The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 21 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 South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 43 45 42
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 32 38 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 4.420% 4.038% 4.132%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.55% 15.70% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 30 38 34
Average salary £31,250 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £45,000 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
220 242 238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 30.39% 25.72% 28.10%
Number of salaries quoted 193 200 198
Average salary £30,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,500 £24,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
Yorkshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Sheffield +5 28 £33,000 +32.00%
Computer Science
Yorkshire

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (72.88%) Degree
2 27 (45.76%) Java
3 24 (40.68%) OO
4 20 (33.90%) JavaScript
5 19 (32.20%) C++
6 16 (27.12%) WinForms
7 15 (25.42%) Hibernate
7 15 (25.42%) jQuery
8 14 (23.73%) Mathematics
8 14 (23.73%) C#
9 13 (22.03%) CSS
9 13 (22.03%) Agile Software Development
10 12 (20.34%) C
11 11 (18.64%) MySQL
11 11 (18.64%) CAD
11 11 (18.64%) Spring
11 11 (18.64%) HTML5
12 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
12 10 (16.95%) .NET
12 10 (16.95%) HTML
13 9 (15.25%) PHP
13 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
13 9 (15.25%) Windows
13 9 (15.25%) OOP
13 9 (15.25%) Internet
14 8 (13.56%) ASP.NET
14 8 (13.56%) Web Services
14 8 (13.56%) PhD
14 8 (13.56%) MFC
14 8 (13.56%) 3D Graphics

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 16 (27.12%) WinForms
2 15 (25.42%) Hibernate
2 15 (25.42%) jQuery
3 13 (22.03%) CSS
4 11 (18.64%) Spring
4 11 (18.64%) HTML5
5 10 (16.95%) .NET
5 10 (16.95%) HTML
6 8 (13.56%) ASP.NET
6 8 (13.56%) Web Services
6 8 (13.56%) MFC
6 8 (13.56%) WPF
6 8 (13.56%) CSS3
7 7 (11.86%) YUI
7 7 (11.86%) Ajax
8 5 (8.475%) JSON
8 5 (8.475%) Silverlight
8 5 (8.475%) XHTML
9 3 (5.085%) LAMP
9 3 (5.085%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.475%) Oracle Workflow
1 5 (8.475%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.780%) Apache
2 4 (6.780%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.085%) CMS
3 3 (5.085%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (5.085%) Sitefinity
3 3 (5.085%) WordPress
4 1 (1.695%) SAS
4 1 (1.695%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.25%) Internet
2 2 (3.390%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) MySQL
2 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.475%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (8.475%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (8.475%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (8.475%) Oracle 9i
3 5 (8.475%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (5.085%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (5.085%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.695%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.695%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.695%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Subversion
2 4 (6.780%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.780%) Ant
2 4 (6.780%) Maven
3 3 (5.085%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.695%) Xcode
4 1 (1.695%) JUnit
4 1 (1.695%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (5.085%) Telecoms
1 3 (5.085%) Marketing
2 2 (3.390%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (71.19%) Developer
2 12 (20.34%) Java Developer
3 9 (15.25%) Graduate
3 9 (15.25%) Software Developer
4 8 (13.56%) C# Developer
5 7 (11.86%) Software Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) JavaScript Developer
7 5 (8.475%) Graduate Developer
7 5 (8.475%) C# Software Developer
7 5 (8.475%) C++ Developer
7 5 (8.475%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (6.780%) Java Engineer
8 4 (6.780%) Trainee
9 3 (5.085%) Web Developer
9 3 (5.085%) UI Developer
9 3 (5.085%) Front-End Developer
10 2 (3.390%) Verification Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) iOS Developer
10 2 (3.390%) UI Programmer
10 2 (3.390%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.73%) Mathematics
2 8 (13.56%) 3D Graphics
2 8 (13.56%) Applied Mathematics
2 8 (13.56%) Physics
3 5 (8.475%) Web 2.0
4 3 (5.085%) Open Source
5 2 (3.390%) Telematics
5 2 (3.390%) RIA
6 1 (1.695%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.695%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.695%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.25%) Windows
2 3 (5.085%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.695%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) OO
2 13 (22.03%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (18.64%) CAD
4 9 (15.25%) OOP
5 7 (11.86%) Scrum
6 6 (10.17%) Workflow
7 5 (8.475%) Progressive Enhancement
8 4 (6.780%) Multithreading
8 4 (6.780%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (6.780%) Software Engineering
9 3 (5.085%) Project Planning
9 3 (5.085%) Web Development
9 3 (5.085%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.085%) Project Management
9 3 (5.085%) Online Marketing
10 2 (3.390%) Dependency Injection
10 2 (3.390%) Configuration Management
10 2 (3.390%) B2B
10 2 (3.390%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 27 (45.76%) Java
2 20 (33.90%) JavaScript
3 19 (32.20%) C++
4 14 (23.73%) C#
5 12 (20.34%) C
6 9 (15.25%) PHP
7 7 (11.86%) SQL
8 2 (3.390%) Perl
9 1 (1.695%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.695%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 43 (72.88%) Degree
2 8 (13.56%) PhD
3 5 (8.475%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (5.085%) PMP
4 3 (5.085%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.780%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.17%) Oracle
3 1 (1.695%) VMware
3 1 (1.695%) Cisco
3 1 (1.695%) IBM
3 1 (1.695%) HP
3 1 (1.695%) Citrix
3 1 (1.695%) NetApp
3 1 (1.695%) Veeam
Sheffield, Yorkshire
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Posted: 2 May 2013