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The table below looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank280290
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads362506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.506 %0.508 %
As % of the category below2.397 %2.409 %
Daily rates quoted122213
Average minimum daily rate£375£373
Average daily rate£406£414
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted5624
Average minimum hourly rate£31.46£28.59
Average hourly rate£33.00£29.91
% change on same period last year+10.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.54£31.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.71£29.91
% change on same period last year+12.72 %
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1510221007
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.10 %21.11 %
Daily rates quoted58177374
Average minimum daily rate£436£465
Average daily rate£469£499
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£502£532
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted12001700
Average minimum hourly rate£23.99£24.33
Average hourly rate£25.89£26.20
% change on same period last year-1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.78£28.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Computer Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Computer Science Demand Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Science within the UK.

Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Computer Science Daily Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Science within the UK.

Computer Science Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Science within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Computer Science Hourly Rate Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+12349£407-2.18 %
LondonDown-7197£440-0.50 %
South EastUp+1374£339+8.01 %
City of LondonUp+2267£324-27.12 %
YorkshireUp+1723£293+6.49 %
East of EnglandUp+2221£280-20.94 %
HampshireUp+3919--
LeedsDown-319£293-
West YorkshireUp+819£293+6.49 %
CambridgeshireUp+2514£248+10.37 %
BasingstokeUp+2113--
OxfordshireDown-913£300-
SurreyUp+3413£350-
CambridgeUp+2112£248+10.37 %
West MidlandsUp+2311£292-
North WestUp+2111£427+21.85 %
ScotlandUp+1610--
BerkshireUp+2610£325-19.29 %
South WestUp+228--
HertfordshireUp+247£375-10.44 %
ManchesterUp+27--
EdinburghUp+166--
CoventryUp+85£278-
West SussexUp+105£467-6.66 %
HorshamUp+65£467-
StevenageUp+75--
OxfordDown-54£300-
AbingdonDown-34--
Canary WharfUp+124£575-14.81 %
ReadingDown-64£350-13.84 %

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1488 (76.85 %)Degree
2206 (32.44 %)Java
3154 (24.25 %)C++
4144 (22.68 %)Finance
5123 (19.37 %)OO
6115 (18.11 %)SQL
7110 (17.32 %).NET
899 (15.59 %)Mathematics
992 (14.49 %)C#
1091 (14.33 %)JavaScript
1186 (13.54 %)Windows
1284 (13.23 %)XML
1380 (12.60 %)J2EE
1479 (12.44 %)Linux
1577 (12.13 %)C
1676 (11.97 %)Oracle
1772 (11.34 %)UNIX
1871 (11.18 %)SQL Server
1963 (9.921 %)Microsoft
2062 (9.764 %)AJAX
2160 (9.449 %)HTML
2259 (9.291 %)UML
2259 (9.291 %)Derivative
2358 (9.134 %)Front Office
2457 (8.976 %)CSS
2553 (8.346 %)Banking
2652 (8.189 %)Spring
2748 (7.559 %)Education
2847 (7.402 %)Hibernate
2946 (7.244 %)Software Engineering

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1110 (17.32 %).NET
284 (13.23 %)XML
380 (12.60 %)J2EE
462 (9.764 %)AJAX
560 (9.449 %)HTML
657 (8.976 %)CSS
752 (8.189 %)Spring
847 (7.402 %)Hibernate
946 (7.244 %)WebServices
1045 (7.087 %)ASP.NET
1141 (6.457 %)Middleware
1220 (3.150 %)WebSphere
1319 (2.992 %)XHTML
1418 (2.835 %)JMS
1517 (2.677 %)J2SE
1517 (2.677 %)JSP
1615 (2.362 %)SOAP
1615 (2.362 %)STL
1714 (2.205 %)EJB
1813 (2.047 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (3.307 %)Apache
