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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5885
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads443300
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.231 %0.124 %
As % of the category below38.22 %23.68 %
Salaries quoted404265
Average minimum salary£31,211£34,217
Average salary£34,104£37,571
% change on same period last year-9.22 %
Average maximum salary£36,997£40,925
UK excluding London average salary£33,634£35,118
% change on same period last year-4.22 %
Development Applications East of EnglandDevelopment Applications
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads11591267
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.605 %0.523 %
Salaries quoted10051036
Average minimum salary£32,933£34,976
Average salary£35,880£37,683
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum salary£38,827£40,390
UK excluding London average salary£34,844£35,828
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

East of England Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Visual Studio within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+17192£34,600-8.71 %
HertfordshireUp+2193£35,449-1.68 %
NorfolkUp+2249£27,120-32.33 %
EssexDown-2043£34,191-5.04 %
BedfordshireUp+1139£40,538-8.19 %
SuffolkUp+1727£28,796-14.36 %
East AngliaNew entry-6£32,417-
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1779 (87.53 %).NET
2592 (66.52 %)C#
3566 (63.60 %)SQL Server
4477 (53.60 %)ASP.NET
5373 (41.91 %)Microsoft
6337 (37.87 %)XML
7315 (35.39 %)SQL Server 2005
8284 (31.91 %)SQL
9271 (30.45 %)VB.NET
10246 (27.64 %)Windows
11213 (23.93 %)JavaScript
12203 (22.81 %)C++
13191 (21.46 %)HTML
14181 (20.34 %).NET Framework
15176 (19.78 %)OO
15176 (19.78 %)CSS
16169 (18.99 %)SQL Server 2000
17161 (18.09 %)WebServices
18122 (13.71 %)ASP
19119 (13.37 %)XSLT
20113 (12.70 %)AJAX
21107 (12.02 %)WinForms
22102 (11.46 %)MS Excel
23101 (11.35 %)Degree
2499 (11.12 %)MFC
2598 (11.01 %)VB
2694 (10.56 %)Transact-SQL
2793 (10.45 %)XHTML
2891 (10.22 %)Web Development
2986 (9.663 %)IIS

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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
1779 (87.53 %).NET
2477 (53.60 %)ASP.NET
3337 (37.87 %)XML
4191 (21.46 %)HTML
5181 (20.34 %).NET Framework
6176 (19.78 %)CSS
7161 (18.09 %)WebServices
8122 (13.71 %)ASP
9119 (13.37 %)XSLT
10113 (12.70 %)AJAX
11107 (12.02 %)WinForms
1299 (11.12 %)MFC
1393 (10.45 %)XHTML
1473 (8.202 %)COM
1539 (4.382 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1638 (4.270 %)SOAP
1734 (3.820 %)ADO.NET
1734 (3.820 %)WCF
1831 (3.483 %)STL
1928 (3.146 %)WSDL
Application Platforms
186 (9.663 %)IIS
267 (7.528 %)SharePoint
331 (3.483 %)BizTalk Server
422 (2.472 %)Apache
514 (1.573 %)ColdFusion
610 (1.124 %)CMS
79 (1.011 %)Commerce Server
88 (0.899 %)SharePoint Portal Server
96 (0.674 %)TeamSite
96 (0.674 %)ColdFusion MX
104 (0.449 %)MTS
104 (0.449 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (0.225 %)Plone
112 (0.225 %)Tomcat
112 (0.225 %)DotNetNuke
121 (0.112 %)MS Exchange
121 (0.112 %)Oracle Workflow
121 (0.112 %)Exchange Server 2003
121 (0.112 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1102 (11.46 %)MS Excel
236 (4.045 %)Photoshop
329 (3.258 %)MS Office
45 (0.562 %)InfoPath
45 (0.562 %)MS Project
45 (0.562 %)MS Visio
54 (0.449 %)MATLAB
63 (0.337 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (0.337 %)Fireworks
72 (0.225 %)PrintSoft PReS
72 (0.225 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.225 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.225 %)InDesign
72 (0.225 %)ImageReady
81 (0.112 %)DOC1
Business Applications
19 (1.011 %)Navision
28 (0.899 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.112 %)Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
155 (6.180 %)Internet
225 (2.809 %)HTTP
319 (2.135 %)TCP/IP
319 (2.135 %)Intranet
410 (1.124 %)FTP
59 (1.011 %)SSL
68 (0.899 %)SSH
68 (0.899 %)Firewall
68 (0.899 %)DNS
77 (0.787 %)VoIP
85 (0.562 %)Wi-Fi
94 (0.449 %)Wireless
94 (0.449 %)CTI
102 (0.225 %)Cisco ICM
102 (0.225 %)IPCC
111 (0.112 %)Ethernet
111 (0.112 %)ISDN
111 (0.112 %)PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1566 (63.60 %)SQL Server
2315 (35.39 %)SQL Server 2005
3169 (18.99 %)SQL Server 2000
447 (5.281 %)MySQL
545 (5.056 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
632 (3.596 %)DTS
727 (3.034 %)RDBMS
826 (2.921 %)Crystal Reports
923 (2.584 %)SQL Server 7
1015 (1.685 %)Oracle 10g
1015 (1.685 %)Oracle 9i
1112 (1.348 %)MS Access
1210 (1.124 %)Oracle Reports
139 (1.011 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
148 (0.899 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
157 (0.787 %)ETL
165 (0.562 %)SQL Server Integration Services
172 (0.225 %)BusinessObjects
172 (0.225 %)DB2
181 (0.112 %)Informix
Development Applications
145 (5.056 %)VSS/SourceSafe
230 (3.371 %)MSI
325 (2.809 %)Visual Studio Team System
423 (2.584 %)Subversion
521 (2.360 %)Flash
614 (1.573 %)Dreamweaver
79 (1.011 %)ClearCase
79 (1.011 %)Bugzilla
88 (0.899 %)Eclipse
96 (0.674 %)WinRunner
96 (0.674 %)C++Builder
96 (0.674 %)TestPartner
104 (0.449 %)LabVIEW
104 (0.449 %)NUnit
104 (0.449 %)InstallShield
General
183 (9.326 %)Pensions
264 (7.191 %)Finance
344 (4.944 %)Marketing
437 (4.157 %)Insurance
532 (3.596 %)Health
625 (2.809 %)Billing
723 (2.584 %)Automotive
815 (1.685 %)Education
815 (1.685 %)Retail
913 (1.461 %)Telecoms
1010 (1.124 %)Games
1010 (1.124 %)Construction
1010 (1.124 %)Animation
117 (0.787 %)3D Graphics
125 (0.562 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.449 %)Front Office
134 (0.449 %)Banking
134 (0.449 %)Multimedia
134 (0.449 %)Publishing
143 (0.337 %)Legal
Job Titles
1645 (72.47 %)Developer
2293 (32.92 %).NET Developer
3174 (19.55 %)C# Developer
4166 (18.65 %)Web Developer
5108 (12.13 %)Software Developer
697 (10.90 %)Senior Developer
794 (10.56 %)Software Engineer
890 (10.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
966 (7.416 %).NET Web Developer
1051 (5.730 %)C++ Developer
1142 (4.719 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1239 (4.382 %)Senior .NET Developer
1337 (4.157 %)VB.NET Developer
1337 (4.157 %)Senior Web Developer
1436 (4.045 %)Senior C# Developer
1436 (4.045 %)Programmer
1535 (3.933 %)Applications Developer
1625 (2.809 %)Team Leader
1625 (2.809 %)CSharp Software Developer
1724 (2.697 %)Junior
Miscellaneous
143 (4.831 %)N-Tier
234 (3.820 %)Device Driver
332 (3.596 %)Computer Science
426 (2.921 %)Client/Server
523 (2.584 %)Web 2.0
619 (2.135 %)Mathematics
711 (1.236 %)Data Protection Act
88 (0.899 %)IVR
97 (0.787 %)Physics
106 (0.674 %)W3C
115 (0.562 %)IPTV
115 (0.562 %)Data Conversion
124 (0.449 %)Multithreading
124 (0.449 %)Asset Management
124 (0.449 %)Equities
133 (0.337 %)Thin Client
133 (0.337 %)Fat Client
142 (0.225 %)Life Science
142 (0.225 %)BBC
142 (0.225 %)iDTV
Operating Systems
1246 (27.64 %)Windows
243 (4.831 %)Linux
330 (3.371 %)Windows 2000
419 (2.135 %)Windows NT
512 (1.348 %)Windows XP
69 (1.011 %)Windows CE
74 (0.449 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.225 %)UNIX
91 (0.112 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.112 %)Palm OS
Processes & Methodologies
1176 (19.78 %)OO
291 (10.22 %)Web Development
370 (7.865 %)OOP
461 (6.854 %)E-Commerce
539 (4.382 %)Web Design
636 (4.045 %)Agile Software Development
729 (3.258 %)Software Engineering
828 (3.146 %)UML
927 (3.034 %)Project Management
1021 (2.360 %)OOD
1117 (1.910 %)Change Management
1117 (1.910 %)Refactoring
1216 (1.798 %)OOA/OOD
1315 (1.685 %)Scrum
1414 (1.573 %)Information Management
1513 (1.461 %)SEO
1513 (1.461 %)Unit Testing
1612 (1.348 %)Data Protection
1612 (1.348 %)Configuration Management
1710 (1.124 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
1592 (66.52 %)C#
2284 (31.91 %)SQL
3271 (30.45 %)VB.NET
4213 (23.93 %)JavaScript
5203 (22.81 %)C++
698 (11.01 %)VB
794 (10.56 %)Transact-SQL
853 (5.955 %)C
944 (4.944 %)PHP
1040 (4.494 %)VB6
1124 (2.697 %)DHTML
1219 (2.135 %)Java
1318 (2.022 %)VC++
1417 (1.910 %)PL/SQL
1511 (1.236 %)VBScript
1610 (1.124 %)Python
1610 (1.124 %)ECMAScript
1610 (1.124 %)Ruby
179 (1.011 %)ActionScript
179 (1.011 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1101 (11.35 %)Degree
251 (5.730 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (2.472 %)MCSD
419 (2.135 %)MCAD
55 (0.562 %)MCP
63 (0.337 %)MCDBA
63 (0.337 %)MCTS
71 (0.112 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.112 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.112 %)MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.011 %)QA
26 (0.674 %)WAI
35 (0.562 %)21 CFR Part 11
42 (0.225 %)JTAG
51 (0.112 %)SLA
System Software
11 (0.112 %)Active Directory
11 (0.112 %)Terminal Services
Vendors
1373 (41.91 %)Microsoft
246 (5.169 %)Oracle
316 (1.798 %)Macrovision
415 (1.685 %)Adobe
415 (1.685 %)Perforce
56 (0.674 %)Borland
56 (0.674 %)Interwoven
56 (0.674 %)Serena
63 (0.337 %)Cisco
72 (0.225 %)Citrix
72 (0.225 %)Macromedia
72 (0.225 %)Business Objects
72 (0.225 %)Cognos
81 (0.112 %)Sybase
81 (0.112 %)Dell
81 (0.112 %)Sony
81 (0.112 %)IBM
81 (0.112 %)Nokia
81 (0.112 %)Yahoo!
81 (0.112 %)Google
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