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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5945
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads3024
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.025 %
As % of the category below23.62 %25.81 %
Daily rates quoted09
Average minimum daily rate-£226
Average daily rate-£237
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£248
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£343
% change on same period last year-9.67 %
Hourly rates quoted54
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£27.00
Average hourly rate£28.50£27.25
% change on same period last year+4.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.02£31.88
% change on same period last year+9.83 %
Development Applications ManchesterDevelopment Applications
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads12793
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.167 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted918
Average minimum daily rate£295£240
Average daily rate£330£258
% change on same period last year+27.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£277
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£330
% change on same period last year+1.37 %
Hourly rates quoted2715
Average minimum hourly rate£21.05£24.63
Average hourly rate£23.48£25.63
% change on same period last year-8.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.92£26.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.68£33.86
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Visual Studio North WestVisual Studio
North West

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Manchester Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

140 (88.89 %).NET
223 (51.11 %)ASP.NET
322 (48.89 %)SQL Server
322 (48.89 %)HTML
420 (44.44 %)VB.NET
519 (42.22 %)C#
616 (35.56 %)JavaScript
616 (35.56 %)SQL
616 (35.56 %)XML
715 (33.33 %)WebServices
715 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
814 (31.11 %)CSS
911 (24.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
911 (24.44 %)XSLT
1010 (22.22 %)XSL
1010 (22.22 %)N-Tier
1010 (22.22 %)Microsoft
119 (20.00 %)ASP
128 (17.78 %)Oracle Reports
128 (17.78 %)PL/SQL
128 (17.78 %)Oracle
128 (17.78 %)RDBMS
128 (17.78 %)AJAX
137 (15.56 %).NET Framework
146 (13.33 %)SharePoint
146 (13.33 %)Windows
155 (11.11 %)OO
155 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
164 (8.889 %)Web Development
164 (8.889 %)Agile Software Development

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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
140 (88.89 %).NET
223 (51.11 %)ASP.NET
322 (48.89 %)HTML
416 (35.56 %)XML
515 (33.33 %)WebServices
614 (31.11 %)CSS
711 (24.44 %)XSLT
810 (22.22 %)XSL
99 (20.00 %)ASP
108 (17.78 %)AJAX
117 (15.56 %).NET Framework
123 (6.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
123 (6.667 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
131 (2.222 %)MFC
131 (2.222 %)XHTML
131 (2.222 %)ADO.NET
131 (2.222 %)STL
131 (2.222 %)WinForms
Application Platforms
16 (13.33 %)SharePoint
24 (8.889 %)BizTalk Server
24 (8.889 %)IIS
32 (4.444 %)SAS
Applications
12 (4.444 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
13 (6.667 %)Internet
21 (2.222 %)Extranet
21 (2.222 %)Intranet
21 (2.222 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
122 (48.89 %)SQL Server
215 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (17.78 %)Oracle Reports
38 (17.78 %)RDBMS
45 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
53 (6.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (2.222 %)Crystal Reports
61 (2.222 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
111 (24.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (4.444 %)Dreamweaver
22 (4.444 %)Flash
31 (2.222 %)WinRunner
General
13 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
13 (6.667 %)Retail
21 (2.222 %)Finance
21 (2.222 %)Education
21 (2.222 %)Insurance
21 (2.222 %)Pensions
21 (2.222 %)Marketing
Job Titles
139 (86.67 %)Developer
227 (60.00 %).NET Developer
312 (26.67 %)VB.NET Developer
411 (24.44 %)ASP.NET Developer
58 (17.78 %)Web Developer
58 (17.78 %)C# Developer
65 (11.11 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
65 (11.11 %).NET Web Developer
74 (8.889 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
83 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse Developer
83 (6.667 %)SQL Developer
92 (4.444 %)SQL Server Developer
92 (4.444 %)C++ Developer
92 (4.444 %)Programmer
92 (4.444 %)Tester
92 (4.444 %)Applications Developer
101 (2.222 %)Senior Developer
101 (2.222 %)Analyst Programmer
101 (2.222 %)Software Engineer
101 (2.222 %)Architect
Miscellaneous
110 (22.22 %)N-Tier
23 (6.667 %)NHS
31 (2.222 %)Derivative
Operating Systems
16 (13.33 %)Windows
21 (2.222 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
15 (11.11 %)OO
24 (8.889 %)Web Development
24 (8.889 %)Agile Software Development
33 (6.667 %)UML
33 (6.667 %)Migration
42 (4.444 %)Data Migration
42 (4.444 %)SEO
42 (4.444 %)E-Commerce
42 (4.444 %)OOP
Programming Languages
120 (44.44 %)VB.NET
219 (42.22 %)C#
316 (35.56 %)JavaScript
316 (35.56 %)SQL
48 (17.78 %)PL/SQL
54 (8.889 %)VB
63 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
63 (6.667 %)VC++
72 (4.444 %)C++
81 (2.222 %)DHTML
81 (2.222 %)PHP
81 (2.222 %)ActionScript
81 (2.222 %)VBA
Qualifications
11 (2.222 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.222 %)ISO9001
Vendors
110 (22.22 %)Microsoft
28 (17.78 %)Oracle
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