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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 30 31 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 20 18 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 5.277% 4.592% 1.299%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 27.03% 15.38% 3.614%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 3
Average salary £43,750 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.42% +10.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
74 117 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 19.53% 29.85% 35.93%
Number of salaries quoted 58 84 71
Average salary £50,000 £41,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% +20.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Computer Science
Bedfordshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Luton Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 35 (85.37%) Degree
2 31 (75.61%) Windows
3 22 (53.66%) Linux
4 19 (46.34%) C#
5 18 (43.90%) TCP/IP
6 17 (41.46%) C++
7 12 (29.27%) MySQL
7 12 (29.27%) Oracle
7 12 (29.27%) C
7 12 (29.27%) SQL
8 11 (26.83%) IIS
8 11 (26.83%) Python
8 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
8 11 (26.83%) VMware
8 11 (26.83%) VMware ESX
8 11 (26.83%) Mathematics
8 11 (26.83%) Physics
8 11 (26.83%) iSCSI
8 11 (26.83%) Software Engineering
8 11 (26.83%) vSphere
8 11 (26.83%) SaaS
9 9 (21.95%) Service Management
9 9 (21.95%) Change Management
9 9 (21.95%) Cisco
9 9 (21.95%) Apache
9 9 (21.95%) ITIL
9 9 (21.95%) Java
9 9 (21.95%) Problem Management
10 8 (19.51%) IP Telephony
10 8 (19.51%) VoIP

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 6 (14.63%) .NET
1 6 (14.63%) MFC
2 5 (12.20%) WPF
2 5 (12.20%) Silverlight
2 5 (12.20%) jQuery
2 5 (12.20%) HTML5
3 3 (7.317%) HTML
4 2 (4.878%) XHTML
4 2 (4.878%) CSS3
4 2 (4.878%) CSS
5 1 (2.439%) XML
5 1 (2.439%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (26.83%) IIS
2 9 (21.95%) Apache
3 3 (7.317%) CMS
4 2 (4.878%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) TCP/IP
2 11 (26.83%) iSCSI
3 8 (19.51%) IP Telephony
3 8 (19.51%) SS7
3 8 (19.51%) VoIP
4 4 (9.756%) DHCP
5 3 (7.317%) Wireless
5 3 (7.317%) LAN
6 2 (4.878%) 2G
6 2 (4.878%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.878%) VLAN
6 2 (4.878%) LTE
6 2 (4.878%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (4.878%) VPN
6 2 (4.878%) DNS
6 2 (4.878%) SAN
6 2 (4.878%) DMZ
6 2 (4.878%) 3G
6 2 (4.878%) 802.11
7 1 (2.439%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (29.27%) MySQL
General
1 6 (14.63%) Games
2 4 (9.756%) Electronics
3 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Software Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) Graduate
3 10 (24.39%) Support Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (19.51%) Software Support Engineer
5 8 (19.51%) C Software Engineer
5 8 (19.51%) Developer
6 7 (17.07%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 5 (12.20%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.878%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 2 (4.878%) PHP Developer
8 2 (4.878%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Technical Support
9 1 (2.439%) Software Tester
9 1 (2.439%) Tester
9 1 (2.439%) Junior
9 1 (2.439%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Mathematics
1 11 (26.83%) Physics
1 11 (26.83%) SaaS
2 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (2.439%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 31 (75.61%) Windows
2 22 (53.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Software Engineering
2 9 (21.95%) Problem Management
2 9 (21.95%) ITIL
2 9 (21.95%) Service Management
2 9 (21.95%) Change Management
3 7 (17.07%) OO
4 6 (14.63%) Multithreading
4 6 (14.63%) Image Processing
5 2 (4.878%) Manual Testing
5 2 (4.878%) Business Continuity
5 2 (4.878%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (4.878%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (4.878%) Migration
6 1 (2.439%) Scrum
6 1 (2.439%) OOP
6 1 (2.439%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.439%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) C#
2 17 (41.46%) C++
3 12 (29.27%) SQL
3 12 (29.27%) C
4 11 (26.83%) Python
5 9 (21.95%) Java
6 3 (7.317%) JavaScript
6 3 (7.317%) PHP
7 1 (2.439%) Perl
7 1 (2.439%) Tcl
7 1 (2.439%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (85.37%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) PhD
3 2 (4.878%) CCNP
3 2 (4.878%) CCNA
3 2 (4.878%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.878%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (4.878%) VCP4
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) VMware ESX
1 11 (26.83%) vSphere
2 2 (4.878%) VMFS
2 2 (4.878%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Oracle
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) VMware
3 9 (21.95%) Cisco
4 2 (4.878%) HP
4 2 (4.878%) Dell
4 2 (4.878%) Twitter
Luton, South East
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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