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This section looks at the demand for Computer Science (Computing Science) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Science (Computing Science)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6450
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads94135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.055 %
As % of the category below19.83 %29.61 %
Salaries quoted8099
Average minimum salary£29,406£30,574
Average salary£32,603£33,381
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Average maximum salary£35,800£36,188
UK excluding London average salary£33,613£32,195
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads474456
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.250 %0.187 %
Salaries quoted422386
Average minimum salary£31,297£32,918
Average salary£35,391£36,318
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum salary£39,485£39,717
UK excluding London average salary£38,014£39,235
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Computer Science South EastComputer Science
South East

Computer Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
OxfordDown-1668£34,785+10.82 %
BanburyNew entry-1£25,000-
AbingdonDown-141£29,000-13.90 %
WitneyNew entry-1£27,500-
ThameNew entry-1£29,500-
Computer Science South EastComputer Science
South East

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1152 (70.70 %)Degree
286 (40.00 %)C++
367 (31.16 %).NET
464 (29.77 %)Java
562 (28.84 %)Mathematics
653 (24.65 %)SQL
748 (22.33 %)SQL Server
844 (20.47 %)C#
941 (19.07 %)Finance
1040 (18.60 %)Windows
1138 (17.67 %)Physics
1236 (16.74 %)OO
1333 (15.35 %)Microsoft
1432 (14.88 %)PhD
1530 (13.95 %)C
1530 (13.95 %)XML
1628 (13.02 %)ASP.NET
1722 (10.23 %)STL
1820 (9.302 %)Games
1820 (9.302 %)Linux
1919 (8.837 %)HTML
2018 (8.372 %)Education
2018 (8.372 %)UNIX
2018 (8.372 %)CSS
2117 (7.907 %)Perl
2117 (7.907 %)PHP
2117 (7.907 %)VC++
2117 (7.907 %)XML Schema
2216 (7.442 %)VB
2216 (7.442 %)Oracle

