Buckinghamshire Computer Science Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Computer Science (Computing Science)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alcester Aldershot Altrincham Amersham Ascot Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham Church Stretton City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Crewkerne Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham Ellesmere Port England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenock Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Hull Humberside Inverclyde Ipswich Kenilworth Kent Kingswinford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Aycliffe Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penicuik Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rochdale Romsey Royston Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skipton Slough Smethwick Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stanmore Stevenage Stockport Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Teddington Thame Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Widnes Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 23 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	95	80
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching permanent IT job ads	61	99
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	9.683 %	11.80 %
Salaries quoted	51	68
Average minimum salary	£31,451	£25,739
Average salary	£34,843	£28,659
% change on same period last year	+21.57 %
Average maximum salary	£38,235	£31,580
UK excluding London average salary	£33,517	£32,188
% change on same period last year	+4.13 %
Miscellaneous Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	630	839
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.331 %	0.344 %
Salaries quoted	564	688
Average minimum salary	£33,725	£34,469
Average salary	£37,179	£37,213
% change on same period last year	-0.09 %
Average maximum salary	£40,634	£39,958
UK excluding London average salary	£38,021	£39,204
% change on same period last year	-3.01 %
Computer Science South East

Computer Science
Demand Trend

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

Computer Science
Salary Trend

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

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

Computer Science
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-21	21	£31,342	+23.49 %
High Wycombe	-3	11	£45,667	+94.32 %
Aylesbury	-7	3	£33,750	-15.62 %
Amersham	-6	1	£42,500	+10.38 %

Computer Science South East

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 119 (89.47 %) Degree 2 70 (52.63 %) SQL Server 3 66 (49.62 %) .NET 4 61 (45.86 %) C# 5 53 (39.85 %) HTML 6 51 (38.35 %) JavaScript 6 51 (38.35 %) Microsoft 7 48 (36.09 %) ASP.NET 8 46 (34.59 %) VB.NET 9 45 (33.83 %) CSS 10 43 (32.33 %) E-Commerce 11 40 (30.08 %) E-business 11 40 (30.08 %) Internet 11 40 (30.08 %) Web Design 12 35 (26.32 %) MS Excel

13 27 (20.30 %) SQL 14 25 (18.80 %) Java 15 18 (13.53 %) Mathematics 16 16 (12.03 %) C++ 17 15 (11.28 %) Health 18 14 (10.53 %) Finance 18 14 (10.53 %) Physics 18 14 (10.53 %) OO 19 13 (9.774 %) Education 20 11 (8.271 %) UNIX 20 11 (8.271 %) Windows 20 11 (8.271 %) XML 21 10 (7.519 %) SQL Server 2005 21 10 (7.519 %) Linux 22 9 (6.767 %) PHP

