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This section looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11889
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads32194866
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.695 %1.996 %
As % of the category below8.399 %8.756 %
Salaries quoted27173807
Average minimum salary£34,481£36,511
Average salary£38,710£40,176
% change on same period last year-3.64 %
Average maximum salary£42,939£43,841
UK excluding London average salary£33,573£32,204
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3832555571
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.18 %22.79 %
Salaries quoted3150442299
Average minimum salary£44,265£48,639
Average salary£49,055£53,704
% change on same period last year-8.65 %
Average maximum salary£53,846£58,769
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£39,211
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Computer Science UKComputer Science
UK

Computer Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Science across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Computer Science Demand Trend

Computer Science
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Science across the England region.

England Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

England Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-391341£46,042-4.21 %
South EastDown-5713£36,336+1.83 %
East of EnglandUp+11597£34,620+9.15 %
South WestDown-24202£29,477-3.36 %
West MidlandsUp+10132£32,344+17.14 %
YorkshireDown-21102£29,182+5.59 %
North WestDown-4979£31,264+18.88 %
East MidlandsUp+146£36,154+28.14 %
MidlandsUp+2515£34,400-23.93 %
North EastUp+412£26,136-3.06 %
HumbersideNew entry-1£25,000-
Computer Science UKComputer Science
UK

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

15544 (77.14 %)Degree
22360 (32.84 %)Java
32137 (29.73 %)C++
41863 (25.92 %)SQL
51795 (24.98 %).NET
61704 (23.71 %)C#
71523 (21.19 %)Finance
81398 (19.45 %)Mathematics
91292 (17.98 %)SQL Server
101133 (15.76 %)C
111126 (15.67 %)Windows
12990 (13.77 %)Oracle
13989 (13.76 %)OO
14960 (13.36 %)UNIX
15955 (13.29 %)Linux
16941 (13.09 %)XML
17843 (11.73 %)JavaScript
18826 (11.49 %)Microsoft
19805 (11.20 %)Software Engineering
20793 (11.03 %)ASP.NET
21791 (11.01 %)HTML
22688 (9.573 %)J2EE
23663 (9.225 %)Education
24600 (8.348 %)CSS
25599 (8.334 %)Physics
26537 (7.472 %)Banking
27474 (6.595 %)VB
28473 (6.581 %)Front Office
29431 (5.997 %)MS Excel
30417 (5.802 %)Pensions

