The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 93 90 35
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -55
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 141 158 255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.700% 2.524% 4.966%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.19% 20.13% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 133 153 229
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
583 785 803
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.16% 12.54% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 484 724 703
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -23 43 £47,500 +28.37%
Slough +23 22 £36,250 -9.37%
Wokingham +7 14 £43,750 -12.50%
Bracknell -10 11 £52,500 +35.48%
Newbury -3 6 £36,250 +11.53%
Windsor -4 1 £37,500 -11.76%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 253 (86.35%) .NET
2 228 (77.82%) C#
3 168 (57.34%) SQL Server
4 145 (49.49%) ASP.NET
5 104 (35.49%) Microsoft
6 103 (35.15%) SQL
7 99 (33.79%) CSS
8 94 (32.08%) JavaScript
8 94 (32.08%) HTML
9 82 (27.99%) MVC
10 77 (26.28%) jQuery
11 76 (25.94%) C++
12 75 (25.60%) SQL Server 2005
13 66 (22.53%) Windows
14 60 (20.48%) ASP.NET MVC
15 57 (19.45%) WCF
16 53 (18.09%) Degree
17 50 (17.06%) Team Foundation Server
18 49 (16.72%) Finance
19 46 (15.70%) Subversion
19 46 (15.70%) VB.NET
20 41 (13.99%) Agile Software Development
21 40 (13.65%) TeamCity
22 39 (13.31%) WPF
22 39 (13.31%) Web Development
23 38 (12.97%) SharePoint
24 36 (12.29%) XML
24 36 (12.29%) SQL Server 2008
25 35 (11.95%) .NET Framework
25 35 (11.95%) Computer Science

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 253 (86.35%) .NET
2 145 (49.49%) ASP.NET
3 99 (33.79%) CSS
4 94 (32.08%) HTML
5 77 (26.28%) jQuery
6 60 (20.48%) ASP.NET MVC
7 57 (19.45%) WCF
8 39 (13.31%) WPF
9 36 (12.29%) XML
10 35 (11.95%) .NET Framework
11 30 (10.24%) MapReduce
11 30 (10.24%) Natural Language Processing
12 28 (9.556%) Web Services
13 26 (8.874%) ASP
13 26 (8.874%) WinForms
14 22 (7.509%) Lucene
14 22 (7.509%) MonoTouch
15 16 (5.461%) Silverlight
16 15 (5.119%) Ajax
17 14 (4.778%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 38 (12.97%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.485%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (6.143%) BizTalk Server
4 16 (5.461%) IIS
4 16 (5.461%) Windows Azure
5 11 (3.754%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (3.754%) CMS
6 10 (3.413%) Sitecore CMS
7 9 (3.072%) MS Exchange
8 8 (2.730%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (2.730%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.683%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (0.683%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (0.683%) WordPress
10 1 (0.341%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.341%) ESB
Applications
1 25 (8.532%) MS Excel
2 19 (6.485%) MS Office
3 10 (3.413%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.683%) Fireworks
4 2 (0.683%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.341%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (5.119%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.730%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.341%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.26%) Internet
2 13 (4.437%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.389%) GSM
3 7 (2.389%) 3G
4 6 (2.048%) Wireless
5 5 (1.706%) ZigBee
5 5 (1.706%) Bluetooth
5 5 (1.706%) GPRS
6 4 (1.365%) HTTP
7 2 (0.683%) Intranet
7 2 (0.683%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.683%) LTE
8 1 (0.341%) LAN
8 1 (0.341%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (57.34%) SQL Server
2 75 (25.60%) SQL Server 2005
3 36 (12.29%) SQL Server 2008
4 30 (10.24%) Text Mining
4 30 (10.24%) Apache Cassandra
4 30 (10.24%) Big Data
5 16 (5.461%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (5.119%) SQL Server 2012
7 14 (4.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.730%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.389%) SQLPlus
10 4 (1.365%) DB2
10 4 (1.365%) GIS
10 4 (1.365%) IDMS
11 3 (1.024%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.683%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.683%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.683%) Oracle 8/8i
12 2 (0.683%) MS Access
12 2 (0.683%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 50 (17.06%) Team Foundation Server
2 46 (15.70%) Subversion
3 40 (13.65%) TeamCity
4 23 (7.850%) JIRA
5 16 (5.461%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 5 (1.706%) C++Builder
7 4 (1.365%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.024%) QuickTest Pro
8 3 (1.024%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.683%) ClearCase
9 2 (0.683%) CruiseControl
9 2 (0.683%) Selenium
9 2 (0.683%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.683%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.341%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.341%) MSTest
10 1 (0.341%) WinRunner
10 1 (0.341%) TestDirector
General
1 49 (16.72%) Finance
2 14 (4.778%) Advertising
3 12 (4.096%) Banking
3 12 (4.096%) Retail
4 11 (3.754%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (3.413%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.072%) Local Government
7 6 (2.048%) Legal
7 6 (2.048%) Publishing
8 5 (1.706%) Marketing
9 4 (1.365%) Games
10 2 (0.683%) Electronics
11 1 (0.341%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.341%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 214 (73.04%) Developer
2 89 (30.38%) .NET Developer
3 54 (18.43%) C# Developer
4 48 (16.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 36 (12.29%) Software Developer
6 35 (11.95%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 35 (11.95%) ASP.NET Developer
7 29 (9.898%) C++ Developer
8 25 (8.532%) Senior Developer
9 23 (7.850%) Software Engineer
10 22 (7.509%) SharePoint Developer
10 22 (7.509%) WPF Developer
11 16 (5.461%) Web Developer
12 15 (5.119%) Architect
13 14 (4.778%) Analyst
13 14 (4.778%) Programmer
14 12 (4.096%) Technical Designer
14 12 (4.096%) Designer
14 12 (4.096%) Technical Developer
15 11 (3.754%) Lead .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.95%) Computer Science
2 23 (7.850%) SaaS
3 22 (7.509%) Social Media
4 12 (4.096%) EMV
5 8 (2.730%) Clustering
5 8 (2.730%) Mathematics
6 7 (2.389%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.389%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.048%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.706%) Data Integration
8 5 (1.706%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.706%) EPoS
9 4 (1.365%) VSAM
10 2 (0.683%) Firmware
10 2 (0.683%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.683%) Inversion of Control
10 2 (0.683%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.341%) Open Source
11 1 (0.341%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.341%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 66 (22.53%) Windows
2 22 (7.509%) Apple iOS
2 22 (7.509%) Android
3 21 (7.167%) Windows XP
4 12 (4.096%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (4.096%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (2.730%) Windows 2000
6 4 (1.365%) zOS
6 4 (1.365%) UNIX
6 4 (1.365%) Linux
6 4 (1.365%) i5/OS
7 3 (1.024%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.341%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.341%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.99%) MVC
2 41 (13.99%) Agile Software Development
3 39 (13.31%) Web Development
4 34 (11.60%) OO
5 29 (9.898%) Unit Testing
5 29 (9.898%) Scrum
6 24 (8.191%) Analytics
7 21 (7.167%) Software Engineering
8 19 (6.485%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (6.143%) CRM
10 12 (4.096%) RDF
11 10 (3.413%) OOP
11 10 (3.413%) Migration
11 10 (3.413%) Workflow
11 10 (3.413%) Technical Architecture
12 9 (3.072%) Enterprise Architecture
12 9 (3.072%) Content Management
13 8 (2.730%) Configuration Management
13 8 (2.730%) TDD
13 8 (2.730%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 228 (77.82%) C#
2 103 (35.15%) SQL
3 94 (32.08%) JavaScript
4 76 (25.94%) C++
5 46 (15.70%) VB.NET
6 24 (8.191%) T-SQL
7 18 (6.143%) C
8 13 (4.437%) Java
9 11 (3.754%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.730%) VC++
11 4 (1.365%) VB
12 2 (0.683%) COBOL
12 2 (0.683%) VBScript
12 2 (0.683%) PHP
12 2 (0.683%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.341%) X++
13 1 (0.341%) VB6
13 1 (0.341%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (18.09%) Degree
2 19 (6.485%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.119%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.072%) ISEB
5 5 (1.706%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.341%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.341%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.341%) MCITP
6 1 (0.341%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.072%) QA
2 6 (2.048%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.365%) COBIT
4 2 (0.683%) SLA
5 1 (0.341%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.341%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (3.072%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.730%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.341%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.730%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 8 (2.730%) Backup Exec
1 8 (2.730%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (0.341%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 104 (35.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.096%) MKS
2 12 (4.096%) Sitecore
3 10 (3.413%) Oracle
4 9 (3.072%) VMware
5 8 (2.730%) Veritas
5 8 (2.730%) TIBCO
5 8 (2.730%) McAfee
5 8 (2.730%) Fujitsu
6 7 (2.389%) Borland
7 2 (0.683%) Lotus
7 2 (0.683%) Adobe
7 2 (0.683%) Progress
8 1 (0.341%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.341%) Epicor
8 1 (0.341%) Informatica
Reading, Berkshire
C#, C++, Visual Studios 2010, .Net3.5, Visual C++, .Net developer... Successful candidates must have more than 2 years' commercial experience using: C#, .Net, Visual Studio 2010, Team...
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
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Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + 5% pension & 25 days holiday
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop and web (preferably ASP.Net) applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence with Win32 applications will be...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + YES
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + £5k Car Allowance & 7% Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills: Development Architect - Security / Application Design / Governance / Change Management / COBIT / Java / C++ / .Net / Visual Studio - Permanent - up-to £70k - Reading - Finance A global leading financial organisation is...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: Bonus and benefits
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