The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Team System skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio Team System over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Rank 220 245 239
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -6
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 3 2 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.020% 0.124%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.355% 0.216% 1.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £314 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £364 £335
% change year-on-year
+8.31% +8.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
844 924 1085
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.80% 9.096% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 484 439
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 54 115
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Visual Studio Team System Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the South East region.

South East Visual Studio Team System Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the South East region.

South East Visual Studio Team System Hourly Rate 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hampshire -3 3 - -
Berkshire - 3 - -
Visual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Web Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Azure
3 3 (60.00%) Open Source
3 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Web Development
5 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (20.00%) VB6
5 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (20.00%) MCITP
5 1 (20.00%) Statistics
5 1 (20.00%) MCPD

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Open Source
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Web Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (20.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCAD
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) MCPD
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Compaq