5 8 (5.634%) CSS
5 8 (5.634%) HTML
5 8 (5.634%) HTML5
6 7 (4.930%) ASP.NET
6 7 (4.930%) Web Services
6 7 (4.930%) OpenGL
7 6 (4.225%) jQuery
7 6 (4.225%) WebSphere
8 5 (3.521%) JPA
8 5 (3.521%) Drools
8 5 (3.521%) JDBC
8 5 (3.521%) JSP
8 5 (3.521%) XSL
8 5 (3.521%) JMS
8 5 (3.521%) Middleware
8 5 (3.521%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.225%) SAS
1 6 (4.225%) Apache
1 6 (4.225%) Tomcat
1 6 (4.225%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.521%) Windows Azure
2 5 (3.521%) ActiveMQ
3 4 (2.817%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.817%) IIS
4 3 (2.113%) CMS
5 2 (1.408%) Documentum
5 2 (1.408%) Google App Engine
5 2 (1.408%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.408%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.408%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.704%) ESB
6 1 (0.704%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.704%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (0.704%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.704%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 24 (16.90%) MS Excel
2 14 (9.859%) MS Office
3 6 (4.225%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.113%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.704%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.704%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.408%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.859%) TCP/IP
2 9 (6.338%) SAN
3 8 (5.634%) Internet
4 6 (4.225%) HTTP
5 5 (3.521%) Firewall
5 5 (3.521%) DVB
6 4 (2.817%) FTP
6 4 (2.817%) SNMP
6 4 (2.817%) 3GPP
7 2 (1.408%) BSS
7 2 (1.408%) VPN
7 2 (1.408%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (1.408%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.704%) xDSL
8 1 (0.704%) LLU
8 1 (0.704%) Network Security
8 1 (0.704%) ADSL
8 1 (0.704%) Broadband
8 1 (0.704%) ISDN
8 1 (0.704%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.634%) Data Mining
3 6 (4.225%) DB2
4 4 (2.817%) GIS
4 4 (2.817%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.113%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (1.408%) VLDB
6 2 (1.408%) OLTP
6 2 (1.408%) TOAD
6 2 (1.408%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (1.408%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.408%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.408%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.704%) MySQL
7 1 (0.704%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.704%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.704%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.704%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (7.746%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.930%) Git (software)
3 6 (4.225%) ClearCase
3 6 (4.225%) Mercurial
4 5 (3.521%) Cucumber
4 5 (3.521%) Maven
4 5 (3.521%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (2.817%) Telelogic TAU
5 4 (2.817%) Rational Rose
5 4 (2.817%) Selenium
6 3 (2.113%) JIRA
6 3 (2.113%) Dreamweaver
7 2 (1.408%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.704%) Moq
8 1 (0.704%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.704%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (0.704%) NUnit
8 1 (0.704%) Subversion
General
1 35 (24.65%) Telecoms
2 18 (12.68%) Games
3 14 (9.859%) Finance
4 12 (8.451%) Electronics
5 7 (4.930%) Marketing
6 5 (3.521%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.817%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.113%) Japanese Language
8 3 (2.113%) Korean Language
9 2 (1.408%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.408%) Legal
10 1 (0.704%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.704%) Music
10 1 (0.704%) Avionics
10 1 (0.704%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 28 (19.72%) Developer
2 24 (16.90%) Analyst
3 23 (16.20%) Software Engineer
4 11 (7.746%) Development Engineer
5 9 (6.338%) Architect
5 9 (6.338%) Administrator
6 7 (4.930%) Service Analyst
6 7 (4.930%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.930%) Consultant
6 7 (4.930%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (3.521%) Systems Administrator
7 5 (3.521%) Programmer
7 5 (3.521%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.521%) IT Administrator
7 5 (3.521%) Software Development Engineer
8 4 (2.817%) Tester
8 4 (2.817%) Web Developer
8 4 (2.817%) Graduate
9 3 (2.113%) Excel Developer
9 3 (2.113%) Web Producer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.76%) Mathematics
2 10 (7.042%) Physics
