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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 22 44 16
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -28
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 13 3 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 8.725% 1.471% 10.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 30.23% 4.225% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 20
Average salary - £50,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +58.73%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
43 71 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 28.86% 34.80% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14 60 80
Average salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,250 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Computer Science
Hertfordshire

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 13 (81.25%) Software Engineering
2 13 (81.25%) C++
2 13 (81.25%) Linux
3 11 (68.75%) Java
3 11 (68.75%) CORBA
4 10 (62.50%) Eclipse
4 10 (62.50%) Integration Testing
4 10 (62.50%) Requirements Engineering
5 9 (56.25%) C
6 7 (43.75%) OO
7 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
7 6 (37.50%) Windows
8 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
8 5 (31.25%) Aerospace
8 5 (31.25%) Validation
8 5 (31.25%) CAN bus
8 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
8 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
8 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
9 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (12.50%) Electronics
10 2 (12.50%) Python
11 1 (6.250%) Apache
11 1 (6.250%) Tomcat
11 1 (6.250%) ISEB
11 1 (6.250%) Tcl
11 1 (6.250%) VxWorks
11 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 11 (68.75%) CORBA
2 1 (6.250%) HTML
2 1 (6.250%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) SOAP
2 1 (6.250%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Apache
1 1 (6.250%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.250%) SSL
1 1 (6.250%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (31.25%) Aerospace
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Graduate
3 1 (6.250%) Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) CAN bus
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.250%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Linux
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 1 (6.250%) HPUX
3 1 (6.250%) Solaris
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
3 1 (6.250%) VxWorks
3 1 (6.250%) pSOS
3 1 (6.250%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Software Engineering
2 10 (62.50%) Integration Testing
2 10 (62.50%) Requirements Engineering
3 7 (43.75%) OO
4 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 5 (31.25%) Validation
4 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
4 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.250%) UML
6 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Scrum
6 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
6 1 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (6.250%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.250%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) C++
2 11 (68.75%) Java
3 9 (56.25%) C
4 2 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (6.250%) Tcl
5 1 (6.250%) C#
5 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.250%) Perl
5 1 (6.250%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) QNX
2 1 (6.250%) Atmel
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Experience or knowledge of RTOS (VxWork, Embedded Linux, etc) *Object Oriented Methodology Additional Skills Any of the following would be an advantage: *Experience of developing software using: C#,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + Healthcare, Bonus, Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Awareness of Model Based Design and associated tools such as, MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow... Ada / C / C++ / JAVA... Linux, VxWorks. Requirements management e.g. DOORS. Configuration Management e.g...
MBDA UK Ltd
Posted: 7 May 2013