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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 9 2 9
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 2 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cornwall 4.878% 36.59% 15.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 28.57% 88.24% 34.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 0
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cornwall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7 17 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cornwall 17.07% 41.46% 44.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 15
Average salary £27,500 £33,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +53.48%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,050 £26,375 £16,800
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £23,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cornwall 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 Cornwall region.

Cornwall Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cornwall 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 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) HND
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded C++
3 3 (60.00%) Music
3 3 (60.00%) Freescale
4 1 (20.00%) Music Industry
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Qt
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cornwall 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 1 (20.00%) Qt
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 3 (60.00%) Music
3 1 (20.00%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Freescale