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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 39 62 33
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -29
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 46 20 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 5.128% 2.747% 4.741%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.35% 17.86% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 39 16 21
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £27,750 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,300 £50,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
197 112 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 21.96% 15.38% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 153 104 87
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +8.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Surrey

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 64 (95.52%) .NET
2 60 (89.55%) SQL Server
3 57 (85.07%) ASP.NET
4 55 (82.09%) C#
5 42 (62.69%) CSS
6 40 (59.70%) JavaScript
7 39 (58.21%) SQL
8 29 (43.28%) jQuery
8 29 (43.28%) HTML
9 27 (40.30%) Microsoft
10 26 (38.81%) IIS
10 26 (38.81%) Ajax
11 25 (37.31%) ASP
12 24 (35.82%) VB
12 24 (35.82%) Games
13 23 (34.33%) PHP
14 22 (32.84%) Online Games
15 21 (31.34%) MS Excel
16 20 (29.85%) Web Application Development
17 18 (26.87%) SQL Server 2008
18 16 (23.88%) Team Foundation Server
19 15 (22.39%) PowerShell
19 15 (22.39%) SharePoint
19 15 (22.39%) MVC
20 14 (20.90%) Intranet
21 13 (19.40%) VB.NET
21 13 (19.40%) Unit Testing
21 13 (19.40%) Information Architecture
21 13 (19.40%) Knowledge Management
21 13 (19.40%) Enterprise Architecture

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 64 (95.52%) .NET
2 57 (85.07%) ASP.NET
3 42 (62.69%) CSS
4 29 (43.28%) jQuery
4 29 (43.28%) HTML
5 26 (38.81%) Ajax
6 25 (37.31%) ASP
7 12 (17.91%) WCF
8 10 (14.93%) WPF
9 3 (4.478%) XHTML
9 3 (4.478%) HTML5
9 3 (4.478%) CSS3
9 3 (4.478%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (2.985%) LINQ
10 2 (2.985%) .NET Framework
10 2 (2.985%) ADO.NET
10 2 (2.985%) SOAP
10 2 (2.985%) Web Services
11 1 (1.493%) ActiveX
11 1 (1.493%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 26 (38.81%) IIS
2 15 (22.39%) SharePoint
3 10 (14.93%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (2.985%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.985%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (31.34%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.493%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) Intranet
2 5 (7.463%) Internet
3 2 (2.985%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (89.55%) SQL Server
2 18 (26.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (13.43%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.985%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.985%) MySQL
5 1 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.493%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 16 (23.88%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.985%) NUnit
2 2 (2.985%) MSBuild
2 2 (2.985%) GCC
2 2 (2.985%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.985%) Ant
3 1 (1.493%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.493%) Subversion
General
1 24 (35.82%) Games
2 11 (16.42%) Finance
3 5 (7.463%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 57 (85.07%) Developer
2 37 (55.22%) .NET Developer
3 24 (35.82%) Web Developer
3 24 (35.82%) ASP.NET Developer
3 24 (35.82%) .NET Web Developer
4 17 (25.37%) C# Developer
5 13 (19.40%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (19.40%) SharePoint Developer
6 10 (14.93%) C# Web Developer
6 10 (14.93%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (11.94%) VB.NET Developer
8 4 (5.970%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Graduate
9 3 (4.478%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Software Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (2.985%) Web Manager
10 2 (2.985%) SQL Developer
10 2 (2.985%) Junior Developer
10 2 (2.985%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.84%) Online Games
2 6 (8.955%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.955%) Client/Server
3 5 (7.463%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.985%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.985%) Blog
4 2 (2.985%) E-Learning
4 2 (2.985%) New Media
5 1 (1.493%) W3C
5 1 (1.493%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.970%) Windows
2 2 (2.985%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) Web Application Development
2 15 (22.39%) MVC
3 13 (19.40%) Unit Testing
3 13 (19.40%) Information Architecture
3 13 (19.40%) Knowledge Management
3 13 (19.40%) Enterprise Architecture
4 10 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (11.94%) Load Testing
6 5 (7.463%) OO
6 5 (7.463%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.970%) OOD
8 3 (4.478%) Software Engineering
9 2 (2.985%) Mobile Application Development
9 2 (2.985%) Automated Testing
9 2 (2.985%) Data Security
9 2 (2.985%) Web Design
9 2 (2.985%) Build Automation
9 2 (2.985%) Test Automation
9 2 (2.985%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (2.985%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 55 (82.09%) C#
2 40 (59.70%) JavaScript
3 39 (58.21%) SQL
4 24 (35.82%) VB
5 23 (34.33%) PHP
6 15 (22.39%) PowerShell
7 13 (19.40%) VB.NET
8 6 (8.955%) C++
9 5 (7.463%) T-SQL
10 4 (5.970%) C
11 3 (4.478%) Java
12 2 (2.985%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) Degree
2 2 (2.985%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.985%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.493%) HND
3 1 (1.493%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.985%) QA
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.93%) VMware
3 9 (13.43%) NetApp
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle
5 2 (2.985%) Perforce
5 2 (2.985%) Adobe
Guildford, South East
Senior Front End Developer- HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/ jQuery, UIMy client a company working in the financial sector is looking for a front end web developer who will be...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, South East
Make, MSBuild, Ant, Visual Studio)* Knowledge of programming in scripting languages and environments such as Python, Powershell etc.* Knowledge of Perforce (administration knowledge a distinct plus)* Knowledge of...
Salary: £30000 - £52000 per annum + Competitive Benefits.
Posted: 14 May 2013