3 8 (5.634%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.930%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (4.930%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (4.225%) Mobile App
5 6 (4.225%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (4.225%) Kinect
6 5 (3.521%) DTV
7 4 (2.817%) Streaming Video
7 4 (2.817%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.817%) Visualisation
7 4 (2.817%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 3 (2.113%) Open Source
8 3 (2.113%) SaaS
8 3 (2.113%) Animation
8 3 (2.113%) Life Science
8 3 (2.113%) CCTV
8 3 (2.113%) Blackberry
8 3 (2.113%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (22.54%) Windows
2 22 (15.49%) Linux
3 21 (14.79%) UNIX
4 11 (7.746%) Android
5 7 (4.930%) HPUX
5 7 (4.930%) Solaris
6 4 (2.817%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.817%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.113%) Windows Phone 8
7 3 (2.113%) Windows Phone
8 2 (1.408%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.408%) NetWare
8 2 (1.408%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.408%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.704%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.704%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.704%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.704%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (12.68%) Scrum
2 14 (9.859%) Software Engineering
3 13 (9.155%) Incident Management
3 13 (9.155%) Test Automation
3 13 (9.155%) Analytics
3 13 (9.155%) ITIL
4 12 (8.451%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (8.451%) Software Testing
5 10 (7.042%) Data Modelling
5 10 (7.042%) Automated Testing
5 10 (7.042%) Game Development
6 8 (5.634%) Service Management
6 8 (5.634%) Configuration Management
6 8 (5.634%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (5.634%) OO
6 8 (5.634%) Web Development
6 8 (5.634%) Test Strategy
7 7 (4.930%) Embedded Software Development
7 7 (4.930%) Project Management
8 6 (4.225%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.06%) SQL
2 31 (21.83%) C#
2 31 (21.83%) C++
3 28 (19.72%) Java
4 26 (18.31%) C
5 16 (11.27%) JavaScript
6 10 (7.042%) Python
7 7 (4.930%) XPath
7 7 (4.930%) Perl
8 6 (4.225%) R
9 5 (3.521%) VBA
10 4 (2.817%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.113%) GLSL
11 3 (2.113%) PHP
11 3 (2.113%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.113%) Objective-C
11 3 (2.113%) AWK
12 2 (1.408%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.408%) Korn
12 2 (1.408%) Lua
Qualifications
1 127 (89.44%) Degree
2 13 (9.155%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.042%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.634%) CCNA
4 8 (5.634%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.930%) CISSP
6 6 (4.225%) MCSA
6 6 (4.225%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.225%) ISTQB
7 5 (3.521%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.521%) GIAC
7 5 (3.521%) GCIA
8 3 (2.113%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.408%) CISA
9 2 (1.408%) CISM
9 2 (1.408%) MBA
9 2 (1.408%) Sun Certification
9 2 (1.408%) CCIE
9 2 (1.408%) CCNP
9 2 (1.408%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.338%) QA
2 2 (1.408%) JSP 440
2 2 (1.408%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.704%) JTAG
3 1 (0.704%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.634%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.521%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (2.817%) NFS
4 2 (1.408%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 2 (1.408%) Veritas File System
4 2 (1.408%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.704%) vSphere
5 1 (0.704%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (4.225%) SCOM
2 5 (3.521%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (1.408%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.408%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.704%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 34 (23.94%) Oracle
3 7 (4.930%) Perforce
4 6 (4.225%) Citrix
4 6 (4.225%) JBoss
5 5 (3.521%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.817%) Sourcefire
6 4 (2.817%) Blue Coat
6 4 (2.817%) VMware
6 4 (2.817%) Telelogic
6 4 (2.817%) Remedy
6 4 (2.817%) McAfee
6 4 (2.817%) HP
6 4 (2.817%) IronPort
6 4 (2.817%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 4 (2.817%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.113%) Twitter
7 3 (2.113%) Adobe
7 3 (2.113%) Cisco
7 3 (2.113%) Informatica
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