The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 51 49 49
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 3 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.571% 1.678% 1.005%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.108% 30.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
Average daily rate £343 £325 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.38% +85.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Development Applications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
37 40 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 7.048% 5.594% 6.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 16
Average daily rate £400 £300 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £225 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £375 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
Buckinghamshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Visual Studio Daily Rate Histogram

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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) jQuery
3 3 (42.86%) Web Development
3 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 3 (42.86%) XHTML
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) Web Design
4 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
4 2 (28.57%) MVC
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (14.29%) MCITP
5 1 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (14.29%) MCPD
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio Team System

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 4 (57.14%) jQuery
3 3 (42.86%) XHTML
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ
5 1 (14.29%) Ajax
5 1 (14.29%) HTML
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (14.29%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) UI Developer
3 2 (28.57%) UI Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior QA Manager
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
1 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows NT
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) Web Design
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 2 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) VB6
4 1 (14.29%) VBA
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) MCPD
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) MCAD
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft