The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the St Albans region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 22 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 St Albans 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £30.25 £31.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-2.41% -12.67%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
St Albans
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
14 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 42.42% 34.48% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 9
Average daily rate £375 £350 £490
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £438 £603
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £23.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Computer Science
Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Computer Science Daily Rate Trend