Visual Studio Contracts in Suffolk
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Suffolk 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 24 30 31
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 5 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 3.145% 3.571% 2.139%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.46% 22.50% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 1
Average daily rate £318 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.30% +18.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Development Applications
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 13 40 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.176% 15.87% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 17
Average daily rate £339 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.23% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £288 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £395 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Visual Studio Daily Rate Trend

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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Ipswich +6 2 £328 -
Bury St Edmunds -2 2 £245 -24.61%
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) NHS
4 1 (20.00%) MFC
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) ASP
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) CSS
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) VC++
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) Image Processing
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) QA

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) MFC
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) ASP
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
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