The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 128 142 159
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +17
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 86 73 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.268% 0.943% 0.929%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.98% 9.852% 9.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 57 72
Average daily rate £400 £400 £443
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £560 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.58 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.10% -2.14%
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
783 741 1019
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 11.55% 9.572% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 569 787
Average daily rate £400 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 6
Average hourly rate £42.50 £34.00 £33.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.99% +2.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £23.80 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.30 £39.20 £81.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 139 (75.14%) C#
2 133 (71.89%) .NET
3 93 (50.27%) SQL Server
4 80 (43.24%) Microsoft
5 77 (41.62%) SQL
6 69 (37.30%) Finance
7 63 (34.05%) ASP.NET
8 54 (29.19%) JavaScript
9 46 (24.86%) jQuery
10 45 (24.32%) WCF
11 43 (23.24%) CSS
12 40 (21.62%) HTML
13 39 (21.08%) Ajax
14 37 (20.00%) XML
15 36 (19.46%) SQL Server 2008
16 35 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
17 32 (17.30%) TDD
18 30 (16.22%) MVC
19 29 (15.68%) SharePoint
20 27 (14.59%) OO
21 25 (13.51%) Windows
21 25 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
22 24 (12.97%) HTML5
22 24 (12.97%) Team Foundation Server
22 24 (12.97%) WPF
22 24 (12.97%) Scrum
23 23 (12.43%) Oracle
24 22 (11.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
25 21 (11.35%) SQL Server 2005
26 19 (10.27%) SQL Server Integration Services

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
1 133 (71.89%) .NET
2 63 (34.05%) ASP.NET
3 46 (24.86%) jQuery
4 45 (24.32%) WCF
5 43 (23.24%) CSS
6 40 (21.62%) HTML
7 39 (21.08%) Ajax
8 37 (20.00%) XML
9 25 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
10 24 (12.97%) HTML5
10 24 (12.97%) WPF
11 18 (9.730%) Web Services
12 17 (9.189%) XSLT
13 14 (7.568%) LINQ
13 14 (7.568%) .NET Framework
14 13 (7.027%) JSON
15 9 (4.865%) XHTML
15 9 (4.865%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 7 (3.784%) Silverlight
16 7 (3.784%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 29 (15.68%) SharePoint
2 16 (8.649%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (5.405%) BizTalk Server
4 9 (4.865%) CMS
5 7 (3.784%) Umbraco
6 5 (2.703%) IIS
6 5 (2.703%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.622%) MTS
7 3 (1.622%) DotNetNuke
7 3 (1.622%) Windows Azure
7 3 (1.622%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (1.081%) Liferay
8 2 (1.081%) Google App Engine
8 2 (1.081%) Drupal
8 2 (1.081%) Alfresco
8 2 (1.081%) Documentum
8 2 (1.081%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.541%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.541%) Apache
9 1 (0.541%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 16 (8.649%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.946%) InfoPath
3 9 (4.865%) MS Office
4 2 (1.081%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.081%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.081%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.541%) MS Project
5 1 (0.541%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.541%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (2.703%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.622%) Endur
2 3 (1.622%) ZaiNet
2 3 (1.622%) Aligne
3 1 (0.541%) LatentZero
3 1 (0.541%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.243%) Internet
1 6 (3.243%) HTTP
2 5 (2.703%) Extranet
2 5 (2.703%) Intranet
3 3 (1.622%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.081%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.081%) VPN
5 1 (0.541%) FTP
5 1 (0.541%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (50.27%) SQL Server
2 36 (19.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (11.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (11.35%) SQL Server 2005
5 19 (10.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (7.027%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (4.865%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (3.243%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (3.243%) Oracle 10g
8 6 (3.243%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (2.162%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 3 (1.622%) TOAD
11 3 (1.622%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (1.081%) PerformancePoint
12 2 (1.081%) Sybase ASE
12 2 (1.081%) Oracle 9i
12 2 (1.081%) MySQL
12 2 (1.081%) DTS
12 2 (1.081%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 24 (12.97%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (9.730%) NUnit
3 15 (8.108%) Selenium
4 14 (7.568%) Subversion
5 12 (6.486%) FitNesse
6 10 (5.405%) Cucumber
6 10 (5.405%) Concordion
7 8 (4.324%) Eclipse