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11795 (24.98 %).NET
2941 (13.09 %)XML
3793 (11.03 %)ASP.NET
4791 (11.01 %)HTML
5688 (9.573 %)J2EE
6600 (8.348 %)CSS
7394 (5.482 %)AJAX
8384 (5.343 %)WebServices
9289 (4.021 %)JSP
10277 (3.854 %)ASP
11275 (3.826 %)XHTML
12253 (3.520 %)Spring
13223 (3.103 %)Hibernate
14193 (2.685 %)STL
15174 (2.421 %)WinForms
16165 (2.296 %)Servlets
17149 (2.073 %)J2SE
17149 (2.073 %).NET Framework
18145 (2.018 %)XSLT
19139 (1.934 %)MFC
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1189 (2.630 %)Apache
2135 (1.878 %)WebLogic
3130 (1.809 %)Tomcat
4112 (1.558 %)SharePoint
4112 (1.558 %)JBoss
5105 (1.461 %)MS Exchange
685 (1.183 %)IIS
767 (0.932 %)CMS
856 (0.779 %)MQSeries
955 (0.765 %)BizTalk Server
1050 (0.696 %)SAS
1146 (0.640 %)ColdFusion
1240 (0.557 %)Exchange Server 2000
1334 (0.473 %)Exchange Server 2003
1427 (0.376 %)Rendezvous
1427 (0.376 %)Smallworld
1523 (0.320 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1617 (0.237 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1711 (0.153 %)WebSphere Application Server
189 (0.125 %)ESB
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1431 (5.997 %)MS Excel
2109 (1.517 %)Photoshop
3107 (1.489 %)MS Office
490 (1.252 %)MATLAB
575 (1.044 %)MS Visio
647 (0.654 %)Adobe Illustrator
738 (0.529 %)3ds Max
828 (0.390 %)Spreadsheet
927 (0.376 %)MS PowerPoint
1024 (0.334 %)Maya
1113 (0.181 %)SPSS
1210 (0.139 %)S-PLUS
139 (0.125 %)PrintSoft PReS
148 (0.111 %)Pro/ENGINEER
148 (0.111 %)MS Project
157 (0.097 %)Paint Shop Pro
166 (0.083 %)Fireworks
175 (0.070 %)AutoCAD
175 (0.070 %)DOC1
175 (0.070 %)InfoPath
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (0.320 %)Oracle Financials
211 (0.153 %)Cognos Planning
38 (0.111 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
46 (0.083 %)FRONT ARENA
55 (0.070 %)Microsoft CRM
55 (0.070 %)Great Plains
55 (0.070 %)Oracle Applications
64 (0.056 %)Navision
73 (0.042 %)Oracle ERP
73 (0.042 %)Summit
73 (0.042 %)Dynamics AX
73 (0.042 %)Dynamics GP
73 (0.042 %)Dynamics NAV
73 (0.042 %)Hyperion Planning
82 (0.028 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.028 %)Line 50
82 (0.028 %)SAP Business One
82 (0.028 %)SAP ERP
82 (0.028 %)Oracle Clinical
82 (0.028 %)Remedy AR System
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1395 (5.496 %)Internet
2276 (3.840 %)TCP/IP
3195 (2.713 %)Wireless
4124 (1.725 %)HTTP
583 (1.155 %)VoIP
681 (1.127 %)Ethernet
780 (1.113 %)LAN
879 (1.099 %)Firewall
974 (1.030 %)Intranet
974 (1.030 %)WAN
1072 (1.002 %)GSM
1169 (0.960 %)DNS
1258 (0.807 %)Broadband
1356 (0.779 %)VPN
1455 (0.765 %)ISDN
1554 (0.751 %)UMTS
1649 (0.682 %)SAN
1746 (0.640 %)PBX
1845 (0.626 %)GPRS
1939 (0.543 %)H.323
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11292 (17.98 %)SQL Server
2325 (4.522 %)MySQL
3222 (3.089 %)SQL Server 2005
4187 (2.602 %)SQL Server 2000
5180 (2.505 %)RDBMS
6110 (1.531 %)DB2
791 (1.266 %)Oracle 10g
877 (1.071 %)GIS
976 (1.057 %)Datawarehouse
1069 (0.960 %)ETL
1069 (0.960 %)SQL Server 7
1166 (0.918 %)MS Access
1252 (0.724 %)Oracle 9i
1349 (0.682 %)Oracle 8/8i
1438 (0.529 %)BusinessObjects
1534 (0.473 %)Data Mining
1631 (0.431 %)Crystal Reports
1729 (0.404 %)OLAP
