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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Milton Keynes 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7449
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.019 %
As % of the category below3.704 %27.94 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-12.82 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.13
Average hourly rate-£28.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.64£32.88
% change on same period last year+5.37 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads2768
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.069 %
Daily rates quoted98
Average minimum daily rate£344£306
Average daily rate£358£321
% change on same period last year+11.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted218
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50£25.69
Average hourly rate£31.00£26.27
% change on same period last year+18.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.50£26.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Visual Studio BuckinghamshireVisual Studio
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

14 (100.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)Health
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)SOAP
22 (50.00 %)WebServices
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (50.00 %)Web Development

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
12 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (50.00 %)SOAP
12 (50.00 %)WebServices
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Health
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)C# Developer
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (50.00 %)Web Developer
32 (50.00 %).NET Developer
32 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (25.00 %)Junior
41 (25.00 %)Junior Developer
41 (25.00 %)Junior C# Developer
41 (25.00 %)Junior Web Developer
41 (25.00 %)C# Web Developer
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Web Development
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
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