The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 58 70 77
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 36 35 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 4.100% 2.762% 1.416%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.11% 10.32% 5.735%
Number of salaries quoted 27 26 14
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,750 £25,150
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £38,750 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
356 339 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 40.55% 26.76% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 284 277 244
Average salary £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.63% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £54,800
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +5 7 £42,500 +17.24%
Tewkesbury +10 5 £32,500 +22.64%
Cheltenham +9 3 £37,500 +7.14%
Stroud - 3 £28,000 -
Cirencester - 2 £25,000 -
Filton - 2 £29,000 -
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 62 (91.18%) Degree
2 36 (52.94%) .NET
3 34 (50.00%) C#
4 33 (48.53%) SQL
5 31 (45.59%) Software Engineering
6 25 (36.76%) SQL Server
7 24 (35.29%) JavaScript
8 23 (33.82%) ASP.NET
9 21 (30.88%) CSS
10 20 (29.41%) XML
10 20 (29.41%) Windows
11 19 (27.94%) Microsoft
12 17 (25.00%) Visual Studio
12 17 (25.00%) C++
12 17 (25.00%) Finance
13 16 (23.53%) Aerospace
13 16 (23.53%) HTML
13 16 (23.53%) T-SQL
13 16 (23.53%) C
14 14 (20.59%) Mathematics
15 13 (19.12%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (17.65%) TDD
16 12 (17.65%) DO-178B
17 11 (16.18%) Electronics
17 11 (16.18%) Linux
18 10 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
19 9 (13.24%) Military
19 9 (13.24%) UML
19 9 (13.24%) Embedded C
19 9 (13.24%) Oracle

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 36 (52.94%) .NET
2 23 (33.82%) ASP.NET
3 21 (30.88%) CSS
4 20 (29.41%) XML
5 16 (23.53%) HTML
6 7 (10.29%) SOAP
7 6 (8.824%) jQuery
7 6 (8.824%) WPF
7 6 (8.824%) Web Services
7 6 (8.824%) XHTML
8 5 (7.353%) J2EE
8 5 (7.353%) ASP
9 3 (4.412%) WinForms
9 3 (4.412%) WebSphere
9 3 (4.412%) .NET Framework
10 2 (2.941%) Zend Framework
10 2 (2.941%) Java EE
10 2 (2.941%) Ajax
10 2 (2.941%) XML-RPC
11 1 (1.471%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.353%) Confluence
2 4 (5.882%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.412%) Simulink
1 3 (4.412%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (7.353%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.76%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.941%) HTTP
3 1 (1.471%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.471%) LAN
3 1 (1.471%) WAN
3 1 (1.471%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (36.76%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (7.353%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.941%) Big Data
4 2 (2.941%) MySQL
5 1 (1.471%) GIS
5 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 17 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 7 (10.29%) Rational Rhapsody
3 6 (8.824%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (8.824%) PVCS
4 5 (7.353%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (7.353%) JIRA
5 1 (1.471%) C++Builder
5 1 (1.471%) Subversion
5 1 (1.471%) Hudson
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Aerospace
3 11 (16.18%) Electronics
4 9 (13.24%) Military
4 9 (13.24%) Marketing
5 3 (4.412%) Avionics
6 2 (2.941%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (48.53%) Developer
2 22 (32.35%) Software Engineer
3 12 (17.65%) C# Developer
4 10 (14.71%) Analyst
5 9 (13.24%) Junior
5 9 (13.24%) Junior Developer
6 8 (11.76%) C# Software Engineer
6 8 (11.76%) .NET Software Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) .NET Developer
7 7 (10.29%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (8.824%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (8.824%) ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (8.824%) Software Developer
9 5 (7.353%) Java Developer
9 5 (7.353%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (5.882%) Graduate
10 4 (5.882%) Operations Analyst
10 4 (5.882%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 3 (4.412%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Mathematics
2 7 (10.29%) CAN bus
3 6 (8.824%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.941%) Physics
5 2 (2.941%) Web 2.0
5 2 (2.941%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.471%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.471%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.471%) PMI
6 1 (1.471%) Open Source
6 1 (1.471%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Windows
2 11 (16.18%) Linux
3 7 (10.29%) VxWorks
4 6 (8.824%) Windows Vista
4 6 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (5.882%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.941%) UNIX
6 2 (2.941%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.941%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Software Engineering
2 12 (17.65%) TDD
3 10 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (13.24%) UML
5 8 (11.76%) SysML
5 8 (11.76%) OO
5 8 (11.76%) CRM
6 7 (10.29%) Requirements Engineering
7 6 (8.824%) Project Management
8 5 (7.353%) ERP
8 5 (7.353%) MVVM
9 4 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (5.882%) Scrum
9 4 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (4.412%) ITIL
10 3 (4.412%) Six Sigma
10 3 (4.412%) OOD
11 2 (2.941%) Data Analysis
11 2 (2.941%) Project Planning
11 2 (2.941%) Video Analytics
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.00%) C#
2 33 (48.53%) SQL
3 24 (35.29%) JavaScript
4 17 (25.00%) C++
5 16 (23.53%) T-SQL
5 16 (23.53%) C
6 9 (13.24%) Embedded C
6 9 (13.24%) Java
7 6 (8.824%) VBScript
7 6 (8.824%) VB
8 5 (7.353%) Ada
8 5 (7.353%) Assembly Language
9 4 (5.882%) PHP
10 3 (4.412%) VB.NET
10 3 (4.412%) MATLAB
11 2 (2.941%) Embedded C++
11 2 (2.941%) Python
11 2 (2.941%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (91.18%) Degree
2 13 (19.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (11.76%) MCP
3 8 (11.76%) MCSD
4 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.471%) HND
5 1 (1.471%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.471%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) DO-178B
2 8 (11.76%) IEC 61508
2 8 (11.76%) TickIT
3 1 (1.471%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.471%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.24%) Oracle
3 4 (5.882%) Business Objects
4 3 (4.412%) Zend
5 2 (2.941%) Borland
6 1 (1.471%) Motorola
6 1 (1.471%) Intel
6 1 (1.471%) Twitter
6 1 (1.471%) Dundas
6 1 (1.471%) Qualys
Gloucestershire, South West
Essential:4-5 years experienceExperience of C on embedded platformsReal-Time embeddedExperience with 8/16-bit microprocessorsAbility to program to standards, e.g. DO-178B, MISRAAbility to document...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013