The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 71 55 43
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -12
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 45 90 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.067% 3.019% 3.675%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.83% 26.39% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 48 37
Average daily rate £325 £353 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.80% +17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £250 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 16
Average hourly rate £29.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.10 £35.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.90 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Development Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
239 341 353
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 10.98% 11.44% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 153 135
Average daily rate £325 £345 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 62
Average hourly rate £33.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.43 £27.15 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Cambridgeshire -10 17 £363 +5.07%
Essex +3 11 £228 -50.81%
Hertfordshire +5 7 £275 -1.78%
Suffolk +6 5 £318 -2.30%
Bedfordshire +7 3 £375 +14.50%
Norfolk -7 2 - -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 66 (79.52%) .NET
2 60 (72.29%) C#
3 45 (54.22%) ASP.NET
4 33 (39.76%) SQL Server
5 30 (36.14%) Microsoft
6 26 (31.33%) SQL
7 24 (28.92%) WCF
8 21 (25.30%) CSS
9 20 (24.10%) jQuery
10 19 (22.89%) Windows
10 19 (22.89%) HTML
10 19 (22.89%) JavaScript
11 18 (21.69%) MVC
11 18 (21.69%) SQL Server 2008
12 16 (19.28%) HTML5
12 16 (19.28%) ASP.NET MVC
13 14 (16.87%) Team Foundation Server
13 14 (16.87%) .NET Framework
14 13 (15.66%) Scrum
14 13 (15.66%) OO
15 10 (12.05%) CSS3
16 8 (9.639%) KnockoutJS
16 8 (9.639%) LINQ
16 8 (9.639%) C++
16 8 (9.639%) E-Commerce
16 8 (9.639%) JSON
17 7 (8.434%) SQL Server 2005
17 7 (8.434%) Data Modelling
17 7 (8.434%) C
17 7 (8.434%) VB.NET

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 66 (79.52%) .NET
2 45 (54.22%) ASP.NET
3 24 (28.92%) WCF
4 21 (25.30%) CSS
5 20 (24.10%) jQuery
6 19 (22.89%) HTML
7 16 (19.28%) HTML5
7 16 (19.28%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (16.87%) .NET Framework
9 10 (12.05%) CSS3
10 8 (9.639%) KnockoutJS
10 8 (9.639%) LINQ
10 8 (9.639%) JSON
11 7 (8.434%) XML
12 6 (7.229%) Web Services
13 5 (6.024%) Ajax
13 5 (6.024%) NHibernate
14 3 (3.614%) WinForms
15 2 (2.410%) WSE
15 2 (2.410%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.229%) IIS
1 6 (7.229%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.024%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (4.819%) Windows Azure
4 2 (2.410%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (2.410%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.205%) CMS
5 1 (1.205%) Mathematica
5 1 (1.205%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.205%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.205%) NServiceBus
5 1 (1.205%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (7.229%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.819%) MS Office
3 1 (1.205%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.205%) Intranet
1 1 (1.205%) HTTP
1 1 (1.205%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (39.76%) SQL Server
2 18 (21.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (8.434%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.205%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.205%) DTS
6 1 (1.205%) MySQL
6 1 (1.205%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 14 (16.87%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (6.024%) Git (software)
3 3 (3.614%) SpecFlow
3 3 (3.614%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (2.410%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.410%) Selenium
5 1 (1.205%) NUnit
5 1 (1.205%) LabVIEW
5 1 (1.205%) Subversion
5 1 (1.205%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.205%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (1.205%) WatiN
5 1 (1.205%) GCC
5 1 (1.205%) GDB
General
1 6 (7.229%) Retail
2 5 (6.024%) Finance
3 4 (4.819%) Advertising
4 1 (1.205%) Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Electronics
4 1 (1.205%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.205%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 59 (71.08%) Developer
2 30 (36.14%) .NET Developer
3 26 (31.33%) C# Developer
4 21 (25.30%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (15.66%) ASP.NET Developer
5 13 (15.66%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (8.434%) Software Engineer
7 6 (7.229%) Software Developer
8 5 (6.024%) User Experience Developer
9 4 (4.819%) UI Programmer
9 4 (4.819%) UI Developer
9 4 (4.819%) Analyst
9 4 (4.819%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.819%) SharePoint Developer
10 3 (3.614%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.614%) Web Developer
10 3 (3.614%) Designer
10 3 (3.614%) UI Designer
10 3 (3.614%) Front-End Developer
11 2 (2.410%) ScrumMaster
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.024%) Human Factors
2 3 (3.614%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.410%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (2.410%) NHS
4 1 (1.205%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.205%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.205%) Physics
4 1 (1.205%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.205%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.205%) Social Media
4 1 (1.205%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.89%) Windows
2 2 (2.410%) Android
3 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.205%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.205%) Linux
3 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.69%) MVC
2 13 (15.66%) Scrum
2 13 (15.66%) OO
3 8 (9.639%) E-Commerce
4 7 (8.434%) Data Modelling
5 6 (7.229%) MVVM
5 6 (7.229%) Unit Testing
5 6 (7.229%) OOD
5 6 (7.229%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (6.024%) TDD
7 4 (4.819%) BDD
8 3 (3.614%) Web Development
8 3 (3.614%) CAD
8 3 (3.614%) UML
8 3 (3.614%) OOP
8 3 (3.614%) OOA/OOD
8 3 (3.614%) Test Scripting
8 3 (3.614%) Manual Testing
8 3 (3.614%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (2.410%) Agile Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (72.29%) C#
2 26 (31.33%) SQL
3 19 (22.89%) JavaScript
4 8 (9.639%) C++
5 7 (8.434%) C
5 7 (8.434%) VB.NET
5 7 (8.434%) F#
6 5 (6.024%) T-SQL
6 5 (6.024%) VC++
7 3 (3.614%) VB
8 2 (2.410%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.205%) VB6
9 1 (1.205%) Lisp
9 1 (1.205%) PHP
9 1 (1.205%) Haskell
9 1 (1.205%) Erlang
9 1 (1.205%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (3.614%) Degree
1 3 (3.614%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.205%) PhD
2 1 (1.205%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.410%) QA
2 1 (1.205%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (2.410%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 30 (36.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.229%) Oracle
3 3 (3.614%) Telerik
4 2 (2.410%) Xamarin
4 2 (2.410%) Citrix
5 1 (1.205%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (1.205%) CODA
5 1 (1.205%) SunGard
5 1 (1.205%) Adobe
5 1 (1.205%) DevExpress
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