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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 31 50 51
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +1
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 45 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 7.525% 2.632% 1.404%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 27.78% 12.50% 6.250%
Number of salaries quoted 36 15 8
Average salary £51,000 £40,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.50% +18.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £22,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
162 120 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 27.09% 21.05% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 127 110 104
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £28,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £48,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +19 24 £59,250 +48.12%
Stafford +13 11 £16,000 -20.00%
Tamworth - 2 £30,000 -
Cannock - 2 £31,688 -
Lichfield - 2 £30,000 -
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 58 (75.32%) Degree
2 53 (68.83%) .NET
3 51 (66.23%) C#
4 38 (49.35%) SQL
5 35 (45.45%) SQL Server
6 34 (44.16%) Microsoft
6 34 (44.16%) Software Engineering
7 25 (32.47%) CSS
7 25 (32.47%) JavaScript
7 25 (32.47%) E-Commerce
8 24 (31.17%) XML
9 22 (28.57%) T-SQL
9 22 (28.57%) Java
10 21 (27.27%) VB
11 20 (25.97%) C++
12 19 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (22.08%) HTML5
13 17 (22.08%) Web Development
14 15 (19.48%) OO
15 14 (18.18%) HTML
15 14 (18.18%) VB.NET
16 13 (16.88%) ASP.NET
16 13 (16.88%) jQuery
17 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (15.58%) MVC
18 11 (14.29%) LAMP
18 11 (14.29%) XHTML
18 11 (14.29%) PHP
18 11 (14.29%) MySQL
18 11 (14.29%) PHP5

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 53 (68.83%) .NET
2 25 (32.47%) CSS
3 24 (31.17%) XML
4 17 (22.08%) HTML5
5 14 (18.18%) HTML
6 13 (16.88%) ASP.NET
6 13 (16.88%) jQuery
7 11 (14.29%) CSS3
7 11 (14.29%) XHTML
7 11 (14.29%) LAMP
8 5 (6.494%) J2SE
8 5 (6.494%) Middleware
8 5 (6.494%) JDBC
9 4 (5.195%) XSLT
9 4 (5.195%) Ajax
9 4 (5.195%) WPF
10 3 (3.896%) WCF
11 1 (1.299%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (1.299%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 11 (14.29%) nginx
2 1 (1.299%) Confluence
2 1 (1.299%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (10.39%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Subversion
2 2 (2.597%) JIRA
3 1 (1.299%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.299%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.299%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.299%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.299%) MSTest
3 1 (1.299%) Hudson
3 1 (1.299%) FishEye
3 1 (1.299%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.299%) Maven
3 1 (1.299%) Ant
3 1 (1.299%) Bugzilla
3 1 (1.299%) CruiseControl
General
1 2 (2.597%) Back Office
2 1 (1.299%) Finance
2 1 (1.299%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (54.55%) Developer
2 22 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 21 (27.27%) Graduate
4 20 (25.97%) Java Developer
4 20 (25.97%) C# Developer
4 20 (25.97%) C# .NET Developer
5 19 (24.68%) Graduate Developer
5 19 (24.68%) Development Manager
6 18 (23.38%) Graduate Java Developer
7 17 (22.08%) Junior
8 16 (20.78%) Programmer
8 16 (20.78%) C++ Developer
8 16 (20.78%) C++ Programmer
8 16 (20.78%) Junior Java Developer
8 16 (20.78%) Java Programmer
8 16 (20.78%) Junior C# Developer
8 16 (20.78%) Junior Developer
8 16 (20.78%) Junior .NET Developer
8 16 (20.78%) Graduate .NET Developer
8 16 (20.78%) Graduate Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.494%) Grid Computing
3 4 (5.195%) Mathematics
3 4 (5.195%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.299%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.494%) Windows
1 5 (6.494%) Linux
2 1 (1.299%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Software Engineering
2 25 (32.47%) E-Commerce
3 19 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (22.08%) Web Development
5 15 (19.48%) OO
6 12 (15.58%) MVC
7 11 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
8 9 (11.69%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (10.39%) Project Management
10 7 (9.091%) Incident Management
11 6 (7.792%) SOA
11 6 (7.792%) Unit Testing
12 5 (6.494%) Multithreading
12 5 (6.494%) Complex Event Processing
13 4 (5.195%) SEO
13 4 (5.195%) TDD
14 3 (3.896%) Agile Software Development
15 2 (2.597%) Configuration Management
15 2 (2.597%) Scrum
15 2 (2.597%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 51 (66.23%) C#
2 38 (49.35%) SQL
3 25 (32.47%) JavaScript
4 22 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 22 (28.57%) Java
5 21 (27.27%) VB
6 20 (25.97%) C++
7 14 (18.18%) VB.NET
8 11 (14.29%) PHP
8 11 (14.29%) PHP5
9 3 (3.896%) MATLAB
9 3 (3.896%) C
10 2 (2.597%) VB6
11 1 (1.299%) Ruby
11 1 (1.299%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.299%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (75.32%) Degree
2 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.299%) ISEB
3 1 (1.299%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.896%) QA
2 1 (1.299%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.299%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (1.299%) COBIT
Vendors
1 34 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.299%) Remedy
2 1 (1.299%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.299%) AccuRev
Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent To 75K + Car + Excellent package Major Online eCommerce Company requires highly experienced Software Development Manager from a recent background in MS .NET/SQL based technology...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Web Development Manager: .NET, Web, eCommerceStoke on Trent To 75K + Car + Excellent packageMajor Online eCommerce Company requires highly experienced Software Development Manager from a recent background in MS ...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Web Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Wed/ Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Computer science background (OO design, design patterns, algorithms) Development experience in C#... Development experience of VB.NET and WPF. Good working knowledge of VB6... Exposure to WCF, SOA,...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competative
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Knowledge of procedures for functional verification, code validation and regression testing... Familiarity with one or more of the following protocols is also required: IEC61850, IEC 103, Modbus, DNP3...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013