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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 30 26 33
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 34 31 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 5.475% 6.225% 4.949%
As % of the Development Applications category 34.34% 24.80% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 33 26 28
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,945 £24,000 £27,150
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
99 125 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 15.94% 25.10% 18.26%
Number of salaries quoted 95 114 100
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £61,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Dorset 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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth -4 17 £52,000 +48.57%
Poole +10 9 £31,500 +28.57%
Dorchester - 3 £21,500 -
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 66 (92.96%) C#
1 66 (92.96%) .NET
2 48 (67.61%) SQL Server
3 45 (63.38%) ASP.NET
4 43 (60.56%) SQL
5 31 (43.66%) JavaScript
6 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
7 28 (39.44%) HTML
8 22 (30.99%) T-SQL
9 21 (29.58%) VB.NET
9 21 (29.58%) Windows
9 21 (29.58%) SQL Server 2008
10 19 (26.76%) CSS
11 17 (23.94%) OO
12 15 (21.13%) jQuery
13 14 (19.72%) SQL Server 2005
14 13 (18.31%) Linux
15 12 (16.90%) Web Services
15 12 (16.90%) MS Excel
15 12 (16.90%) Software Engineering
15 12 (16.90%) .NET Framework
15 12 (16.90%) Degree
16 10 (14.08%) MVC
16 10 (14.08%) MySQL
16 10 (14.08%) PHP
17 9 (12.68%) OOD
17 9 (12.68%) ETL
17 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
17 9 (12.68%) Oracle
17 9 (12.68%) OLAP

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 66 (92.96%) .NET
2 45 (63.38%) ASP.NET
3 28 (39.44%) HTML
4 19 (26.76%) CSS
5 15 (21.13%) jQuery
6 12 (16.90%) Web Services
6 12 (16.90%) .NET Framework
7 7 (9.859%) SOAP
7 7 (9.859%) XML
8 5 (7.042%) REST
8 5 (7.042%) WAMP
9 3 (4.225%) ASP
10 2 (2.817%) WinForms
10 2 (2.817%) Google Maps API
10 2 (2.817%) WCF
10 2 (2.817%) DirectX
10 2 (2.817%) WSDL
10 2 (2.817%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (11.27%) IIS
2 6 (8.451%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.451%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (7.042%) Magento
3 5 (7.042%) Apache
3 5 (7.042%) CMS
4 3 (4.225%) Umbraco
5 2 (2.817%) Sitefinity
5 2 (2.817%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (2.817%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.817%) Windows Azure
5 2 (2.817%) DotNetNuke
6 1 (1.408%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 12 (16.90%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.042%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.408%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.225%) SSL
2 2 (2.817%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (67.61%) SQL Server
2 21 (29.58%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (19.72%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (14.08%) MySQL
5 9 (12.68%) OLAP
5 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 9 (12.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (12.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (12.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 7 (9.859%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (9.859%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (2.817%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (1.408%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.859%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (7.042%) Eclipse
2 5 (7.042%) NetBeans
3 3 (4.225%) NUnit
4 2 (2.817%) InstallShield
5 1 (1.408%) MSBuild
General
1 6 (8.451%) Finance
2 3 (4.225%) Marketing
2 3 (4.225%) Back Office
3 2 (2.817%) Electronics
3 2 (2.817%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.408%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (87.32%) Developer
2 24 (33.80%) .NET Developer
3 23 (32.39%) Software Developer
4 21 (29.58%) C# Developer
5 15 (21.13%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (14.08%) Lead Developer
7 9 (12.68%) Web Developer
7 9 (12.68%) Architect
7 9 (12.68%) .NET Architect
7 9 (12.68%) Lead Architect
8 8 (11.27%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (8.451%) C# Software Developer
10 5 (7.042%) Software Engineer
11 4 (5.634%) ASP.NET Developer
12 3 (4.225%) VB.NET Developer
12 3 (4.225%) .NET Web Developer
13 2 (2.817%) Test Engineer
13 2 (2.817%) C# Web Developer
13 2 (2.817%) Technical Developer
14 1 (1.408%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.225%) PMI
2 2 (2.817%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 21 (29.58%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) Linux
3 7 (9.859%) Windows XP
3 7 (9.859%) Windows Vista
4 3 (4.225%) Android
4 3 (4.225%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.817%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.94%) OO
2 12 (16.90%) Software Engineering
3 10 (14.08%) MVC
4 9 (12.68%) OOD
4 9 (12.68%) ETL
4 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (12.68%) UML
5 7 (9.859%) Data Migration
5 7 (9.859%) Migration
6 5 (7.042%) E-Commerce
6 5 (7.042%) CRM
6 5 (7.042%) B2B
6 5 (7.042%) B2C
7 4 (5.634%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (5.634%) OOP
8 3 (4.225%) Project Management
8 3 (4.225%) Web Design
8 3 (4.225%) Content Management
8 3 (4.225%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (4.225%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 66 (92.96%) C#
2 43 (60.56%) SQL
3 31 (43.66%) JavaScript
4 22 (30.99%) T-SQL
5 21 (29.58%) VB.NET
6 10 (14.08%) PHP
7 5 (7.042%) VB
8 3 (4.225%) C++
8 3 (4.225%) VB6
9 2 (2.817%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.817%) C
9 2 (2.817%) VBScript
9 2 (2.817%) VBA
10 1 (1.408%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 12 (16.90%) Degree
2 7 (9.859%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.225%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.225%) HND
4 2 (2.817%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 2 (2.817%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.817%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.817%) ISEB
System Software
1 3 (4.225%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.817%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.68%) Oracle
3 7 (9.859%) Citrix
4 3 (4.225%) VMware
5 2 (2.817%) Facebook
5 2 (2.817%) Serena
5 2 (2.817%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.408%) SAP
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