The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 20 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 South West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 69 60 66
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 41 82 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.013% 2.660% 2.134%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.40% 27.24% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 49 35
Average daily rate £375 £338 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +20.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.41% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.11% -26.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.41% -2.85%
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
168 301 337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 8.247% 9.763% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 171 158
Average daily rate £350 £363 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +2.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £290 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £438 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 28 46
Average hourly rate £33.75 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.30 £23.88 £28.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wiltshire +4 13 £600 +166.66% 3
Gloucestershire +8 8 £283 -29.37% 2
Dorset +7 8 £263 - 6
Somerset -7 8 £393 +8.65% 4
Devon -8 4 £375 +11.94% 2
Bristol - - - -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 110 (80.88%) .NET
2 95 (69.85%) C#
3 62 (45.59%) SQL Server
4 58 (42.65%) JavaScript
5 56 (41.18%) ASP.NET
6 52 (38.24%) SQL
7 47 (34.56%) HTML
7 47 (34.56%) CSS
8 42 (30.88%) Microsoft
8 42 (30.88%) Security Cleared
9 40 (29.41%) Windows
10 39 (28.68%) SQL Server 2008
11 38 (27.94%) jQuery
11 38 (27.94%) .NET Framework
12 35 (25.74%) XML
13 34 (25.00%) UML
14 32 (23.53%) Web Services
15 31 (22.79%) SharePoint
15 31 (22.79%) Silverlight
16 28 (20.59%) Team Foundation Server
16 28 (20.59%) Oracle
17 27 (19.85%) VB.NET
18 26 (19.12%) SC Cleared
18 26 (19.12%) WCF
19 23 (16.91%) Ajax
20 22 (16.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 22 (16.18%) Finance
20 22 (16.18%) OO
21 21 (15.44%) MVC
21 21 (15.44%) SharePoint 2010

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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
1 110 (80.88%) .NET
2 56 (41.18%) ASP.NET
3 47 (34.56%) HTML
3 47 (34.56%) CSS
4 38 (27.94%) jQuery
4 38 (27.94%) .NET Framework
5 35 (25.74%) XML
6 32 (23.53%) Web Services
7 31 (22.79%) Silverlight
8 26 (19.12%) WCF
9 23 (16.91%) Ajax
10 20 (14.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 11 (8.088%) WinForms
11 11 (8.088%) XSLT
12 10 (7.353%) HTML5
12 10 (7.353%) Managed Extensibility Framework
13 8 (5.882%) ASP
14 7 (5.147%) XSD
14 7 (5.147%) JSON
14 7 (5.147%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 31 (22.79%) SharePoint
2 21 (15.44%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (13.24%) IIS
4 17 (12.50%) ArcGIS
5 6 (4.412%) ArcSDE
6 5 (3.676%) MS Project Server
6 5 (3.676%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (2.941%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (2.941%) CMS
8 2 (1.471%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 15 (11.03%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.676%) MS Project
3 2 (1.471%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.206%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.941%) ASN.1
2 2 (1.471%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.735%) Intranet
3 1 (0.735%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (45.59%) SQL Server
2 39 (28.68%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (16.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (14.71%) SQL Server 2005
5 19 (13.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (13.24%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (9.559%) TOAD
8 8 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (5.147%) GIS
10 6 (4.412%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (4.412%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (1.471%) MySQL
12 1 (0.735%) MS Access
12 1 (0.735%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (8.088%) MSTest
3 10 (7.353%) Moq
4 7 (5.147%) Subversion
5 5 (3.676%) Dreamweaver
6 4 (2.941%) GCC
6 4 (2.941%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (2.941%) NUnit
6 4 (2.941%) Eclipse
7 3 (2.206%) MSBuild
8 2 (1.471%) InstallShield
8 2 (1.471%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.735%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.735%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.735%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (16.18%) Finance
2 11 (8.088%) Publishing
3 7 (5.147%) Banking
4 6 (4.412%) Retail
4 6 (4.412%) Military
5 4 (2.941%) Electronics
5 4 (2.941%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.735%) Back Office
6 1 (0.735%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (75.00%) Developer
2 39 (28.68%) .NET Developer
3 27 (19.85%) Software Engineer
4 21 (15.44%) Software Developer
5 16 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
6 15 (11.03%) C# Developer
7 13 (9.559%) Programmer
8 12 (8.824%) C# .NET Developer
9 11 (8.088%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 11 (8.088%) Analyst
10 10 (7.353%) Software Programmer
11 9 (6.618%) ASP.NET Developer
11 9 (6.618%) C# Programmer
12 8 (5.882%) .NET Programmer
12 8 (5.882%) .NET Software Engineer
12 8 (5.882%) C++ Software Engineer
13 7 (5.147%) Test Analyst
14 6 (4.412%) GIS Developer
14 6 (4.412%) C# Software Engineer
15 5 (3.676%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.824%) Mobile App
2 11 (8.088%) Client/Server
3 10 (7.353%) RIA
4 5 (3.676%) Animation
4 5 (3.676%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.941%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.206%) iPad
6 3 (2.206%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.206%) iPhone
7 2 (1.471%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.471%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.735%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.735%) EPoS
8 1 (0.735%) Statistics
8 1 (0.735%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 40 (29.41%) Windows
2 16 (11.76%) Windows 7
3 10 (7.353%) Linux
4 7 (5.147%) Android
4 7 (5.147%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (4.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.941%) VxWorks
7 3 (2.206%) UNIX
7 3 (2.206%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.471%) Windows XP Embedded
8 2 (1.471%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.735%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.00%) UML
2 22 (16.18%) OO
3 21 (15.44%) MVC
4 20 (14.71%) Unit Testing
5 17 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 15 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (9.559%) OOP
8 12 (8.824%) Web Development
9 11 (8.088%) Data Management
9 11 (8.088%) Dimensional Modelling
9 11 (8.088%) Data Modelling
10 10 (7.353%) Scrum
11 8 (5.882%) Information Management
12 7 (5.147%) Automated Testing
12 7 (5.147%) Test Scripting
13 6 (4.412%) Release Management
14 5 (3.676%) RAD
14 5 (3.676%) Regression Testing
14 5 (3.676%) Project Management
14 5 (3.676%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (69.85%) C#
2 58 (42.65%) JavaScript
3 52 (38.24%) SQL
4 27 (19.85%) VB.NET
5 20 (14.71%) PL/SQL
6 19 (13.97%) C
7 16 (11.76%) Java
8 15 (11.03%) VB
9 14 (10.29%) C++
10 7 (5.147%) T-SQL
10 7 (5.147%) Python
10 7 (5.147%) VB6
11 6 (4.412%) VBScript
11 6 (4.412%) PHP
12 2 (1.471%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.735%) VC++
13 1 (0.735%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 42 (30.88%) Security Cleared
2 26 (19.12%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.71%) DV Cleared
4 16 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.882%) Degree
6 7 (5.147%) ISEB
7 6 (4.412%) MCSD
8 5 (3.676%) MCP
8 5 (3.676%) MCTS
9 4 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (2.941%) ISEB Practitioner
10 3 (2.206%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.471%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.471%) MCAD
11 2 (1.471%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.147%) Basel II
1 7 (5.147%) QA
2 5 (3.676%) ISO 9000
2 5 (3.676%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.941%) DO-178B
3 4 (2.941%) TickIT
4 3 (2.206%) COBIT
5 1 (0.735%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.471%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.471%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.471%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (2.206%) SCOM
Vendors
1 42 (30.88%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.59%) Oracle
3 17 (12.50%) ESRI
4 6 (4.412%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.676%) Business Objects
6 4 (2.941%) Green Hills
7 2 (1.471%) Alterian
7 2 (1.471%) Serena
7 2 (1.471%) VMware
8 1 (0.735%) Cognos
8 1 (0.735%) IBM
8 1 (0.735%) Twitter
Dorset
C#, ASP.NET Developer, HTML, CSS, Javascript, IIS, Visual studio, web site development, Jquery, SQL. My client is a large UK housing provider who urgently require a C#,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Somerset
The sharepoint Developer will need the following skills SharePoint 2007, 2010 & 2013 Server - SQL Server 2005 & 2008 R2 - Microsoft SharePoint Object Model - Microsoft .NET Framework - Microsoft C# - Microsoft...
NES Global Talent
Rate: £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Taunton, South West
SQL Server 2005 & 2008 R2. Microsoft SharePoint Object Model. Microsoft .NET Framework. Microsoft C# Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 & 2007. CSS. JQuery and JQuery UI. XSLT. SSAS, SSRS, SSIS.....
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wiltshire
Based in Wiltshire Duration: 6-12 Months Rate: £650 - £750p/d (Negotiable) Key Skills: C#, Windows Operating Systems, UML, Winforms, Visual Studio 2010 A U.K... These roles...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £650 - £750 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
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