1827 (0.376 %)DTS
1926 (0.362 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1164 (2.282 %)Visual Studio
2127 (1.767 %)Eclipse
3122 (1.698 %)Flash
4119 (1.656 %)JUnit
5105 (1.461 %)Subversion
666 (0.918 %)Ant
756 (0.779 %)ClearCase
852 (0.724 %)VSS/SourceSafe
933 (0.459 %)Selenium
1031 (0.431 %)FitNesse
1126 (0.362 %)QuickTest Pro
1225 (0.348 %)TestDirector
1322 (0.306 %)NUnit
1322 (0.306 %)IntelliJ
1419 (0.264 %)Dreamweaver
1419 (0.264 %)InstallShield
1518 (0.250 %)LoadRunner
1610 (0.139 %)WinRunner
1610 (0.139 %)PVCS
178 (0.111 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11523 (21.19 %)Finance
2663 (9.225 %)Education
3537 (7.472 %)Banking
4473 (6.581 %)Front Office
5417 (5.802 %)Pensions
6370 (5.148 %)Health
7369 (5.134 %)Telecoms
8323 (4.494 %)Investment Banking
9298 (4.146 %)Games
10265 (3.687 %)Electronics
11241 (3.353 %)Marketing
12190 (2.644 %)Retail
13186 (2.588 %)Insurance
14102 (1.419 %)Electric
14102 (1.419 %)Pharmaceutical
1596 (1.336 %)Publishing
1687 (1.211 %)Government
1782 (1.141 %)Back Office
1879 (1.099 %)Manufacturing
1976 (1.057 %)Financial Institution
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13289 (45.76 %)Developer
2890 (12.38 %)Graduate
3873 (12.15 %)Java Developer
4868 (12.08 %)Software Engineer
5715 (9.949 %)Analyst
6562 (7.820 %)Software Developer
7529 (7.361 %).NET Developer
8506 (7.040 %)C# Developer
9465 (6.470 %)Junior
10422 (5.872 %)C++ Developer
11421 (5.858 %)Web Developer
12397 (5.524 %)Programmer
13363 (5.051 %)Consultant
14351 (4.884 %)Graduate Developer
15317 (4.411 %)Senior Developer
16300 (4.174 %)Junior Developer
17197 (2.741 %)Java/J2EE Developer
18179 (2.491 %)C++ Software Engineer
19177 (2.463 %)Architect
20165 (2.296 %)J2EE Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11398 (19.45 %)Mathematics
2599 (8.334 %)Physics
3413 (5.746 %)Derivative
4206 (2.866 %)Equities
5202 (2.811 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6144 (2.004 %)Multithreading
7135 (1.878 %)Equity Derivative
8119 (1.656 %)Fixed Income
995 (1.322 %)Management Information System
1094 (1.308 %)Statistics
1181 (1.127 %)Client/Server
1279 (1.099 %)W3C
1376 (1.057 %)Credit Derivative
1471 (0.988 %)Device Driver
1562 (0.863 %)German Language
1660 (0.835 %)Economics
1758 (0.807 %)VHDL
1856 (0.779 %)French Language
1949 (0.682 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
2047 (0.654 %)Interest Rate Derivative
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11126 (15.67 %)Windows
2960 (13.36 %)UNIX
3955 (13.29 %)Linux
4134 (1.864 %)Windows XP
4134 (1.864 %)Solaris
5104 (1.447 %)Windows 2000
669 (0.960 %)Windows Server 2003
760 (0.835 %)Windows Mobile
858 (0.807 %)Windows NT
951 (0.710 %)Windows CE
1040 (0.557 %)Embedded Linux
1138 (0.529 %)AIX
1223 (0.320 %)HPUX
1322 (0.306 %)VxWorks
1420 (0.278 %)Symbian OS
1515 (0.209 %)Debian
1611 (0.153 %)FreeBSD
178 (0.111 %)OpenVMS
178 (0.111 %)Fedora
186 (0.083 %)SUSE
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1989 (13.76 %)OO
2805 (11.20 %)Software Engineering
3337 (4.689 %)UML
4284 (3.952 %)E-Commerce
5278 (3.868 %)Project Management
6274 (3.812 %)Agile Software Development
7236 (3.284 %)Web Development
8224 (3.117 %)OOD
