The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 55 72 90
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +18
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 28 27 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 2.262% 1.693% 0.543%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.24% 9.091% 2.833%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 5
Average daily rate £413 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £33.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% -16.25%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
249 297 353
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 20.11% 18.62% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 132 187
Average daily rate £400 £320 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -13.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 11
Average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.76% -18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £12.00 £14.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £42.50
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 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
Guildford -6 9 £428 +90.00% 2
Staines -3 6 £400 - 3
Woking - 1 £400 - 8
Walton-on-Thames - - - - 1
Weybridge - - - -
Leatherhead - - - -
Redhill - - - -
Reigate - - - - 1
Chertsey - - - -
Dorking - - - -
Epsom - - - -
Godalming - - - - 1
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 44 (93.62%) Degree
2 21 (44.68%) SQL
3 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
3 18 (38.30%) Mathematics
4 17 (36.17%) C
4 17 (36.17%) C#
4 17 (36.17%) C++
5 14 (29.79%) Scrum
6 13 (27.66%) Games
6 13 (27.66%) Java
7 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
7 11 (23.40%) MS Office
8 10 (21.28%) Electronics
8 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
8 10 (21.28%) Analytics
9 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
9 9 (19.15%) Windows
9 9 (19.15%) Oracle
10 8 (17.02%) .NET
10 8 (17.02%) Linux
10 8 (17.02%) Game Development
10 8 (17.02%) WCF
10 8 (17.02%) Android
10 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
11 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
11 7 (14.89%) Finance
11 7 (14.89%) JavaScript
12 6 (12.77%) MS Visio
12 6 (12.77%) Data Mining
12 6 (12.77%) Code Coverage

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (17.02%) .NET
1 8 (17.02%) WCF
2 5 (10.64%) WF
2 5 (10.64%) LAMP
2 5 (10.64%) OpenGL
2 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.511%) WebSphere
3 4 (8.511%) REST
4 3 (6.383%) HTML
4 3 (6.383%) Web Services
4 3 (6.383%) XML
5 2 (4.255%) CSS
5 2 (4.255%) Cocoa
5 2 (4.255%) Cocoa Touch
6 1 (2.128%) Node.js
6 1 (2.128%) WebKit
6 1 (2.128%) Qt
6 1 (2.128%) jQuery
6 1 (2.128%) JSON
6 1 (2.128%) Java ME
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) WebLogic
1 4 (8.511%) SAS
1 4 (8.511%) Apache
1 4 (8.511%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.255%) IIS
2 2 (4.255%) Windows Azure
3 1 (2.128%) ESB
3 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.128%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) MS Office
2 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
3 6 (12.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.128%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) SAN
2 1 (2.128%) NFC
2 1 (2.128%) Network Security
2 1 (2.128%) 3GPP
2 1 (2.128%) VoIP
2 1 (2.128%) HTTP
2 1 (2.128%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.77%) Data Mining
3 4 (8.511%) DB2
4 2 (4.255%) TOAD
4 2 (4.255%) OLTP
4 2 (4.255%) VLDB
4 2 (4.255%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.128%) GIS
5 1 (2.128%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.511%) ClearCase
2 4 (8.511%) Mercurial
3 1 (2.128%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.128%) Selenium
3 1 (2.128%) Subversion
3 1 (2.128%) Telelogic TAU
3 1 (2.128%) Rational Rose
General
1 13 (27.66%) Games
2 10 (21.28%) Electronics
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 4 (8.511%) Marketing
5 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Developer
2 10 (21.28%) Development Engineer
3 8 (17.02%) Software Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Architect
4 5 (10.64%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.511%) Administrator
5 4 (8.511%) Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Software Development Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.383%) Consultant
6 3 (6.383%) Programmer
7 2 (4.255%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.255%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.255%) MI Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) UNIX Administrator
7 2 (4.255%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 2 (4.255%) Mobile Developer
8 1 (2.128%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (38.30%) Mathematics
2 6 (12.77%) Kinect
3 5 (10.64%) 3D Graphics
4 4 (8.511%) Streaming Video
4 4 (8.511%) Mobile App
4 4 (8.511%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (8.511%) Visualisation
5 3 (6.383%) Open Source
5 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.383%) Blackberry
6 2 (4.255%) Clustering
6 2 (4.255%) Animation
6 2 (4.255%) iPhone
6 2 (4.255%) iPad
7 1 (2.128%) Physics
7 1 (2.128%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.128%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (2.128%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.128%) Device Driver
7 1 (2.128%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.15%) Windows
2 8 (17.02%) Linux
2 8 (17.02%) Android
3 4 (8.511%) Windows 8
4 3 (6.383%) UNIX
5 2 (4.255%) HPUX
5 2 (4.255%) Solaris
5 2 (4.255%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.128%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Scrum
2 10 (21.28%) Analytics
3 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
4 8 (17.02%) Game Development
4 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
5 6 (12.77%) Code Coverage
5 6 (12.77%) Configuration Management
5 6 (12.77%) Automated Testing
5 6 (12.77%) Software Architecture
5 6 (12.77%) Process Architecture
6 5 (10.64%) Embedded Software Development
6 5 (10.64%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.64%) Software Testing
6 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.511%) Regression Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.511%) Web Application Development
7 4 (8.511%) Operations Research
7 4 (8.511%) Load Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 21 (44.68%) SQL
2 17 (36.17%) C
2 17 (36.17%) C#
2 17 (36.17%) C++
3 13 (27.66%) Java
4 7 (14.89%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.511%) Python
5 4 (8.511%) R
6 2 (4.255%) Perl
6 2 (4.255%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.255%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.255%) Korn
6 2 (4.255%) Objective-C
6 2 (4.255%) AWK
6 2 (4.255%) GLSL
6 2 (4.255%) Bourne shell
7 1 (2.128%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.128%) XAML
7 1 (2.128%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (93.62%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.511%) ISTQB
3 4 (8.511%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.255%) Sun Certification
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.128%) MCSE
5 1 (2.128%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 2 (4.255%) Veritas File System
2 1 (2.128%) vSphere
2 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.255%) BMC PATROL
1 2 (4.255%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.128%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) Oracle
3 6 (12.77%) Perforce
4 4 (8.511%) JBoss
5 2 (4.255%) Sun
5 2 (4.255%) BMC
5 2 (4.255%) Veritas
5 2 (4.255%) Cognos
5 2 (4.255%) Twitter
6 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.128%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (2.128%) Telelogic
6 1 (2.128%) Apple