Visual Studio Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 28 23 27
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 8 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 4.348% 7.143% 4.908%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.77% 66.67% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
Average daily rate £442 £365 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.95% +39.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £335 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £365 £300
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 26 18 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 14.13% 10.71% 8.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 7
Average daily rate £320 £365 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +40.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £300 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £381 £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Taunton -2 4 £458 +35.30%
Bath - 1 £200 -
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 26 (96.30%) .NET
2 20 (74.07%) ASP.NET
3 19 (70.37%) C#
4 17 (62.96%) JavaScript
5 13 (48.15%) HTML
6 12 (44.44%) CSS
6 12 (44.44%) .NET Framework
7 11 (40.74%) SQL
7 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
8 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
8 10 (37.04%) Mobile App
9 9 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
9 9 (33.33%) C
10 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (25.93%) ISEB
11 7 (25.93%) Release Management
11 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
11 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
11 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
12 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (22.22%) jQuery
12 6 (22.22%) Automated Testing
12 6 (22.22%) MVC
13 5 (18.52%) Publishing
13 5 (18.52%) Regression Testing
13 5 (18.52%) Project Management
13 5 (18.52%) VB6
13 5 (18.52%) Data Management
13 5 (18.52%) ASP
13 5 (18.52%) PHP

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 26 (96.30%) .NET
2 20 (74.07%) ASP.NET
3 13 (48.15%) HTML
4 12 (44.44%) CSS
4 12 (44.44%) .NET Framework
5 6 (22.22%) jQuery
6 5 (18.52%) ASP
6 5 (18.52%) XML
6 5 (18.52%) XSL
6 5 (18.52%) Ajax
6 5 (18.52%) WCF
6 5 (18.52%) Ext JS
6 5 (18.52%) HTML5
7 4 (14.81%) WPF
7 4 (14.81%) LINQ
8 3 (11.11%) LAMP
8 3 (11.11%) WF
9 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (3.704%) ADO.NET
10 1 (3.704%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.704%) IIS
3 1 (3.704%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Subversion
2 2 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.704%) NUnit
3 1 (3.704%) MSTest
3 1 (3.704%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.704%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (18.52%) Publishing
2 3 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Developer
2 8 (29.63%) .NET Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Test Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Tester
4 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Mobile App
2 5 (18.52%) Animation
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) iPad
3 1 (3.704%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
1 1 (3.704%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.704%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (25.93%) Release Management
2 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
3 6 (22.22%) Automated Testing
3 6 (22.22%) MVC
4 5 (18.52%) Regression Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) Data Management
4 5 (18.52%) RAD
4 5 (18.52%) User Experience Design
4 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
5 4 (14.81%) Mobile Application Development
5 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Performance Management
5 4 (14.81%) ITIL
5 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
5 4 (14.81%) UML
5 4 (14.81%) SOA
5 4 (14.81%) Scrum
5 4 (14.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (70.37%) C#
2 17 (62.96%) JavaScript
3 11 (40.74%) SQL
4 9 (33.33%) C
5 5 (18.52%) VB6
5 5 (18.52%) PHP
5 5 (18.52%) VBScript
5 5 (18.52%) VB
6 4 (14.81%) Java
7 2 (7.407%) C++
7 2 (7.407%) VB.NET
8 1 (3.704%) VC++
8 1 (3.704%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) ISEB
1 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) MCTS
3 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (14.81%) MCSD
3 4 (14.81%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.704%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO 9000
2 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.81%) TickIT
3 3 (11.11%) COBIT
3 3 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
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