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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 28 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 0.877% 3.125% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.704% 14.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £20,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
27 7 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 23.68% 21.88% 43.75%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 2
Average salary £30,000 £57,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.82% +144.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £53,500 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £23,500 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
Bedfordshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Forensics
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Smartcard
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) COBOL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 (25.00%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle