The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 75 83 42
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -41
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 111 108 184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 3.201% 2.815% 5.201%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.68% 20.34% 40.09%
Number of salaries quoted 111 101 160
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
512 531 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.76% 13.84% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 449 475 396
Average salary £40,000 £40,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +7.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 21 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
Basingstoke +20 38 £42,500 -8.60%
Farnborough +10 17 £37,500 +7.14%
Portsmouth -6 15 £40,000 +33.33%
Southampton -2 7 £26,000 -20.00%
Winchester - 6 £40,000 -
Fareham -9 4 £38,750 +19.23%
Ringwood 0 1 £32,500 -7.14%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 247 (91.82%) .NET
2 211 (78.44%) SQL Server
3 205 (76.21%) C#
4 180 (66.91%) ASP.NET
5 141 (52.42%) HTML
6 126 (46.84%) Microsoft
7 123 (45.72%) JavaScript
8 112 (41.64%) SQL
9 110 (40.89%) CSS
10 88 (32.71%) jQuery
10 88 (32.71%) Windows
11 76 (28.25%) MVC
12 74 (27.51%) T-SQL
13 72 (26.77%) VB.NET
13 72 (26.77%) IIS
14 69 (25.65%) XML
15 66 (24.54%) Ajax
16 58 (21.56%) Web Services
16 58 (21.56%) MS Excel
17 54 (20.07%) Team Foundation Server
18 52 (19.33%) ASP.NET MVC
19 47 (17.47%) OO
20 44 (16.36%) Web Development
21 40 (14.87%) Scrum
21 40 (14.87%) VB
21 40 (14.87%) WCF
21 40 (14.87%) SQL Server 2008
22 38 (14.13%) SQL Server 2005
23 36 (13.38%) .NET Framework
24 34 (12.64%) SharePoint

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 247 (91.82%) .NET
2 180 (66.91%) ASP.NET
3 141 (52.42%) HTML
4 110 (40.89%) CSS
5 88 (32.71%) jQuery
6 69 (25.65%) XML
7 66 (24.54%) Ajax
8 58 (21.56%) Web Services
9 52 (19.33%) ASP.NET MVC
10 40 (14.87%) WCF
11 36 (13.38%) .NET Framework
12 33 (12.27%) XSLT
13 32 (11.90%) HTML5
14 27 (10.04%) LINQ
15 24 (8.922%) ASP
15 24 (8.922%) CSS3
15 24 (8.922%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 23 (8.550%) WPF
17 22 (8.178%) XSD
18 20 (7.435%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 72 (26.77%) IIS
2 34 (12.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (6.691%) Windows Azure
4 17 (6.320%) MSMQ
5 11 (4.089%) CMS
6 9 (3.346%) BizTalk Server
6 9 (3.346%) LiveLink
7 5 (1.859%) Force.com
7 5 (1.859%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (1.115%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.372%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.372%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 58 (21.56%) MS Excel
2 7 (2.602%) MS Office
3 6 (2.230%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.743%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.372%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.743%) Google Analytics
1 2 (0.743%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.372%) Agresso
2 1 (0.372%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.461%) Internet
2 5 (1.859%) FTP
2 5 (1.859%) HTTP
2 5 (1.859%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.487%) SSL
3 4 (1.487%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.372%) CTI
4 1 (0.372%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (78.44%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 38 (14.13%) SQL Server 2005
4 25 (9.294%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (7.063%) TOAD
6 12 (4.461%) MySQL
7 9 (3.346%) RDBMS
8 8 (2.974%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.859%) SQL Server 2000
10 4 (1.487%) MS Access
11 1 (0.372%) OLTP
11 1 (0.372%) OLAP
11 1 (0.372%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.372%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 54 (20.07%) Team Foundation Server
2 28 (10.41%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 9 (3.346%) Subversion
4 8 (2.974%) Spring Roo
4 8 (2.974%) Rhino Mocks
4 8 (2.974%) Moq
4 8 (2.974%) Mockito
4 8 (2.974%) jMock
5 5 (1.859%) NUnit
5 5 (1.859%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.115%) Bugzilla
6 3 (1.115%) JIRA
6 3 (1.115%) ReSharper
6 3 (1.115%) Selenium
6 3 (1.115%) PhoneGap
6 3 (1.115%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.115%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (1.115%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.372%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.372%) Oracle Forms
General
1 32 (11.90%) Finance
2 8 (2.974%) Automotive
3 6 (2.230%) Electronics
4 3 (1.115%) Marketing
5 1 (0.372%) Music
Job Titles
1 203 (75.46%) Developer
2 103 (38.29%) .NET Developer
3 71 (26.39%) C# Developer
4 52 (19.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 46 (17.10%) ASP.NET Developer
6 44 (16.36%) Software Developer
7 38 (14.13%) Web Developer
8 33 (12.27%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 30 (11.15%) Software Engineer
10 27 (10.04%) Senior Developer
11 26 (9.665%) VB.NET Developer
12 24 (8.922%) Architect
13 20 (7.435%) .NET Web Developer
14 18 (6.691%) C# Software Developer
15 15 (5.576%) Senior .NET Developer
15 15 (5.576%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
16 14 (5.204%) Junior
17 13 (4.833%) Junior Developer
17 13 (4.833%) Java Developer
17 13 (4.833%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.78%) N-Tier
2 23 (8.550%) Computer Science
3 20 (7.435%) Client/Server
4 14 (5.204%) Mathematics
5 13 (4.833%) Mobile App
6 11 (4.089%) Open Source
7 10 (3.717%) W3C
8 8 (2.974%) Web 2.0
8 8 (2.974%) Social Network
9 6 (2.230%) Firmware
10 5 (1.859%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.487%) Physics