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 66 (49.62 %) .NET 2 53 (39.85 %) HTML 3 48 (36.09 %) ASP.NET 4 45 (33.83 %) CSS 5 11 (8.271 %) XML 6 8 (6.015 %) ASP 7 7 (5.263 %) WebSphere 8 6 (4.511 %) LAMP 9 4 (3.008 %) .NET Framework 9 4 (3.008 %) XSL 10 3 (2.256 %) JSP 10 3 (2.256 %) Servlets 10 3 (2.256 %) J2EE 10 3 (2.256 %) MFC 10 3 (2.256 %) ADO 10 3 (2.256 %) EJB 10 3 (2.256 %) Struts 11 2 (1.504 %) XHTML 11 2 (1.504 %) MVC 11 2 (1.504 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 7 (5.263 %) SharePoint 2 6 (4.511 %) Apache 3 5 (3.759 %) Documentum 3 5 (3.759 %) Papyrus 3 5 (3.759 %) StreamWeaver 4 4 (3.008 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (3.008 %) JBoss 5 3 (2.256 %) SAS 5 3 (2.256 %) ArcGIS 6 2 (1.504 %) Office Project Server 6 2 (1.504 %) IIS 7 1 (0.752 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (0.752 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.752 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 35 (26.32 %) MS Excel 2 5 (3.759 %) DOC1 2 5 (3.759 %) PrintSoft PReS 3 4 (3.008 %) MS Office 3 4 (3.008 %) MS Visio 4 3 (2.256 %) SPSS 4 3 (2.256 %) S-PLUS 5 1 (0.752 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 40 (30.08 %) Internet 2 7 (5.263 %) TCP/IP 3 5 (3.759 %) Firewall 3 5 (3.759 %) LAN 4 4 (3.008 %) LDAP 4 4 (3.008 %) SNMP 4 4 (3.008 %) Cisco IOS 5 2 (1.504 %) VPN 5 2 (1.504 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 70 (52.63 %) SQL Server 2 10 (7.519 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (6.015 %) SQL Server 2000 4 7 (5.263 %) MySQL 5 4 (3.008 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 4 (3.008 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 4 (3.008 %) RDBMS 6 3 (2.256 %) GIS 7 2 (1.504 %) DB2 7 2 (1.504 %) MS Access 8 1 (0.752 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.752 %) MOLAP 8 1 (0.752 %) OLAP 8 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server 7 8 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 4 (3.008 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.752 %) Flash 2 1 (0.752 %) Eclipse 2 1 (0.752 %) ProC
General 1 15 (11.28 %) Health 2 14 (10.53 %) Finance 3 13 (9.774 %) Education 4 7 (5.263 %) Pensions 5 6 (4.511 %) Marketing 6 5 (3.759 %) Telecoms 7 4 (3.008 %) Banking 8 3 (2.256 %) Games 9 2 (1.504 %) Retail 9 2 (1.504 %) Electric 10 1 (0.752 %) Back Office 10 1 (0.752 %) Insurance 10 1 (0.752 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 78 (58.65 %) Developer 2 42 (31.58 %) Web Developer 3 19 (14.29 %) Analyst 3 19 (14.29 %) .NET Developer 4 15 (11.28 %) Graduate 5 13 (9.774 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 12 (9.023 %) Software Engineer 7 11 (8.271 %) Consultant 7 11 (8.271 %) .NET Web Developer 8 10 (7.519 %) C# Developer 9 9 (6.767 %) Graduate Developer 10 8 (6.015 %) SQL Developer 11 6 (4.511 %) SQL Server Developer 11 6 (4.511 %) Programmer 12 5 (3.759 %) Junior 12 5 (3.759 %) Business Analyst 12 5 (3.759 %) Junior Developer 12 5 (3.759 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 5 (3.759 %) Graduate Programmer 13 4 (3.008 %) Technical Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous 1 18 (13.53 %) Mathematics 2 14 (10.53 %) Physics 3 3 (2.256 %) Client/Server 3 3 (2.256 %) Replication 3 3 (2.256 %) IVR 4 2 (1.504 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 2 (1.504 %) Statistics 4 2 (1.504 %) SCADA 4 2 (1.504 %) Grid Computing 4 2 (1.504 %) N-Tier 4 2 (1.504 %) VHDL 4 2 (1.504 %) Verilog 5 1 (0.752 %) Firmware 5 1 (0.752 %) E-Learning	Operating Systems 1 11 (8.271 %) UNIX 1 11 (8.271 %) Windows 2 10 (7.519 %) Linux 3 5 (3.759 %) Windows NT 3 5 (3.759 %) MVS 3 5 (3.759 %) Solaris 4 4 (3.008 %) Debian 4 4 (3.008 %) AIX 5 1 (0.752 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (32.33 %) E-Commerce 2 40 (30.08 %) E-business 2 40 (30.08 %) Web Design 3 14 (10.53 %) OO 4 7 (5.263 %) Business Intelligence 4 7 (5.263 %) Software Engineering 5 5 (3.759 %) Agile Software Development 6 4 (3.008 %) Project Management 6 4 (3.008 %) UML 6 4 (3.008 %) OOP 7 3 (2.256 %) System Testing 7 3 (2.256 %) Operations Research 7 3 (2.256 %) Web Development 8 2 (1.504 %) Resource Management 8 2 (1.504 %) Unit Testing 8 2 (1.504 %) Business Analysis 8 2 (1.504 %) Software Testing 8 2 (1.504 %) OOD 8 2 (1.504 %) ITIL 8 2 (1.504 %) PRINCE2	Programming Languages 1 61 (45.86 %) C# 2 51 (38.35 %) JavaScript 3 46 (34.59 %) VB.NET 4 27 (20.30 %) SQL 5 25 (18.80 %) Java 6 16 (12.03 %) C++ 7 9 (6.767 %) PHP 8 7 (5.263 %) C 9 6 (4.511 %) Perl 9 6 (4.511 %) VB 10 4 (3.008 %) Delphi 10 4 (3.008 %) VBScript 11 2 (1.504 %) PL/SQL 11 2 (1.504 %) VC++ 11 2 (1.504 %) Python 11 2 (1.504 %) DHTML 11 2 (1.504 %) VB6 11 2 (1.504 %) XPath 11 2 (1.504 %) PHP5 12 1 (0.752 %) ActionScript
Qualifications 1 119 (89.47 %) Degree 2 3 (2.256 %) CCNP 2 3 (2.256 %) CCNA 2 3 (2.256 %) CISSP 2 3 (2.256 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.504 %) QA
System Software 1 7 (5.263 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 4 (3.008 %) Xen 3 2 (1.504 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (1.504 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 51 (38.35 %) Microsoft 2 9 (6.767 %) Cisco 3 7 (5.263 %) VMware 4 5 (3.759 %) Red Hat 5 4 (3.008 %) IBM 5 4 (3.008 %) Sun 6 3 (2.256 %) Minitab 6 3 (2.256 %) Oracle 7 2 (1.504 %) HP 7 2 (1.504 %) Nortel 7 2 (1.504 %) Nokia 8 1 (0.752 %) ESRI