The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 23 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 32 24 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 3 15 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 1.554% 6.667% 1.911%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.08% 57.69% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 3
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,800 £35,000 £31,700
10% offered a salary of more than £34,200 £46,750 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
13 26 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 6.736% 11.56% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 24 16
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +30.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £35,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Buckinghamshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 12 (80.00%) C#
2 11 (73.33%) .NET
3 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) C++
4 5 (33.33%) Degree
4 5 (33.33%) Physics
4 5 (33.33%) WCF
4 5 (33.33%) WPF
4 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) QA
5 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
5 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) ISEB
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (20.00%) CSS
6 3 (20.00%) Marketing
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (13.33%) Ajax
7 2 (13.33%) jQuery
7 2 (13.33%) C++/CLI
7 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET 2.0

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 11 (73.33%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) WCF
2 5 (33.33%) WPF
3 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (20.00%) CSS
4 2 (13.33%) Ajax
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
4 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (13.33%) MFC
5 1 (6.667%) ASP
5 1 (6.667%) Flash
5 1 (6.667%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Test Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Test Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Web Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior QA Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) QA Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Software Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Database Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Test Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Database Developer
6 1 (6.667%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Physics
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 5 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Scrum
3 2 (13.33%) UML
3 2 (13.33%) OO
3 2 (13.33%) CRM
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Release Management
4 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) C++
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) C++/CLI
5 1 (6.667%) VBScript
5 1 (6.667%) VBA
5 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (26.67%) ISEB
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) QNX