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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 92 101 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 7.890% 7.634% 6.542%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.36% 21.91% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 54 69 79
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £51,150 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
349 461 457
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 29.93% 34.85% 28.47%
Number of salaries quoted 215 340 326
Average salary £42,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,350 £22,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Computer Science
Scotland

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 142 (90.45%) Degree
2 71 (45.22%) .NET
3 68 (43.31%) C#
4 58 (36.94%) SQL Server
5 39 (24.84%) Software Engineering
6 37 (23.57%) Finance
7 34 (21.66%) ASP.NET
7 34 (21.66%) C++
7 34 (21.66%) Java
8 32 (20.38%) XML
8 32 (20.38%) Agile Software Development
9 30 (19.11%) SQL
10 27 (17.20%) Microsoft
11 26 (16.56%) JavaScript
11 26 (16.56%) HTML
12 25 (15.92%) Unit Testing
13 24 (15.29%) OO
14 23 (14.65%) Linux
14 23 (14.65%) C
14 23 (14.65%) Visual Studio
15 21 (13.38%) Subversion
16 20 (12.74%) Mathematics
17 19 (12.10%) Oracle
18 18 (11.46%) Analytics
19 16 (10.19%) Scrum
19 16 (10.19%) Perl
20 15 (9.554%) Windows
20 15 (9.554%) MVC
21 14 (8.917%) Business Intelligence
21 14 (8.917%) UNIX

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 71 (45.22%) .NET
2 34 (21.66%) ASP.NET
3 32 (20.38%) XML
4 26 (16.56%) HTML
5 14 (8.917%) CSS
6 12 (7.643%) Ajax
7 11 (7.006%) .NET Framework
7 11 (7.006%) WPF
7 11 (7.006%) J2EE
7 11 (7.006%) jQuery
8 10 (6.369%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 10 (6.369%) Middleware
8 10 (6.369%) Hibernate
9 9 (5.732%) Web Services
10 7 (4.459%) Struts
11 6 (3.822%) JSF
11 6 (3.822%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (3.185%) Qt
12 5 (3.185%) WCF
12 5 (3.185%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.459%) IIS
2 6 (3.822%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (3.185%) Windows Azure
3 5 (3.185%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.185%) Apache
4 3 (1.911%) Amazon AWS
4 3 (1.911%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.274%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.637%) Adobe CQ
6 1 (0.637%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.637%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.637%) CMS
6 1 (0.637%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 12 (7.643%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.548%) RoboHelp
2 4 (2.548%) FrameMaker
3 2 (1.274%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.637%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.637%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.369%) Internet
2 5 (3.185%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.548%) Firewall
4 3 (1.911%) WAN
5 1 (0.637%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.637%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (36.94%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.280%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (6.369%) SQL Server 2012
3 10 (6.369%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (5.096%) NoSQL
5 7 (4.459%) Big Data
6 6 (3.822%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.185%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (3.185%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (3.185%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.185%) MySQL
8 3 (1.911%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.911%) DB2
9 2 (1.274%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.274%) OLAP
9 2 (1.274%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (0.637%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.637%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.637%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.637%) GIS
Development Applications
1 23 (14.65%) Visual Studio
2 21 (13.38%) Subversion
3 11 (7.006%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (4.459%) Selenium
4 7 (4.459%) JUnit
4 7 (4.459%) Eclipse
5 5 (3.185%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.274%) Firebug
7 1 (0.637%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.637%) Hudson
7 1 (0.637%) GDB
7 1 (0.637%) WatiN
7 1 (0.637%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.637%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.637%) ReSharper
7 1 (0.637%) Ant
General
1 37 (23.57%) Finance
2 7 (4.459%) Banking
2 7 (4.459%) Electronics
3 4 (2.548%) Games
4 3 (1.911%) Legal
5 2 (1.274%) French Language
5 2 (1.274%) German Language
6 1 (0.637%) Automotive
6 1 (0.637%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.637%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.637%) Marketing
6 1 (0.637%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.637%) Back Office
6 1 (0.637%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (47.77%) Developer
2 32 (20.38%) Software Engineer
3 22 (14.01%) Software Developer
4 17 (10.83%) .NET Developer
5 15 (9.554%) Web Developer
6 13 (8.280%) Graduate
6 13 (8.280%) Architect
7 10 (6.369%) Junior
7 10 (6.369%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.732%) Junior Developer
9 8 (5.096%) Java Developer
10 7 (4.459%) Consultant
11 6 (3.822%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (3.822%) Analyst
11 6 (3.822%) Graduate Developer
11 6 (3.822%) Architecture Manager
11 6 (3.822%) Business Intelligence Architect
12 5 (3.185%) Technical Manager
13 4 (2.548%) Applications Developer
13 4 (2.548%) Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.74%) Mathematics
2 9 (5.732%) Physics
3 7 (4.459%) Visualisation
3 7 (4.459%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.822%) Firmware
4 6 (3.822%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (3.822%) Open Source
5 4 (2.548%) CUDA
5 4 (2.548%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.911%) SaaS
7 2 (1.274%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.274%) Ontologies
7 2 (1.274%) Data Integration
7 2 (1.274%) Online Games
7 2 (1.274%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.274%) SWIFT
8 1 (0.637%) Mobile Computing
8 1 (0.637%) VHDL
8 1 (0.637%) Verilog
8 1 (0.637%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.65%) Linux
2 15 (9.554%) Windows
3 14 (8.917%) UNIX
4 3 (1.911%) Solaris
5 2 (1.274%) Android
6 1 (0.637%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.637%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.637%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.637%) AIX
6 1 (0.637%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.84%) Software Engineering
2 32 (20.38%) Agile Software Development
3 25 (15.92%) Unit Testing
4 24 (15.29%) OO
5 18 (11.46%) Analytics
6 16 (10.19%) Scrum
7 15 (9.554%) MVC
8 14 (8.917%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (7.643%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (7.643%) OOD
10 11 (7.006%) Project Management
11 10 (6.369%) Data Modelling
12 9 (5.732%) Technical Architecture
13 8 (5.096%) TDD
14 7 (4.459%) MVVM
14 7 (4.459%) Performance Testing
14 7 (4.459%) CRM
15 6 (3.822%) Risk Management
15 6 (3.822%) UML
15 6 (3.822%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (43.31%) C#
2 34 (21.66%) C++
2 34 (21.66%) Java
3 30 (19.11%) SQL
4 26 (16.56%) JavaScript
5 23 (14.65%) C
6 16 (10.19%) Perl
7 14 (8.917%) Python
8 13 (8.280%) PHP
9 9 (5.732%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.548%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.548%) VC++
11 3 (1.911%) Ruby
11 3 (1.911%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.274%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.274%) VB
12 2 (1.274%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.274%) VBA
12 2 (1.274%) Scala
13 1 (0.637%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 142 (90.45%) Degree
2 14 (8.917%) MCPD
3 6 (3.822%) Sun Certification
4 5 (3.185%) PhD
4 5 (3.185%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.548%) MCDBA
5 4 (2.548%) MCTS
6 2 (1.274%) CISSP
6 2 (1.274%) CISA
6 2 (1.274%) CISM
7 1 (0.637%) ISACA
7 1 (0.637%) GIAC
7 1 (0.637%) MCSE
7 1 (0.637%) HND
7 1 (0.637%) MCP
7 1 (0.637%) QiCA
7 1 (0.637%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.548%) QA
2 1 (0.637%) JTAG
2 1 (0.637%) COSO
2 1 (0.637%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (3.822%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.10%) Oracle
3 6 (3.822%) JBoss
3 6 (3.822%) VMware
4 4 (2.548%) Perforce
5 3 (1.911%) Pega
6 2 (1.274%) IBM
6 2 (1.274%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.637%) Alterian
7 1 (0.637%) Google
7 1 (0.637%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.637%) Adobe
Edinburgh, Scotland
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DP Connect Ltd
Posted: 29 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: excellent salary + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sanderson
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Asset Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £23000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £22 to £45000 per annum - Excellent Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Salt
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Net Talent
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Net Talent
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013