The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Rochdale region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Rochdale region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 8 - 4
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1 0 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale 5.882% - 37.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 14
Average salary - - £18,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Rochdale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
3 9 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale 17.65% 12.86% 43.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 16
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £18,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +122.22%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
Manchester

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochdale 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 Rochdale region.

Rochdale Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Graduate
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA