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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 54 58 38
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -20
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 34 36 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 3.736% 3.677% 5.819%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.58% 14.52% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 28 36 38
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £35,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
183 248 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 20.11% 25.33% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 159 223 110
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £45,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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
Brighton +25 32 £32,500 -7.14%
Lewes +3 1 £36,000 +2.85%
Hove - 1 £42,500 -
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 47 (83.93%) C#
1 47 (83.93%) .NET
2 36 (64.29%) ASP.NET
3 33 (58.93%) SQL Server
4 27 (48.21%) SQL
5 20 (35.71%) Microsoft
6 17 (30.36%) MS Excel
7 16 (28.57%) XML
7 16 (28.57%) JavaScript
7 16 (28.57%) SLA
7 16 (28.57%) TDD
8 14 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
9 13 (23.21%) jQuery
9 13 (23.21%) CSS
9 13 (23.21%) Windows
10 12 (21.43%) XSLT
10 12 (21.43%) OO
10 12 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
11 11 (19.64%) WCF
11 11 (19.64%) XHTML
12 10 (17.86%) Web Services
12 10 (17.86%) VB.NET
12 10 (17.86%) QA
13 9 (16.07%) HTML
14 8 (14.29%) OOD
14 8 (14.29%) MSMQ
14 8 (14.29%) Change Management
14 8 (14.29%) Scrum
14 8 (14.29%) F#
14 8 (14.29%) Integration Testing

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 47 (83.93%) .NET
2 36 (64.29%) ASP.NET
3 16 (28.57%) XML
4 13 (23.21%) jQuery
4 13 (23.21%) CSS
5 12 (21.43%) XSLT
6 11 (19.64%) WCF
6 11 (19.64%) XHTML
7 10 (17.86%) Web Services
8 9 (16.07%) HTML
9 6 (10.71%) .NET Framework
10 3 (5.357%) SOAP
11 2 (3.571%) DHTML
12 1 (1.786%) Ajax
12 1 (1.786%) JSON
12 1 (1.786%) Silverlight
12 1 (1.786%) SubSonic
12 1 (1.786%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) MSMQ
1 8 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (8.929%) CMS
3 2 (3.571%) IIS
3 2 (3.571%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (1.786%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (30.36%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (58.93%) SQL Server
2 12 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.929%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (8.929%) TOAD
4 2 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (8.929%) Subversion
1 5 (8.929%) Selenium
2 4 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (5.357%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.786%) ReSharper
4 1 (1.786%) Axure RP
4 1 (1.786%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (5.357%) Finance
2 2 (3.571%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
3 1 (1.786%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Developer
2 19 (33.93%) C# Developer
3 14 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 12 (21.43%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (14.29%) Analyst
5 8 (14.29%) Software Developer
6 7 (12.50%) Software Manager
6 7 (12.50%) Web Developer
7 6 (10.71%) Support Specialist
7 6 (10.71%) Support Manager
8 5 (8.929%) Test Analyst
9 3 (5.357%) C# Web Developer
9 3 (5.357%) Software Support Analyst
9 3 (5.357%) Senior C# Developer
9 3 (5.357%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (5.357%) Senior Developer
9 3 (5.357%) Support Analyst
10 2 (3.571%) Junior
10 2 (3.571%) Software Engineer
10 2 (3.571%) CMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.929%) Web 2.0
1 5 (8.929%) Computer Science
1 5 (8.929%) W3C
1 5 (8.929%) N-Tier
2 3 (5.357%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.21%) Windows
2 7 (12.50%) UNIX
3 5 (8.929%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.571%) Solaris
4 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.786%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.786%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) TDD
2 14 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (21.43%) OO
4 8 (14.29%) OOD
4 8 (14.29%) Change Management
4 8 (14.29%) Scrum
4 8 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 8 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (10.71%) Incident Management
5 6 (10.71%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (8.929%) Waterfall
6 5 (8.929%) Web Development
6 5 (8.929%) Unit Testing
6 5 (8.929%) V-Model
6 5 (8.929%) OOP
7 3 (5.357%) Pair Programming
7 3 (5.357%) MVC
8 2 (3.571%) B2B
9 1 (1.786%) Information Security
9 1 (1.786%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (83.93%) C#
2 27 (48.21%) SQL
3 16 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 10 (17.86%) VB.NET
5 8 (14.29%) F#
6 6 (10.71%) C++
6 6 (10.71%) T-SQL
7 5 (8.929%) Java
8 2 (3.571%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.786%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) ISEB
2 5 (8.929%) ISTQB
3 4 (7.143%) Degree
4 3 (5.357%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (28.57%) SLA
2 10 (17.86%) QA
3 2 (3.571%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.786%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 20 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Oracle
3 6 (10.71%) Adobe
3 6 (10.71%) RedDot
4 5 (8.929%) HP
5 1 (1.786%) IBM
5 1 (1.786%) Open Text