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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) skills within the North East 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 Team System over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank49-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.329 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£369
% change on same period last year-28.13 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
North East
Matching contract IT job ads7961
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted1726
Average minimum daily rate£315£269
Average daily rate£333£284
% change on same period last year+17.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted64
Average minimum hourly rate£21.50£24.00
Average hourly rate£22.58£25.00
% change on same period last year-9.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.67£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.49£31.36
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Visual Studio Team System EnglandVisual Studio Team System
England

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 Team System
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North East Visual Studio Team System Demand Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Team System within the North East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearNew entry-5--
Visual Studio Team System EnglandVisual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System.

15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (100.00 %)NUnit
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
15 (100.00 %).NET Framework
24 (80.00 %)C#
24 (80.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)Migration
31 (20.00 %)ASP
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)OO
31 (20.00 %)N-Tier
31 (20.00 %)Degree
31 (20.00 %)VB6

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %).NET Framework
21 (20.00 %)ASP
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
15 (100.00 %)NUnit
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
15 (100.00 %).NET Developer
24 (80.00 %)Software Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)N-Tier
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)UML
11 (20.00 %)OO
11 (20.00 %)Migration
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
24 (80.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)VB6
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft