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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Gloucester 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below42.86 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£338
% change on same period last year-12.16 %
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£33.54£35.25
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£463£278
Average daily rate£513£309
% change on same period last year+65.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£563£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£335
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.37£33.40
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Visual Studio GloucestershireVisual Studio
Gloucestershire

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

14 (80.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)SQL Server
23 (60.00 %)XML
32 (40.00 %)ASP
32 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %)SQL
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
32 (40.00 %)QA
32 (40.00 %)System Testing
41 (20.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (20.00 %)VB.NET
41 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)MS Excel
41 (20.00 %)N-Tier
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)Intranet
41 (20.00 %)Internet
41 (20.00 %)Extranet

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)XML
32 (40.00 %)ASP
32 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
41 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Intranet
11 (20.00 %)Internet
11 (20.00 %)Extranet
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Developer
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Test Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Web Manager
21 (20.00 %)Web Developer
21 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)N-Tier
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)System Testing
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (20.00 %)VB.NET
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)QA
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft