The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 17 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 35 12 50
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +38
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 16 86 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 4.469% 16.86% 1.238%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.80% 46.49% 3.478%
Number of salaries quoted 11 49 4
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -26.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £71,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
125 185 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 34.92% 36.27% 35.60%
Number of salaries quoted 101 140 95
Average salary £36,250 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.60% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Computer Science
Merseyside

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Liverpool Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 55 (88.71%) Degree
2 44 (70.97%) .NET
3 41 (66.13%) SQL
4 38 (61.29%) SQL Server
5 30 (48.39%) Java
6 29 (46.77%) C#
7 25 (40.32%) Finance
8 22 (35.48%) Manufacturing
8 22 (35.48%) ASP.NET
9 21 (33.87%) OO
10 20 (32.26%) ERP
10 20 (32.26%) Microsoft
10 20 (32.26%) Baan
10 20 (32.26%) Business Analysis
10 20 (32.26%) Resource Management
10 20 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
11 19 (30.65%) SQL Server 2005
11 19 (30.65%) Windows
12 18 (29.03%) Oracle
13 17 (27.42%) DB2
13 17 (27.42%) Linux
14 15 (24.19%) AIX
14 15 (24.19%) HPUX
14 15 (24.19%) Solaris
14 15 (24.19%) Informix
14 15 (24.19%) JD Edwards
14 15 (24.19%) Project Management
14 15 (24.19%) Sun
14 15 (24.19%) IBM
14 15 (24.19%) SAP

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 44 (70.97%) .NET
2 22 (35.48%) ASP.NET
3 15 (24.19%) .NET Framework
4 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 9 (14.52%) WCF
6 7 (11.29%) WPF
7 6 (9.677%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (9.677%) CSS
8 4 (6.452%) Spring
8 4 (6.452%) HTML5
9 3 (4.839%) Hibernate
9 3 (4.839%) Web Services
10 2 (3.226%) JMS
10 2 (3.226%) JNI
10 2 (3.226%) HTML
10 2 (3.226%) Struts
10 2 (3.226%) EJB
10 2 (3.226%) Spring Web Flow
10 2 (3.226%) EJB 3.0
10 2 (3.226%) FFmpeg
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.226%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (3.226%) ESB
2 2 (3.226%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.613%) Orchard CMS
3 1 (1.613%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (6.452%) Photoshop
1 4 (6.452%) MS Office
2 2 (3.226%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.226%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (24.19%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.452%) HTTP
2 2 (3.226%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (61.29%) SQL Server
2 20 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (30.65%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (27.42%) DB2
5 15 (24.19%) Informix
6 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.613%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.613%) MySQL
7 1 (1.613%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.613%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Subversion
2 6 (9.677%) Visual Studio
2 6 (9.677%) TeamCity
3 2 (3.226%) JUnit
3 2 (3.226%) NUnit
3 2 (3.226%) Moq
4 1 (1.613%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.613%) MyEclipse
4 1 (1.613%) Xcode
4 1 (1.613%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.613%) MSTest
4 1 (1.613%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 25 (40.32%) Finance
2 22 (35.48%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.839%) Front Office
4 2 (3.226%) Electronics
4 2 (3.226%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.226%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (46.77%) Developer
2 20 (32.26%) Analyst
3 15 (24.19%) Business Analyst
4 13 (20.97%) Senior Developer
5 12 (19.35%) .NET Developer
6 10 (16.13%) C# Developer
6 10 (16.13%) Web Developer
7 9 (14.52%) C# .NET Developer
8 8 (12.90%) ASP.NET Developer
8 8 (12.90%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (11.29%) Senior Web Developer
10 6 (9.677%) Programmer
11 5 (8.065%) Analyst Programmer
11 5 (8.065%) Graduate
12 3 (4.839%) Software Engineer
12 3 (4.839%) SQL Developer
12 3 (4.839%) Java Developer
12 3 (4.839%) Senior C# Developer
13 2 (3.226%) .NET Web Developer
13 2 (3.226%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Mobile App
2 11 (17.74%) N-Tier
3 4 (6.452%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.452%) Social Network
3 4 (6.452%) Social Media
4 3 (4.839%) Physics
5 2 (3.226%) Open Source
5 2 (3.226%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.613%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.613%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (1.613%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.613%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Windows
2 17 (27.42%) Linux
3 15 (24.19%) AIX
3 15 (24.19%) HPUX
3 15 (24.19%) Solaris
4 5 (8.065%) Android
4 5 (8.065%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.613%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) OO
2 20 (32.26%) ERP
2 20 (32.26%) Business Analysis
2 20 (32.26%) Resource Management
3 15 (24.19%) Strategic Planning
3 15 (24.19%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (24.19%) Project Management
3 15 (24.19%) Process Management
4 12 (19.35%) Test Scripting
5 9 (14.52%) MVC
6 7 (11.29%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (8.065%) Time Management
7 5 (8.065%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (6.452%) Scrum
8 4 (6.452%) Memory Management
9 3 (4.839%) Dependency Injection
9 3 (4.839%) TDD
10 2 (3.226%) Software Testing
10 2 (3.226%) Web Development
10 2 (3.226%) AOP
Programming Languages
1 41 (66.13%) SQL
2 30 (48.39%) Java
3 29 (46.77%) C#
4 11 (17.74%) VB
4 11 (17.74%) VB6
5 8 (12.90%) Python
5 8 (12.90%) C++
6 6 (9.677%) JavaScript
7 5 (8.065%) Objective-C
8 3 (4.839%) Perl
9 2 (3.226%) C
9 2 (3.226%) PL/SQL
9 2 (3.226%) Ruby
9 2 (3.226%) Groovy
10 1 (1.613%) PHP
Qualifications
1 55 (88.71%) Degree
2 2 (3.226%) HND
2 2 (3.226%) PhD
2 2 (3.226%) ISEB
2 2 (3.226%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.613%) MCP
3 1 (1.613%) MCAD
3 1 (1.613%) MCSD
3 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.613%) MCTS
3 1 (1.613%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.613%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.613%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.452%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (32.26%) Microsoft
1 20 (32.26%) Baan
2 18 (29.03%) Oracle
3 15 (24.19%) SAP
3 15 (24.19%) Sun
3 15 (24.19%) IBM
3 15 (24.19%) JD Edwards
4 11 (17.74%) Telerik
5 5 (8.065%) Infor
5 5 (8.065%) Apple
6 4 (6.452%) Adobe
7 2 (3.226%) JBoss
8 1 (1.613%) HP
Liverpool, Merseyside
The ASP... *NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0; *ASP.NET; *Visual Studio 2005 and 2008; *C#; *Classic ASP; *SQL Server 2008; *CSS, HTML, XML and JavaScript; *Web...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus, Health, Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
NET/C# Developer will have a Degree or equivalent in Computer Science with the following skills.Essential.*NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0; *ASP.NET; *Visual Studio...
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Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus, Health, Pension
Posted: 18 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Magento developer , php developer, MySQL, Javascript, LAMP developer, programmer Magento PHP Developer Liverpool L19 , £30- 35 k D.O.E + bens/bonus 23 days holiday +bank holidays (8)...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum +bens+bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Global Services Company urgently requires 2 highly experienced Senior Grade C#.NET/ASP.NET Developers to join a highly professional team working a re-platforming an existing bespoke...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + +Big Company Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Global Services Company urgently requires 2 highly experienced Senior Grade C#.NET/ASP.NET Developers to join a highly professional team working a re-platforming an existing bespoke...
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Posted: 13 May 2013