The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 22 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 28 26 36
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 4 1 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 3.604% 0.794% 4.348%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.18% 2.941% 18.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 12
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.75%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
22 34 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 19.82% 26.98% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1 29 47
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
Scotland

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Computer Science Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 22 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
Livingston - 3 - -
Linlithgow - 1 £32,500 -
Computer Science
Scotland

Computer Science
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Product Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Product Management
2 4 (44.44%) Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Ab Initio
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) J2EE
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) OO
5 1 (11.11%) C
5 1 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) Firmware
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) WinForms
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) WPF
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 3 (33.33%) J2EE
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) WinForms
2 1 (11.11%) WPF
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Product Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Product Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Product Management
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) OO
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
1 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 2 (22.22%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Ab Initio
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
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