The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 23 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 23 10 21
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +11
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 33 60 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 8.462% 12.96% 9.375%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 24.26% 44.12% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 28 59 43
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £37,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
136 136 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 34.87% 29.37% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 117 130 154
Average salary £39,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% -12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,400 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £43,000 £39,100
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
Northamptonshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northampton Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 (68.25%) Degree
2 29 (46.03%) Java
3 21 (33.33%) C#
4 17 (26.98%) OO
5 16 (25.40%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (22.22%) Spring
6 14 (22.22%) Windows
6 14 (22.22%) Tomcat
6 14 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (20.63%) Java EE
7 13 (20.63%) E-Commerce
7 13 (20.63%) Linux
7 13 (20.63%) UML
7 13 (20.63%) MySQL
7 13 (20.63%) Ant
7 13 (20.63%) JUnit
7 13 (20.63%) Maven
7 13 (20.63%) Subversion
7 13 (20.63%) Information Management
8 11 (17.46%) PhD
8 11 (17.46%) ATG
8 11 (17.46%) Magento
8 11 (17.46%) hybris
9 10 (15.87%) Finance
9 10 (15.87%) .NET
9 10 (15.87%) JavaScript
10 9 (14.29%) C
10 9 (14.29%) Software Engineering
11 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
11 8 (12.70%) C++

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 14 (22.22%) Spring
2 13 (20.63%) Java EE
3 10 (15.87%) .NET
4 8 (12.70%) jQuery
5 7 (11.11%) WPF
5 7 (11.11%) J2EE
6 6 (9.524%) EJB
6 6 (9.524%) JSP
6 6 (9.524%) Servlets
7 5 (7.937%) HTML5
7 5 (7.937%) Silverlight
7 5 (7.937%) ASP.NET
8 4 (6.349%) HTML
9 3 (4.762%) Flash
9 3 (4.762%) CSS
9 3 (4.762%) XML
10 2 (3.175%) WinForms
10 2 (3.175%) .NET Framework
10 2 (3.175%) Spring MVC
10 2 (3.175%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 14 (22.22%) Tomcat
2 11 (17.46%) Magento
3 2 (3.175%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.175%) CMS
3 2 (3.175%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.175%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.587%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (7.937%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.762%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.587%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.524%) VoIP
2 4 (6.349%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.349%) DNS
2 4 (6.349%) NAS
3 3 (4.762%) Intranet
3 3 (4.762%) Internet
3 3 (4.762%) Extranet
4 1 (1.587%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) MySQL
2 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (20.63%) Ant
1 13 (20.63%) JUnit
1 13 (20.63%) Maven
1 13 (20.63%) Subversion
2 2 (3.175%) NUnit
2 2 (3.175%) Rhino Mocks
2 2 (3.175%) Moq
2 2 (3.175%) MSTest
General
1 10 (15.87%) Finance
2 3 (4.762%) Multimedia
2 3 (4.762%) Games
3 2 (3.175%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (49.21%) Developer
2 21 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 12 (19.05%) Graduate
4 10 (15.87%) Software Engineer
5 6 (9.524%) C Software Engineer
5 6 (9.524%) .NET Developer
5 6 (9.524%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (7.937%) C# Developer
6 5 (7.937%) Analyst
6 5 (7.937%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.349%) Administrator
7 4 (6.349%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.349%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (6.349%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Integration Consultant
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.762%) Consultant
8 3 (4.762%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 5 (7.937%) Physics
3 5 (7.937%) Client/Server
3 5 (7.937%) N-Tier
4 3 (4.762%) Fat Client
4 3 (4.762%) Animation
4 3 (4.762%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (4.762%) Streaming Video
4 3 (4.762%) Thin Client
5 2 (3.175%) Tandem
5 2 (3.175%) Visualisation
5 2 (3.175%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 13 (20.63%) Linux
3 4 (6.349%) UNIX
4 3 (4.762%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.762%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) OO
2 16 (25.40%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (20.63%) E-Commerce
3 13 (20.63%) UML
3 13 (20.63%) Information Management
4 9 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 6 (9.524%) Web Development
5 6 (9.524%) Signal Processing
6 4 (6.349%) MVC
7 3 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (4.762%) 3D Modelling
7 3 (4.762%) TDD
7 3 (4.762%) Asset Management
7 3 (4.762%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (4.762%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (4.762%) Business Analysis
7 3 (4.762%) Scrum
7 3 (4.762%) Project Management
7 3 (4.762%) OOA/OOD
8 2 (3.175%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.03%) Java
2 21 (33.33%) C#
3 10 (15.87%) JavaScript
4 9 (14.29%) C
5 8 (12.70%) C++
5 8 (12.70%) Python
6 7 (11.11%) SQL
7 4 (6.349%) Shell Script
7 4 (6.349%) C-shell
7 4 (6.349%) Bash shell
8 3 (4.762%) VB6
8 3 (4.762%) VB
8 3 (4.762%) VB.NET
8 3 (4.762%) ActionScript
9 1 (1.587%) Tcl
9 1 (1.587%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (68.25%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) PhD
3 6 (9.524%) Postgraduate
4 4 (6.349%) RHCE
5 3 (4.762%) CCIE
5 3 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.175%) MCP
6 2 (3.175%) MCAD
6 2 (3.175%) MCSD
6 2 (3.175%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.175%) MCTS
7 1 (1.587%) SCJA
7 1 (1.587%) SCJP
7 1 (1.587%) SCJD
7 1 (1.587%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.762%) PCI DSS
1 3 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.349%) NFS
1 4 (6.349%) Samba
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) ATG
1 11 (17.46%) hybris
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.11%) Oracle
4 4 (6.349%) Sun
5 3 (4.762%) Cisco
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