12 3 (1.115%) Blackberry
12 3 (1.115%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.115%) iPad
12 3 (1.115%) iPhone
13 2 (0.743%) Smartphone
13 2 (0.743%) Replication
14 1 (0.372%) Statistics
14 1 (0.372%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 88 (32.71%) Windows
2 15 (5.576%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (4.089%) Linux
4 9 (3.346%) Windows 7
5 7 (2.602%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.859%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.115%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.115%) Android
7 3 (1.115%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.372%) Windows CE
8 1 (0.372%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.372%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (28.25%) MVC
2 47 (17.47%) OO
3 44 (16.36%) Web Development
4 40 (14.87%) Scrum
5 30 (11.15%) E-Commerce
6 25 (9.294%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (8.178%) UML
8 21 (7.807%) Technical Architecture
9 17 (6.320%) OOD
10 16 (5.948%) TDD
11 13 (4.833%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (4.833%) Software Testing
11 13 (4.833%) Unit Testing
12 12 (4.461%) Mobile Application Development
12 12 (4.461%) Kanban
12 12 (4.461%) Waterfall
13 11 (4.089%) Data Security
14 9 (3.346%) Data Modelling
14 9 (3.346%) Knowledge Management
15 8 (2.974%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 205 (76.21%) C#
2 123 (45.72%) JavaScript
3 112 (41.64%) SQL
4 74 (27.51%) T-SQL
5 72 (26.77%) VB.NET
6 40 (14.87%) VB
7 29 (10.78%) Java
7 29 (10.78%) C++
8 25 (9.294%) PL/SQL
9 14 (5.204%) VB6
10 13 (4.833%) Python
11 11 (4.089%) Ruby
12 8 (2.974%) Groovy
13 5 (1.859%) XPath
13 5 (1.859%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.487%) VBA
15 3 (1.115%) C
15 3 (1.115%) Perl
15 3 (1.115%) PHP
16 1 (0.372%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 33 (12.27%) Degree
2 21 (7.807%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.346%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.859%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.743%) HND
5 2 (0.743%) ISEB
6 1 (0.372%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.833%) QA
2 9 (3.346%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.487%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.372%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 126 (46.84%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.15%) Oracle
3 9 (3.346%) Telerik
4 5 (1.859%) Salesforce.com
5 4 (1.487%) Capita
6 2 (0.743%) Tandberg
6 2 (0.743%) Google
6 2 (0.743%) Blue Coat
6 2 (0.743%) Progress
6 2 (0.743%) Cisco
6 2 (0.743%) Avaya
7 1 (0.372%) NorthgateArinso
Portsmouth, Hampshire
The successful Web Developer will: Design and implement Windows and Web based applications that satisfy business requirements using C# and SQL Server within the agreed timescales... The ideal...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £179 to £180 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Basingstoke, Hampshire £35k - £44k per annum + Bonus +Benefits C# Developer / Software Engineer is required by a leading FTSE250 organisation in the Basingstoke area to join one of their...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £44000 Per Annum plus bens and bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Experience Required Includes: - C# .Net Development in Windows and Web-based applications - ASP.Net - Proficient skills in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio and MFC. - Good experience of development...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Replication Services... > C# > .NET Framework. > ASP.NET Web Forms. > ASP.NET Windows Forms. > WCF (SOAP & REST) > Object oriented programming... Technologies Used: > .NET Framework 4. > Visual Studio 2010. > SQL...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
You will be designing, developing, developer level testing and supporting GUI server and interface components using C# and C++ and SQL in multi-threaded multi-server environments You...
Computer People
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Farnborough, Hampshire
Contributing to the continual improvement of the agile development culture... Strong experience of testing within agile development teams... Good understanding and experience of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Experience...
Thomson Local
Salary: From £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The position is to work as a senior member of the team responsible for designing, implementing, and improving BizTalk & SSIS development interfaces into enterprise business systems.The successful...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + 36 days holiday and more
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The position is to work as a senior member of the team responsible for designing, implementing, and improving BizTalk & SSIS development interfaces into enterprise business systems.The successful...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + bens (36 days holiday and more)
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
An opportunity has arisen for a skilled BizTalk Developer to join the Integration team of a well established organisation based in Southampton. The position is to work as...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + 36 days holiday and more
Posted: 20 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Austin Fraser are working with a Thames Valley based Microsoft Gold Partner with expertise delivering both on-premise and cloud based services and solutions across the Microsoft technology...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + travel, pension, health
Posted: 17 May 2013