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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 27 50 49
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -1
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 64 25 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 9.209% 3.571% 2.462%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 28.96% 13.30% 8.442%
Number of salaries quoted 61 25 13
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +53.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £20,600 £18,200
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
221 188 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 31.80% 26.86% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 190 162 139
Average salary £41,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.57% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
East Midlands

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicester +11 37 £50,000 +21.21%
Loughborough -4 2 £29,000 +56.75%
Market Harborough - 1 £50,000 -
Computer Science
East Midlands

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 89 (76.72%) Degree
2 65 (56.03%) .NET
2 65 (56.03%) Finance
3 64 (55.17%) C#
4 62 (53.45%) Smartcard
4 62 (53.45%) Cyber Security
5 48 (41.38%) JavaScript
6 40 (34.48%) SQL Server
7 37 (31.90%) Web Development
8 35 (30.17%) Biometrics
9 34 (29.31%) C++
9 34 (29.31%) XML
10 31 (26.72%) SQL
11 30 (25.86%) Java
12 29 (25.00%) ISO 9001
12 29 (25.00%) TickIT
13 27 (23.28%) LDAP
14 26 (22.41%) Web Services
14 26 (22.41%) Security Cleared
15 25 (21.55%) Identity Management
16 24 (20.69%) Windows
16 24 (20.69%) Microsoft
17 23 (19.83%) MS Excel
17 23 (19.83%) ASP.NET
17 23 (19.83%) Mathematics
17 23 (19.83%) Enterprise Software
18 18 (15.52%) Visual Studio
18 18 (15.52%) HTML
19 17 (14.66%) MS Office
19 17 (14.66%) XSLT

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 65 (56.03%) .NET
2 34 (29.31%) XML
3 26 (22.41%) Web Services
4 23 (19.83%) ASP.NET
5 18 (15.52%) HTML
6 17 (14.66%) XSLT
6 17 (14.66%) ASP
7 16 (13.79%) DHTML
8 13 (11.21%) CSS
9 11 (9.483%) jQuery
10 7 (6.034%) WPF
10 7 (6.034%) .NET Framework
11 5 (4.310%) LINQ
11 5 (4.310%) WCF
12 4 (3.448%) Silverlight
12 4 (3.448%) Ajax
13 3 (2.586%) XHTML
14 1 (0.862%) WinForms
14 1 (0.862%) OpenGL
14 1 (0.862%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.448%) Drupal
2 3 (2.586%) Apache
3 2 (1.724%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 23 (19.83%) MS Excel
2 17 (14.66%) MS Office
3 13 (11.21%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.724%) Office 365
4 2 (1.724%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.862%) Maya
5 1 (0.862%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.862%) Blender
Business Applications
1 3 (2.586%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.28%) LDAP
2 12 (10.34%) VPN
3 10 (8.621%) NFC
4 6 (5.172%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.586%) Wireless
6 2 (1.724%) DNS
6 2 (1.724%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (34.48%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.172%) MySQL
3 5 (4.310%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.586%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.862%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.862%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.862%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.862%) OLAP
6 1 (0.862%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.862%) QlikView
6 1 (0.862%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 18 (15.52%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.586%) MorphX
3 2 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.862%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.862%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 65 (56.03%) Finance
2 16 (13.79%) Marketing
3 10 (8.621%) Retail
3 10 (8.621%) Back Office
4 4 (3.448%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.862%) Games
Job Titles
1 49 (42.24%) Developer
2 23 (19.83%) Graduate
2 23 (19.83%) Software Developer
3 20 (17.24%) C# Developer
4 18 (15.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (13.79%) Consultant
5 16 (13.79%) Software Engineer
5 16 (13.79%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 14 (12.07%) Development Manager
6 14 (12.07%) Analyst
6 14 (12.07%) .NET Developer
7 13 (11.21%) Software Development Manager
7 13 (11.21%) Applications Support
7 13 (11.21%) Software Manager
8 12 (10.34%) Support Analyst
8 12 (10.34%) Applications Support Analyst
9 11 (9.483%) C++ Developer
9 11 (9.483%) C++ Software Developer
10 10 (8.621%) Junior
11 9 (7.759%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 62 (53.45%) Smartcard
2 35 (30.17%) Biometrics
3 23 (19.83%) Mathematics
3 23 (19.83%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (11.21%) Blackberry
5 11 (9.483%) PKI
6 10 (8.621%) Mobile Payment
6 10 (8.621%) Cryptography
6 10 (8.621%) EPoS
7 1 (0.862%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.862%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.862%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.862%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.862%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.69%) Windows
2 14 (12.07%) Android
3 12 (10.34%) Apple iOS
4 11 (9.483%) BlackBerry OS
5 8 (6.897%) Linux
6 2 (1.724%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.862%) UNIX
7 1 (0.862%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (53.45%) Cyber Security
2 37 (31.90%) Web Development
3 25 (21.55%) Identity Management
4 16 (13.79%) Product Marketing
5 13 (11.21%) Software Engineering
6 12 (10.34%) ITIL
6 12 (10.34%) UML
7 11 (9.483%) Information Security
8 5 (4.310%) E-Commerce
8 5 (4.310%) OO
9 4 (3.448%) Scrum
9 4 (3.448%) Data Analysis
9 4 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (2.586%) Automated Testing
10 3 (2.586%) ERP
11 2 (1.724%) Change Control
11 2 (1.724%) Statistical Analysis
11 2 (1.724%) Multithreading
11 2 (1.724%) Manual Testing
11 2 (1.724%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (55.17%) C#
2 48 (41.38%) JavaScript
3 34 (29.31%) C++
4 31 (26.72%) SQL
5 30 (25.86%) Java
6 10 (8.621%) Objective-C
6 10 (8.621%) XAML
7 8 (6.897%) PHP
8 4 (3.448%) Bash shell
9 3 (2.586%) X++
10 2 (1.724%) C
11 1 (0.862%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.862%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.862%) VB
11 1 (0.862%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 89 (76.72%) Degree
2 26 (22.41%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.621%) PhD
4 7 (6.034%) CISSP
5 3 (2.586%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.724%) MCITP
6 2 (1.724%) MCTS
6 2 (1.724%) MCP
6 2 (1.724%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.724%) MCSE
6 2 (1.724%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 29 (25.00%) TickIT
2 2 (1.724%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (6.034%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.862%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.862%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 24 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.79%) Oracle
3 3 (2.586%) Sage
3 3 (2.586%) SAP
4 2 (1.724%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (1.724%) McAfee
4 2 (1.724%) Sophos
4 2 (1.724%) Apple
4 2 (1.724%) VMware
5 1 (0.862%) IBM
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Excellent XHTML/CSS/AJAX/JavaScript, XML and other cross platform skills. - Experience of DNS, Apache web server and Linux admin via command line... - Computer Science degree or equivalent.
Holmes Media (UK) LImited
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £43,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £43000 per annum + Excellent Candidates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £45,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013