The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 31 15 35
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +20
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 18 26 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 7.171% 12.87% 1.829%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.27% 39.39% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 3
Average salary £46,250 £32,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.30% -9.72%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
66 66 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 26.29% 32.67% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 66 61 26
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £43,500 £55,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Bedfordshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Visual Studio Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Bedford region.

Bedford Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio.

1 33 (100.00%) .NET
2 31 (93.94%) C#
2 31 (93.94%) Microsoft
3 30 (90.91%) SQL Server
4 27 (81.82%) WCF
5 22 (66.67%) ASP.NET
6 21 (63.64%) WPF
7 18 (54.55%) SQL
7 18 (54.55%) TDD
8 17 (51.52%) T-SQL
8 17 (51.52%) SQL Server 2008
9 15 (45.45%) SQL Server 2012
9 15 (45.45%) XML
10 14 (42.42%) Windows
11 13 (39.39%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
12 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
12 12 (36.36%) WinForms
12 12 (36.36%) MS Excel
12 12 (36.36%) N-Tier
12 12 (36.36%) SOA
13 11 (33.33%) Scrum
14 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (30.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (24.24%) Silverlight
16 7 (21.21%) MVC
16 7 (21.21%) CSS
16 7 (21.21%) WF
16 7 (21.21%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 6 (18.18%) LINQ to SQL

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (100.00%) .NET
2 27 (81.82%) WCF
3 22 (66.67%) ASP.NET
4 21 (63.64%) WPF
5 15 (45.45%) XML
6 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
6 12 (36.36%) WinForms
7 8 (24.24%) Silverlight
8 7 (21.21%) CSS
8 7 (21.21%) WF
8 7 (21.21%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 6 (18.18%) LINQ to SQL
9 6 (18.18%) LINQ
9 6 (18.18%) ADO.NET
10 4 (12.12%) ASP
10 4 (12.12%) Web Services
10 4 (12.12%) HTML
11 3 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (3.030%) jQuery
12 1 (3.030%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 3 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Azure
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (90.91%) SQL Server
2 17 (51.52%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (45.45%) SQL Server 2012
4 10 (30.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (12.12%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
7 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (6.061%) Informix
Development Applications
1 13 (39.39%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (18.18%) Visual Studio Team System
2 6 (18.18%) JIRA
3 4 (12.12%) Subversion
3 4 (12.12%) MSTest
3 4 (12.12%) PowerBuilder
4 2 (6.061%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (3.030%) Automotive
1 1 (3.030%) Billing
1 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Developer
2 8 (24.24%) Consultant
3 7 (21.21%) Development Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Software Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Development Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Leader
6 2 (6.061%) SQL Developer
6 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Developer
6 2 (6.061%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.061%) Web Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Test Engineer
6 2 (6.061%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Applications Support
7 1 (3.030%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) N-Tier
2 6 (18.18%) Wiki
3 1 (3.030%) Visualisation
3 1 (3.030%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.030%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) Windows
2 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) TDD
2 12 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
2 12 (36.36%) SOA
3 11 (33.33%) Scrum
4 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (21.21%) MVC
6 5 (15.15%) CRM
6 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
7 4 (12.12%) Unit Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Multithreading
7 4 (12.12%) Kanban
7 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.12%) OO
8 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.061%) Automated Testing
8 2 (6.061%) Automation Testing
8 2 (6.061%) MVVM
8 2 (6.061%) ITIL
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.061%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 31 (93.94%) C#
2 18 (54.55%) SQL
3 17 (51.52%) T-SQL
4 4 (12.12%) VB6
4 4 (12.12%) VBScript
4 4 (12.12%) VB
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.12%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.030%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
1 2 (6.061%) MCP
1 2 (6.061%) MCAD
1 2 (6.061%) MCSD
1 2 (6.061%) ISEB
1 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) QA
Vendors
1 31 (93.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 4 (12.12%) Telerik
4 3 (9.091%) Capita
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