The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bicester 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 Bicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 11 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester 6.452% 5.556% -
As % of the Development Applications category 28.57% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Bicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester 22.58% 5.556% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
Average salary £32,750 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.12% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Oxfordshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bicester 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 Bicester region.

Bicester Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) VB
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
2 3 (60.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) QlikView
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) DSDM
2 3 (60.00%) EDI
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (60.00%) Delphi
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (60.00%) DevExpress
3 2 (40.00%) IIS
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Intranet
3 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 2 (40.00%) Windows

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (60.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) EDI
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Intranet
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) QlikView
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Graduate C# Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Junior
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Junior Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Junior C# Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Junior .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Graduate Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Graduate
1 3 (60.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Web Development
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) VB
2 3 (60.00%) Delphi
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) DevExpress