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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Worcestershire 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-12
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %33.33 %
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£299£346
% change on same period last year-13.59 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.56£32.46
% change on same period last year-5.86 %
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Worcestershire
Matching contract IT job ads123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.003 %
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£311£324
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£31.67£25.00
Average hourly rate£33.83£30.00
% change on same period last year+12.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.53£30.81
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Visual Studio West MidlandsVisual Studio
West Midlands

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

Worcestershire 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 across the Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Visual Studio Daily Rate 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Visual Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Visual Studio
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
11 (100.00 %).NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
11 (100.00 %).NET Web Developer
11 (100.00 %)HTML Developer
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET