The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 35 51 46
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -5
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 13 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.915% 0.633% 0.726%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.00% 3.125% 4.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
Average daily rate £240 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% -3.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
100 128 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 22.42% 20.25% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 64 33
Average daily rate £413 £375 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +13.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £40.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Salisbury - 1 £350 -
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (77.78%) C++
2 14 (77.78%) C
3 13 (72.22%) Linux
3 13 (72.22%) JTAG
3 13 (72.22%) Android
3 13 (72.22%) Apple iOS
3 13 (72.22%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
5 4 (22.22%) Open Source
5 4 (22.22%) Military
6 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 3 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 3 (16.67%) Information Security
6 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 2 (11.11%) OpenGL
8 1 (5.556%) Netcool
8 1 (5.556%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (5.556%) Biometrics
8 1 (5.556%) MATLAB
8 1 (5.556%) SQL
8 1 (5.556%) VBA
8 1 (5.556%) MS Office
8 1 (5.556%) Windows
8 1 (5.556%) OPNET

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (11.11%) OpenGL
2 1 (5.556%) Qt
2 1 (5.556%) OpenCV
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.556%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.556%) SNMP
1 1 (5.556%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (22.22%) Military
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Audio Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Audio Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (72.22%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (22.22%) Open Source
3 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
3 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.556%) Physics
4 1 (5.556%) Biometrics
4 1 (5.556%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Linux
1 13 (72.22%) Android
1 13 (72.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Information Security
1 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 3 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (5.556%) Pattern Recognition
2 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.556%) OO
2 1 (5.556%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) C++
1 14 (77.78%) C
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) VBA
2 1 (5.556%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Tivoli
1 1 (5.556%) Netcool
1 1 (5.556%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Progress
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco
1 1 (5.556%) IBM
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.556%) Compuware
1 1 (5.556%) HP
1 1 (5.556%) Citrix
1 1 (5.556%) Juniper
1 1 (5.556%) OPNET
1 1 (5.556%) VMware
1 1 (5.556%) SIMUL8
1 1 (5.556%) SolarWinds
1 1 (5.556%) F5