The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 19 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 37 42 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -26
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 2 6 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 0.778% 1.754% 11.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.817% 6.061% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 33
Average salary £41,250 £20,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+106.25% -37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £20,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £40,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
71 99 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 27.63% 28.95% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 55 88 99
Average salary £43,750 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £72,500 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Computer Science
London

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
3 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) CIMA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) ACCA
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) IBM Notes
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Statistics
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Acunetix