Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio 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 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank115134121
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Down-13
Matching contract IT job ads6834261106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.414 %1.080 %1.346 %
As % of the Development Applications category16.04 %15.11 %17.14 %
Daily rates quoted331126309
Average daily rate£325£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£221£233£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£450£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£300£305
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-1.630 %
Hourly rates quoted4651188
Average hourly rate£29.25£32.50£33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-2.980 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.33£18.50£25.42
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£35.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-21.42 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
425728196454
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.812 %7.146 %7.852 %
Daily rates quoted20329881988
Average daily rate£375£363£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.230 %-3.130 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£242£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£340£350
% change year-on-year
-11.61 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted199205471
Average hourly rate£34.50£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.150 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£18.75£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£31.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.080 %-9.280 %

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.

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Visual Studio Hourly Rate Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+35652£325+7.43 %
LondonUp+20320£375+9.48 %
South EastUp+68128£300-14.28 %
City of LondonDown-1186£480+56.73 %
SurreyUp+2971£300-17.24 %
North WestUp+963£275-
South WestUp+1644£355+35.23 %
East of EnglandUp+1334£319+6.25 %
ManchesterUp+1732£275-
West MidlandsUp+3231£250-16.66 %
ScotlandDown-1325£243-42.94 %
YorkshireDown-1725£233-28.46 %
WiltshireUp+1821£355+57.77 %
SuffolkUp+617£325-
GlasgowUp+117£240-46.66 %
BirminghamUp+1716£250-
CheshireDown-1516£291-7.53 %
West YorkshireDown-2915£175-44.00 %
BerkshireUp+1513£213-46.87 %
LeedsDown-2212--
WokingNew entry-11£363-
MiddlesexNew entry-11£325-
SwindonUp+1210£355-
North YorkshireUp+810£290-17.14 %
ReadingUp+99--
OxfordshireUp+59£290-
SomersetNew entry-9£325-
HampshireDown-28£275+10.00 %
OxfordNew entry-8£290-
IpswichUp+27£325-

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11020 (80.70 %).NET
2899 (71.12 %)C#
3714 (56.49 %)SQL Server
4677 (53.56 %)ASP.NET
5410 (32.44 %)SQL
6389 (30.78 %)XML
7375 (29.67 %)Microsoft
8339 (26.82 %)SQL Server 2005
9312 (24.68 %)Windows
10300 (23.73 %)JavaScript
11280 (22.15 %)SharePoint
12273 (21.60 %)Web Services
13270 (21.36 %)CSS
14252 (19.94 %)HTML
15221 (17.48 %)VB.NET
16184 (14.56 %)T-SQL
17178 (14.08 %)SQL Server 2008
18174 (13.77 %)Oracle
19172 (13.61 %)AJAX
20170 (13.45 %).NET Framework
21168 (13.29 %)WCF
22166 (13.13 %)SharePoint Server 2007
23158 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
24156 (12.34 %)XHTML
25130 (10.28 %)XSLT
26129 (10.21 %)Security Cleared
27122 (9.652 %)C++
28119 (9.415 %)Banking
29117 (9.256 %)Finance
30115 (9.098 %)OO

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11020 (80.70 %).NET
2677 (53.56 %)ASP.NET
3389 (30.78 %)XML
4273 (21.60 %)Web Services
5270 (21.36 %)CSS
6252 (19.94 %)HTML
7172 (13.61 %)AJAX
8170 (13.45 %).NET Framework
9168 (13.29 %)WCF
10156 (12.34 %)XHTML
11130 (10.28 %)XSLT
12109 (8.623 %)ASP
13102 (8.070 %)WinForms
1480 (6.329 %)WPF
1571 (5.617 %)jQuery
1663 (4.984 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1762 (4.905 %)Silverlight
1762 (4.905 %)SOAP
1854 (4.272 %)LINQ
1942 (3.323 %)ADO.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1280 (22.15 %)SharePoint
2166 (13.13 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3112 (8.861 %)IIS
436 (2.848 %)CMS
530 (2.373 %)Rendezvous
625 (1.978 %)BizTalk Server
721 (1.661 %)EPiServer
817 (1.345 %)SharePoint Portal Server
817 (1.345 %)MQSeries
916 (1.266 %)TIBCO EMS
1012 (0.949 %)MS Exchange
1110 (0.791 %)Exchange Server 2007
129 (0.712 %)ColdFusion
137 (0.554 %)Exchange Server 2003
137 (0.554 %)ColdFusion MX
146 (0.475 %)Office Communications Server
154 (0.316 %)MTS
163 (0.237 %)WordPress
163 (0.237 %)DotNetNuke
163 (0.237 %)SmartSockets
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1103 (8.149 %)MS Excel
280 (6.329 %)MS Office
357 (4.509 %)InfoPath
438 (3.006 %)Photoshop
511 (0.870 %)Fireworks
69 (0.712 %)MS PowerPoint
69 (0.712 %)Adobe Illustrator
69 (0.712 %)MS Project
76 (0.475 %)Spreadsheet
85 (0.396 %)MS Visio
92 (0.158 %)Acrobat
101 (0.079 %)ArcInfo
101 (0.079 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.079 %)InDesign
101 (0.079 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (0.870 %)Dynamics CRM
29 (0.712 %)SunGard Martini
35 (0.396 %)Dynamics NAV
35 (0.396 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.158 %)Axapta
42 (0.158 %)Navision
42 (0.158 %)Dynamics AX
42 (0.158 %)RMDS
51 (0.079 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.079 %)Global One
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
139 (3.085 %)Intranet
225 (1.978 %)Internet
225 (1.978 %)TCP/IP
317 (1.345 %)HTTP
412 (0.949 %)LDAP
57 (0.554 %)Wi-Fi
57 (0.554 %)X.500
64 (0.316 %)Wireless
73 (0.237 %)GPRS
82 (0.158 %)LAN
82 (0.158 %)SMS
82 (0.158 %)WAN
82 (0.158 %)DNS
82 (0.158 %)RFID
82 (0.158 %)Firewall
82 (0.158 %)IMAP
91 (0.079 %)BSS
91 (0.079 %)X.400
91 (0.079 %)Extranet
91 (0.079 %)S/MIME
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1714 (56.49 %)SQL Server
2339 (26.82 %)SQL Server 2005
3178 (14.08 %)SQL Server 2008
4109 (8.623 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
590 (7.120 %)SQL Server 2000
687 (6.883 %)SQL Server Integration Services
759 (4.668 %)Oracle 8/8i
842 (3.323 %)Oracle 10g
936 (2.848 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1032 (2.532 %)MySQL
1123 (1.820 %)Crystal Reports
1221 (1.661 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1316 (1.266 %)ETL
1412 (0.949 %)RDBMS
1412 (0.949 %)MS Access
1412 (0.949 %)PerformancePoint
1510 (0.791 %)DTS
169 (0.712 %)Datawarehouse
178 (0.633 %)BusinessObjects
178 (0.633 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1110 (8.703 %)Team Foundation Server
293 (7.358 %)VSS/SourceSafe
385 (6.725 %)Subversion
457 (4.509 %)NUnit
543 (3.402 %)ClearCase
632 (2.532 %)Visual Studio Team System
723 (1.820 %)Dreamweaver
817 (1.345 %)CruiseControl
915 (1.187 %)TeamCity
1013 (1.028 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
1013 (1.028 %)FrontPage
1112 (0.949 %)Bugzilla
1211 (0.870 %)JIRA
1211 (0.870 %)Oracle Forms
1310 (0.791 %)LoadRunner
1310 (0.791 %)ClearQuest
1310 (0.791 %)Expression Blend
148 (0.633 %)QuickTest Pro
148 (0.633 %)XMLSpy
148 (0.633 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1119 (9.415 %)Banking
2117 (9.256 %)Finance
393 (7.358 %)Investment Banking
472 (5.696 %)Government
555 (4.351 %)Front Office
633 (2.611 %)Health
727 (2.136 %)Publishing
825 (1.978 %)Insurance
917 (1.345 %)Marketing
1012 (0.949 %)Telecoms
1012 (0.949 %)Education
1110 (0.791 %)Retail
1110 (0.791 %)Pensions
129 (0.712 %)Manufacturing
138 (0.633 %)Back Office
147 (0.554 %)Multimedia
156 (0.475 %)Advertising
165 (0.396 %)Retail Banking
165 (0.396 %)Corporate Banking
165 (0.396 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11012 (80.06 %)Developer
2384 (30.38 %).NET Developer
3269 (21.28 %)C# Developer
4129 (10.21 %)SharePoint Developer
5124 (9.810 %)ASP.NET Developer
6116 (9.177 %)Web Developer
7109 (8.623 %)Senior Developer
890 (7.120 %)Analyst
969 (5.459 %)Applications Developer
1061 (4.826 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1150 (3.956 %)Senior .NET Developer
1238 (3.006 %).NET Web Developer
1238 (3.006 %)Designer
1337 (2.927 %)C++ Developer