9154 (2.143 %)Business Intelligence
10152 (2.115 %)Unit Testing
11147 (2.045 %)Risk Management
12143 (1.990 %)OOP
13125 (1.739 %)CRM
14110 (1.531 %)Data Modelling
15105 (1.461 %)Business Analysis
16102 (1.419 %)Scrum
17100 (1.391 %)Web Design
1896 (1.336 %)RUP
1995 (1.322 %)CAD
2091 (1.266 %)Asset Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12360 (32.84 %)Java
22137 (29.73 %)C++
31863 (25.92 %)SQL
41704 (23.71 %)C#
51133 (15.76 %)C
6843 (11.73 %)JavaScript
7474 (6.595 %)VB
8416 (5.788 %)Perl
9415 (5.774 %)VB.NET
10386 (5.371 %)PHP
11217 (3.019 %)Python
12182 (2.532 %)VBA
13154 (2.143 %)VB6
14139 (1.934 %)Transact-SQL
15136 (1.892 %)VC++
16119 (1.656 %)PL/SQL
17104 (1.447 %)ActionScript
1897 (1.350 %)VBScript
1983 (1.155 %)Shell Script
2080 (1.113 %)DHTML
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15544 (77.14 %)Degree
2241 (3.353 %)PhD
3140 (1.948 %)Microsoft Certification
483 (1.155 %)HND
571 (0.988 %)Cisco Certification
656 (0.779 %)ISEB
754 (0.751 %)Postgraduate
853 (0.737 %)MCSE
952 (0.724 %)CCNA
1044 (0.612 %)MCAD
1142 (0.584 %)MCSD
1232 (0.445 %)MCP
1325 (0.348 %)Sun Certification
1421 (0.292 %)CCNP
1518 (0.250 %)CISSP
1615 (0.209 %)ITIL Certification
1615 (0.209 %)MBA
1714 (0.195 %)PMI Certification
1714 (0.195 %)MCSA
1714 (0.195 %)MCDBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1218 (3.033 %)QA
236 (0.501 %)WAI
333 (0.459 %)ISO9001
333 (0.459 %)SLA
429 (0.404 %)Basel II
512 (0.167 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
69 (0.125 %)HL7
69 (0.125 %)DICOM
77 (0.097 %)ISO27001
86 (0.083 %)CDISC
86 (0.083 %)GCP
94 (0.056 %)ISO9000
94 (0.056 %)ISO8583
94 (0.056 %)JTAG
103 (0.042 %)WCAG
103 (0.042 %)COBIT
112 (0.028 %)ISO17799
112 (0.028 %)TickIT
121 (0.014 %)GMP
121 (0.014 %)MiFID
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
192 (1.280 %)Active Directory
218 (0.250 %)NDS
313 (0.181 %)NFS
313 (0.181 %)ISA Server
313 (0.181 %)VMware Infrastructure
48 (0.111 %)Oracle RAC
56 (0.083 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
64 (0.056 %)Xen
64 (0.056 %)ClearTrust
73 (0.042 %)Citrix Presentation Server
82 (0.028 %)Squid
82 (0.028 %)Samba
91 (0.014 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.014 %)Terminal Services
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (0.404 %)MOM
220 (0.278 %)SCOM
314 (0.195 %)Nagios
410 (0.139 %)OpenView
58 (0.111 %)Norton AntiVirus
67 (0.097 %)Tivoli
76 (0.083 %)Netcool/Proviso
76 (0.083 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
76 (0.083 %)Netcool
76 (0.083 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
83 (0.042 %)AutoSys
83 (0.042 %)CA SiteMinder
92 (0.028 %)CiscoWorks
92 (0.028 %)NNM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1990 (13.77 %)Oracle
2826 (11.49 %)Microsoft
3245 (3.409 %)Sybase
4138 (1.920 %)Cisco
5103 (1.433 %)TIBCO
687 (1.211 %)Adobe
758 (0.807 %)Symbian
758 (0.807 %)Cognos
852 (0.724 %)IBM
951 (0.710 %)Red Hat
1044 (0.612 %)Sun
1143 (0.598 %)HP
1239 (0.543 %)SAP
1338 (0.529 %)Business Objects
1434 (0.473 %)Citrix
1530 (0.417 %)BEA
1628 (0.390 %)Bloomberg
1726 (0.362 %)VMware
1825 (0.348 %)JD Edwards
1922 (0.306 %)Google
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