8 7 (3.784%) Git (software)
9 6 (3.243%) CruiseControl
10 5 (2.703%) MSBuild
11 4 (2.162%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
11 4 (2.162%) Rhino Mocks
11 4 (2.162%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (2.162%) Maven
12 3 (1.622%) JUnit
13 2 (1.081%) Jenkins
13 2 (1.081%) Hudson
13 2 (1.081%) WiX
13 2 (1.081%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 69 (37.30%) Finance
2 19 (10.27%) Banking
3 18 (9.730%) Front Office
4 11 (5.946%) Investment Banking
5 7 (3.784%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.162%) Retail
6 4 (2.162%) Back Office
6 4 (2.162%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.622%) Publishing
7 3 (1.622%) Games
8 2 (1.081%) Marketing
9 1 (0.541%) Law
9 1 (0.541%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 112 (60.54%) Developer
2 38 (20.54%) .NET Developer
3 37 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 21 (11.35%) Analyst
5 13 (7.027%) Test Analyst
6 12 (6.486%) C# .NET Developer
6 12 (6.486%) SharePoint Developer
7 11 (5.946%) Automation Test Analyst
7 11 (5.946%) Automation Analyst
8 9 (4.865%) Senior Developer
8 9 (4.865%) SQL Developer
9 8 (4.324%) UI Programmer
9 8 (4.324%) UI Developer
9 8 (4.324%) ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (4.324%) Tester
10 7 (3.784%) JavaScript Developer
11 6 (3.243%) Programmer
12 4 (2.162%) Build Engineer
12 4 (2.162%) Release Engineer
12 4 (2.162%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.324%) Open Source
1 8 (4.324%) Fixed Income
1 8 (4.324%) Equities
2 5 (2.703%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (2.703%) Blackberry
3 3 (1.622%) SWIFT
3 3 (1.622%) Visualisation
4 2 (1.081%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.081%) RIA
4 2 (1.081%) Mathematics
4 2 (1.081%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.081%) Market Risk
4 2 (1.081%) Web 2.0
4 2 (1.081%) W3C
5 1 (0.541%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.541%) Replication
5 1 (0.541%) Derivative
5 1 (0.541%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.541%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.541%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.51%) Windows
2 14 (7.568%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (5.946%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (4.324%) Linux
5 5 (2.703%) UNIX
6 4 (2.162%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.162%) Android
7 3 (1.622%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.081%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.081%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
2 32 (17.30%) TDD
3 30 (16.22%) MVC
4 27 (14.59%) OO
5 24 (12.97%) Scrum
6 17 (9.189%) E-Commerce
6 17 (9.189%) Web Testing
7 16 (8.649%) Multithreading
8 13 (7.027%) Web Development
9 12 (6.486%) Unit Testing
10 10 (5.405%) ETRM
11 9 (4.865%) CRM
11 9 (4.865%) Analytics
12 8 (4.324%) MVVM
12 8 (4.324%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (4.324%) Asset Management
12 8 (4.324%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (3.784%) Project Management
13 7 (3.784%) ETL
13 7 (3.784%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 139 (75.14%) C#
2 77 (41.62%) SQL
3 54 (29.19%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.486%) VB.NET
5 11 (5.946%) T-SQL
5 11 (5.946%) Java
5 11 (5.946%) PL/SQL
6 9 (4.865%) VBA
6 9 (4.865%) Ruby
7 8 (4.324%) VB
8 6 (3.243%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.243%) C++
9 5 (2.703%) C
10 4 (2.162%) Bash shell
10 4 (2.162%) Lua
10 4 (2.162%) Perl
10 4 (2.162%) PHP
11 3 (1.622%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.081%) C-shell
12 2 (1.081%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (3.784%) Security Cleared
2 6 (3.243%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.243%) Degree
3 4 (2.162%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.162%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.622%) MCTS
5 2 (1.081%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.081%) MCSD
6 1 (0.541%) MCP
6 1 (0.541%) MCAD
6 1 (0.541%) MCSE
6 1 (0.541%) MCDBA
6 1 (0.541%) MCT
6 1 (0.541%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.541%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.486%) QA
2 1 (0.541%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.541%) Basel III
2 1 (0.541%) Section 508
System Software
1 4 (2.162%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.622%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.622%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.541%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 80 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.43%) Oracle
3 6 (3.243%) Sitecore
3 6 (3.243%) Telerik
4 5 (2.703%) Sybase
4 5 (2.703%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.162%) VMware
6 3 (1.622%) EPiServer
7 2 (1.081%) Google
7 2 (1.081%) ATG
7 2 (1.081%) Reuters
7 2 (1.081%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.541%) HP
8 1 (0.541%) Citrix
8 1 (0.541%) Informatica
8 1 (0.541%) Apple
8 1 (0.541%) Adobe
8 1 (0.541%) Charles River
8 1 (0.541%) SAP
8 1 (0.541%) Infragistics
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