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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the South East 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
Rank93115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads201228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.231 %
As % of the category below16.17 %15.50 %
Daily rates quoted6547
Average minimum daily rate£284£336
Average daily rate£299£354
% change on same period last year-15.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-12.82 %
Hourly rates quoted1846
Average minimum hourly rate£33.28£33.54
Average hourly rate£36.17£35.91
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.06£38.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.64£32.88
% change on same period last year+5.37 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads12431471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.657 %1.488 %
Daily rates quoted323355
Average minimum daily rate£318£316
Average daily rate£336£338
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted123179
Average minimum hourly rate£32.23£34.65
Average hourly rate£34.01£36.60
% change on same period last year-7.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.79£38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
SurreyUp+2262£267-28.05 %
BerkshireUp+4149£350+7.71 %
HampshireUp+1845£317-9.63 %
OxfordshireUp+1224£250-28.57 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1510£339-11.56 %
West SussexDown-15--
Thames ValleyUp+125--
East SussexUp+123£270-
KentDown-22--
MiddlesexUp+21--
M4 CorridorUp+11--
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1277 (70.30 %).NET
2270 (68.53 %)C#
3200 (50.76 %)SQL Server
4149 (37.82 %)ASP.NET
5132 (33.50 %)XML
6130 (32.99 %)SQL
7128 (32.49 %)SQL Server 2005
887 (22.08 %)Microsoft
968 (17.26 %)Transact-SQL
1061 (15.48 %)WebServices
1061 (15.48 %)Windows
1155 (13.96 %)VB
1250 (12.69 %)C++
1250 (12.69 %)UML
1349 (12.44 %)VB.NET
1448 (12.18 %).NET Framework
1544 (11.17 %)HTML
1544 (11.17 %)CSS
1642 (10.66 %)JavaScript
1741 (10.41 %)Security Cleared
1840 (10.15 %)NUnit
1840 (10.15 %)DTS
1939 (9.898 %)Agile Software Development
2037 (9.391 %)ASP
2037 (9.391 %)MVC
2133 (8.376 %)TDD
2133 (8.376 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2232 (8.122 %)SQL Server 7
2331 (7.868 %)XHTML
2429 (7.360 %)MIIS

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1277 (70.30 %).NET
2149 (37.82 %)ASP.NET
3132 (33.50 %)XML
461 (15.48 %)WebServices
548 (12.18 %).NET Framework
644 (11.17 %)CSS
644 (11.17 %)HTML
737 (9.391 %)ASP
737 (9.391 %)MVC
831 (7.868 %)XHTML
926 (6.599 %)XSLT
926 (6.599 %)WinForms
1025 (6.345 %)AJAX
1124 (6.091 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1214 (3.553 %)WCF
1312 (3.046 %)MonoRail
1312 (3.046 %)MFC
1411 (2.792 %)ADO.NET
1411 (2.792 %)NHibernate
158 (2.030 %)WPF
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (5.838 %)IIS
222 (5.584 %)SharePoint
319 (4.822 %)BizTalk Server
414 (3.553 %)CMS
511 (2.792 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (0.761 %)ColdFusion
72 (0.508 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.508 %)Apache
72 (0.508 %)Tomcat
72 (0.508 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.254 %)DotNetNuke
81 (0.254 %)WebSphere Message Broker
81 (0.254 %)ArcSDE
81 (0.254 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.254 %)Oracle Spatial
81 (0.254 %)ESB
81 (0.254 %)WebLogic
81 (0.254 %)ArcGIS
81 (0.254 %)ArcIMS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (4.822 %)MS Excel
212 (3.046 %)Photoshop
34 (1.015 %)MS Visio
43 (0.761 %)MS Office
52 (0.508 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.508 %)Acrobat
52 (0.508 %)Fireworks
52 (0.508 %)InfoPath
61 (0.254 %)MATLAB
61 (0.254 %)Simulink
61 (0.254 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.761 %)Summit
21 (0.254 %)Misys Midas
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (6.345 %)X.500
217 (4.315 %)Intranet
312 (3.046 %)Internet
411 (2.792 %)TCP/IP
54 (1.015 %)LAN
54 (1.015 %)WLAN
54 (1.015 %)Wireless
63 (0.761 %)ZigBee
63 (0.761 %)Bluetooth
63 (0.761 %)HTTP
72 (0.508 %)Extranet
81 (0.254 %)Firewall
81 (0.254 %)IP Telephony
81 (0.254 %)DNS
81 (0.254 %)SSL
81 (0.254 %)WAN
81 (0.254 %)Ethernet
81 (0.254 %)VoIP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1200 (50.76 %)SQL Server
2128 (32.49 %)SQL Server 2005
340 (10.15 %)DTS
433 (8.376 %)SQL Server Integration Services
532 (8.122 %)SQL Server 7
625 (6.345 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (2.284 %)GIS
79 (2.284 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
88 (2.030 %)MySQL
96 (1.523 %)Datawarehouse
105 (1.269 %)Oracle 9i
114 (1.015 %)Crystal Reports
114 (1.015 %)Oracle 10g
114 (1.015 %)BusinessObjects
123 (0.761 %)RDBMS
131 (0.254 %)Data Mining
131 (0.254 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
131 (0.254 %)UniData
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
140 (10.15 %)NUnit
220 (5.076 %)VSS/SourceSafe
39 (2.284 %)ClearCase
45 (1.269 %)InstallShield
45 (1.269 %)Visual Studio Team System
54 (1.015 %)Eclipse
63 (0.761 %)Flash
63 (0.761 %)Subversion
63 (0.761 %)FrontPage
63 (0.761 %)MSI
72 (0.508 %)CruiseControl
72 (0.508 %)TestDirector
72 (0.508 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.508 %)Rational Rose
81 (0.254 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.254 %)JUnit
81 (0.254 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.254 %)RequisitePro
81 (0.254 %)Bugzilla
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (7.107 %)Marketing
211 (2.792 %)Telecoms
211 (2.792 %)Finance
211 (2.792 %)Government
36 (1.523 %)Retail
45 (1.269 %)Banking
45 (1.269 %)Aerospace
54 (1.015 %)Military
54 (1.015 %)Education
63 (0.761 %)Publishing
63 (0.761 %)Health
63 (0.761 %)Investment Banking
63 (0.761 %)Insurance
72 (0.508 %)Pensions
72 (0.508 %)Games
81 (0.254 %)Police
81 (0.254 %)3D Graphics
81 (0.254 %)Multimedia
81 (0.254 %)Billing
81 (0.254 %)Advertising
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1258 (65.48 %)Developer
2125 (31.73 %)C# Developer
3104 (26.40 %).NET Developer
434 (8.629 %)Analyst
529 (7.360 %)ASP.NET Developer
529 (7.360 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
628 (7.107 %)Software Engineer
726 (6.599 %)Web Developer
824 (6.091 %)Programmer
923 (5.838 %)Architect
1019 (4.822 %)SQL Developer
1118 (4.569 %)Senior Developer
1215 (3.807 %)Analyst Programmer
1311 (2.792 %)Software Developer
1311 (2.792 %)SQL Server Developer
1311 (2.792 %)VB Developer
1311 (2.792 %).NET Web Developer
1311 (2.792 %)Senior .NET Developer
1410 (2.538 %)Senior C# Developer
159 (2.284 %)Senior Software Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.284 %)N-Tier
27 (1.777 %)Multithreading
33 (0.761 %)Taxonomies
42 (0.508 %)Client/Server
42 (0.508 %)PKI
42 (0.508 %)Computer Science
51 (0.254 %)Data Integration
51 (0.254 %)Informatics
51 (0.254 %)NHS
51 (0.254 %)Device Driver
51 (0.254 %)Handset
51 (0.254 %)Replication
51 (0.254 %)Tandem
51 (0.254 %)Credit Derivative
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (15.48 %)Windows
214 (3.553 %)Linux
313 (3.299 %)UNIX
46 (1.523 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.508 %)Windows NT
52 (0.508 %)MVS
61 (0.254 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.254 %)VxWorks
61 (0.254 %)Windows XP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
150 (12.69 %)UML
241 (10.41 %)Security Cleared
339 (9.898 %)Agile Software Development
433 (8.376 %)TDD
526 (6.599 %)OO
526 (6.599 %)SC Cleared
625 (6.345 %)Scrum
719 (4.822 %)Web Development
813 (3.299 %)Content Management
911 (2.792 %)Configuration Management
1010 (2.538 %)Unit Testing
118 (2.030 %)OOA/OOD
127 (1.777 %)Systems Analysis
136 (1.523 %)SEO
136 (1.523 %)E-Commerce
136 (1.523 %)SSADM
145 (1.269 %)Validation
145 (1.269 %)Asset Management
145 (1.269 %)Search Engine Marketing
145 (1.269 %)Software Engineering
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1270 (68.53 %)C#
2130 (32.99 %)SQL
368 (17.26 %)Transact-SQL
455 (13.96 %)VB
550 (12.69 %)C++
649 (12.44 %)VB.NET
742 (10.66 %)JavaScript
822 (5.584 %)Java
822 (5.584 %)VB6
921 (5.330 %)VBScript
1014 (3.553 %)VC++
1111 (2.792 %)C
1210 (2.538 %)Perl
137 (1.777 %)PL/SQL
137 (1.777 %)VBA
144 (1.015 %)COBOL
153 (0.761 %)PHP
162 (0.508 %)Delphi
162 (0.508 %)DHTML
162 (0.508 %)ActionScript
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (2.030 %)Degree
26 (1.523 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (1.015 %)ISEB
42 (0.508 %)MCSD
51 (0.254 %)MCSE
51 (0.254 %)MCAD
51 (0.254 %)MCPD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.015 %)ISO12207
14 (1.015 %)QA
21 (0.254 %)ISO9001
21 (0.254 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.015 %)MSMQ
22 (0.508 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (7.360 %)MIIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
187 (22.08 %)Microsoft
227 (6.853 %)Oracle
37 (1.777 %)Google
45 (1.269 %)Yahoo!
54 (1.015 %)Business Objects
63 (0.761 %)IBM
72 (0.508 %)Tridion
72 (0.508 %)SAP
72 (0.508 %)Adobe
72 (0.508 %)Infragistics
81 (0.254 %)MKS
81 (0.254 %)Telelogic
81 (0.254 %)RedDot
81 (0.254 %)Macrovision
81 (0.254 %)Redback
81 (0.254 %)ProClarity
81 (0.254 %)telerik
81 (0.254 %)Intel
81 (0.254 %)Nokia
81 (0.254 %)Cognos
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