Visual Studio Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 47 54 58
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +4
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 10 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.200% 0.828% 0.772%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.71% 13.85% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 4
Average daily rate £250 £250 £249
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £186 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £340 £307
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Search 5 Visual Studio jobs in Edinburgh
All Development Applications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 68 65 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 8.163% 5.980% 5.869%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 29 41
Average daily rate £350 £325 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £242 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £29.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +41.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
Scotland

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 23 (79.31%) .NET
2 22 (75.86%) C#
3 16 (55.17%) SQL Server
4 15 (51.72%) XML
5 12 (41.38%) Windows
6 11 (37.93%) JavaScript
7 9 (31.03%) SQL
7 9 (31.03%) HTML
7 9 (31.03%) ASP.NET
8 8 (27.59%) jQuery
9 7 (24.14%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (24.14%) MVC
9 7 (24.14%) Ajax
10 6 (20.69%) Web Services
10 6 (20.69%) C++
10 6 (20.69%) XQuery
10 6 (20.69%) XSL
10 6 (20.69%) XPath
11 5 (17.24%) Web Application Development
11 5 (17.24%) T-SQL
11 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
12 4 (13.79%) WinForms
12 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2005
12 4 (13.79%) Telerik
12 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (13.79%) NHS
12 4 (13.79%) Mercurial
12 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (10.34%) Boost C++ Libraries

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 23 (79.31%) .NET
2 15 (51.72%) XML
3 9 (31.03%) HTML
3 9 (31.03%) ASP.NET
4 8 (27.59%) jQuery
5 7 (24.14%) Ajax
6 6 (20.69%) Web Services
6 6 (20.69%) XSL
7 4 (13.79%) WinForms
8 3 (10.34%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (10.34%) .NET Framework
9 2 (6.897%) CSS
9 2 (6.897%) ArcObjects
9 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (3.448%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (3.448%) Qt
10 1 (3.448%) WCF
10 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET 2.0
10 1 (3.448%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) ArcSDE
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (55.17%) SQL Server
2 7 (24.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (6.897%) GIS
4 2 (6.897%) MySQL
5 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Mercurial
2 1 (3.448%) Hudson
2 1 (3.448%) Selenium
2 1 (3.448%) FitNesse
2 1 (3.448%) JUnit
General
1 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (34.48%) Software Developer
3 9 (31.03%) .NET Developer
4 5 (17.24%) C++ Programmer
4 5 (17.24%) Programmer
5 4 (13.79%) C++ Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Junior
6 3 (10.34%) Junior Developer
7 2 (6.897%) GIS Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Junior Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Support Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) WinForms Developer
7 2 (6.897%) .NET Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) Junior .NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Software Programmer
8 1 (3.448%) C++/C# Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.448%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) NHS
2 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
3 2 (6.897%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) MVC
2 5 (17.24%) Web Application Development
2 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
3 3 (10.34%) Unit Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Data Management
4 2 (6.897%) Test Scripting
4 2 (6.897%) Web Development
4 2 (6.897%) System Testing
5 1 (3.448%) Test Management
5 1 (3.448%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) C#
2 11 (37.93%) JavaScript
3 9 (31.03%) SQL
4 6 (20.69%) C++
4 6 (20.69%) XQuery
4 6 (20.69%) XPath
5 5 (17.24%) T-SQL
6 2 (6.897%) Delphi
7 1 (3.448%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Telerik
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
.Net Developer
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Essential skills required: -Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft .Net 3.5+ -C#, MVC, ASP.Net. -Microsoft SQL Server & T-SQL -HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Desirable Skills: - Visual Studio 2012, .Net...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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