The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 21 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 40 47 38
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 26 28 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 3.774% 3.200% 4.385%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.57% 14.43% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 21 25 27
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +37.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,400 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
148 194 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 21.48% 22.17% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 125 171 204
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £19,900
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,750 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tyne and Wear -7 19 £30,000 -21.05%
Cleveland - 6 £35,000 -
Durham +2 1 £40,000 +64.94%
Computer Science
England

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 43 (75.44%) Degree
2 23 (40.35%) Multithreading
3 22 (38.60%) C#
3 22 (38.60%) C++
3 22 (38.60%) .NET
4 19 (33.33%) Java
4 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 19 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 18 (31.58%) Physics
6 17 (29.82%) WCF
6 17 (29.82%) OO
7 16 (28.07%) PhD
8 15 (26.32%) Mathematics
8 15 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (24.56%) ASP.NET
9 14 (24.56%) C
10 13 (22.81%) 3D Graphics
10 13 (22.81%) WPF
11 10 (17.54%) Scrum
11 10 (17.54%) TDD
11 10 (17.54%) Software Engineering
12 9 (15.79%) MCTS
12 9 (15.79%) .NET Framework
12 9 (15.79%) NUnit
12 9 (15.79%) Kanban
12 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (15.79%) Rhino Mocks
12 9 (15.79%) Moq
12 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (15.79%) MVC

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 22 (38.60%) .NET
2 17 (29.82%) WCF
3 14 (24.56%) ASP.NET
4 13 (22.81%) WPF
5 9 (15.79%) .NET Framework
5 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (15.79%) Razor View Engine
5 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 5 (8.772%) Castle Windsor
6 5 (8.772%) Ninject
6 5 (8.772%) Spring.NET
6 5 (8.772%) WinForms
6 5 (8.772%) Unity DI Container
7 4 (7.018%) NHibernate
8 2 (3.509%) JSON
8 2 (3.509%) HTML
8 2 (3.509%) ASP
8 2 (3.509%) XML
9 1 (1.754%) Middleware
9 1 (1.754%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.018%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.754%) Magento
2 1 (1.754%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 4 (7.018%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Modbus
1 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.509%) ZigBee
2 2 (3.509%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.772%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.018%) QlikView
2 4 (7.018%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (7.018%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (3.509%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) NUnit
1 9 (15.79%) Rhino Mocks
1 9 (15.79%) Moq
2 5 (8.772%) MSTest
General
1 4 (7.018%) Music
1 4 (7.018%) Music Industry
2 2 (3.509%) Games
2 2 (3.509%) Electronics
3 1 (1.754%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (59.65%) Developer
2 22 (38.60%) Graduate
3 19 (33.33%) Software Developer
4 14 (24.56%) Junior
5 13 (22.81%) Graduate Developer
6 12 (21.05%) C++/Java Developer
6 12 (21.05%) Java Developer
6 12 (21.05%) C++ Developer
7 10 (17.54%) Software Engineer
8 9 (15.79%) Java Software Developer
8 9 (15.79%) Junior .NET Developer
8 9 (15.79%) .NET Developer
8 9 (15.79%) Junior Developer
8 9 (15.79%) C++ Software Developer
8 9 (15.79%) Graduate .NET Developer
9 6 (10.53%) Support Engineer
10 4 (7.018%) Junior IT Project Manager
10 4 (7.018%) Help Desk Engineer
10 4 (7.018%) Junior Project Manager
10 4 (7.018%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (31.58%) Physics
2 15 (26.32%) Mathematics
3 13 (22.81%) 3D Graphics
4 8 (14.04%) CUDA
4 8 (14.04%) Visualisation
5 5 (8.772%) Inversion of Control
5 5 (8.772%) Tandem
6 3 (5.263%) NHS
6 3 (5.263%) SaaS
7 2 (3.509%) Animation
7 2 (3.509%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.772%) Windows
2 2 (3.509%) Linux
2 2 (3.509%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Multithreading
2 19 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 17 (29.82%) OO
4 15 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (17.54%) Scrum
5 10 (17.54%) TDD
5 10 (17.54%) Software Engineering
6 9 (15.79%) Kanban
6 9 (15.79%) MVC
6 9 (15.79%) Web Application Development
7 8 (14.04%) OOD
7 8 (14.04%) UML
8 5 (8.772%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.772%) Parallel Programming
8 5 (8.772%) Dependency Injection
8 5 (8.772%) MVVM
8 5 (8.772%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (7.018%) Data Analysis
9 4 (7.018%) BDD
10 3 (5.263%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) C#
1 22 (38.60%) C++
2 19 (33.33%) Java
3 14 (24.56%) C
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
5 3 (5.263%) VB.NET
5 3 (5.263%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.509%) Python
6 2 (3.509%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (75.44%) Degree
2 16 (28.07%) PhD
3 9 (15.79%) MCTS
3 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (15.79%) MCP
3 9 (15.79%) MCAD
3 9 (15.79%) MCSD
4 2 (3.509%) HND
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.509%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology. This requires someone with a passion of software, you will be completely hands on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology. This requires someone with a passion of software, you will be completely hands on...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Washington, Newcastle, Tyne and wear, North East
Skills and Experience Required: Ideally a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines Ideally understanding of a programming languages with any...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Washington, Tyne and Wear
Skills: Washington, Tyne and Wear, Junior Software Developer, Graduate Developer, *Any experience in any of the following IT programming languages from either Visual basic or VB.net or...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £18,000 to £20,000 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
You should have strong object oriented design and coding skills, and a good understanding of at least some of the following UML, GUI development, unit testing, agile development,...
IT Connections
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Billingham, Cleveland
To design, develop, test and support software using the latest Microsoft .NET technology (C#, WPF)... Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering or Computer Science. Demonstrable experience in C#...
Catalyst
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
SharePoint 2010. SharePoint Designer 2010. Windows Server 2008/IIS 7.0... Education/Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience. Strong PC literacy and Microsoft...
Advantage XPO
Salary: Neg, plus health care and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Databases: MySQL, & NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, or similar) *Familiarity with MySQL replication and backup. *Automated monitoring systems *Automated software deployment via source control systems (Git, SVN, CVS or similar) *...
Sharpe Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013