Visual Studio Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 39 38 33
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 10 8 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.381% 1.961% 3.827%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.30% 19.05% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 8
Average daily rate £240 £463 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.10% +10.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Development Applications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 33 42 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 7.857% 10.29% 16.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 28
Average daily rate £325 £350 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £173 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 9
Average hourly rate £29.26 £27.63 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.89% -7.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £27.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.13 £40.00 £33.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chelmsford -2 2 £215 -54.73%
Basildon -1 1 £240 -
Brentwood - 1 £450 -
Witham - 1 £215 -
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 12 (85.71%) C#
1 12 (85.71%) .NET
2 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 8 (57.14%) SQL
4 6 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (28.57%) WCF
5 4 (28.57%) LINQ
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (28.57%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
6 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
6 3 (21.43%) Windows
6 3 (21.43%) IIS
6 3 (21.43%) MVC
6 3 (21.43%) NHibernate
6 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (14.29%) WSE
7 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (14.29%) JSON
7 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (14.29%) Web Services
7 2 (14.29%) Workflow
7 2 (14.29%) WinForms
7 2 (14.29%) Ajax
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 12 (85.71%) .NET
2 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
3 6 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 4 (28.57%) WCF
4 4 (28.57%) LINQ
4 4 (28.57%) XML
5 3 (21.43%) NHibernate
5 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (14.29%) WSE
6 2 (14.29%) JSON
6 2 (14.29%) Web Services
6 2 (14.29%) WinForms
6 2 (14.29%) Ajax
6 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET
6 2 (14.29%) HTML
7 1 (7.143%) XSLT
7 1 (7.143%) CSS
7 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (7.143%) WF
7 1 (7.143%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
1 3 (21.43%) IIS
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Developer
3 6 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 6 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (21.43%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
5 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior C# Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
1 3 (21.43%) MVC
2 2 (14.29%) Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) OOP
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Adobe
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix
2 1 (7.143%) CODA
2 1 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (7.143%) Telerik
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Witham, Essex
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Rate: £240 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
C# Developer
Epping, South East
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Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £170 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# .NET Developer (C#/.NET/MVC)- Essex - £220p.d.
Essex, South East
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Annapurna HR
Rate: £200.00 - £220 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
.NET Developer
Essex, South East
design patterns Attention to detail, Logical, Analytical, Strong Problem solving skills, Entity Framework, Linq to objects (at least 12 months commercial experience)Visual Studio 2010/2012 - MVC 2...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £000 - £001 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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