The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Worcestershire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 2.105% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £33.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -13.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
18 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 18.95% 18.18% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 4
Average daily rate £300 £350 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +55.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £263 £104
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £420 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £33.00 - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Computer Science Daily Rate Trend

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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Redditch - 2 £250 -
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (93.33%) MS Office
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (93.33%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (93.33%) Project Management
2 14 (93.33%) Management Information System
3 13 (86.67%) CCNA
3 13 (86.67%) Six Sigma
3 13 (86.67%) ITIL
4 10 (66.67%) MS Visio
4 10 (66.67%) MS Project
5 9 (60.00%) German Language
6 7 (46.67%) Italian Language
6 7 (46.67%) French Language
7 6 (40.00%) Cisco
8 5 (33.33%) Retail
9 4 (26.67%) F5
9 4 (26.67%) MPLS
9 4 (26.67%) Juniper
9 4 (26.67%) SNMP
9 4 (26.67%) UNIX
9 4 (26.67%) Windows
9 4 (26.67%) Linux
10 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
10 3 (20.00%) WAN
10 3 (20.00%) PMP
10 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
10 3 (20.00%) Firewall
10 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
10 3 (20.00%) GCSC

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Applications
1 14 (93.33%) MS Office
2 10 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 10 (66.67%) MS Project
3 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) MPLS
1 4 (26.67%) SNMP
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (13.33%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Subversion
General
1 9 (60.00%) German Language
2 7 (46.67%) Italian Language
2 7 (46.67%) French Language
3 5 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.667%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Network Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Network Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Network Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Network Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) UNIX
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Project Management
2 13 (86.67%) Six Sigma
2 13 (86.67%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (20.00%) Network Management
4 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) Embedded C
1 1 (6.667%) Embedded C++
1 1 (6.667%) C
1 1 (6.667%) C++
1 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (93.33%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (86.67%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) PMP
4 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (20.00%) GCSC
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (26.67%) F5
3 4 (26.67%) Juniper
4 1 (6.667%) MKS
4 1 (6.667%) IBM
4 1 (6.667%) Fujitsu