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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7880
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads141137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.082 %0.059 %
As % of the category below26.16 %19.11 %
Salaries quoted130122
Average minimum salary£34,496£31,603
Average salary£38,468£34,603
% change on same period last year+11.16 %
Average maximum salary£42,440£37,603
UK excluding London average salary£33,701£35,218
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Hampshire
Matching permanent IT job ads539717
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.315 %0.307 %
Salaries quoted462589
Average minimum salary£33,583£33,214
Average salary£37,050£36,694
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum salary£40,518£40,174
UK excluding London average salary£34,982£35,962
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Visual Studio South EastVisual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
BasingstokeUp+1540£41,050+4.69 %
PortsmouthUp+719£33,722+20.43 %
SouthamptonUp+811£34,818-0.84 %
FarnboroughDown-14£34,375-6.14 %
AldershotUp+43£35,000+27.27 %
WaterloovilleUp+63£31,167-9.00 %
FarehamDown-222£27,250-17.67 %
AndoverNew entry-1£38,500-
HavantDown-11--
WinchesterNew entry-1£30,000-
PetersfieldDown-71£17,000-60.00 %
RomseyNew entry-1£40,000-
Visual Studio South EastVisual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1381 (86.99 %).NET
2306 (69.86 %)SQL Server
3281 (64.16 %)C#
4201 (45.89 %)Windows
5197 (44.98 %)Microsoft
6183 (41.78 %)ASP.NET
7174 (39.73 %)XML
8116 (26.48 %)SQL
9114 (26.03 %)WebServices
10113 (25.80 %)C++
11105 (23.97 %)VB.NET
12103 (23.52 %)HTML
1392 (21.00 %)Degree
1484 (19.18 %).NET Framework
1583 (18.95 %)VB
1682 (18.72 %)JavaScript
1776 (17.35 %)ASP
1875 (17.12 %)VB6
1972 (16.44 %)MS Excel
2068 (15.53 %)UML
2166 (15.07 %)OO
2265 (14.84 %)IIS
2360 (13.70 %)Unit Testing
2457 (13.01 %)CSS
2554 (12.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2554 (12.33 %)SQL Server 2005
2650 (11.42 %)Oracle
2748 (10.96 %)Internet
2846 (10.50 %)NUnit
2945 (10.27 %)WinForms

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1381 (86.99 %).NET
2183 (41.78 %)ASP.NET
3174 (39.73 %)XML
4114 (26.03 %)WebServices
5103 (23.52 %)HTML
684 (19.18 %).NET Framework
776 (17.35 %)ASP
857 (13.01 %)CSS
945 (10.27 %)WinForms
1040 (9.132 %)MFC
1133 (7.534 %)ActiveX
1231 (7.078 %)XSL
1330 (6.849 %)XHTML
1425 (5.708 %)XSLT
1524 (5.479 %)STL
1619 (4.338 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1718 (4.110 %)WCF
1718 (4.110 %).NET Remoting
1817 (3.881 %)COM+
1916 (3.653 %)JSP
Hampshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
165 (14.84 %)IIS
219 (4.338 %)ColdFusion
316 (3.653 %)CMS
414 (3.196 %)BizTalk Server
512 (2.740 %)SharePoint Server 2007
512 (2.740 %)SharePoint
611 (2.511 %)Commerce Server 2007
611 (2.511 %)Commerce Server
710 (2.283 %)Apache
88 (1.826 %)Tomcat
93 (0.685 %)MTS
101 (0.228 %)MS Exchange
Hampshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (16.44 %)MS Excel
225 (5.708 %)MS Project
318 (4.110 %)MS Office
412 (2.740 %)MATLAB
510 (2.283 %)Simulink
68 (1.826 %)Photoshop
68 (1.826 %)MS PowerPoint
76 (1.370 %)Acrobat
83 (0.685 %)Fireworks
91 (0.228 %)Adobe Director
91 (0.228 %)MS Visio
Hampshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.685 %)Summit
21 (0.228 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.228 %)Dynamics CRM
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
148 (10.96 %)Internet
220 (4.566 %)GSM
318 (4.110 %)Intranet
415 (3.425 %)LAN
415 (3.425 %)WAN
58 (1.826 %)TCP/IP
64 (0.913 %)HTTP
71 (0.228 %)PSTN
71 (0.228 %)SSL
71 (0.228 %)GPRS
71 (0.228 %)Extranet
71 (0.228 %)3G
71 (0.228 %)Wireless
Hampshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1306 (69.86 %)SQL Server
254 (12.33 %)SQL Server 2005
331 (7.078 %)SQL Server 2000
422 (5.023 %)MySQL
515 (3.425 %)Crystal Reports
515 (3.425 %)RDBMS
611 (2.511 %)DTS
78 (1.826 %)BusinessObjects
78 (1.826 %)SQL Anywhere
84 (0.913 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
84 (0.913 %)MS Access
93 (0.685 %)SQL Server 2008
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
154 (12.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
