The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 17 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 Herefordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 14 14 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 1 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 3.226% 18.42% 19.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 3
Average salary £28,500 £28,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -20.83%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5 14 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 16.13% 18.42% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 8
Average salary £30,000 £28,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -13.63%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
West Midlands

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hereford +1 1 £28,500 -
Visual Studio
West Midlands

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 8 (88.89%) SQL
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Test Management
5 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
5 4 (44.44%) NHS
5 4 (44.44%) QA
5 4 (44.44%) Mobile Payment
6 3 (33.33%) ISEB
6 3 (33.33%) IIS
6 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
6 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
8 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
8 1 (11.11%) C#
8 1 (11.11%) C++
8 1 (11.11%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (11.11%) MS Office
8 1 (11.11%) HND
8 1 (11.11%) Windows
8 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
8 1 (11.11%) .NET
8 1 (11.11%) MFC
8 1 (11.11%) Advertising
8 1 (11.11%) System Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
1 8 (88.89%) Test Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Tester
2 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) NHS
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (11.11%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Test Management
2 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 1 (11.11%) System Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft