The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf 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 - 35 47
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 0 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf - 2.973% 2.000%
As % of the Development Applications category - 23.40% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 10
Average daily rate - £572 £409
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +39.93%
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 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Development Applications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
32 47 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 8.312% 12.70% 9.800%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 33
Average daily rate £600 £580 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +22.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £455 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £645
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
London

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend