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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Nottinghamshire 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
Rank3528
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads95
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.005 %
As % of the category below21.43 %11.36 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£266-
Average daily rate£289-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£311-
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-12.82 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.64£32.88
% change on same period last year+5.37 %
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Nottinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads4244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted1811
Average minimum daily rate£285£288
Average daily rate£307£290
% change on same period last year+5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£26.25£22.50
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.50£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Visual Studio East MidlandsVisual Studio
East Midlands

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Nottinghamshire Visual Studio Daily Rate Histogram

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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
NottinghamDown-109£289-
Visual Studio East MidlandsVisual Studio
East Midlands

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (78.57 %).NET
217 (60.71 %)C#
315 (53.57 %)ASP.NET
411 (39.29 %)SQL Server
411 (39.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0
510 (35.71 %)Windows
67 (25.00 %)Microsoft
76 (21.43 %)OOD
76 (21.43 %)UML
76 (21.43 %)OO
85 (17.86 %)XHTML
85 (17.86 %)SharePoint
85 (17.86 %)VSS/SourceSafe
85 (17.86 %)ASP
85 (17.86 %)STL
85 (17.86 %)C++
85 (17.86 %)Oracle
85 (17.86 %)JavaScript
85 (17.86 %)ArcSDE
85 (17.86 %)Subversion
85 (17.86 %)GIS
85 (17.86 %)ArcGIS
85 (17.86 %)ArcIMS
85 (17.86 %)TCP/IP
85 (17.86 %)Configuration Management
85 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
85 (17.86 %)Windows SharePoint Services
94 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
94 (14.29 %)CAML
94 (14.29 %)Internet

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (78.57 %).NET
215 (53.57 %)ASP.NET
311 (39.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0
45 (17.86 %)XHTML
45 (17.86 %)Windows SharePoint Services
45 (17.86 %)ASP
45 (17.86 %)STL
54 (14.29 %)CSS
54 (14.29 %)CAML
63 (10.71 %)HTML
72 (7.143 %).NET Framework
72 (7.143 %)XML
81 (3.571 %)XSLT
81 (3.571 %)WebServices
81 (3.571 %)WCF
81 (3.571 %)DirectX
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (17.86 %)SharePoint
15 (17.86 %)ArcGIS
15 (17.86 %)ArcIMS
15 (17.86 %)ArcSDE
24 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.571 %)Photoshop
11 (3.571 %)MS Excel
11 (3.571 %)Authorware
11 (3.571 %)Fireworks
11 (3.571 %)Adobe Director
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (17.86 %)TCP/IP
24 (14.29 %)Internet
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (39.29 %)SQL Server
25 (17.86 %)GIS
25 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (10.71 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (3.571 %)OLAP
41 (3.571 %)Datawarehouse
41 (3.571 %)ETL
41 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2000
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (17.86 %)VSS/SourceSafe
15 (17.86 %)Subversion
21 (3.571 %)Flash
21 (3.571 %)Dreamweaver
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.71 %)Government
21 (3.571 %)Multimedia
21 (3.571 %)Local Government
21 (3.571 %)Finance
21 (3.571 %)Education
21 (3.571 %)Electric
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (100.00 %)Developer
27 (25.00 %).NET Developer
35 (17.86 %)C++ Developer
35 (17.86 %)Web Developer
35 (17.86 %)SharePoint Developer
44 (14.29 %)GIS Developer
53 (10.71 %)ASP.NET Developer
53 (10.71 %)C# Developer
53 (10.71 %)SQL Developer
53 (10.71 %)SQL Server Developer
62 (7.143 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)VB.NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)Applications Developer
71 (3.571 %)Analyst Programmer
71 (3.571 %)Programmer
71 (3.571 %)Datawarehouse Developer
71 (3.571 %)Analyst
71 (3.571 %).NET Web Developer
71 (3.571 %)Developer Analyst
71 (3.571 %)C# Web Developer
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)N-Tier
11 (3.571 %)NHS
11 (3.571 %)W3C
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (35.71 %)Windows
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)UML
16 (21.43 %)OO
16 (21.43 %)OOD
25 (17.86 %)Configuration Management
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (60.71 %)C#
25 (17.86 %)C++
25 (17.86 %)JavaScript
31 (3.571 %)SQL
31 (3.571 %)VB.NET
31 (3.571 %)ActionScript
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (25.00 %)Microsoft
25 (17.86 %)Oracle
31 (3.571 %)Macromedia
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