The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Computer Science in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 36 25 66
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 42 67 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 4.778% 6.680% 1.743%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.50% 22.87% 8.636%
Number of salaries quoted 37 63 19
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -17.64%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
271 293 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 30.83% 29.21% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 249 219 200
Average salary £38,472 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.92% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,080 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Science across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire Computer Science Salary Histogram

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon -10 29 £34,000 -9.93%
Salisbury - 10 £30,000 -
Computer Science
South West

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 64 (60.38%) Degree
2 56 (52.83%) C++
3 46 (43.40%) OO
4 37 (34.91%) Multithreading
5 35 (33.02%) Windows
6 34 (32.08%) C#
7 28 (26.42%) MFC
7 28 (26.42%) STL
7 28 (26.42%) WPF
8 24 (22.64%) QA
9 22 (20.75%) Software Engineering
9 22 (20.75%) ATL
9 22 (20.75%) SQL
10 20 (18.87%) MS Excel
10 20 (18.87%) Finance
11 19 (17.92%) Automated Testing
12 18 (16.98%) XML
13 17 (16.04%) VB
13 17 (16.04%) Electronics
14 16 (15.09%) MS Office
15 15 (14.15%) CppUnit
15 15 (14.15%) GoogleTest
16 14 (13.21%) VBScript
16 14 (13.21%) C
16 14 (13.21%) OOP
17 13 (12.26%) Legal
17 13 (12.26%) .NET
17 13 (12.26%) Mathematics
18 11 (10.38%) Image Processing
19 10 (9.434%) Economics

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 28 (26.42%) MFC
1 28 (26.42%) STL
1 28 (26.42%) WPF
2 22 (20.75%) ATL
3 18 (16.98%) XML
4 13 (12.26%) .NET
5 10 (9.434%) .NET Framework
6 7 (6.604%) ASP.NET
7 5 (4.717%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (4.717%) Castle Windsor
7 5 (4.717%) Ninject
7 5 (4.717%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (4.717%) Unity DI Container
7 5 (4.717%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (4.717%) Spring.NET
7 5 (4.717%) WCF
7 5 (4.717%) WinForms
8 3 (2.830%) Spring
8 3 (2.830%) Web Services
8 3 (2.830%) SOAP
Applications
1 20 (18.87%) MS Excel
2 16 (15.09%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle iStore
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.943%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.943%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.660%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.887%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.943%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.943%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.943%) Big Data
3 1 (0.943%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.943%) MS Access
3 1 (0.943%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (0.943%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (14.15%) CppUnit
1 15 (14.15%) GoogleTest
2 9 (8.491%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (4.717%) Rhino Mocks
3 5 (4.717%) Moq
3 5 (4.717%) MSTest
3 5 (4.717%) NUnit
3 5 (4.717%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.887%) Ant
5 1 (0.943%) Hudson
5 1 (0.943%) GNU Toolchain
5 1 (0.943%) Gradle
5 1 (0.943%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.943%) Robotium
5 1 (0.943%) jMock
5 1 (0.943%) JUnit
General
1 20 (18.87%) Finance
2 17 (16.04%) Electronics
3 13 (12.26%) Legal
4 9 (8.491%) Banking
5 3 (2.830%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.943%) Marketing
6 1 (0.943%) Local Government
6 1 (0.943%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 54 (50.94%) Software Engineer
2 33 (31.13%) C++ Software Engineer
3 26 (24.53%) Graduate
4 17 (16.04%) Developer
5 15 (14.15%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 14 (13.21%) Software Test Engineer
6 14 (13.21%) Test Engineer
7 12 (11.32%) Programmer
8 11 (10.38%) C Programmer
8 11 (10.38%) C++ Programmer
9 10 (9.434%) Consultant
10 9 (8.491%) SAP Consultant
11 6 (5.660%) Project Manager
11 6 (5.660%) Junior
11 6 (5.660%) .NET Developer
12 5 (4.717%) Graduate .NET Developer
12 5 (4.717%) C++ Software Developer
12 5 (4.717%) Junior .NET Developer
12 5 (4.717%) Graduate Developer
12 5 (4.717%) C++/C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Mathematics
2 10 (9.434%) Economics
3 9 (8.491%) Informatics
3 9 (8.491%) SWIFT
4 5 (4.717%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.717%) Inversion of Control
5 3 (2.830%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.887%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.887%) Open Source
7 1 (0.943%) Social Media
7 1 (0.943%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.943%) Biometrics
7 1 (0.943%) Firmware
7 1 (0.943%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (33.02%) Windows
2 2 (1.887%) Linux
2 2 (1.887%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.943%) Android
3 1 (0.943%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (43.40%) OO
2 37 (34.91%) Multithreading
3 22 (20.75%) Software Engineering
4 19 (17.92%) Automated Testing
5 14 (13.21%) OOP
6 11 (10.38%) Image Processing
7 10 (9.434%) Requirements Analysis
8 9 (8.491%) Scrum
8 9 (8.491%) Software Testing
9 8 (7.547%) Test Scripting
10 6 (5.660%) Project Management
10 6 (5.660%) Quality Management
10 6 (5.660%) PRINCE2
10 6 (5.660%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (5.660%) TDD
10 6 (5.660%) Web Application Development
11 5 (4.717%) Change Control
11 5 (4.717%) MVVM
11 5 (4.717%) Kanban
11 5 (4.717%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 56 (52.83%) C++
2 34 (32.08%) C#
3 22 (20.75%) SQL
4 17 (16.04%) VB
5 14 (13.21%) VBScript
5 14 (13.21%) C
6 7 (6.604%) VBA
7 3 (2.830%) Java
8 2 (1.887%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.887%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.943%) R
9 1 (0.943%) Clojure
9 1 (0.943%) Scala
9 1 (0.943%) VB6
9 1 (0.943%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (60.38%) Degree
2 10 (9.434%) ISTQB
2 10 (9.434%) ISEB
3 7 (6.604%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.717%) MCTS
4 5 (4.717%) MCP
4 5 (4.717%) MCAD
4 5 (4.717%) MCSD
4 5 (4.717%) HND
5 2 (1.887%) MCSE
6 1 (0.943%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.943%) PhD
6 1 (0.943%) CISSP
6 1 (0.943%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.943%) CCNA
6 1 (0.943%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.943%) CISA
6 1 (0.943%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.64%) QA
2 9 (8.491%) Basel II
3 1 (0.943%) JTAG
3 1 (0.943%) COBIT
3 1 (0.943%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.943%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.943%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.943%) XenApp
Vendors
1 9 (8.491%) SAP
2 8 (7.547%) Oracle
3 7 (6.604%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.717%) HP
5 3 (2.830%) Cisco
6 2 (1.887%) Citrix
7 1 (0.943%) Google
7 1 (0.943%) JBoss
7 1 (0.943%) Siebel
7 1 (0.943%) EMC
7 1 (0.943%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.943%) NetApp
Wiltshire, South West
My client is seeking a VB.NET Software Developer with over 3 years commercial experience (ideally with a relevant degree or HNC) and you will be experienced with...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Software Developers Knowledge/Experience Essential Requires knowledge ordinarily acquired from a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines containing considerable computing...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: To £22,500 + Bonus to 8% + Laptop
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
We are actively seeking strong candidates with PHP 5, Javascript, TDD & Agile experience or a desire to learn fast... MySQL 5. Javascript... JQuery. LAMP installation and management. ASP...
Mayden House Ltd
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum depending on experience plus great benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Wiltshire, South West
VB.NET £30-35K + Benefits... Key skills required for this role are: VB.NET, MS SQL, VISUAL STUDIO, JAVASCRIPT, WPF, XML, ADO.NET Additional skills: LINQ, Computer Science...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wiltshire
The support team will provide: - 4th line production support for the software platform ensuring timely analysis and resolution of issues - Support other areas of the business that have...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £40k - 50k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff/Corsham, travel to client premises
Our services cover the full application lifecycle from modelling how applications will perform on the intended infrastructure, through to troubleshooting those already deployed, and capacity planning the network...
Net Consulting
Salary: Competitive salary + benefits + Car Allowance/Company Car
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
This is a great opportunity to join the IT Team of a Scientific company, Co-ordinating the IT Validation, qualification and compliance at their Swindon site... You will...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013