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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 14 21 11
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 5 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 7.576% 0.962% 4.167%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 25.00% 11.11% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 2
Average salary £19,000 £75,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-74.66% +87.50%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
20 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 30.30% 8.654% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 11
Average salary £19,000 £55,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-65.45% +62.96%
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Computer Science
South East

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Sussex Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 6 (50.00%) MySQL
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) PHP
3 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) SOAP
3 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (33.33%) SAS
3 4 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Firmware
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (33.33%) Automotive
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 4 (33.33%) Web Development
4 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) C#
5 2 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (16.67%) .NET
5 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (16.67%) OO
5 2 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (8.333%) Spring
6 1 (8.333%) WCF
6 1 (8.333%) WPF

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 4 (33.33%) SOAP
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (8.333%) STL
3 1 (8.333%) Swing
3 1 (8.333%) Hibernate
3 1 (8.333%) Spring
3 1 (8.333%) WCF
3 1 (8.333%) WPF
3 1 (8.333%) LINQ
3 1 (8.333%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Graduate
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (16.67%) SAS BI Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mid-Level Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
1 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (8.333%) Social Media
3 1 (8.333%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Web Development
2 2 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (8.333%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree