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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Stockport 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank39
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below66.67 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£337
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50-
Average hourly rate£31.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.75
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£245-
Average daily rate£245-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£245-
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50-
Average hourly rate£31.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Visual Studio ManchesterVisual Studio
Manchester

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

Stockport Visual Studio Demand Trend

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 Stockport region.

Stockport 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 Stockport region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stockport Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)XPath
21 (50.00 %)Multithreading
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (50.00 %)COM
21 (50.00 %)SOAP
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)SQL

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)COM
21 (50.00 %)SOAP
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)C Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++/C# Developer
21 (50.00 %).NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++ Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OO
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)XPath
21 (50.00 %)C
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Oracle