The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 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 Lancashire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 19 41 26
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -15
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 12 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.430% 0.237% 2.092%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.00% 3.571% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 3
Average daily rate £300 - £238
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 - £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 - £268
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.10% -2.14%
All Development Applications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
40 28 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.10% 6.635% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 21
Average daily rate £306 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £300 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Preston +16 7 £300 - 8
Burnley - - - -
Lancaster - - - - 3
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 13 (86.67%) C#
3 12 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 12 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (73.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (73.33%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (66.67%) .NET Framework
5 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
6 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
7 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
7 6 (40.00%) WCF
8 5 (33.33%) WPF
8 5 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
8 5 (33.33%) Document Management
8 5 (33.33%) Ninject
8 5 (33.33%) WSDL
8 5 (33.33%) IIS
8 5 (33.33%) SOAP
8 5 (33.33%) XML
8 5 (33.33%) XSD
9 4 (26.67%) MVC
9 4 (26.67%) REST
10 3 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
10 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
10 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (20.00%) Subversion
10 3 (20.00%) Workflow
10 3 (20.00%) Windows

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) .NET Framework
3 6 (40.00%) WCF
4 5 (33.33%) WPF
4 5 (33.33%) Ninject
4 5 (33.33%) WSDL
4 5 (33.33%) SOAP
4 5 (33.33%) XML
4 5 (33.33%) XSD
5 4 (26.67%) REST
6 3 (20.00%) Web Services
6 3 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
7 1 (6.667%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (6.667%) WebLogic
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (73.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 11 (73.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 10 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 7
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (13.33%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) WPF Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.667%) PKI
3 1 (6.667%) RMADS
3 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
1 5 (33.33%) Document Management
2 4 (26.67%) MVC
3 3 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) UML
3 3 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (6.667%) TOGAF
4 1 (6.667%) TDD
4 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance
4 1 (6.667%) Security Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) SIEM
4 1 (6.667%) Information Security
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) VB
2 2 (13.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (6.667%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
1 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) TippingPoint
2 1 (6.667%) ArcSight
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix
Preston, Lancashire
oExtensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. oExtensive experience with SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. oAsynchronous Programming Models (in particular...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Extensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. * SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. * Web Services, including REST / SOAP / WSDL / XSD / XML *...
Venturi
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013