The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 30 37 30
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 8 13 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 3.604% 3.368% 2.553%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.96% 10.40% 8.955%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 4
Average salary £28,000 £35,000 £28,076
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +24.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
73 125 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 32.88% 32.38% 28.51%
Number of salaries quoted 67 97 51
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £35,000 £28,076
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £42,650 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Computer Science
Gloucestershire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) C
3 5 (41.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
5 3 (25.00%) Network Security
5 3 (25.00%) DO-178B
5 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (16.67%) C#
6 2 (16.67%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) Java
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) UML
6 2 (16.67%) Ada
6 2 (16.67%) Assembly Language
6 2 (16.67%) Web Development
6 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
7 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (8.333%) Cyber Security
7 1 (8.333%) Requirements Engineering
7 1 (8.333%) IEC 61508
7 1 (8.333%) Qualys
7 1 (8.333%) SysML
7 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
7 1 (8.333%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (8.333%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) OpenGL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.333%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) PVCS
1 1 (8.333%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (8.333%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.333%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) IT Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Trainer
5 1 (8.333%) Security Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Security Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior C# Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (8.333%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) UML
2 2 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (8.333%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Cyber Security
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) Information Security
3 1 (8.333%) TDD
3 1 (8.333%) Information Management
3 1 (8.333%) SysML
3 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C++
1 6 (50.00%) C
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) Assembly Language
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Ada
3 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (25.00%) DO-178B
4 1 (8.333%) IEC 61508
4 1 (8.333%) TickIT
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Motorola
1 1 (8.333%) Qualys