South West Visual Studio Contracts

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.

Microsoft Visual Studio
Location Avon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnham Fife Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Ipswich Kendal Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	80
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	80	101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.108 %	0.100 %
As % of the category below	19.28 %	13.22 %
Daily rates quoted	9	18
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 quoted	38	4
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 %
Development Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	415	764
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.561 %	0.753 %
Daily rates quoted	92	166
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 quoted	85	129
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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
Somerset	+20	23	-	-
Bristol	-9	23	£286	-28.67 %
Wiltshire	+2	15	-	-
Gloucestershire	-	5	£350	-
Dorset	+1	3	£250	-27.53 %
Devon	+16	2	-	-
Avon	+9	1	-	-

Visual 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.

1 82 (59.42 %) .NET 2 55 (39.86 %) C# 3 51 (36.96 %) SQL Server 4 47 (34.06 %) C++ 5 44 (31.88 %) ASP.NET 6 38 (27.54 %) SQL 7 30 (21.74 %) SQL Server 2005 8 28 (20.29 %) UML 8 28 (20.29 %) Microsoft 9 24 (17.39 %) MFC 10 23 (16.67 %) XML 11 19 (13.77 %) Aerospace 11 19 (13.77 %) Security Cleared 12 18 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2000 13 16 (11.59 %) HTML

14 15 (10.87 %) VB 15 14 (10.14 %) AJAX 16 13 (9.420 %) C 17 12 (8.696 %) VB.NET 17 12 (8.696 %) Windows 18 11 (7.971 %) JavaScript 18 11 (7.971 %) CSS 19 10 (7.246 %) Finance 19 10 (7.246 %) Agile Software Development 20 9 (6.522 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 20 9 (6.522 %) Internet 20 9 (6.522 %) SharePoint 21 8 (5.797 %) ASP 21 8 (5.797 %) WebServices 21 8 (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.

Application Development 1 82 (59.42 %) .NET 2 44 (31.88 %) ASP.NET 3 24 (17.39 %) MFC 4 23 (16.67 %) XML 5 16 (11.59 %) HTML 6 14 (10.14 %) AJAX 7 11 (7.971 %) CSS 8 8 (5.797 %) WebServices 8 8 (5.797 %) ASP 9 7 (5.072 %) .NET Framework 10 6 (4.348 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 6 (4.348 %) XHTML 11 5 (3.623 %) Windows SharePoint Services 12 4 (2.899 %) WPF 12 4 (2.899 %) Silverlight 13 3 (2.174 %) WCF 13 3 (2.174 %) XSLT 14 2 (1.449 %) ODBC 14 2 (1.449 %) MVC 14 2 (1.449 %) MDX	Application Platforms 1 9 (6.522 %) SharePoint 2 5 (3.623 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (1.449 %) Oracle Application Server 3 2 (1.449 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (0.725 %) CMS
Applications 1 6 (4.348 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 9 (6.522 %) Internet 2 5 (3.623 %) DNS 2 5 (3.623 %) Intranet 3 3 (2.174 %) Extranet 3 3 (2.174 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (0.725 %) RTSP 4 1 (0.725 %) Ethernet 4 1 (0.725 %) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 51 (36.96 %) SQL Server 2 30 (21.74 %) SQL Server 2005 3 18 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2000 4 9 (6.522 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 4 (2.899 %) Datawarehouse 5 4 (2.899 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 3 (2.174 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 3 (2.174 %) Crystal Reports 6 3 (2.174 %) Star Schema 7 2 (1.449 %) ETL 7 2 (1.449 %) OLTP 7 2 (1.449 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 2 (1.449 %) Oracle Reports 7 2 (1.449 %) MS Access 7 2 (1.449 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 1 (0.725 %) SQL Server 2008 8 1 (0.725 %) DTS 8 1 (0.725 %) OLAP 8 1 (0.725 %) SQLPlus 8 1 (0.725 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 3 (2.174 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 3 (2.174 %) Oracle Forms 2 2 (1.449 %) Subversion 2 2 (1.449 %) Ant 2 2 (1.449 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 1 (0.725 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 3 1 (0.725 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (0.725 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.725 %) ProC 3 1 (0.725 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (0.725 %) C++Builder 3 1 (0.725 %) Bugzilla
General 1 19 (13.77 %) Aerospace 2 10 (7.246 %) Finance 3 8 (5.797 %) Multimedia 3 8 (5.797 %) Avionics 4 3 (2.174 %) Music 4 3 (2.174 %) Government 5 2 (1.449 %) Insurance 5 2 (1.449 %) Electric 6 1 (0.725 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.725 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.725 %) Health 6 1 (0.725 %) Legal 6 1 (0.725 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (0.725 %) Telecoms 6 1 (0.725 %) Education	Job Titles 1 73 (52.90 %) Developer 2 39 (28.26 %) Software Engineer 3 27 (19.57 %) .NET Developer 4 17 (12.32 %) Analyst 5 15 (10.87 %) C# Developer 6 11 (7.971 %) Software Developer 7 10 (7.246 %) Test Engineer 8 9 (6.522 %) SQL Developer 9 8 (5.797 %) Programmer 10 7 (5.072 %) Software Test Engineer 11 6 (4.348 %) ASP.NET Developer 11 6 (4.348 %) Analyst Programmer 11 6 (4.348 %) Web Developer 11 6 (4.348 %) Test Analyst 12 5 (3.623 %) Tester 12 5 (3.623 %) SQL Server Developer 12 5 (3.623 %) GUI Developer 13 4 (2.899 %) C++ Software Engineer 14 3 (2.174 %) Analyst Developer 14 3 (2.174 %) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.623 %) W3C 2 2 (1.449 %) Management Information System 2 2 (1.449 %) Client/Server 2 2 (1.449 %) N-Tier 2 2 (1.449 %) E-Learning 3 1 (0.725 %) STB 3 1 (0.725 %) IPTV 3 1 (0.725 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 12 (8.696 %) Windows 2 8 (5.797 %) VxWorks 3 4 (2.899 %) Windows CE 4 2 (1.449 %) Linux 5 1 (0.725 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (20.29 %) UML 2 19 (13.77 %) Security Cleared 3 10 (7.246 %) Agile Software Development 4 8 (5.797 %) TDD 5 5 (3.623 %) PRINCE2 5 5 (3.623 %) Web Development 5 5 (3.623 %) Business Intelligence 5 5 (3.623 %) OO 5 5 (3.623 %) System Testing 6 4 (2.899 %) Migration 6 4 (2.899 %) Scrum 6 4 (2.899 %) Automated Testing 7 3 (2.174 %) Software Engineering 7 3 (2.174 %) Systems Analysis 7 3 (2.174 %) Test Scripting 7 3 (2.174 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 3 (2.174 %) Project Management 7 3 (2.174 %) OOA/OOD 7 3 (2.174 %) Dimensional Modelling 8 2 (1.449 %) SC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 55 (39.86 %) C# 2 47 (34.06 %) C++ 3 38 (27.54 %) SQL 4 15 (10.87 %) VB 5 13 (9.420 %) C 6 12 (8.696 %) VB.NET 7 11 (7.971 %) JavaScript 8 7 (5.072 %) Transact-SQL 9 5 (3.623 %) VC++ 10 4 (2.899 %) VBA 10 4 (2.899 %) PL/SQL 10 4 (2.899 %) VB6 11 2 (1.449 %) Perl 11 2 (1.449 %) Python 12 1 (0.725 %) Tcl 12 1 (0.725 %) XAML 12 1 (0.725 %) VBScript 12 1 (0.725 %) Delphi 12 1 (0.725 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 7 (5.072 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (4.348 %) MCP 3 4 (2.899 %) Degree 4 2 (1.449 %) HNC 4 2 (1.449 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.725 %) MCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (3.623 %) QA 2 2 (1.449 %) SLA
System Software 1 6 (4.348 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 28 (20.29 %) Microsoft 2 7 (5.072 %) Oracle 3 5 (3.623 %) Borland 4 3 (2.174 %) Actuate 5 1 (0.725 %) Siebel 5 1 (0.725 %) Infragistics 5 1 (0.725 %) Telelogic 5 1 (0.725 %) telerik