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Visual Studio Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 17 Visual Studio job vacancies in Cheshire

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 44 55 61
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +6
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 23 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.172% 1.472% 1.288%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.38% 15.19% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 7
Average daily rate £394 £285 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.24% +3.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £294 £281
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.10% -2.14%
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 84 79 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.59% 9.693% 7.618%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 44 40
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £355 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £33.75 - £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 - £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 - £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire Visual Studio Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington +3 4 - - 1
Knutsford - 2 £160 -
Macclesfield - - - - 9
Runcorn - - - - 1
Chester - - - - 3
Crewe - - - - 2
Wilmslow - - - -
Winsford - - - - 1
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (89.66%) SQL Server
2 24 (82.76%) .NET
3 22 (75.86%) C#
4 21 (72.41%) ASP.NET
5 20 (68.97%) .NET Framework
6 16 (55.17%) WCF
6 16 (55.17%) SQL Server 2008
7 15 (51.72%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
7 15 (51.72%) HTML
7 15 (51.72%) SQL
8 14 (48.28%) SQL Server 2005
9 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
9 13 (44.83%) MVC
10 10 (34.48%) Windows
11 9 (31.03%) XML
11 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (27.59%) jQuery
13 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio Team System
13 7 (24.14%) Dynamics CRM
13 7 (24.14%) MCTS
13 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
13 7 (24.14%) MCPD
13 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
13 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (24.14%) MCAD
13 7 (24.14%) MCSD
13 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
13 7 (24.14%) CRM
13 7 (24.14%) CSS

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 24 (82.76%) .NET
2 21 (72.41%) ASP.NET
3 20 (68.97%) .NET Framework
4 16 (55.17%) WCF
5 15 (51.72%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 15 (51.72%) HTML
6 9 (31.03%) XML
7 8 (27.59%) jQuery
8 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
8 7 (24.14%) CSS
9 5 (17.24%) JSON
9 5 (17.24%) Ajax
9 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (17.24%) Razor View Engine
9 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 4 (13.79%) Web Services
10 4 (13.79%) WebSphere
10 4 (13.79%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 4 (13.79%) Java EE
10 4 (13.79%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (24.14%) IIS
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.79%) MS Office
3 3 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (10.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (13.79%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (89.66%) SQL Server
2 16 (55.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (48.28%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (13.79%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (6.897%) PerformancePoint
6 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio Team System
2 5 (17.24%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (10.34%) FinalBuilder
3 3 (10.34%) ClearQuest
3 3 (10.34%) InstallShield
3 3 (10.34%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (3.448%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Banking
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
2 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) Analyst
3 7 (24.14%) CRM Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 5 (17.24%) .NET Developer
6 4 (13.79%) Software Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Lead Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Test Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Senior Support Analyst
8 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (6.897%) Lead .NET Developer
9 1 (3.448%) C# Web Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Web Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Applications Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
9 1 (3.448%) SQL Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) iPad
2 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Android
2 3 (10.34%) Windows XP
3 2 (6.897%) UNIX
3 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) MVC
2 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (24.14%) CRM
4 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (17.24%) MVVM
5 5 (17.24%) SOA
6 4 (13.79%) Scrum
6 4 (13.79%) TDD
6 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
6 4 (13.79%) Data Management
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) Feature Driven Development
7 3 (10.34%) Test Management
7 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
7 3 (10.34%) Change Management
7 3 (10.34%) Contact Management
7 3 (10.34%) ITIL
8 2 (6.897%) Test Strategy
8 2 (6.897%) Manual Testing
8 2 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) C#
2 15 (51.72%) SQL
3 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
4 6 (20.69%) T-SQL
5 4 (13.79%) Java
6 3 (10.34%) VB6
6 3 (10.34%) VB
6 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
6 3 (10.34%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) MCTS
1 7 (24.14%) MCPD
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (24.14%) MCAD
1 7 (24.14%) MCSD
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
3 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (10.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) IBM
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) HP
4 2 (6.897%) Razor Risk
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