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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank6980
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads80101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.100 %
As % of the category below19.28 %13.22 %
Daily rates quoted918
Average minimum daily rate£264£345
Average daily rate£299£385
% change on same period last year-22.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£342
% change on same period last year-12.42 %
Hourly rates quoted384
Average minimum hourly rate£31.92£29.50
Average hourly rate£34.32£30.63
% change on same period last year+12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.71£31.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.53£35.27
% change on same period last year-4.95 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South West
Matching contract IT job ads415764
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.561 %0.753 %
Daily rates quoted92166
Average minimum daily rate£309£312
Average daily rate£334£329
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£335
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted85129
Average minimum hourly rate£33.39£31.13
Average hourly rate£35.08£33.03
% change on same period last year+6.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.77£34.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.31£33.09
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South West Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

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 5 September 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
SomersetUp+2023--
BristolDown-923£286-28.67 %
WiltshireUp+215--
GloucestershireNew entry-5£350-
DorsetUp+13£250-27.53 %
DevonUp+162--
AvonUp+91--
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

182 (59.42 %).NET
255 (39.86 %)C#
351 (36.96 %)SQL Server
447 (34.06 %)C++
544 (31.88 %)ASP.NET
638 (27.54 %)SQL
730 (21.74 %)SQL Server 2005
828 (20.29 %)UML
828 (20.29 %)Microsoft
924 (17.39 %)MFC
1023 (16.67 %)XML
1119 (13.77 %)Aerospace
1119 (13.77 %)Security Cleared
1218 (13.04 %)SQL Server 2000
1316 (11.59 %)HTML
1415 (10.87 %)VB
1514 (10.14 %)AJAX
1613 (9.420 %)C
1712 (8.696 %)VB.NET
1712 (8.696 %)Windows
1811 (7.971 %)JavaScript
1811 (7.971 %)CSS
1910 (7.246 %)Finance
1910 (7.246 %)Agile Software Development
209 (6.522 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
209 (6.522 %)Internet
209 (6.522 %)SharePoint
218 (5.797 %)ASP
218 (5.797 %)WebServices
218 (5.797 %)VxWorks

