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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Coventry 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-29
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads06
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %35.29 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£225
Average daily rate-£238
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£333
% change on same period last year-11.07 %
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£33.23£35.35
% change on same period last year-5.99 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£338£268
Average daily rate£353£275
% change on same period last year+28.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£282
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
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£32.62£31.41
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Visual Studio West MidlandsVisual Studio
West Midlands

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 Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio across the Coventry region.

Coventry Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

13 (75.00 %)C#
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)SharePoint
22 (50.00 %)Windows SharePoint Services
22 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (50.00 %)CAML
31 (25.00 %)WPF
31 (25.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Finance

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)Windows SharePoint Services
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (50.00 %)CAML
31 (25.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)WPF
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)SharePoint
12 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (25.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)C# Developer
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)C#