1436 (2.848 %)SQL Developer
1530 (2.373 %)Programmer
1629 (2.294 %)Software Developer
1728 (2.215 %)Analyst Developer
1827 (2.136 %)Tester
1926 (2.057 %)Software Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
170 (5.538 %)Derivative
260 (4.747 %)NHS
346 (3.639 %)Fixed Income
439 (3.085 %)Client/Server
439 (3.085 %)N-Tier
537 (2.927 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
624 (1.899 %)Multithreading
723 (1.820 %)Interest Rate Derivative
819 (1.503 %)W3C
915 (1.187 %)Computer Science
1014 (1.108 %)Credit Derivative
1110 (0.791 %)Dependency Injection
128 (0.633 %)Equities
137 (0.554 %)Mathematics
146 (0.475 %)Smartcard
146 (0.475 %)PKI
146 (0.475 %)Ergonomics
155 (0.396 %)Data Protection Act
164 (0.316 %)Management Information System
173 (0.237 %)Visualisation
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1312 (24.68 %)Windows
262 (4.905 %)Windows Server 2003
349 (3.877 %)Windows Server 2008
418 (1.424 %)Linux
515 (1.187 %)Windows XP
611 (0.870 %)UNIX
710 (0.791 %)Windows 2000
89 (0.712 %)Windows Vista
95 (0.396 %)Windows Mobile
104 (0.316 %)Windows CE
104 (0.316 %)pSOS
104 (0.316 %)Windows 7
113 (0.237 %)Solaris
122 (0.158 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.079 %)Android
131 (0.079 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.079 %)Windows XP Embedded
131 (0.079 %)VMS
131 (0.079 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1158 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
2115 (9.098 %)OO
388 (6.962 %)UML
486 (6.804 %)Unit Testing
574 (5.854 %)Web Development
574 (5.854 %)TDD
664 (5.063 %)MVC
754 (4.272 %)Scrum
850 (3.956 %)Configuration Management
945 (3.560 %)Workflow
1036 (2.848 %)CRM
1135 (2.769 %)E-Commerce
1232 (2.532 %)Project Management
1330 (2.373 %)Migration
1429 (2.294 %)Content Management
1526 (2.057 %)Test Scripting
1624 (1.899 %)SOA
1624 (1.899 %)Continuous Integration
1722 (1.741 %)Business Intelligence
1722 (1.741 %)OOP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1899 (71.12 %)C#
2410 (32.44 %)SQL
3300 (23.73 %)JavaScript
4221 (17.48 %)VB.NET
5184 (14.56 %)T-SQL
6122 (9.652 %)C++
796 (7.595 %)VB
853 (4.193 %)C
951 (4.035 %)Java
1047 (3.718 %)VBScript
1140 (3.165 %)VB6
1238 (3.006 %)VBA
1337 (2.927 %)VC++
1436 (2.848 %)PL/SQL
1527 (2.136 %)PowerShell
1616 (1.266 %)Delphi
1715 (1.187 %)XAML
1811 (0.870 %)PHP
198 (0.633 %)Embedded C
207 (0.554 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1129 (10.21 %)Security Cleared
291 (7.199 %)SC Cleared
353 (4.193 %)Degree
422 (1.741 %)Microsoft Certification
515 (1.187 %)ISEB
68 (0.633 %)MCPD
75 (0.396 %)MCTS
75 (0.396 %)MCP
75 (0.396 %)MCAD
75 (0.396 %)MCSD
82 (0.158 %)ISEB Practitioner
82 (0.158 %)CTC Cleared
82 (0.158 %)DV Cleared
91 (0.079 %)Chartered Engineer
91 (0.079 %)BC Cleared
91 (0.079 %)MBA
91 (0.079 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.079 %)MCSE
91 (0.079 %)HNC
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (1.424 %)QA
214 (1.108 %)WAI
37 (0.554 %)TickIT
46 (0.475 %)Dublin Core
55 (0.396 %)WCAG
63 (0.237 %)ISO12207
72 (0.158 %)PAS 78
81 (0.079 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
131 (2.453 %)Active Directory
29 (0.712 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.396 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.158 %)MSMQ
42 (0.158 %)Terminal Services
42 (0.158 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.633 %)MIIS
27 (0.554 %)MSI
34 (0.316 %)AutoSys
43 (0.237 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.158 %)HP Quality Center
61 (0.079 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.079 %)SCOM
61 (0.079 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1375 (29.67 %)Microsoft
2174 (13.77 %)Oracle
351 (4.035 %)TIBCO
435 (2.769 %)IBM
528 (2.215 %)Sybase
621 (1.661 %)Adobe
716 (1.266 %)DevExpress
814 (1.108 %)Perforce
912 (0.949 %)telerik
1010 (0.791 %)Informatica
119 (0.712 %)VMware
119 (0.712 %)SunGard
128 (0.633 %)Business Objects
137 (0.554 %)Singularity
137 (0.554 %)Infragistics
137 (0.554 %)Citrix
145 (0.396 %)Google
145 (0.396 %)Salesforce.com
154 (0.316 %)RedDot
154 (0.316 %)MKS