The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 15 19 10
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 31 19 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 12.76% 9.744% 14.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 36.05% 26.39% 51.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 21
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +18.64%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
86 72 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 35.39% 36.92% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 48 38 33
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £21,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £47,550
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
County Antrim

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Computer Science Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Science
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Belfast Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 38 (84.44%) Degree
2 24 (53.33%) Java
3 23 (51.11%) Linux
4 22 (48.89%) C++
5 20 (44.44%) Software Engineering
6 19 (42.22%) C
7 18 (40.00%) Open Source
8 17 (37.78%) Agile Software Development
9 15 (33.33%) Web Services
9 15 (33.33%) UNIX
10 14 (31.11%) Servlets
10 14 (31.11%) Middleware
10 14 (31.11%) Video on Demand
11 13 (28.89%) XML
12 12 (26.67%) SQL
12 12 (26.67%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (26.67%) JSON
13 10 (22.22%) Windows
14 9 (20.00%) Tomcat
14 9 (20.00%) SharePoint
14 9 (20.00%) VMware
14 9 (20.00%) SAN
14 9 (20.00%) XMPP
14 9 (20.00%) vSphere
14 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
14 9 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
15 8 (17.78%) Apache
16 7 (15.56%) Oracle
17 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
17 5 (11.11%) Validation

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 15 (33.33%) Web Services
2 14 (31.11%) Servlets
2 14 (31.11%) Middleware
3 13 (28.89%) XML
4 12 (26.67%) JSON
5 9 (20.00%) XMPP
6 3 (6.667%) jQuery
6 3 (6.667%) HTML5
7 2 (4.444%) Spring
7 2 (4.444%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (4.444%) J2EE
7 2 (4.444%) CSS
8 1 (2.222%) Hibernate
8 1 (2.222%) STL
8 1 (2.222%) HTML
8 1 (2.222%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (2.222%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (2.222%) WebSphere
8 1 (2.222%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 9 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (17.78%) Apache
3 5 (11.11%) Lync
4 1 (2.222%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Office
1 5 (11.11%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) SAN
2 5 (11.11%) Network Security
3 4 (8.889%) LAN
3 4 (8.889%) WAN
4 2 (4.444%) Broadband
4 2 (4.444%) Internet
5 1 (2.222%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Selenium
1 2 (4.444%) Gradle
2 1 (2.222%) Ant
2 1 (2.222%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.222%) Maven
2 1 (2.222%) Subversion
General
1 5 (11.11%) Marketing
2 4 (8.889%) German Language
2 4 (8.889%) Norwegian Language
3 2 (4.444%) Banking
3 2 (4.444%) Finance
4 1 (2.222%) Front Office
4 1 (2.222%) Danish Language
4 1 (2.222%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Architect
2 7 (15.56%) Developer
2 7 (15.56%) Software Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Design Authority
3 5 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 4 (8.889%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (8.889%) Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) Java Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Software Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Senior Java Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Java Software Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (4.444%) Principal Software Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Junior
7 1 (2.222%) C++ Developer
7 1 (2.222%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.222%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (2.222%) Java Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Open Source
2 14 (31.11%) Video on Demand
3 5 (11.11%) EqualLogic
4 2 (4.444%) IPTV
4 2 (4.444%) Life Science
4 2 (4.444%) RIA
4 2 (4.444%) Firmware
5 1 (2.222%) E-Learning
5 1 (2.222%) Equities
5 1 (2.222%) DTV
5 1 (2.222%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.222%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.222%) Social Network
5 1 (2.222%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (2.222%) STB
Operating Systems
1 23 (51.11%) Linux
2 15 (33.33%) UNIX
3 10 (22.22%) Windows
4 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (2.222%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 17 (37.78%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (11.11%) Validation
3 5 (11.11%) OO
3 5 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (6.667%) Data Modelling
5 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
5 2 (4.444%) Unit Testing
5 2 (4.444%) Multithreading
5 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.222%) OOP
6 1 (2.222%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (2.222%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (2.222%) Content Management
6 1 (2.222%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) Java
2 22 (48.89%) C++
3 19 (42.22%) C
4 12 (26.67%) SQL
5 4 (8.889%) JavaScript
6 3 (6.667%) Groovy
7 2 (4.444%) Ruby
7 2 (4.444%) Python
8 1 (2.222%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (84.44%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.222%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) vSphere
1 9 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 5 (11.11%) XenServer
2 5 (11.11%) XenDesktop
3 4 (8.889%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) VMware
2 7 (15.56%) Oracle
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.11%) EMC
3 5 (11.11%) Citrix
3 5 (11.11%) 3PAR
4 1 (2.222%) Apple
4 1 (2.222%) BEA
4 1 (2.222%) JBoss
4 1 (2.222%) IBM