246 (10.50 %)NUnit
319 (4.338 %)InstallShield
412 (2.740 %)Visual Studio Team System
511 (2.511 %)PVCS
511 (2.511 %)Flash
68 (1.826 %)ClearCase
68 (1.826 %)QuickTest Pro
77 (1.598 %)Subversion
83 (0.685 %)Eclipse
83 (0.685 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.457 %)MSI
Hampshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (8.676 %)Finance
237 (8.447 %)Telecoms
334 (7.763 %)Pensions
421 (4.795 %)Insurance
519 (4.338 %)Construction
615 (3.425 %)Retail
711 (2.511 %)Games
711 (2.511 %)Education
89 (2.055 %)Aerospace
96 (1.370 %)Advertising
105 (1.142 %)Military
105 (1.142 %)Banking
105 (1.142 %)Government
105 (1.142 %)Health
114 (0.913 %)Back Office
123 (0.685 %)Legal
123 (0.685 %)Marketing
131 (0.228 %)Automotive
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1280 (63.93 %)Developer
2132 (30.14 %).NET Developer
379 (18.04 %)Software Engineer
379 (18.04 %)C# Developer
429 (6.621 %)Applications Developer
528 (6.393 %)Delphi Developer
627 (6.164 %)Software Developer
726 (5.936 %)C++ Developer
726 (5.936 %)VB.NET Developer
825 (5.708 %)Lead Developer
922 (5.023 %)Web Developer
1020 (4.566 %)C++ Software Engineer
1119 (4.338 %)ASP.NET Developer
1119 (4.338 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1214 (3.196 %).NET Applications Developer
1214 (3.196 %)Team Leader
1313 (2.968 %)Analyst
1313 (2.968 %)C# Application Developer
1313 (2.968 %).NET Team Leader
1412 (2.740 %)SQL Developer
Hampshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (6.849 %)Client/Server
226 (5.936 %)Computer Science
318 (4.110 %)Handset
412 (2.740 %)PKI
54 (0.913 %)Mathematics
63 (0.685 %)Multithreading
63 (0.685 %)Equities
63 (0.685 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
63 (0.685 %)EPoS
72 (0.457 %)N-Tier
81 (0.228 %)NHS
81 (0.228 %)W3C
81 (0.228 %)Device Driver
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1201 (45.89 %)Windows
231 (7.078 %)Linux
320 (4.566 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (4.338 %)VxWorks
58 (1.826 %)Windows Mobile
58 (1.826 %)Windows Vista
67 (1.598 %)UNIX
67 (1.598 %)Windows XP
72 (0.457 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.228 %)AIX
81 (0.228 %)Solaris
81 (0.228 %)OpenVMS
81 (0.228 %)zOS
81 (0.228 %)Symbian OS
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (15.53 %)UML
266 (15.07 %)OO
360 (13.70 %)Unit Testing
426 (5.936 %)Web Development
525 (5.708 %)Requirements Analysis
621 (4.795 %)E-Commerce
720 (4.566 %)Configuration Management
818 (4.110 %)Software Engineering
912 (2.740 %)PRINCE2
912 (2.740 %)Technical Architecture
1011 (2.511 %)Wealth Management
1011 (2.511 %)SOA
1011 (2.511 %)Web Design
1011 (2.511 %)Project Planning
1110 (2.283 %)Requirements Management
1110 (2.283 %)PRINCE
128 (1.826 %)Project Management
128 (1.826 %)RUP
128 (1.826 %)Unified Process
137 (1.598 %)Integration Testing
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1281 (64.16 %)C#
2116 (26.48 %)SQL
3113 (25.80 %)C++
4105 (23.97 %)VB.NET
583 (18.95 %)VB
682 (18.72 %)JavaScript
775 (17.12 %)VB6
838 (8.676 %)Delphi
838 (8.676 %)C
937 (8.447 %)VBScript
1033 (7.534 %)Transact-SQL
1118 (4.110 %)Perl
1211 (2.511 %)Java
1310 (2.283 %)VC++
148 (1.826 %)Python
157 (1.598 %)ActionScript
166 (1.370 %)PHP
172 (0.457 %)Embedded C
181 (0.228 %)Assembly Language
181 (0.228 %)Pascal
Hampshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
192 (21.00 %)Degree
23 (0.685 %)MCSE
23 (0.685 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.457 %)MCTS
32 (0.457 %)MCPD
41 (0.228 %)ISEB
Hampshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.826 %)ISO9001
27 (1.598 %)QA
31 (0.228 %)SLA
31 (0.228 %)ISO12207
Hampshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (4.110 %)Active Directory
29 (2.055 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.457 %)MSMQ
41 (0.228 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1197 (44.98 %)Microsoft
250 (11.42 %)Oracle
325 (5.708 %)Borland
411 (2.511 %)Meridio
411 (2.511 %)Google
510 (2.283 %)Macromedia
68 (1.826 %)Adobe
68 (1.826 %)Sybase
68 (1.826 %)Business Objects
68 (1.826 %)SAP
68 (1.826 %)Siebel
68 (1.826 %)salesforce.com
76 (1.370 %)Tridion
85 (1.142 %)Yahoo!
94 (0.913 %)Cisco
103 (0.685 %)Trolltech
112 (0.457 %)MKS
121 (0.228 %)VMware
121 (0.228 %)Symbian