Visual Studio Contracts in Leicester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio 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 Leicester 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
Rank 15 14 5
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -9
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 6 1 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 5.882% 1.190% 23.36%
As % of the Development Applications category 54.55% 11.11% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £288 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Development Applications
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 11 9 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 10.78% 10.71% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
Average daily rate £289 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
Leicestershire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 25 (92.59%) C#
1 25 (92.59%) .NET
2 19 (70.37%) SQL Server
3 14 (51.85%) SQL
3 14 (51.85%) ASP.NET
4 13 (48.15%) Oracle
5 12 (44.44%) Windows
5 12 (44.44%) TCP/IP
6 11 (40.74%) Siemens
6 11 (40.74%) Modbus
7 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
7 10 (37.04%) UML
7 10 (37.04%) .NET Framework
8 9 (33.33%) Telerik
9 8 (29.63%) N-Tier
10 7 (25.93%) OOP
10 7 (25.93%) Oracle 8/8i
10 7 (25.93%) Web Services
10 7 (25.93%) DevExpress
11 6 (22.22%) Logistics
11 6 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
11 6 (22.22%) TickIT
11 6 (22.22%) MS Office
11 6 (22.22%) ISO 9001
11 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
12 4 (14.81%) Ajax
12 4 (14.81%) TDD
12 4 (14.81%) Degree
12 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
12 4 (14.81%) jQuery

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 25 (92.59%) .NET
2 14 (51.85%) ASP.NET
3 10 (37.04%) .NET Framework
4 7 (25.93%) Web Services
5 4 (14.81%) Ajax
5 4 (14.81%) jQuery
6 2 (7.407%) WCF
6 2 (7.407%) WPF
6 2 (7.407%) Silverlight
7 1 (3.704%) LINQ
7 1 (3.704%) CSS
7 1 (3.704%) ADO.NET
7 1 (3.704%) Google Maps API
7 1 (3.704%) TAPI
7 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (3.704%) XML
7 1 (3.704%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Office
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 6 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 11 (40.74%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (70.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.704%) GIS
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Expression Blend
2 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 25 (92.59%) Developer
2 16 (59.26%) C# Developer
3 5 (18.52%) .NET Developer
4 4 (14.81%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (14.81%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (14.81%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Development Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Lead Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Silverlight Developer
6 1 (3.704%) IT Development Manager
6 1 (3.704%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) N-Tier
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) Linux
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) UML
2 7 (25.93%) OOP
3 6 (22.22%) Logistics
4 4 (14.81%) TDD
4 4 (14.81%) OO
5 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.407%) MVVM
6 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.704%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) C#
2 14 (51.85%) SQL
3 4 (14.81%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) ISO 9001
1 6 (22.22%) TickIT
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Oracle
2 11 (40.74%) Siemens
3 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
4 9 (33.33%) Telerik
5 7 (25.93%) DevExpress
6 2 (7.407%) Infragistics
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