The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 26 41 41
Rank change year-on-year
+15 0
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 9 18 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.614% 3.482% 2.022%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.86% 36.73% 7.438%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 4
Average daily rate £283 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.37% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £350 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £425 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Development Applications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
21 49 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 8.434% 9.478% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 34 41
Average daily rate £318 £385 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.53% -0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £290 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £400 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 32
Average hourly rate £32.25 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.64% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £21.00 £34.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheltenham +12 3 £288 -8.00% 2
Gloucester +10 2 £283 -27.56%
Stroud - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - - 2
Wotton-under-Edge - - - -
Cirencester - - - -
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 37 (88.10%) .NET
2 29 (69.05%) C#
3 24 (57.14%) SQL
4 21 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 21 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
6 19 (45.24%) Oracle
7 18 (42.86%) PL/SQL
7 18 (42.86%) ASP.NET
7 18 (42.86%) Finance
8 16 (38.10%) CSS
8 16 (38.10%) HTML
9 15 (35.71%) JavaScript
9 15 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (33.33%) SharePoint
10 14 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (33.33%) XML
10 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
11 13 (30.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (30.95%) TOAD
12 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (28.57%) OOP
12 12 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (26.19%) SharePoint 2010
13 11 (26.19%) Dimensional Modelling
13 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
14 9 (21.43%) Silverlight
14 9 (21.43%) OO
14 9 (21.43%) MVC
15 8 (19.05%) Windows

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 37 (88.10%) .NET
2 18 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 16 (38.10%) CSS
3 16 (38.10%) HTML
4 14 (33.33%) XML
5 9 (21.43%) Silverlight
6 8 (19.05%) jQuery
7 3 (7.143%) WCF
8 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.762%) .NET Framework
9 1 (2.381%) ASP
9 1 (2.381%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (2.381%) XSD
9 1 (2.381%) XSLT
9 1 (2.381%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 1 (2.381%) SOAP
9 1 (2.381%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 14 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 11 (26.19%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (14.29%) MS Project Server
4 5 (11.90%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (9.524%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (4.762%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (2.381%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
2 6 (14.29%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.524%) ASN.1
2 1 (2.381%) Intranet
2 1 (2.381%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (30.95%) TOAD
4 13 (30.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (11.90%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (11.90%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (9.524%) Eclipse
3 4 (9.524%) GCC
General
1 18 (42.86%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Banking
3 4 (9.524%) Retail
3 4 (9.524%) Electronics
4 1 (2.381%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (85.71%) Developer
2 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 8 (19.05%) SharePoint Developer
4 7 (16.67%) .NET Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Analyst
5 6 (14.29%) Web Developer
6 5 (11.90%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (9.524%) Web Analyst
7 4 (9.524%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.524%) Developer Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (4.762%) Programmer
8 2 (4.762%) Test Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (4.762%) CRM Developer
8 2 (4.762%) C# .NET Developer
9 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Developer
9 1 (2.381%) BizTalk Developer
9 1 (2.381%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.524%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 4 (9.524%) Linux
2 4 (9.524%) VxWorks
2 4 (9.524%) Android
3 3 (7.143%) UNIX
4 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (28.57%) OOP
3 11 (26.19%) Dimensional Modelling
4 9 (21.43%) MVC
4 9 (21.43%) OO
5 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 6 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 6 (14.29%) Web Development
6 5 (11.90%) Data Architecture
6 5 (11.90%) Stochastic Modelling
7 4 (9.524%) UML
8 3 (7.143%) CRM
8 3 (7.143%) Migration
8 3 (7.143%) Regression Analysis
9 1 (2.381%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (2.381%) TDD
9 1 (2.381%) Content Management
9 1 (2.381%) Information Management
9 1 (2.381%) Document Management
9 1 (2.381%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (69.05%) C#
2 24 (57.14%) SQL
3 21 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 18 (42.86%) PL/SQL
5 15 (35.71%) JavaScript
6 8 (19.05%) C
7 5 (11.90%) T-SQL
8 4 (9.524%) C++
8 4 (9.524%) Java
9 3 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) MCP
5 4 (9.524%) Degree
6 2 (4.762%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.762%) MCAD
6 2 (4.762%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) Basel II
2 4 (9.524%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 19 (45.24%) Oracle
3 5 (11.90%) Business Objects
4 4 (9.524%) Green Hills