The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Team System skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio Team System over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.403% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.659% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £364 £335
% change year-on-year
+8.31% +8.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
82 93 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 11.01% 10.45% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 57 35
Average daily rate £290 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £259 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio Team System
West Yorkshire

Visual Studio Team System
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Visual Studio Team System Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the Leeds region.

Leeds Visual Studio Team System Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System.

1 7 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) C#
4 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 3 (42.86%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (28.57%) Ajax
5 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (28.57%) XSL
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
5 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
5 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) Web Development
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) QA
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Test Management
5 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
5 2 (28.57%) MS Project

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) XSL
3 2 (28.57%) Ajax
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) OO
1 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Management
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
1 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
2 1 (14.29%) System Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft