The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 37 34 29
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -5
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 14 19 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.991% 3.304% 4.499%
As % of the Development Applications category 46.67% 43.18% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 14
Average daily rate £335 £231 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.86% -19.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £217 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £325 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £34.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.10% -2.14%
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 44 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.410% 7.652% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 48
Average daily rate £335 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £443 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £34.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.94% +4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Visual Studio Hourly 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford -3 2 £335 +52.27% 6
Witney - - - - 1
Abingdon - - - -
Bicester - - - -
Burford - - - -
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 15 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (93.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (80.00%) MSBuild
4 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
5 6 (40.00%) Banking
5 6 (40.00%) Finance
6 5 (33.33%) .NET
7 4 (26.67%) Release Management
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (13.33%) Migration
8 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
8 2 (13.33%) XML
9 1 (6.667%) Windows
9 1 (6.667%) SOA
9 1 (6.667%) COM
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (6.667%) Logistics
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (6.667%) X++
9 1 (6.667%) MorphX
9 1 (6.667%) WCF
9 1 (6.667%) WF
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
9 1 (6.667%) AppFabric

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (13.33%) XML
3 1 (6.667%) COM
3 1 (6.667%) WCF
3 1 (6.667%) WF
3 1 (6.667%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (80.00%) MSBuild
3 1 (6.667%) MorphX
General
1 6 (40.00%) Banking
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 2 (13.33%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Server Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Dynamics AX Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Release Management
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) SOA
3 1 (6.667%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) X++
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
Oxfordshire, South East
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