The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Team System skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visual Studio Team System 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.

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 Team System (VSTS)
Rank 517 544 558
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +14
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 24 35 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.049% 0.061% 0.051%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.446% 0.644% 0.476%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 12
Average daily rate £394 £319 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.60% -3.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £244 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £447 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £300 £335
% change year-on-year
+31.33% -10.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5384 5437 6716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 11.01% 9.511% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3357 3198 3935
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 209 285
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £22.64 £25.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%

Visual Studio Team System
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Visual Studio Team System Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System within the UK.

Visual Studio Team System Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Studio Team System within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Visual Studio Team System Daily Rate Histogram

Visual Studio Team System
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio Team System within the UK.

Visual Studio Team System Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Top 22 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 Team System within the UK 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
England +23 24 £394 +23.60% 8
South East +27 6 £350 +4.08% 1
London +7 4 - - 2
West Yorkshire - 3 £275 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £275 - 2
Leeds - 3 £275 - 2
West Midlands +12 2 £450 +38.46%
Milton Keynes -1 2 £350 +12.90%
City of London -2 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -3 2 £350 +12.90%
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
South Yorkshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
Surrey - - - -
Banbury - - - - 1
Bedford - - - - 2
Burton-upon-Trent - - - -
Cardiff - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - - 2
South Wales - - - -
Wales - - - -
East of England - - - - 2

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System.

1 34 (87.18%) Visual Studio
2 31 (79.49%) C#
3 30 (76.92%) Microsoft
4 26 (66.67%) .NET
5 25 (64.10%) SQL Server
6 20 (51.28%) ASP.NET
7 17 (43.59%) CSS
7 17 (43.59%) .NET Framework
7 17 (43.59%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (41.03%) HTML
8 16 (41.03%) Team Foundation Server
9 15 (38.46%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 15 (38.46%) SQL
9 15 (38.46%) MVC
9 15 (38.46%) WCF
10 14 (35.90%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (30.77%) JavaScript
12 11 (28.21%) MCAD
12 11 (28.21%) CRM
12 11 (28.21%) Dynamics CRM
12 11 (28.21%) MCPD
13 10 (25.64%) Degree
13 10 (25.64%) IIS
14 9 (23.08%) SharePoint
14 9 (23.08%) Web Services
14 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
14 9 (23.08%) Manual Testing
15 8 (20.51%) QA
15 8 (20.51%) MCTS

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (66.67%) .NET
2 20 (51.28%) ASP.NET
3 17 (43.59%) CSS
3 17 (43.59%) .NET Framework
4 16 (41.03%) HTML
5 15 (38.46%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 15 (38.46%) WCF
6 9 (23.08%) Web Services
6 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 8 (20.51%) Ajax
8 7 (17.95%) XML
9 5 (12.82%) XSL
10 4 (10.26%) NEsper
10 4 (10.26%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (10.26%) jQuery
11 3 (7.692%) Silverlight
12 2 (5.128%) StructureMap
12 2 (5.128%) LINQ
13 1 (2.564%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (25.64%) IIS
2 9 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Azure
4 3 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.564%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (2.564%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.564%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.692%) MS Project
2 3 (7.692%) MS Office
3 2 (5.128%) PowerPivot
4 1 (2.564%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (64.10%) SQL Server
2 17 (43.59%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (7.692%) RDBMS
5 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (5.128%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.564%) DTS
7 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 7
7 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (87.18%) Visual Studio
2 16 (41.03%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (10.26%) MSTest
3 4 (10.26%) Rhino Mocks
3 4 (10.26%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 3 (7.692%) NUnit
4 3 (7.692%) SpecFlow
5 2 (5.128%) Selenium
5 2 (5.128%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (2.564%) Ant
6 1 (2.564%) JUnit
6 1 (2.564%) LoadRunner
6 1 (2.564%) TestNG
6 1 (2.564%) TeamCity
6 1 (2.564%) Maven
6 1 (2.564%) CruiseControl
6 1 (2.564%) MSBuild
6 1 (2.564%) Hudson
General
1 7 (17.95%) Finance
2 4 (10.26%) Billing
3 2 (5.128%) Front Office
4 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.564%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.564%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Developer
2 13 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 9 (23.08%) CRM Developer
4 8 (20.51%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Developer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) .NET Developer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Test Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Automation Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) SharePoint Developer
7 4 (10.26%) Automation Test Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Tester
8 2 (5.128%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (5.128%) C# Developer
8 2 (5.128%) QA Tester
8 2 (5.128%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Manual Tester
8 2 (5.128%) Functional Tester
9 1 (2.564%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
1 5 (12.82%) Open Source
2 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.692%) N-Tier
4 2 (5.128%) Visualisation
5 1 (2.564%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.564%) Statistics
5 1 (2.564%) CESG
5 1 (2.564%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
2 4 (10.26%) Windows 2000
3 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.564%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) MVC
2 14 (35.90%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (28.21%) CRM
4 9 (23.08%) Manual Testing
5 7 (17.95%) Software Testing
5 7 (17.95%) Automation Testing
6 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 6 (15.38%) Automated Testing
6 6 (15.38%) Web Development
6 6 (15.38%) OO
7 5 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (12.82%) E-Commerce
7 5 (12.82%) Scrum
7 5 (12.82%) Agile Testing
8 4 (10.26%) Business Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) ETRM
8 4 (10.26%) Web Testing
8 4 (10.26%) Test Scripting
8 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
9 3 (7.692%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 31 (79.49%) C#
2 15 (38.46%) SQL
3 12 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.82%) VB.NET
5 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
6 3 (7.692%) Java
7 2 (5.128%) VB
7 2 (5.128%) VBA
8 1 (2.564%) C
8 1 (2.564%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (28.21%) MCAD
2 11 (28.21%) MCPD
3 10 (25.64%) Degree
4 8 (20.51%) MCTS
4 8 (20.51%) MCSD
5 6 (15.38%) ISEB
6 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.26%) ISTQB
6 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
7 3 (7.692%) MCP
7 3 (7.692%) DV Cleared
7 3 (7.692%) MCITP
8 1 (2.564%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) QA
Vendors
1 30 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.564%) SAP
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