Computer Science Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 85 88 93
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 11 21 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.654% 0.935% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.780% 5.691% 0.338%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 0
Average daily rate £325 £330 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 291 369 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.31% 16.42% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 165 115
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 39
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.91 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £41.50
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Coventry -8 3 £100 -75.90%
Birmingham - 3 £300 -
Worcestershire - 2 £250 -
Staffordshire +9 1 - -
Solihull - 1 £438 -
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (91.43%) Degree
2 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
3 17 (48.57%) MS Office
3 17 (48.57%) ITIL
4 16 (45.71%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (45.71%) Project Management
4 16 (45.71%) Management Information System
5 15 (42.86%) CCNA
6 14 (40.00%) Six Sigma
7 12 (34.29%) MS Visio
8 11 (31.43%) MS Project
8 11 (31.43%) German Language
9 9 (25.71%) Cisco
10 8 (22.86%) Windows
10 8 (22.86%) Italian Language
10 8 (22.86%) French Language
11 7 (20.00%) Linux
11 7 (20.00%) MPLS
12 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
12 6 (17.14%) C#
12 6 (17.14%) C++
12 6 (17.14%) SQL
12 6 (17.14%) Firewall
13 5 (14.29%) Retail
13 5 (14.29%) UNIX
13 5 (14.29%) Juniper
13 5 (14.29%) SNMP
13 5 (14.29%) F5
14 4 (11.43%) Network Management
14 4 (11.43%) Data Mining

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (5.714%) XML
2 1 (2.857%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.857%) WebGL
2 1 (2.857%) Hibernate
2 1 (2.857%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.857%) Spring
2 1 (2.857%) HTML
2 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.857%) CSS
2 1 (2.857%) JSP
2 1 (2.857%) Web Services
2 1 (2.857%) .NET
2 1 (2.857%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) MS Exchange
1 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (5.714%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.857%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.857%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (48.57%) MS Office
2 12 (34.29%) MS Visio
3 11 (31.43%) MS Project
4 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
5 1 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) MPLS
2 6 (17.14%) Firewall
3 5 (14.29%) SNMP
4 3 (8.571%) WAN
4 3 (8.571%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.571%) TACACS
5 2 (5.714%) DNS
5 2 (5.714%) DHCP
5 2 (5.714%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Selenium
1 1 (2.857%) Subversion
1 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.857%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 11 (31.43%) German Language
2 8 (22.86%) Italian Language
2 8 (22.86%) French Language
3 5 (14.29%) Retail
4 4 (11.43%) Games
5 3 (8.571%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.714%) Automotive
7 1 (2.857%) Banking
7 1 (2.857%) Publishing
7 1 (2.857%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (8.571%) Network Project Manager
4 3 (8.571%) Network Manager
4 3 (8.571%) Junior
4 3 (8.571%) Analyst
5 2 (5.714%) Network Consultant
5 2 (5.714%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.857%) UI Programmer
6 1 (2.857%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (2.857%) Test Leader
6 1 (2.857%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (2.857%) Junior Games Developer
6 1 (2.857%) Android Developer
6 1 (2.857%) UI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (45.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.857%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.857%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.857%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (2.857%) iPhone
2 1 (2.857%) Physics
2 1 (2.857%) Mobile Games
2 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Linux
3 5 (14.29%) UNIX
4 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.857%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) ITIL
2 16 (45.71%) Project Management
3 14 (40.00%) Six Sigma
4 4 (11.43%) Network Management
4 4 (11.43%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
5 3 (8.571%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (8.571%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.714%) UML
6 2 (5.714%) Game Development
7 1 (2.857%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (2.857%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.857%) Software Architecture
7 1 (2.857%) Multithreading
7 1 (2.857%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Scrum
7 1 (2.857%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.857%) Migration
7 1 (2.857%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) C#
1 6 (17.14%) C++
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
2 2 (5.714%) C
2 2 (5.714%) Java
2 2 (5.714%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.857%) VBScript
3 1 (2.857%) VB
3 1 (2.857%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.857%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 32 (91.43%) Degree
2 16 (45.71%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (42.86%) CCNA
4 4 (11.43%) GCSC
5 3 (8.571%) PMP
5 3 (8.571%) PMI Certification
6 2 (5.714%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.714%) MCP
7 1 (2.857%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.857%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.857%) CCNP
7 1 (2.857%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.714%) vSphere
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) Cisco
3 5 (14.29%) Juniper
3 5 (14.29%) F5
4 2 (5.714%) VMware
5 1 (2.857%) Google
5 1 (2.857%) Fujitsu
5 1 (2.857%) MKS
5 1 (2.857%) IBM
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