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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 35 41 40
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 5 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 1.695% 2.102% 1.068%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.67% 10.61% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 3
Average salary £45,750 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.00% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,850 £35,000 £35,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,350 £42,500 £37,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 66 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 10.17% 19.82% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 27 62 53
Average salary £44,500 £47,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.31% -17.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £80,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
London

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 44 (83.02%) Team Foundation Server
2 42 (79.25%) .NET
3 35 (66.04%) HTML
3 35 (66.04%) JavaScript
4 33 (62.26%) ASP.NET
5 24 (45.28%) SQL Server
6 20 (37.74%) CSS
6 20 (37.74%) DOM
7 19 (35.85%) SaaS
8 18 (33.96%) .NET Framework
8 18 (33.96%) C#
9 17 (32.08%) VB.NET
9 17 (32.08%) WCF
10 16 (30.19%) Web Services
11 15 (28.30%) Web Development
11 15 (28.30%) VB
12 14 (26.42%) VB6
13 13 (24.53%) TCP/IP
14 12 (22.64%) Degree
14 12 (22.64%) HTTP
15 9 (16.98%) Finance
16 8 (15.09%) Marketing
16 8 (15.09%) Windows
17 7 (13.21%) Digital Marketing
18 6 (11.32%) Test Scripting
18 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
18 6 (11.32%) Advertising
18 6 (11.32%) jQuery
18 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
19 5 (9.434%) SharePoint

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 42 (79.25%) .NET
2 35 (66.04%) HTML
3 33 (62.26%) ASP.NET
4 20 (37.74%) CSS
4 20 (37.74%) DOM
5 18 (33.96%) .NET Framework
6 17 (32.08%) WCF
7 16 (30.19%) Web Services
8 6 (11.32%) jQuery
9 5 (9.434%) XML
10 1 (1.887%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.434%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.887%) IIS
2 1 (1.887%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (1.887%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.53%) TCP/IP
2 12 (22.64%) HTTP
3 1 (1.887%) Intranet
3 1 (1.887%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (45.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 44 (83.02%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (7.547%) MSBuild
3 3 (5.660%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (3.774%) MSI
5 1 (1.887%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (16.98%) Finance
2 8 (15.09%) Marketing
3 6 (11.32%) Advertising
4 1 (1.887%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (69.81%) Developer
2 20 (37.74%) JavaScript Developer
3 16 (30.19%) .NET Developer
3 16 (30.19%) VB.NET Developer
4 7 (13.21%) Analyst
4 7 (13.21%) Software Developer
4 7 (13.21%) VB6 Developer
4 7 (13.21%) VB Developer
4 7 (13.21%) .NET Software Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior JavaScript Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Test Analyst
6 4 (7.547%) Build Manager
6 4 (7.547%) Release Manager
7 3 (5.660%) C# Developer
7 3 (5.660%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (3.774%) Software Test Analyst
8 2 (3.774%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.774%) Senior Test Analyst
9 1 (1.887%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.85%) SaaS
2 3 (5.660%) iPhone
2 3 (5.660%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.09%) Windows
2 3 (5.660%) Android
3 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Web Development
2 7 (13.21%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (11.32%) Test Scripting
4 5 (9.434%) Automation Testing
5 4 (7.547%) Release Management
6 3 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.660%) Test Management
7 2 (3.774%) Integration Testing
7 2 (3.774%) Automated Testing
7 2 (3.774%) Workflow
8 1 (1.887%) Regression Testing
8 1 (1.887%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.887%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.887%) Network Load Balancing
8 1 (1.887%) Project Management
8 1 (1.887%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.887%) Manual Testing
8 1 (1.887%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.887%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 35 (66.04%) JavaScript
2 18 (33.96%) C#
3 17 (32.08%) VB.NET
4 15 (28.30%) VB
5 14 (26.42%) VB6
6 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
7 3 (5.660%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.887%) VBScript
8 1 (1.887%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 2 (3.774%) ISEB
2 2 (3.774%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.887%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.887%) VMware
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