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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
15 17 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 62.50% 34.69% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 9
Average salary £65,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.44% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,250 £44,750
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) NAS
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) NAS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree