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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 14 17 17
Rank change year-on-year
+3 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 4 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 6.667% 4.286% 3.333%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.39% 12.50% 9.524%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
Average salary £35,000 £35,250 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.70% +56.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
23 24 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 38.33% 34.29% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 16
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £36,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Computer Science
West Midlands

Computer Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Salary Histogram

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

Wolverhampton Computer Science Salary Histogram

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 (85.71%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) MySQL
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone 8
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (28.57%) Android
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) MS Office
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) ISEB
5 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) XSL
5 1 (14.29%) HNC
5 1 (14.29%) HND
5 1 (14.29%) OO
5 1 (14.29%) MTS

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) XSL
2 1 (14.29%) Flash
2 1 (14.29%) ASP
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) COM+
2 1 (14.29%) DCOM
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Hibernate
2 1 (14.29%) TopLink
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MTS
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (14.29%) Advertising
1 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) DBA
3 2 (28.57%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL DBA
4 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Software Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Database Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone 8
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) MUMPS
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) HNC
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) MCTS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle