Visual Studio Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio 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 of the Development Applications category for the Bedfordshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 28 29 39
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 3 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.579% 1.103% 1.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.67% 23.08% 9.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £375 £328 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.50% -4.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
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%
Search 5 Visual Studio jobs in Bedfordshire
All Development Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 18 13 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 9.474% 4.779% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 15
Average daily rate £350 £330 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £348 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £34.13 £190.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-82.03% +1166.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Bedfordshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton - 2 £375 -
Bedford -1 1 - -
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) C#
4 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
5 4 (50.00%) Scrum
5 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (50.00%) Windows Azure
6 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
6 3 (37.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (37.50%) MVC
6 3 (37.50%) UML
6 3 (37.50%) OO
6 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
6 3 (37.50%) Client/Server
7 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 2 (25.00%) TDD
7 2 (25.00%) SOA
7 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
7 2 (25.00%) Degree
7 2 (25.00%) BDD
7 2 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (25.00%) Agile Testing
8 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
8 1 (12.50%) NServiceBus
8 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (12.50%) NHibernate
5 1 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (12.50%) NServiceBus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (37.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
3 1 (12.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) .NET Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) ScrumMaster
2 2 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Agile .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Agile C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 1 (12.50%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) UML
2 3 (37.50%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 2 (25.00%) BDD
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
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