The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 20 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 35 28 19
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1 16 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 0.508% 6.015% 7.407%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.887% 19.51% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 12
Average salary £45,000 £30,500 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.54% +16.19%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
53 82 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 26.90% 30.83% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53 78 47
Average salary £55,000 £33,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.96% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £21,500 £23,850
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £53,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Computer Science
Buckinghamshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 9 (75.00%) E-Commerce
3 8 (66.67%) W3C
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
3 8 (66.67%) XHTML
3 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 8 (66.67%) Web 2.0
3 8 (66.67%) Web Development
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) C#
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) ISEB
4 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (25.00%) QA
4 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
6 1 (8.333%) Java
6 1 (8.333%) Change Management
6 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
6 1 (8.333%) System Testing

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 8 (66.67%) CSS
1 8 (66.67%) XHTML
1 8 (66.67%) HTML
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Web Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Java Developer
5 1 (8.333%) QA Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) QA Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Java Web Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) W3C
1 8 (66.67%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 8 (66.67%) Web Development
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.333%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (8.333%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) ISEB
2 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft