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Computer Science Jobs in Watford
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 43 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 9 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.114% 2.542% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.54% 12.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £26,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 78 74 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 26.99% 20.90% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 60 42 85
Average salary £36,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £27,150 £26,550
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +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 Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (94.12%) Degree
2 10 (58.82%) SQL
3 9 (52.94%) C
3 9 (52.94%) C++
4 7 (41.18%) C#
4 7 (41.18%) .NET
4 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
5 6 (35.29%) Java
5 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
6 5 (29.41%) Ajax
6 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
6 5 (29.41%) HTML
6 5 (29.41%) Windows
6 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
6 5 (29.41%) CSS
6 5 (29.41%) XML
6 5 (29.41%) XSL
6 5 (29.41%) Web Application Development
7 4 (23.53%) Python
7 4 (23.53%) Business Development
7 4 (23.53%) QA
7 4 (23.53%) Electronics
7 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
7 4 (23.53%) Software Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Finance
8 2 (11.76%) Mathematics

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 7 (41.18%) .NET
2 5 (29.41%) Ajax
2 5 (29.41%) HTML
2 5 (29.41%) CSS
2 5 (29.41%) XML
2 5 (29.41%) XSL
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (11.76%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
2 2 (11.76%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Graduate
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Graduate Software Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (29.41%) C# Developer
2 5 (29.41%) C# Software Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Graduate C# Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Software Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Support Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Junior Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Test Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Junior
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Support Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.882%) Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.882%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Web Application Development
3 4 (23.53%) Business Development
3 4 (23.53%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
4 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Product Management
5 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) C
2 9 (52.94%) C++
3 7 (41.18%) C#
4 6 (35.29%) Java
5 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
6 4 (23.53%) Python
7 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Terminal Services
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 2 (11.76%) Twitter
Software Design Engineer - Video QA
Watford, Hertfordshire
Strong C/C++ coding... A good understanding of video compression standards such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 would be highly beneficial as would some experience of working...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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