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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 38 16 26
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 34 68 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 5.152% 8.912% 6.511%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.60% 33.66% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 28 65 45
Average salary £25,000 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.71% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £41,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
218 202 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 33.03% 26.47% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 187 188 184
Average salary £39,000 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £24,650
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £42,500 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Northampton -15 30 £25,000 -3.84%
Kettering +7 2 £18,750 -
Corby - 1 £28,000 -
Computer Science
East Midlands

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 53 (71.62%) Degree
2 29 (39.19%) Java
3 25 (33.78%) C#
4 20 (27.03%) Windows
5 16 (21.62%) Agile Software Development
5 16 (21.62%) OO
6 15 (20.27%) SQL Server
7 14 (18.92%) .NET
8 13 (17.57%) MySQL
8 13 (17.57%) JavaScript
8 13 (17.57%) Linux
8 13 (17.57%) Tomcat
8 13 (17.57%) Spring
9 12 (16.22%) Maven
9 12 (16.22%) Subversion
9 12 (16.22%) Java EE
9 12 (16.22%) Information Management
9 12 (16.22%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce
9 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
9 12 (16.22%) UML
9 12 (16.22%) Ant
9 12 (16.22%) JUnit
10 11 (14.86%) C++
10 11 (14.86%) PhD
10 11 (14.86%) Finance
10 11 (14.86%) jQuery
11 10 (13.51%) Magento
11 10 (13.51%) hybris
11 10 (13.51%) ATG

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (18.92%) .NET
2 13 (17.57%) Spring
3 12 (16.22%) Java EE
4 11 (14.86%) jQuery
5 9 (12.16%) WPF
5 9 (12.16%) ASP.NET
6 7 (9.459%) J2EE
6 7 (9.459%) HTML
7 6 (8.108%) EJB
7 6 (8.108%) CSS
7 6 (8.108%) JSP
7 6 (8.108%) Servlets
7 6 (8.108%) Silverlight
7 6 (8.108%) HTML5
8 3 (4.054%) WCF
8 3 (4.054%) XML
8 3 (4.054%) Flash
8 3 (4.054%) XHTML
8 3 (4.054%) WinForms
9 2 (2.703%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 13 (17.57%) Tomcat
2 10 (13.51%) Magento
3 6 (8.108%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.703%) CMS
4 2 (2.703%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.703%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.351%) IIS
5 1 (1.351%) Apache
5 1 (1.351%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (10.81%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.054%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.351%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.351%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.108%) VoIP
2 4 (5.405%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.405%) DNS
2 4 (5.405%) NAS
3 2 (2.703%) Intranet
3 2 (2.703%) Internet
3 2 (2.703%) Extranet
4 1 (1.351%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) SQL Server
2 13 (17.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Ant
1 12 (16.22%) JUnit
1 12 (16.22%) Subversion
1 12 (16.22%) Maven
2 2 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.703%) MSTest
2 2 (2.703%) Rhino Mocks
2 2 (2.703%) Moq
2 2 (2.703%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.703%) NUnit
3 1 (1.351%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (14.86%) Finance
2 3 (4.054%) Games
2 3 (4.054%) Electronics
2 3 (4.054%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.351%) Marketing
3 1 (1.351%) Back Office
3 1 (1.351%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (47.30%) Developer
2 20 (27.03%) Java Developer
3 13 (17.57%) Software Engineer
4 11 (14.86%) Graduate
5 8 (10.81%) .NET Developer
5 8 (10.81%) C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (8.108%) C# Developer
6 6 (8.108%) C Software Engineer
7 5 (6.757%) Analyst
8 4 (5.405%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.405%) Junior
8 4 (5.405%) Applications Support
8 4 (5.405%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.405%) Administrator
8 4 (5.405%) Junior Developer
8 4 (5.405%) Support Technician
8 4 (5.405%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 4 (5.405%) Head of Security
8 4 (5.405%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.405%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (10.81%) Mathematics
3 5 (6.757%) Physics
4 4 (5.405%) 3D Graphics
4 4 (5.405%) Data Extraction
5 3 (4.054%) Animation
5 3 (4.054%) Streaming Video
5 3 (4.054%) Client/Server
5 3 (4.054%) N-Tier
6 2 (2.703%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.703%) Fat Client
6 2 (2.703%) Tandem
6 2 (2.703%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (2.703%) Visualisation
6 2 (2.703%) Inversion of Control
6 2 (2.703%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.351%) iPhone
7 1 (1.351%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.03%) Windows
2 13 (17.57%) Linux
3 4 (5.405%) Android
3 4 (5.405%) UNIX
4 3 (4.054%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.62%) OO
1 16 (21.62%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce
2 12 (16.22%) UML
2 12 (16.22%) Information Management
3 9 (12.16%) Software Engineering
4 8 (10.81%) Web Development
5 6 (8.108%) Signal Processing
6 5 (6.757%) MVC
7 4 (5.405%) Business Continuity
7 4 (5.405%) Information Security
7 4 (5.405%) Security Management
7 4 (5.405%) Document Management
8 3 (4.054%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (4.054%) Business Analysis
8 3 (4.054%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (4.054%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (4.054%) Scrum
8 3 (4.054%) 3D Modelling
8 3 (4.054%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 29 (39.19%) Java
2 25 (33.78%) C#
3 13 (17.57%) JavaScript
4 11 (14.86%) C++
5 9 (12.16%) C
6 8 (10.81%) Python
6 8 (10.81%) SQL
7 5 (6.757%) VB.NET
8 4 (5.405%) Shell Script
8 4 (5.405%) C-shell
8 4 (5.405%) Bash shell
9 3 (4.054%) ActionScript
10 2 (2.703%) VB
10 2 (2.703%) PHP
10 2 (2.703%) VB6
11 1 (1.351%) MATLAB
11 1 (1.351%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 53 (71.62%) Degree
2 11 (14.86%) PhD
3 7 (9.459%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (8.108%) MCP
4 6 (8.108%) Postgraduate
5 4 (5.405%) ISACA
5 4 (5.405%) RHCE
5 4 (5.405%) GIAC
6 3 (4.054%) CCIE
6 3 (4.054%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.703%) MCAD
7 2 (2.703%) MCSD
7 2 (2.703%) MCTS
8 1 (1.351%) SCJA
8 1 (1.351%) SCJP
8 1 (1.351%) SCJD
8 1 (1.351%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.054%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.405%) NFS
1 4 (5.405%) Samba
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) ATG
2 10 (13.51%) hybris
3 8 (10.81%) Oracle
4 4 (5.405%) Sun
5 3 (4.054%) Cisco
6 1 (1.351%) Twitter
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