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
167 (31.16 %).NET
230 (13.95 %)XML
328 (13.02 %)ASP.NET
422 (10.23 %)STL
519 (8.837 %)HTML
618 (8.372 %)CSS
717 (7.907 %)XML Schema
813 (6.047 %)XHTML
912 (5.581 %)XBRL
912 (5.581 %)J2EE
1011 (5.116 %)WinForms
119 (4.186 %)ASP
126 (2.791 %)DirectX
134 (1.860 %)OpenGL
134 (1.860 %)MFC
143 (1.395 %)Middleware
152 (0.930 %)J2SE
152 (0.930 %)WebServices
161 (0.465 %)COM
161 (0.465 %)DCOM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.395 %)Apache
21 (0.465 %)MTS
21 (0.465 %)MapXtreme
21 (0.465 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (4.186 %)MS Excel
27 (3.256 %)MATLAB
31 (0.465 %)ArcView
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.930 %)Navision
12 (0.930 %)Dynamics NAV
12 (0.930 %)Dynamics CRM
12 (0.930 %)Dynamics AX
12 (0.930 %)Dynamics GP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (6.977 %)TCP/IP
28 (3.721 %)VPN
28 (3.721 %)DNS
35 (2.326 %)LAN
35 (2.326 %)WAN
44 (1.860 %)ADSL
53 (1.395 %)Ethernet
53 (1.395 %)Intranet
53 (1.395 %)Internet
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (22.33 %)SQL Server
215 (6.977 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (4.651 %)MS Access
46 (2.791 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (2.326 %)MySQL
55 (2.326 %)KDB
64 (1.860 %)SQL Server 7
73 (1.395 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.465 %)DTS
81 (0.465 %)RDBMS
81 (0.465 %)GIS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.930 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.465 %)Eclipse
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
141 (19.07 %)Finance
220 (9.302 %)Games
318 (8.372 %)Education
412 (5.581 %)Pensions
412 (5.581 %)Marketing
59 (4.186 %)Health
68 (3.721 %)Insurance
73 (1.395 %)Government
73 (1.395 %)Banking
73 (1.395 %)3D Graphics
82 (0.930 %)Automotive
82 (0.930 %)Retail
82 (0.930 %)Multimedia
91 (0.465 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.465 %)Music
91 (0.465 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.465 %)Back Office
91 (0.465 %)Telecoms
91 (0.465 %)Electric
91 (0.465 %)Animation
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1114 (53.02 %)Developer
271 (33.02 %)Graduate
329 (13.49 %)Graduate Developer
425 (11.63 %)Software Developer
524 (11.16 %)Programmer
623 (10.70 %)Software Engineer
722 (10.23 %)C++ Developer
722 (10.23 %)Junior
821 (9.767 %)Java Developer
919 (8.837 %)Senior Developer
1018 (8.372 %)Web Developer
1117 (7.907 %)C++ Programmer
1215 (6.977 %)Technical Support
1314 (6.512 %)C# Developer
1413 (6.047 %).NET Developer
1413 (6.047 %)Games Programmer
1413 (6.047 %)Analyst
1512 (5.581 %)C++ Software Engineer
1611 (5.116 %)Graduate Software Developer
179 (4.186 %)Junior Developer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (28.84 %)Mathematics
238 (17.67 %)Physics
311 (5.116 %)Tandem
46 (2.791 %)NHS
55 (2.326 %)Client/Server
63 (1.395 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
63 (1.395 %)Statistics
63 (1.395 %)Chemistry
72 (0.930 %)ASIC
72 (0.930 %)Device Driver
81 (0.465 %)VHDL
81 (0.465 %)Verilog
81 (0.465 %)N-Tier
81 (0.465 %)Multithreading
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (18.60 %)Windows
220 (9.302 %)Linux
318 (8.372 %)UNIX
42 (0.930 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.465 %)VxWorks
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (16.74 %)OO
215 (6.977 %)Data Modelling
312 (5.581 %)Agile Software Development
312 (5.581 %)Software Engineering
410 (4.651 %)OOD
57 (3.256 %)E-Commerce
66 (2.791 %)TDD
66 (2.791 %)Software Testing
75 (2.326 %)SEO
84 (1.860 %)Manual Testing
84 (1.860 %)Web Development
84 (1.860 %)Marketing Intelligence
84 (1.860 %)Project Management
84 (1.860 %)OOP
93 (1.395 %)UML
93 (1.395 %)CRM
93 (1.395 %)Service Delivery
93 (1.395 %)Data Management
102 (0.930 %)Information Management
102 (0.930 %)E-business
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
186 (40.00 %)C++
264 (29.77 %)Java
353 (24.65 %)SQL
444 (20.47 %)C#
530 (13.95 %)C
617 (7.907 %)Perl
617 (7.907 %)PHP
617 (7.907 %)VC++
716 (7.442 %)VB
814 (6.512 %)VB.NET
910 (4.651 %)Transact-SQL
109 (4.186 %)VB6
117 (3.256 %)JavaScript
126 (2.791 %)Python
135 (2.326 %)VBScript
135 (2.326 %)Ruby
135 (2.326 %)Shell Script
143 (1.395 %)Lua
143 (1.395 %)Delphi
152 (0.930 %)Fortran
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1152 (70.70 %)Degree
232 (14.88 %)PhD
38 (3.721 %)CCNA
38 (3.721 %)Cisco Certification
38 (3.721 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (3.721 %)A+ Certification
46 (2.791 %)ISEB
54 (1.860 %)MCP
62 (0.930 %)MCAD
62 (0.930 %)MCSD
62 (0.930 %)Postgraduate
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.326 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (5.116 %)NDS
25 (2.326 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (15.35 %)Microsoft
216 (7.442 %)Oracle
38 (3.721 %)Cisco
43 (1.395 %)Wall Street Systems
43 (1.395 %)Intel
51 (0.465 %)Citrix
51 (0.465 %)Mapinfo
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