The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio 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 of the Development Applications category for the Bath 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.500% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Development Applications
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
10 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 25.00% 2.174% 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
Somerset

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
1 15 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 10 (66.67%) Mobile App
3 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (46.67%) C#
4 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
4 7 (46.67%) .NET Framework
4 7 (46.67%) Test Scripting
4 7 (46.67%) Release Management
5 6 (40.00%) jQuery
5 6 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
5 6 (40.00%) MVC
6 5 (33.33%) Ajax
6 5 (33.33%) Ext JS
6 5 (33.33%) HTML5
7 4 (26.67%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (26.67%) LINQ
7 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
8 3 (20.00%) LAMP
8 3 (20.00%) Scrum
8 3 (20.00%) Military
8 3 (20.00%) HTML
8 3 (20.00%) C
8 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
8 3 (20.00%) ISEB
8 3 (20.00%) QA
8 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
8 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
1 15 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (46.67%) .NET Framework
3 6 (40.00%) jQuery
4 5 (33.33%) Ajax
4 5 (33.33%) Ext JS
4 5 (33.33%) HTML5
5 4 (26.67%) LINQ
6 3 (20.00%) LAMP
6 3 (20.00%) HTML
7 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (13.33%) CSS
8 1 (6.667%) Web Services
8 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET
8 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (6.667%) Sass
8 1 (6.667%) LESS
8 1 (6.667%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
1 8 (53.33%) .NET Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Tester
4 4 (26.67%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) iPad
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (46.67%) Test Scripting
2 7 (46.67%) Release Management
3 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 6 (40.00%) MVC
4 4 (26.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Scrum
5 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (6.667%) OOP
6 1 (6.667%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Automation Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C#
1 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) C
3 2 (13.33%) VB.NET
4 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ISEB
1 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle