The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 63 52 94
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +42
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 65 84 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.613% 4.183% 1.514%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.64% 15.61% 7.246%
Number of salaries quoted 55 79 25
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
444 538 345
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.68% 26.79% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 332 474 284
Average salary £37,250 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,250 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £59,200 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Cheshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield +12 22 £25,000 -14.52%
Warrington -25 6 £25,000 -28.57%
Knutsford - 6 £30,500 -
Crewe +2 3 £20,000 -6.97%
Northwich -1 3 £22,500 -25.00%
Wilmslow - 3 £37,500 -
Nantwich - 2 £20,000 -
Chester -17 1 £25,500 +18.60%
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 127 (77.91%) Degree
2 100 (61.35%) .NET
3 93 (57.06%) C#
4 89 (54.60%) ASP.NET
5 66 (40.49%) SQL Server
6 63 (38.65%) SQL
7 59 (36.20%) JavaScript
8 57 (34.97%) HTML
9 49 (30.06%) MVC
10 48 (29.45%) Microsoft
11 43 (26.38%) Web Services
12 39 (23.93%) VB.NET
13 37 (22.70%) Visual Studio
14 35 (21.47%) Windows
15 34 (20.86%) Web Development
15 34 (20.86%) XML
16 33 (20.25%) Java
17 28 (17.18%) Retail
18 26 (15.95%) Finance
18 26 (15.95%) ASP.NET MVC
19 25 (15.34%) Agile Software Development
19 25 (15.34%) DHTML
19 25 (15.34%) T-SQL
20 23 (14.11%) Oracle
20 23 (14.11%) WinForms
20 23 (14.11%) Microsoft Certification
21 22 (13.50%) .NET Framework
21 22 (13.50%) TDD
21 22 (13.50%) C++
22 21 (12.88%) VSS/SourceSafe

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 100 (61.35%) .NET
2 89 (54.60%) ASP.NET
3 57 (34.97%) HTML
4 43 (26.38%) Web Services
5 34 (20.86%) XML
6 26 (15.95%) ASP.NET MVC
7 25 (15.34%) DHTML
8 23 (14.11%) WinForms
9 22 (13.50%) .NET Framework
10 20 (12.27%) WCF
10 20 (12.27%) WPF
11 19 (11.66%) jQuery
12 18 (11.04%) Spring.NET
12 18 (11.04%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 18 (11.04%) Unity DI Container
12 18 (11.04%) Castle Windsor
12 18 (11.04%) Ninject
12 18 (11.04%) Razor View Engine
13 14 (8.589%) CSS
14 12 (7.362%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.294%) Windows Azure
2 4 (2.454%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.227%) IIS
4 1 (0.613%) SAS
4 1 (0.613%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (4.908%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.454%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.613%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.975%) TCP/IP
2 10 (6.135%) HTTP
3 7 (4.294%) LDAP
3 7 (4.294%) IMAP
4 5 (3.067%) Internet
5 4 (2.454%) SMS
5 4 (2.454%) SMTP
6 2 (1.227%) Broadband
7 1 (0.613%) LAN
7 1 (0.613%) Intranet
7 1 (0.613%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (40.49%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (8.589%) OLTP
4 13 (7.975%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (4.908%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.908%) MySQL
6 6 (3.681%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (3.681%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (3.681%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (3.681%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (3.067%) RDBMS
8 4 (2.454%) IDMS
8 4 (2.454%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.454%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.454%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (2.454%) VLDB
9 2 (1.227%) MS Access
10 1 (0.613%) DB2
10 1 (0.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.613%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (22.70%) Visual Studio
2 21 (12.88%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 20 (12.27%) MSTest
4 18 (11.04%) Rhino Mocks
4 18 (11.04%) Moq
4 18 (11.04%) NUnit
5 15 (9.202%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (4.294%) PhoneGap
7 1 (0.613%) JUnit
General
1 28 (17.18%) Retail
2 26 (15.95%) Finance
3 8 (4.908%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (4.294%) Games
4 7 (4.294%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.454%) Back Office
6 3 (1.840%) Legal
6 3 (1.840%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.613%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (69.94%) Developer
2 64 (39.26%) .NET Developer
3 45 (27.61%) Graduate
4 39 (23.93%) C# Developer
4 39 (23.93%) C# .NET Developer
5 35 (21.47%) Graduate Developer
6 31 (19.02%) Junior
6 31 (19.02%) Junior Developer
7 28 (17.18%) ASP.NET Developer
7 28 (17.18%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 28 (17.18%) Web Developer
8 23 (14.11%) Junior .NET Developer
9 22 (13.50%) C# Web Developer
9 22 (13.50%) .NET Web Developer
10 20 (12.27%) Graduate .NET Developer
11 18 (11.04%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
11 18 (11.04%) VB.NET Developer
12 17 (10.43%) Software Engineer
12 17 (10.43%) Software Developer
13 11 (6.748%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.04%) Inversion of Control
2 14 (8.589%) Mathematics
3 12 (7.362%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.908%) Physics
5 7 (4.294%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (3.681%) Open Source
6 6 (3.681%) Fixed Income
6 6 (3.681%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.067%) Handset
8 4 (2.454%) Data Integration
8 4 (2.454%) Replication
9 2 (1.227%) Data Extraction
9 2 (1.227%) Social Media
10 1 (0.613%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.613%) Statistics
10 1 (0.613%) Chemistry
10 1 (0.613%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (21.47%) Windows
2 20 (12.27%) Linux
3 16 (9.816%) UNIX
4 10 (6.135%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.613%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.06%) MVC
2 34 (20.86%) Web Development
3 25 (15.34%) Agile Software Development
4 22 (13.50%) TDD
5 21 (12.88%) OO
5 21 (12.88%) Scrum
5 21 (12.88%) Web Application Development
6 19 (11.66%) Kanban
6 19 (11.66%) Dependency Injection
7 18 (11.04%) MVVM
7 18 (11.04%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (11.04%) Content Management
7 18 (11.04%) Web Design
8 15 (9.202%) Software Testing
9 13 (7.975%) Unit Testing
10 12 (7.362%) Software Engineering
11 9 (5.521%) E-Commerce
12 8 (4.908%) ETL
13 7 (4.294%) Change Management
13 7 (4.294%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 93 (57.06%) C#
2 63 (38.65%) SQL
3 59 (36.20%) JavaScript
4 39 (23.93%) VB.NET
5 33 (20.25%) Java
6 25 (15.34%) T-SQL
7 22 (13.50%) C++
8 17 (10.43%) Python
9 16 (9.816%) C
10 13 (7.975%) PHP
11 8 (4.908%) MATLAB
11 8 (4.908%) PL/SQL
12 5 (3.067%) VB
12 5 (3.067%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.227%) R
14 1 (0.613%) Ruby
14 1 (0.613%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 127 (77.91%) Degree
2 23 (14.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (11.04%) MCTS
3 18 (11.04%) MCP
3 18 (11.04%) MCAD
3 18 (11.04%) MCSD
4 11 (6.748%) ISEB
5 2 (1.227%) PhD
6 1 (0.613%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.613%) PMP
6 1 (0.613%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.613%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.294%) QA
2 1 (0.613%) CDISC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.227%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 48 (29.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.11%) Oracle
3 6 (3.681%) Google
4 4 (2.454%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.227%) Trend Micro
5 2 (1.227%) Symantec
5 2 (1.227%) McAfee
5 2 (1.227%) SAP
6 1 (0.613%) Twitter
6 1 (0.613%) Chordiant
6 1 (0.613%) JBoss
6 1 (0.613%) Cognizant
Warrington, Cheshire
Warrington Collegiate require a Systems Developer to design, develop and maintain the College’s management information systems... You will need a Degree in a Computer Science or IT...
Warrington Collegiate
Salary: From £25,096 to £33,824 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to cross train onto other platforms / languages including iOS, .Net, PHP and Ruby on Rails... The Skills Java Development...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
Our client, a Software Company based Wilmslow, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled C# Web Developer. The company builds e-commerce sites for consumer and trade sales,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northwich, Cheshire
C#/ASP.NET Associate Developer : to suit Graduate Trainee or up to 18 months experience. Gain MVC. Near Northwich, Cheshire To £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information Management...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
To £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information Management Solutions Company requires 2 new budding C#.Net , ASP.Net Software Developers to join a steadily growing team, working on...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Northwich, North West
C#/ASP.NET Associate Developer : to suit Graduate Trainee or up to 18 months experience. Gain MVC Near Northwich, CheshireTo £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information Management Solutions...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
Essential Skills: Expertise in an O-O Programming language, such as Java or Python. Experience of development in a workflow environment. Experience of development of web services... (Java,...
ninesharp
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013