The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Development Applications category for the Basingstoke region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 38 23 19
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -4
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 5 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 2.347% 2.703% 4.781%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.813% 14.71% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £500 - £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £31.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Development Applications
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
64 34 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 30.05% 18.38% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 15 16
Average daily rate £350 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £275 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £483 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 7
Average hourly rate £39.00 £31.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.80% -10.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
Hampshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Basingstoke Visual Studio Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Visual Studio across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Visual Studio 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio.

1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (42.86%) Web Services
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) WSDL
3 3 (42.86%) IBM
3 3 (42.86%) Tivoli
3 3 (42.86%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Process Server
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) ESB
3 3 (42.86%) KML
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Rational Application Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Azure
4 2 (28.57%) WCF
4 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 1 (14.29%) VBA
5 1 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) KML
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) WSDL
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
3 2 (28.57%) WCF
4 1 (14.29%) WPF
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 1 (14.29%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (42.86%) ESB
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) MS Access
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (14.29%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Application Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Tivoli
1 3 (42.86%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu