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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Hertfordshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank87105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads8760
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.027 %
As % of the category below25.74 %17.65 %
Salaries quoted7646
Average minimum salary£32,418£34,870
Average salary£35,316£38,391
% change on same period last year-8.00 %
Average maximum salary£38,215£41,913
UK excluding London average salary£34,152£34,530
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Development Applications HertfordshireDevelopment Applications
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads338340
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.151 %
Salaries quoted269277
Average minimum salary£34,310£33,510
Average salary£36,736£36,953
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
Average maximum salary£39,161£40,396
UK excluding London average salary£35,047£35,897
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Visual Studio East of EnglandVisual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Visual Studio across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Hertfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Hertfordshire Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Hertfordshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1StevenageUp+1011£40,545+24.75 %
2WatfordDown-1510£32,286-
3St AlbansDown-67£35,357+6.07 %
4Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-5£34,200-
5BerkhamstedNew entry-1--
Visual Studio East of EnglandVisual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Visual Studio.

1135 (87.10 %).NET
2111 (71.61 %)SQL Server
398 (63.23 %)ASP.NET
398 (63.23 %)XML
479 (50.97 %)Microsoft
571 (45.81 %)HTML
670 (45.16 %)VB.NET
760 (38.71 %)JavaScript
857 (36.77 %)C#
952 (33.55 %)SQL Server 2005
1050 (32.26 %)VB
1149 (31.61 %)WinForms
1248 (30.97 %)Windows
1340 (25.81 %)SQL
1340 (25.81 %)VB6
1439 (25.16 %)ADO.NET
1538 (24.52 %)WebServices
1636 (23.23 %)SQL Server 2000
1733 (21.29 %)MS Excel
1832 (20.65 %)CSS
1931 (20.00 %)MS Access
2024 (15.48 %)BizTalk Server
2123 (14.84 %)COM
2123 (14.84 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2222 (14.19 %)Pensions
2320 (12.90 %).NET Framework
2320 (12.90 %)Internet
2418 (11.61 %)Degree
2517 (10.97 %)Web Development
2517 (10.97 %)PHP

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Visual Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1135 (87.10 %).NET
298 (63.23 %)ASP.NET
298 (63.23 %)XML
371 (45.81 %)HTML
449 (31.61 %)WinForms
539 (25.16 %)ADO.NET
638 (24.52 %)WebServices
732 (20.65 %)CSS
823 (14.84 %)COM
920 (12.90 %).NET Framework
1016 (10.32 %)ASP
1115 (9.677 %)ADO
1212 (7.742 %)XSLT
1310 (6.452 %)MFC
149 (5.806 %)AJAX
158 (5.161 %)VXML
158 (5.161 %)SOAP
167 (4.516 %)JSP
167 (4.516 %)XHTML
167 (4.516 %)WSDL
Application Platforms
124 (15.48 %)BizTalk Server
216 (10.32 %)IIS
315 (9.677 %)Apache
315 (9.677 %)SharePoint
48 (5.161 %)SharePoint Portal Server
56 (3.871 %)TeamSite
65 (3.226 %)CMS
72 (1.290 %)Plone
Applications
133 (21.29 %)MS Excel
214 (9.032 %)Photoshop
37 (4.516 %)Fireworks
44 (2.581 %)Acrobat
52 (1.290 %)MS Project
52 (1.290 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.645 %)Paint Shop Pro
61 (0.645 %)MS Office
Business Applications
19 (5.806 %)Navision
28 (5.161 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.645 %)Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
120 (12.90 %)Internet
28 (5.161 %)Firewall
36 (3.871 %)HTTP
44 (2.581 %)FTP
51 (0.645 %)ISDN
51 (0.645 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1111 (71.61 %)SQL Server
252 (33.55 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (23.23 %)SQL Server 2000
431 (20.00 %)MS Access
523 (14.84 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
612 (7.742 %)MySQL
78 (5.161 %)RDBMS
78 (5.161 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
78 (5.161 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
83 (1.935 %)SQL Anywhere
83 (1.935 %)DB2
92 (1.290 %)DTS
101 (0.645 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.645 %)SQL Server 7
101 (0.645 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.645 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.645 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
116 (10.32 %)VSS/SourceSafe
214 (9.032 %)Flash
38 (5.161 %)Dreamweaver
43 (1.935 %)Bugzilla
43 (1.935 %)ClearCase
43 (1.935 %)Eclipse
51 (0.645 %)Subversion
General
122 (14.19 %)Pensions
215 (9.677 %)Insurance
314 (9.032 %)Construction
411 (7.097 %)Finance
411 (7.097 %)Marketing
57 (4.516 %)Telecoms
65 (3.226 %)Education
73 (1.935 %)Health
82 (1.290 %)Graphic Design
82 (1.290 %)Electric
82 (1.290 %)Aerospace
Job Titles
1121 (78.06 %)Developer
248 (30.97 %).NET Developer
325 (16.13 %)Web Developer
420 (12.90 %)Senior Developer
519 (12.26 %)ASP.NET Developer
617 (10.97 %)Team Leader
716 (10.32 %)VB.NET Developer
815 (9.677 %)Programmer
815 (9.677 %)Analyst
815 (9.677 %)Senior .NET Developer
914 (9.032 %)Developer Analyst
914 (9.032 %)Analyst Programmer
1013 (8.387 %)Junior
1013 (8.387 %)Junior Developer
1111 (7.097 %)Web Designer
1111 (7.097 %)Software Developer
129 (5.806 %)Consultant
129 (5.806 %)Web Team Leader
138 (5.161 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
138 (5.161 %)Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
110 (6.452 %)Data Conversion
29 (5.806 %)Computer Science
38 (5.161 %)IVR
44 (2.581 %)Web 2.0
52 (1.290 %)Speech Recognition
61 (0.645 %)Mathematics
61 (0.645 %)Multithreading
61 (0.645 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
148 (30.97 %)Windows
23 (1.935 %)Unix
31 (0.645 %)Windows XP
31 (0.645 %)Palm OS
31 (0.645 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
117 (10.97 %)E-Commerce
117 (10.97 %)Web Development
215 (9.677 %)Agile Software Development
311 (7.097 %)OO
410 (6.452 %)Web Design
410 (6.452 %)Migration
59 (5.806 %)Business Intelligence
59 (5.806 %)UML
59 (5.806 %)TDD
67 (4.516 %)Configuration Management
67 (4.516 %)Scrum
67 (4.516 %)Software Engineering
76 (3.871 %)Release Management
76 (3.871 %)Service Delivery
76 (3.871 %)Change Management
84 (2.581 %)SEO
84 (2.581 %)Workflow
84 (2.581 %)Extreme Programming
93 (1.935 %)OOD
93 (1.935 %)Email Marketing
Programming Languages
170 (45.16 %)VB.NET
260 (38.71 %)JavaScript
357 (36.77 %)C#
450 (32.26 %)VB
540 (25.81 %)SQL
540 (25.81 %)VB6
617 (10.97 %)PHP
716 (10.32 %)C++
811 (7.097 %)VBA
95 (3.226 %)XPath
95 (3.226 %)Transact-SQL
104 (2.581 %)Python
104 (2.581 %)Ruby
113 (1.935 %)ActionScript
113 (1.935 %)VBScript
113 (1.935 %)PL/SQL
122 (1.290 %)C
131 (0.645 %)Delphi
131 (0.645 %)VC++
Qualifications
118 (11.61 %)Degree
210 (6.452 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.935 %)MCAD
42 (1.290 %)MCSD
51 (0.645 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.645 %)SLA
Vendors
179 (50.97 %)Microsoft
29 (5.806 %)Oracle
36 (3.871 %)Interwoven
36 (3.871 %)Serena
43 (1.935 %)Macromedia
43 (1.935 %)Sybase
51 (0.645 %)Business Objects
51 (0.645 %)Progress
51 (0.645 %)Sony
51 (0.645 %)FRx
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