The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 21 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 36 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 6 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 2.372% 2.392% -
As % of the Development Applications category 17.14% 50.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £35,750 £15,390 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+132.29% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
35 10 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 13.83% 4.785% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 9
Average salary £47,500 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.70% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £15,390 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £39,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
County Antrim

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) MVC
4 6 (54.55%) CSS
4 6 (54.55%) HTML
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
5 4 (36.36%) Progress
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle
6 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 3 (27.27%) Web Services
6 3 (27.27%) XML
6 3 (27.27%) OO
6 3 (27.27%) Web Development
6 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
6 3 (27.27%) Silverlight
6 3 (27.27%) Time Management
6 3 (27.27%) Open Source
6 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 6 (54.55%) HTML
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
3 3 (27.27%) XML
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
3 3 (27.27%) Silverlight
3 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (9.091%) WinForms
4 1 (9.091%) jQuery
4 1 (9.091%) WCF
4 1 (9.091%) WPF
4 1 (9.091%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (18.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Lead Developer
6 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
6 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
6 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) MVC
2 3 (27.27%) OO
2 3 (27.27%) Web Development
2 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
3 2 (18.18%) SOA
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.091%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
5 1 (9.091%) Perl
5 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
5 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Progress
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) ESRI
5 1 (9.091%) Sybase
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