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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Science (Computing Science)
Rank 43 35 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 1 13 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 0.455% 4.727% 4.975%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.587% 16.05% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 7
Average salary £31,500 £25,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.00% +21.95%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
63 81 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 28.64% 29.45% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 45 62 38
Average salary £34,500 £27,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £22,500 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Computer Science Salary Trend

Computer Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 (75.00%) SQL
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
2 5 (62.50%) C#
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) .NET Framework
3 3 (37.50%) jQuery
3 3 (37.50%) CSS
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 3 (37.50%) .NET
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) MFC
4 2 (25.00%) Web Services
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) XHTML
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) WinForms
4 2 (25.00%) Back Office
4 2 (25.00%) MVC
4 2 (25.00%) CSS3
4 2 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing

Computer Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 (37.50%) .NET Framework
1 3 (37.50%) jQuery
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) MFC
2 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) XHTML
2 2 (25.00%) WinForms
2 2 (25.00%) CSS3
2 2 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (25.00%) WPF
2 2 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 1 (12.50%) HTML5
3 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQLPlus
2 1 (12.50%) TOAD
2 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Junior
3 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Implementation Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 2 (25.00%) Web Development
2 2 (25.00%) Service Management
2 2 (25.00%) MVC
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
4 1 (12.50%) PHP
4 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) MCSD
2 1 (12.50%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) JBoss