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
182 (59.42 %).NET
244 (31.88 %)ASP.NET
324 (17.39 %)MFC
423 (16.67 %)XML
516 (11.59 %)HTML
614 (10.14 %)AJAX
711 (7.971 %)CSS
88 (5.797 %)WebServices
88 (5.797 %)ASP
97 (5.072 %).NET Framework
106 (4.348 %)ASP.NET 2.0
106 (4.348 %)XHTML
115 (3.623 %)Windows SharePoint Services
124 (2.899 %)WPF
124 (2.899 %)Silverlight
133 (2.174 %)WCF
133 (2.174 %)XSLT
142 (1.449 %)ODBC
142 (1.449 %)MVC
142 (1.449 %)MDX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (6.522 %)SharePoint
25 (3.623 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (1.449 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (1.449 %)BizTalk Server
41 (0.725 %)CMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.348 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (6.522 %)Internet
25 (3.623 %)DNS
25 (3.623 %)Intranet
33 (2.174 %)Extranet
33 (2.174 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.725 %)RTSP
41 (0.725 %)Ethernet
41 (0.725 %)PPP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (36.96 %)SQL Server
230 (21.74 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (13.04 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (6.522 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (2.899 %)Datawarehouse
54 (2.899 %)SQL Server Integration Services
63 (2.174 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (2.174 %)Crystal Reports
63 (2.174 %)Star Schema
72 (1.449 %)ETL
72 (1.449 %)OLTP
72 (1.449 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
72 (1.449 %)Oracle Reports
72 (1.449 %)MS Access
72 (1.449 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.725 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (0.725 %)DTS
81 (0.725 %)OLAP
81 (0.725 %)SQLPlus
81 (0.725 %)RDBMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.174 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13 (2.174 %)Oracle Forms
22 (1.449 %)Subversion
22 (1.449 %)Ant
22 (1.449 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (0.725 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
31 (0.725 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.725 %)TestDirector
31 (0.725 %)ProC
31 (0.725 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.725 %)C++Builder
31 (0.725 %)Bugzilla
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (13.77 %)Aerospace
210 (7.246 %)Finance
38 (5.797 %)Multimedia
38 (5.797 %)Avionics
43 (2.174 %)Music
43 (2.174 %)Government
52 (1.449 %)Insurance
52 (1.449 %)Electric
61 (0.725 %)Pensions
61 (0.725 %)Marketing
61 (0.725 %)Health
61 (0.725 %)Legal
61 (0.725 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.725 %)Telecoms
61 (0.725 %)Education
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
173 (52.90 %)Developer
239 (28.26 %)Software Engineer
327 (19.57 %).NET Developer
417 (12.32 %)Analyst
515 (10.87 %)C# Developer
611 (7.971 %)Software Developer
710 (7.246 %)Test Engineer
89 (6.522 %)SQL Developer
98 (5.797 %)Programmer
107 (5.072 %)Software Test Engineer
116 (4.348 %)ASP.NET Developer
116 (4.348 %)Analyst Programmer
116 (4.348 %)Web Developer
116 (4.348 %)Test Analyst
125 (3.623 %)Tester
125 (3.623 %)SQL Server Developer
125 (3.623 %)GUI Developer
134 (2.899 %)C++ Software Engineer
143 (2.174 %)Analyst Developer
143 (2.174 %)Systems Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.623 %)W3C
22 (1.449 %)Management Information System
22 (1.449 %)Client/Server
22 (1.449 %)N-Tier
22 (1.449 %)E-Learning
31 (0.725 %)STB
31 (0.725 %)IPTV
31 (0.725 %)Replication
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (8.696 %)Windows
28 (5.797 %)VxWorks
34 (2.899 %)Windows CE
42 (1.449 %)Linux
51 (0.725 %)Windows XP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (20.29 %)UML
219 (13.77 %)Security Cleared
310 (7.246 %)Agile Software Development
48 (5.797 %)TDD
55 (3.623 %)PRINCE2
55 (3.623 %)Web Development
55 (3.623 %)Business Intelligence
55 (3.623 %)OO
55 (3.623 %)System Testing
64 (2.899 %)Migration
64 (2.899 %)Scrum
64 (2.899 %)Automated Testing
73 (2.174 %)Software Engineering
73 (2.174 %)Systems Analysis
73 (2.174 %)Test Scripting
73 (2.174 %)User Acceptance Testing
73 (2.174 %)Project Management
73 (2.174 %)OOA/OOD
73 (2.174 %)Dimensional Modelling
82 (1.449 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
155 (39.86 %)C#
247 (34.06 %)C++
338 (27.54 %)SQL
415 (10.87 %)VB
513 (9.420 %)C
612 (8.696 %)VB.NET
711 (7.971 %)JavaScript
87 (5.072 %)Transact-SQL
95 (3.623 %)VC++
104 (2.899 %)VBA
104 (2.899 %)PL/SQL
104 (2.899 %)VB6
112 (1.449 %)Perl
112 (1.449 %)Python
121 (0.725 %)Tcl
121 (0.725 %)XAML
121 (0.725 %)VBScript
121 (0.725 %)Delphi
121 (0.725 %)DHTML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (5.072 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (4.348 %)MCP
34 (2.899 %)Degree
42 (1.449 %)HNC
42 (1.449 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.725 %)MCSE
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.623 %)QA
22 (1.449 %)SLA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (4.348 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (20.29 %)Microsoft
27 (5.072 %)Oracle
35 (3.623 %)Borland
43 (2.174 %)Actuate
51 (0.725 %)Siebel
51 (0.725 %)Infragistics
51 (0.725 %)Telelogic
51 (0.725 %)telerik