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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3859
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.008 %
As % of the category below14.50 %5.882 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£288£300
Average daily rate£331£300
% change on same period last year+10.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-12.82 %
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£34.64£32.88
% change on same period last year+5.37 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads131136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.175 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted3238
Average minimum daily rate£259£299
Average daily rate£265£315
% change on same period last year-15.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£22.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Visual Studio ScotlandVisual Studio
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Visual Studio Daily Rate Histogram

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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

128 (93.33 %).NET
225 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
324 (80.00 %)C#
418 (60.00 %)AJAX
517 (56.67 %)SQL Server
517 (56.67 %)Windows
615 (50.00 %)JavaScript
714 (46.67 %)J2EE
714 (46.67 %)HTML
714 (46.67 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
812 (40.00 %)SQL
911 (36.67 %)CSS
911 (36.67 %)XHTML
1010 (33.33 %)Microsoft
118 (26.67 %)MS Excel
118 (26.67 %)XML
127 (23.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
136 (20.00 %)IIS
136 (20.00 %)VBA
136 (20.00 %)Finance
145 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
145 (16.67 %).NET Framework
154 (13.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
154 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
154 (13.33 %)MS Access
154 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
154 (13.33 %)Oracle
163 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
163 (10.00 %)VB.NET
163 (10.00 %)N-Tier

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (93.33 %).NET
225 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
318 (60.00 %)AJAX
414 (46.67 %)J2EE
414 (46.67 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
414 (46.67 %)HTML
511 (36.67 %)CSS
511 (36.67 %)XHTML
68 (26.67 %)XML
75 (16.67 %).NET Framework
84 (13.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
93 (10.00 %)jQuery
102 (6.667 %)ASP
102 (6.667 %)XSL
111 (3.333 %)XML Schema
111 (3.333 %)WinForms
111 (3.333 %)Spring
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (20.00 %)IIS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (26.67 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (56.67 %)SQL Server
27 (23.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
35 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (13.33 %)MS Access
53 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
71 (3.333 %)ETL
71 (3.333 %)GIS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
12 (6.667 %)Subversion
12 (6.667 %)FrontPage
21 (3.333 %)Ant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (20.00 %)Finance
23 (10.00 %)Publishing
32 (6.667 %)Banking
32 (6.667 %)Retail
32 (6.667 %)Retail Banking
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (93.33 %)Developer
213 (43.33 %)Web Developer
39 (30.00 %).NET Developer
44 (13.33 %)Oracle Developer
44 (13.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
52 (6.667 %)Database Developer
52 (6.667 %)Oracle Database Developer
52 (6.667 %).NET Consultant
52 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
52 (6.667 %)C# Developer
52 (6.667 %)C++ Software Engineer
52 (6.667 %)Consultant
52 (6.667 %)Senior Developer
52 (6.667 %)Microsoft Developer
52 (6.667 %)C Software Engineer
61 (3.333 %)Excel Developer
61 (3.333 %)Senior .NET Developer
61 (3.333 %)SQL Developer
61 (3.333 %)SQL Server Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)N-Tier
22 (6.667 %)Statistics
22 (6.667 %)Mathematics
31 (3.333 %)Fat Client
31 (3.333 %)Thin Client
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (56.67 %)Windows
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (10.00 %)Web Development
21 (3.333 %)OO
21 (3.333 %)Migration
21 (3.333 %)Content Management
21 (3.333 %)Business Analysis
21 (3.333 %)Requirements Analysis
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (80.00 %)C#
215 (50.00 %)JavaScript
312 (40.00 %)SQL
46 (20.00 %)VBA
54 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
63 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
63 (10.00 %)VB.NET
72 (6.667 %)C
72 (6.667 %)VC++
72 (6.667 %)C++
72 (6.667 %)Java
72 (6.667 %)VBScript
72 (6.667 %)VB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (10.00 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (33.33 %)Microsoft
24 (13.33 %)Oracle
31 (3.333 %)ESRI
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