216 (2.520 %)WebLogic
315 (2.362 %)JBoss
410 (1.575 %)Tomcat
59 (1.417 %)SAS
59 (1.417 %)CMS
66 (0.945 %)Oracle HTTP Server
74 (0.630 %)BizTalk Server
74 (0.630 %)Content Management Server
74 (0.630 %)IIS
74 (0.630 %)ESB
83 (0.472 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (0.472 %)Sitecore CMS
83 (0.472 %)MS Exchange
83 (0.472 %)WebSphere MQ
83 (0.472 %)WPS
92 (0.315 %)Oracle 9iAS
92 (0.315 %)WebLogic Portal
92 (0.315 %)Documentum
92 (0.315 %)Captiva
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (4.094 %)MS Office
224 (3.780 %)MS Excel
310 (1.575 %)MS Visio
310 (1.575 %)Spreadsheet
46 (0.945 %)MS Project
54 (0.630 %)Quicktime
61 (0.157 %)MATLAB
61 (0.157 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.157 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.315 %)Oracle Clinical
21 (0.157 %)SAP HR
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (4.567 %)DVB
217 (2.677 %)TCP/IP
313 (2.047 %)Internet
410 (1.575 %)SSL
58 (1.260 %)Firewall
58 (1.260 %)HTTP
67 (1.102 %)SAN
67 (1.102 %)3G
76 (0.945 %)Ethernet
76 (0.945 %)GSM
76 (0.945 %)LAN
85 (0.787 %)GPRS
85 (0.787 %)WAN
94 (0.630 %)Wireless
94 (0.630 %)TCAP
94 (0.630 %)ISUP
94 (0.630 %)SCCP
94 (0.630 %)2G
103 (0.472 %)WLAN
103 (0.472 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
171 (11.18 %)SQL Server
232 (5.039 %)MySQL
319 (2.992 %)SQL Server 2005
415 (2.362 %)Oracle 8/8i
511 (1.732 %)Datawarehouse
69 (1.417 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (1.417 %)RDBMS
78 (1.260 %)OLAP
86 (0.945 %)ETL
95 (0.787 %)Oracle 10g
95 (0.787 %)DB2
95 (0.787 %)Oracle 9i
95 (0.787 %)KDB
104 (0.630 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
104 (0.630 %)Crystal Reports
113 (0.472 %)Data Mart
113 (0.472 %)Oracle OLAP
122 (0.315 %)PostgreSQL
122 (0.315 %)Hyperion Essbase
122 (0.315 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (5.039 %)Subversion
222 (3.465 %)Visual Studio
318 (2.835 %)JUnit
415 (2.362 %)Ant
415 (2.362 %)Flash
415 (2.362 %)Eclipse
510 (1.575 %)NUnit
67 (1.102 %)IntelliJ
67 (1.102 %)Selenium
67 (1.102 %)FitNesse
76 (0.945 %)VSS/SourceSafe
85 (0.787 %)CruiseControl
94 (0.630 %)ClearCase
103 (0.472 %)Oracle Forms
103 (0.472 %)TestDirector
111 (0.157 %)MSI
111 (0.157 %)InstallShield
111 (0.157 %)XDoclet
111 (0.157 %)PVCS
111 (0.157 %)jMock
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1144 (22.68 %)Finance
258 (9.134 %)Front Office
353 (8.346 %)Banking
448 (7.559 %)Education
544 (6.929 %)Investment Banking
624 (3.780 %)Games
722 (3.465 %)Telecoms
816 (2.520 %)Pharmaceutical
816 (2.520 %)Government
915 (2.362 %)Electronics
1012 (1.890 %)Retail
1111 (1.732 %)Financial Institution
1111 (1.732 %)Construction
129 (1.417 %)Electric
137 (1.102 %)Back Office
137 (1.102 %)Multimedia
137 (1.102 %)Marketing
146 (0.945 %)Health
146 (0.945 %)Manufacturing
155 (0.787 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1286 (45.04 %)Developer
2109 (17.17 %)Java Developer
362 (9.764 %)Analyst
458 (9.134 %)Graduate
554 (8.504 %)Software Engineer
641 (6.457 %)Junior
740 (6.299 %)C++ Developer
839 (6.142 %)Architect
935 (5.512 %)Programmer
935 (5.512 %)Senior Developer
935 (5.512 %)Graduate Developer
1034 (5.354 %)C# Developer
1034 (5.354 %)Junior Developer
1129 (4.567 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1227 (4.252 %).NET Developer
1326 (4.094 %)Junior Java Developer
1421 (3.307 %)J2EE Developer
1519 (2.992 %)Tester
1618 (2.835 %)Graduate Java Developer
1717 (2.677 %)Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
199 (15.59 %)Mathematics
259 (9.291 %)Derivative
341 (6.457 %)Physics
428 (4.409 %)STB
526 (4.094 %)iDTV
623 (3.622 %)Equities
716 (2.520 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
813 (2.047 %)Management Information System
912 (1.890 %)Economics
