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The table below looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the Northamptonshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5978
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below8.036 %2.674 %
Salaries quoted85
Average minimum salary£22,250£17,600
Average salary£27,500£20,300
% change on same period last year+35.46 %
Average maximum salary£32,750£23,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,517£33,424
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Northamptonshire
Matching permanent IT job ads224187
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.082 %
Salaries quoted205138
Average minimum salary£33,583£33,624
Average salary£37,385£35,780
% change on same period last year+4.48 %
Average maximum salary£41,187£37,936
UK excluding London average salary£37,732£39,496
% change on same period last year-4.46 %
Computer Science East MidlandsComputer Science
East Midlands

Computer Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Computer Science
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorthamptonUp+816£27,500+40.12 %
CorbyNew entry-2--
Computer Science East MidlandsComputer Science
East Midlands

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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.

120 (100.00 %)Degree
210 (50.00 %)RDBMS
39 (45.00 %)SQL
48 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
48 (40.00 %)SQL Server
48 (40.00 %)Education
57 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (35.00 %)Data Migration
57 (35.00 %)Migration
57 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (35.00 %)Datawarehouse
66 (30.00 %)Software Engineering
66 (30.00 %)Cognos
75 (25.00 %)PHP
83 (15.00 %)Windows
83 (15.00 %)ERP
83 (15.00 %).NET
83 (15.00 %)ASP
92 (10.00 %)MFC
92 (10.00 %)Oracle
92 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
92 (10.00 %)Java
92 (10.00 %)C
92 (10.00 %)C++
92 (10.00 %)JBoss
92 (10.00 %)PhD
92 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
92 (10.00 %)Electric
92 (10.00 %)AJAX
101 (5.000 %)Mathematics

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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.

Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)ASP
13 (15.00 %).NET
22 (10.00 %)MFC
22 (10.00 %)AJAX
31 (5.000 %)jQuery
31 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
31 (5.000 %)CSS
31 (5.000 %)WebServices
31 (5.000 %)XML
31 (5.000 %)XSL
31 (5.000 %)WinForms
31 (5.000 %)HTML
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.00 %)JBoss
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Visio
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (50.00 %)RDBMS
28 (40.00 %)SQL Server
37 (35.00 %)Datawarehouse
37 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.000 %)Flash
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (40.00 %)Education
22 (10.00 %)Electric
31 (5.000 %)Retail
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (60.00 %)Developer
25 (25.00 %)Graduate
25 (25.00 %)Graduate Developer
25 (25.00 %)Cognos Developer
25 (25.00 %)Trainee Developer
25 (25.00 %)Trainee
32 (10.00 %)Architect
32 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
32 (10.00 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (5.000 %)Data Modeller
41 (5.000 %)C++ Programmer
41 (5.000 %)Analyst
41 (5.000 %)Senior Developer
41 (5.000 %)Programmer
41 (5.000 %)Data Analyst
41 (5.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Senior Cognos Developer
41 (5.000 %)Software Programmer
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Artificial Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)Neural Network
11 (5.000 %)Mathematics
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (15.00 %)Windows
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (35.00 %)Migration
17 (35.00 %)Data Migration
26 (30.00 %)Software Engineering
33 (15.00 %)ERP
42 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
51 (5.000 %)Data Modelling
51 (5.000 %)Business Intelligence
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (45.00 %)SQL
28 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
35 (25.00 %)PHP
42 (10.00 %)C
42 (10.00 %)C++
42 (10.00 %)Java
51 (5.000 %)JavaScript
51 (5.000 %)C#
51 (5.000 %)VBScript
51 (5.000 %)Embedded C
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (100.00 %)Degree
22 (10.00 %)PhD
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)Cognos
22 (10.00 %)Oracle