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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4642
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
As % of the category below13.16 %7.407 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£317-
Average daily rate£337-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£357-
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£337
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.75
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads3854
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.058 %
Daily rates quoted916
Average minimum daily rate£334£316
Average daily rate£351£343
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£31.83£14.67
Average hourly rate£34.00£15.50
% change on same period last year+119.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.17£16.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Visual Studio South EastVisual Studio
South East

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

15 (100.00 %)C#
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (80.00 %)Microsoft
33 (60.00 %)SQL Server
33 (60.00 %)JavaScript
33 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (40.00 %)NHibernate
42 (40.00 %)NUnit
42 (40.00 %)Load Balancing
42 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
42 (40.00 %)Multithreading
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
42 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
42 (40.00 %)SQL
42 (40.00 %)DHTML
42 (40.00 %)VB
42 (40.00 %)VB.NET
42 (40.00 %)OO
42 (40.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (40.00 %)MS Access
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (40.00 %)Scrum
51 (20.00 %)WinForms
51 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
51 (20.00 %)Workflow
51 (20.00 %)Finance
51 (20.00 %)Construction
51 (20.00 %)Publishing
51 (20.00 %)Flash

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (40.00 %)NHibernate
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (20.00 %)WinForms
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %).NET Framework
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
11 (20.00 %)IIS
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (40.00 %)MS Access
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (20.00 %)Crystal Reports
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)NUnit
12 (40.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (20.00 %)Flash
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Construction
11 (20.00 %)Publishing
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Architect
22 (40.00 %).NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)C# Developer
31 (20.00 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)Junior Developer
31 (20.00 %)Junior C# Developer
31 (20.00 %)Junior .NET Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Architect
31 (20.00 %)Junior
31 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
31 (20.00 %).NET Technical Architect
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Multithreading
21 (20.00 %)Social Network
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Load Balancing
12 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
12 (40.00 %)OO
12 (40.00 %)Scrum
21 (20.00 %)Workflow
21 (20.00 %)UML
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)C#
23 (60.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (40.00 %)SQL
32 (40.00 %)DHTML
32 (40.00 %)VB
32 (40.00 %)VB.NET
41 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (20.00 %)VB6
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)Oracle