The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Team System skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. 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 18 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 for the Yorkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.153% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.415% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
212 232 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 10.78% 9.740% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 135 94
Average daily rate £313 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
Average hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00% -39.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £25.00 £30.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.75 £25.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Visual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Visual Studio Team System Daily Rate Trend

Visual Studio Team System
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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
West Yorkshire - 3 £275 - 2
South Yorkshire - - - -
Visual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region 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 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) Ajax
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (40.00%) HTML
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) MS Project
4 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
4 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) XSL
4 2 (40.00%) OO
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) Test Management
4 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) XSL
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) OO
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) Test Management
1 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft