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The table below looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank3817
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads918
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.008 %
As % of the category below18.00 %29.51 %
Salaries quoted86
Average minimum salary£24,000£45,000
Average salary£29,994£45,000
% change on same period last year-33.34 %
Average maximum salary£35,988£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,013£33,774
% change on same period last year+0.70 %
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads5061
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.027 %
Salaries quoted4947
Average minimum salary£28,338£27,000
Average salary£32,079£28,246
% change on same period last year+13.57 %
Average maximum salary£35,820£29,491
UK excluding London average salary£37,532£40,020
% change on same period last year-6.21 %
Computer Science BedfordshireComputer Science
Bedfordshire

Computer Science
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Computer Science Demand Trend

Computer Science
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Bedford region.

Bedford Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bedford Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science.

110 (100.00 %)C++
29 (90.00 %)Degree
29 (90.00 %)Mathematics
37 (70.00 %)C
46 (60.00 %)UNIX
46 (60.00 %)Linux
54 (40.00 %)OO
54 (40.00 %)PhD
54 (40.00 %)STL
54 (40.00 %)Physics
63 (30.00 %)Data Management
63 (30.00 %)Electronics
72 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
72 (20.00 %)C#
72 (20.00 %)Microsoft
72 (20.00 %)MS Excel
72 (20.00 %)Windows
81 (10.00 %)OpenGL
81 (10.00 %)OOD
81 (10.00 %)Java
81 (10.00 %).NET
81 (10.00 %)Oracle
81 (10.00 %)SQL Server

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Computer Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)STL
21 (10.00 %)OpenGL
21 (10.00 %).NET
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Electronics
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Software Engineer
17 (70.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
23 (30.00 %)C Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Graduate Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Graduate
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (90.00 %)Mathematics
24 (40.00 %)Physics
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)UNIX
16 (60.00 %)Linux
22 (20.00 %)Windows
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)OO
23 (30.00 %)Data Management
32 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (10.00 %)OOD
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C++
27 (70.00 %)C
32 (20.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)Java
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (90.00 %)Degree
24 (40.00 %)PhD
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Oracle