West Midlands Visual Studio Team System Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) skills within the West Midlands 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 Team System over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Location Berkshire Bristol Cardiff City of London England Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Reading South East South Wales South West Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£399
% change on same period last year	-13.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Development Applications West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	238	332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.322 %	0.327 %
Daily rates quoted	49	53
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£289
Average daily rate	£306	£307
% change on same period last year	-0.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£335
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.37	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£27.24	£27.92
% change on same period last year	-2.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.11	£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.31	£33.09
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System
Demand Trend

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

Visual Studio Team System
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the West Midlands region.

Visual Studio Team System
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the West Midlands region.