1011 (1.732 %)Grid Computing
1011 (1.732 %)Clustering
1110 (1.575 %)Credit Derivative
129 (1.417 %)Blackberry
129 (1.417 %)Social Network
129 (1.417 %)Statistics
138 (1.260 %)MPEG
147 (1.102 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
147 (1.102 %)ASIC
147 (1.102 %)Fixed Income
147 (1.102 %)Multithreading
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
186 (13.54 %)Windows
279 (12.44 %)Linux
372 (11.34 %)UNIX
418 (2.835 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (2.677 %)Solaris
69 (1.417 %)Windows 2000
77 (1.102 %)HPUX
77 (1.102 %)Windows XP
86 (0.945 %)VMS
95 (0.787 %)Mac OS X
95 (0.787 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (0.630 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.315 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.315 %)VxWorks
121 (0.157 %)Symbian OS
121 (0.157 %)Windows CE
121 (0.157 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.157 %)OpenVMS
121 (0.157 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1123 (19.37 %)OO
259 (9.291 %)UML
346 (7.244 %)Software Engineering
441 (6.457 %)Agile Software Development
529 (4.567 %)Unit Testing
624 (3.780 %)OOD
723 (3.622 %)Security Cleared
822 (3.465 %)Project Management
919 (2.992 %)OOP
1018 (2.835 %)Configuration Management
1117 (2.677 %)Risk Management
1216 (2.520 %)Scrum
1216 (2.520 %)TDD
1216 (2.520 %)Web Development
1216 (2.520 %)SC Cleared
1315 (2.362 %)Workflow
1414 (2.205 %)SOA
1414 (2.205 %)Algorithmic Trading
1513 (2.047 %)Migration
1612 (1.890 %)Validation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1206 (32.44 %)Java
2154 (24.25 %)C++
3115 (18.11 %)SQL
492 (14.49 %)C#
591 (14.33 %)JavaScript
677 (12.13 %)C
730 (4.724 %)Perl
829 (4.567 %)Embedded C
829 (4.567 %)Embedded C++
925 (3.937 %)PHP
1022 (3.465 %)VB
1121 (3.307 %)Python
1220 (3.150 %)Transact-SQL
1318 (2.835 %)VBA
1413 (2.047 %)VB.NET
1511 (1.732 %)Ruby
169 (1.417 %)DHTML
169 (1.417 %)ActionScript
169 (1.417 %)PL/SQL
169 (1.417 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1488 (76.85 %)Degree
220 (3.150 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (2.362 %)PhD
46 (0.945 %)MCSE
46 (0.945 %)HND
46 (0.945 %)ISEB
55 (0.787 %)Oracle Certification
55 (0.787 %)MBA
64 (0.630 %)CISSP
73 (0.472 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.472 %)Postgraduate
73 (0.472 %)MCSD
82 (0.315 %)HNC
82 (0.315 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.315 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.157 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.157 %)SAS Certification
91 (0.157 %)CISA
91 (0.157 %)CISM
91 (0.157 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.520 %)QA
212 (1.890 %)GCP
37 (1.102 %)GMP
37 (1.102 %)GLP
37 (1.102 %)21 CFR Part 11
45 (0.787 %)ISO17799
45 (0.787 %)SLA
45 (0.787 %)BS7799
45 (0.787 %)BS7666
54 (0.630 %)GxP
61 (0.157 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (2.835 %)Active Directory
23 (0.472 %)MSMQ
32 (0.315 %)Backup Exec
32 (0.315 %)Terminal Server
32 (0.315 %)ISA Server
41 (0.157 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.315 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (0.315 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (0.157 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.157 %)OVOW
21 (0.157 %)WSUS
21 (0.157 %)OpenView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
176 (11.97 %)Oracle
263 (9.921 %)Microsoft
312 (1.890 %)Sybase
410 (1.575 %)Perforce
59 (1.417 %)Adobe
59 (1.417 %)IBM
67 (1.102 %)Citrix
67 (1.102 %)TIBCO
76 (0.945 %)VMware
76 (0.945 %)Cognizant
76 (0.945 %)VERITAS
76 (0.945 %)HP
85 (0.787 %)Cisco
85 (0.787 %)Red Hat
85 (0.787 %)DataSynapse
85 (0.787 %)Sitecore
94 (0.630 %)Informatica
103 (0.472 %)Hyperion
103 (0.472 %)EMC
103 (0.472 %)Symbian