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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Colchester region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5752
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below50.00 %11.11 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£30,000£25,000
Average salary£33,500£25,000
% change on same period last year+34.00 %
Average maximum salary£37,000£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,552£35,196
% change on same period last year-4.67 %
Colchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Colchester
Matching permanent IT job ads29
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
Salaries quoted29
Average minimum salary£25,000£30,889
Average salary£26,750£34,111
% change on same period last year-21.57 %
Average maximum salary£28,500£37,333
UK excluding London average salary£34,829£35,862
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Visual Studio EssexVisual Studio
Essex

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Colchester Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

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

Colchester Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

115 (93.75 %)C#
115 (93.75 %).NET
115 (93.75 %)SQL Server
213 (81.25 %)SQL
213 (81.25 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (68.75 %)Microsoft
410 (62.50 %)Transact-SQL
410 (62.50 %)XML
59 (56.25 %)Finance
59 (56.25 %)VB.NET
68 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
68 (50.00 %)HTML
77 (43.75 %)DHTML
77 (43.75 %)CSS
77 (43.75 %)DOM
77 (43.75 %)XSLT
77 (43.75 %)XHTML
77 (43.75 %)ASP.NET 2.0
86 (37.50 %)Retail
86 (37.50 %)Microsoft Certification
86 (37.50 %)MCAD
86 (37.50 %)MCSD
95 (31.25 %)ECMAScript
104 (25.00 %)OO
104 (25.00 %)VB
104 (25.00 %)Asset Management
113 (18.75 %)Health
113 (18.75 %)Legal
113 (18.75 %)SQL Server 7
113 (18.75 %)Fat Client

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

Colchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (93.75 %).NET
210 (62.50 %)XML
38 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
38 (50.00 %)HTML
47 (43.75 %)CSS
47 (43.75 %)ASP.NET 2.0
47 (43.75 %)DOM
47 (43.75 %)XSLT
47 (43.75 %)XHTML
53 (18.75 %).NET Framework
62 (12.50 %)SOAP
62 (12.50 %)AJAX
71 (6.250 %)COM+
71 (6.250 %)MFC
71 (6.250 %)WebServices
Colchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (18.75 %)MS Excel
13 (18.75 %)MS Visio
Colchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (12.50 %)HTTP
21 (6.250 %)PPP
Colchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (93.75 %)SQL Server
213 (81.25 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (18.75 %)SQL Server 7
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Colchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (56.25 %)Finance
26 (37.50 %)Retail
33 (18.75 %)Health
33 (18.75 %)Legal
33 (18.75 %)Pensions
41 (6.250 %)Insurance
Colchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (75.00 %)Developer
210 (62.50 %).NET Developer
37 (43.75 %)Web Developer
37 (43.75 %).NET Web Developer
43 (18.75 %).NET Applications Developer
43 (18.75 %)Applications Developer
43 (18.75 %)Applications Support
52 (12.50 %)VB Developer
61 (6.250 %)VB6 Developer
61 (6.250 %)C# Application Developer
61 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
61 (6.250 %)C# Developer
61 (6.250 %)Senior Software Engineer
61 (6.250 %)Programmer
Colchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)Thin Client
13 (18.75 %)Fat Client
21 (6.250 %)N-Tier
21 (6.250 %)Mathematics
Colchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.250 %)Windows
Colchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)OO
14 (25.00 %)Asset Management
21 (6.250 %)Statistical Analysis
21 (6.250 %)OOD
Colchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (93.75 %)C#
213 (81.25 %)SQL
310 (62.50 %)Transact-SQL
49 (56.25 %)VB.NET
57 (43.75 %)DHTML
65 (31.25 %)ECMAScript
74 (25.00 %)VB
82 (12.50 %)VB6
91 (6.250 %)C++
Colchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (37.50 %)MCAD
16 (37.50 %)MCSD
16 (37.50 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (6.250 %)MBA
Colchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.250 %)Terminal Services
Colchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (68.75 %)Microsoft
22 (12.50 %)Citrix
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