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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the North Wales 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank9-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %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£302£346
% change on same period last year-12.53 %
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£30.68£32.46
% change on same period last year-5.50 %
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
North Wales
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
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£312£324
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
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£30.55£30.87
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Visual Studio WalesVisual Studio
Wales

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
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 within the North Wales region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
GwyneddNew entry-1--
Visual Studio WalesVisual Studio
Wales

Visual Studio
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)DTS
21 (50.00 %)W3C
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)OOP
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)ADO.NET

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)ADO.NET
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)DTS
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (50.00 %).NET Developer
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)W3C
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)OOP
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript