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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4355
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below10.00 %6.818 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£425£550
Average daily rate£456£575
% change on same period last year-20.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£488£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£337
% change on same period last year-12.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.11£35.42
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads4044
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted1921
Average minimum daily rate£402£396
Average daily rate£420£432
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£21.33
Average hourly rate£22.00£21.33
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Visual Studio LondonVisual Studio
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Canary Wharf Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Canary Wharf Visual Studio Daily Rate Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

17 (100.00 %)SQL
17 (100.00 %)C++
17 (100.00 %)Windows
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
25 (71.43 %)Sybase
25 (71.43 %)C#
25 (71.43 %)Derivative
25 (71.43 %)UNIX
34 (57.14 %).NET
43 (42.86 %)MFC
43 (42.86 %)XML
43 (42.86 %)Middleware
43 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
43 (42.86 %)Finance
52 (28.57 %)Perforce
52 (28.57 %)Scrum
52 (28.57 %)VMware
52 (28.57 %)VMware ESX
52 (28.57 %)Agile Software Development
52 (28.57 %)Subversion
52 (28.57 %).NET Remoting
52 (28.57 %)TIBCO EMS
52 (28.57 %)Windows Vista
52 (28.57 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (28.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (28.57 %)MSI
52 (28.57 %)PVCS
52 (28.57 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (28.57 %)ASP
52 (28.57 %)ASP.NET

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %).NET
23 (42.86 %)MFC
23 (42.86 %)XML
23 (42.86 %)Middleware
32 (28.57 %).NET Remoting
32 (28.57 %)ASP
32 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
32 (28.57 %)COM+
32 (28.57 %)WebServices
41 (14.29 %)HTML
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)TIBCO EMS
12 (28.57 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)PVCS
12 (28.57 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (28.57 %)MSI
12 (28.57 %)Subversion
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Front Office
21 (14.29 %)Back Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Programmer
14 (57.14 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Analyst Programmer
22 (28.57 %)Senior Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Technical Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Senior Technical Analyst
22 (28.57 %)C++ Programmer
31 (14.29 %)Equity Analyst
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (71.43 %)Derivative
23 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
32 (28.57 %)Client/Server
32 (28.57 %)N-Tier
41 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (71.43 %)UNIX
32 (28.57 %)Windows XP
32 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)Windows Vista
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)RAD
12 (28.57 %)SOA
12 (28.57 %)Scrum
12 (28.57 %)Agile Software Development
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)C++
17 (100.00 %)SQL
25 (71.43 %)C#
32 (28.57 %)VB
32 (28.57 %)VB.NET
32 (28.57 %)VBA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)VMware ESX
12 (28.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
25 (71.43 %)Sybase
32 (28.57 %)IBM
32 (28.57 %)HP
32 (28.57 %)TIBCO
32 (28.57 %)Perforce
32 (28.57 %)VMware