The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 47 32 46
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +14
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 81 108 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 4.715% 6.494% 4.306%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.24% 34.84% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73 103 75
Average salary £41,000 £30,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.66% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,251 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
277 310 256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 16.12% 18.64% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 251 278 232
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £43,397
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Bristol Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 132 (86.84%) .NET
2 117 (76.97%) C#
3 85 (55.92%) SQL Server
4 74 (48.68%) JavaScript
5 67 (44.08%) SQL
6 55 (36.18%) Microsoft
7 54 (35.53%) HTML
7 54 (35.53%) ASP.NET
8 53 (34.87%) CSS
9 49 (32.24%) XML
10 39 (25.66%) MVC
11 36 (23.68%) Agile Software Development
11 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
12 32 (21.05%) Linux
13 27 (17.76%) Windows
14 26 (17.11%) SharePoint
15 24 (15.79%) jQuery
16 23 (15.13%) Ajax
16 23 (15.13%) Degree
16 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
16 23 (15.13%) T-SQL
16 23 (15.13%) VB.NET
16 23 (15.13%) Scrum
17 22 (14.47%) OO
18 21 (13.82%) WCF
19 20 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
19 20 (13.16%) MS Excel
20 19 (12.50%) Project Management
20 19 (12.50%) Finance
20 19 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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
1 132 (86.84%) .NET
2 54 (35.53%) HTML
2 54 (35.53%) ASP.NET
3 53 (34.87%) CSS
4 49 (32.24%) XML
5 24 (15.79%) jQuery
6 23 (15.13%) Ajax
7 21 (13.82%) WCF
8 16 (10.53%) Web Services
9 14 (9.211%) SOAP
9 14 (9.211%) LINQ
10 11 (7.237%) Silverlight
11 8 (5.263%) REST
12 7 (4.605%) XSLT
12 7 (4.605%) WPF
12 7 (4.605%) ASP.NET MVC
13 4 (2.632%) .NET Framework
13 4 (2.632%) XHTML
14 3 (1.974%) DHTML
14 3 (1.974%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 26 (17.11%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.921%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (2.632%) CMS
4 2 (1.316%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.658%) IIS
5 1 (0.658%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.316%) InfoPath
2 2 (1.316%) MS Office
3 1 (0.658%) MS Project
3 1 (0.658%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.289%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.632%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.921%) Intranet
2 6 (3.947%) SSL
3 2 (1.316%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.658%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (55.92%) SQL Server
2 20 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (5.921%) MySQL
4 7 (4.605%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (2.632%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (2.632%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.974%) MS Access
6 3 (1.974%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.316%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.658%) DTS
8 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.658%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 19 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (11.18%) NUnit
3 10 (6.579%) Subversion
4 5 (3.289%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (3.289%) WebDriver
4 5 (3.289%) MbUnit
4 5 (3.289%) Selenium
5 2 (1.316%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 2 (1.316%) MSTest
6 1 (0.658%) Eclipse
General
1 19 (12.50%) Finance
2 15 (9.868%) Legal
3 13 (8.553%) Marketing
3 13 (8.553%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.263%) Publishing
5 3 (1.974%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.974%) Banking
5 3 (1.974%) Retail
6 2 (1.316%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.316%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (59.21%) Developer
2 32 (21.05%) Software Developer
3 31 (20.39%) .NET Developer
4 28 (18.42%) Software Engineer
5 14 (9.211%) Architect
5 14 (9.211%) Technical Architect
5 14 (9.211%) C# Developer
6 13 (8.553%) C# Software Engineer
6 13 (8.553%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (8.553%) .NET Software Engineer
7 11 (7.237%) Applications Developer
7 11 (7.237%) C# .NET Developer
8 10 (6.579%) SharePoint Developer
9 9 (5.921%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (5.921%) Mobile Developer
10 8 (5.263%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 8 (5.263%) Windows Mobile Developer
11 5 (3.289%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.289%) VB.NET Developer
11 5 (3.289%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.18%) Mobile App
2 15 (9.868%) Management Information System
3 13 (8.553%) Digital Media
4 4 (2.632%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.974%) Thin Client
5 3 (1.974%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.316%) Social Media
7 1 (0.658%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.658%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.05%) Linux
2 27 (17.76%) Windows
3 17 (11.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (8.553%) UNIX
5 8 (5.263%) Windows Phone 7
5 8 (5.263%) Ubuntu
5 8 (5.263%) Windows Phone
6 4 (2.632%) Android
7 1 (0.658%) Windows CE
7 1 (0.658%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.66%) MVC
2 36 (23.68%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (15.13%) Scrum
4 22 (14.47%) OO
5 19 (12.50%) Project Management
5 19 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 17 (11.18%) UML
7 13 (8.553%) Automated Testing
7 13 (8.553%) Software Engineering
7 13 (8.553%) PRINCE
8 11 (7.237%) OOP
9 9 (5.921%) Document Management
9 9 (5.921%) Workflow
10 6 (3.947%) Test Automation
10 6 (3.947%) SIEM
11 5 (3.289%) SOA
11 5 (3.289%) CRM
11 5 (3.289%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (3.289%) E-Commerce
11 5 (3.289%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 117 (76.97%) C#
2 74 (48.68%) JavaScript
3 67 (44.08%) SQL
4 23 (15.13%) T-SQL
4 23 (15.13%) VB.NET
5 9 (5.921%) Java
5 9 (5.921%) Bash shell
6 8 (5.263%) XAML
7 7 (4.605%) VB
8 6 (3.947%) C
9 5 (3.289%) C++
9 5 (3.289%) Delphi
10 4 (2.632%) VBScript
11 3 (1.974%) VBA
12 2 (1.316%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.316%) PHP
13 1 (0.658%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.658%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.13%) Degree
2 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.553%) SLA
2 2 (1.316%) QA
3 1 (0.658%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (1.974%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.947%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.18%) Red Hat
3 10 (6.579%) Oracle
4 6 (3.947%) ArcSight
4 6 (3.947%) F5
5 4 (2.632%) Sun
6 3 (1.974%) Apple
6 3 (1.974%) VMware
7 2 (1.316%) Facebook
8 1 (0.658%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.658%) Embarcadero
8 1 (0.658%) Borland
8 1 (0.658%) LogiXML