The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 20 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 39 30 21
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 15 16 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 4.777% 6.178% 11.42%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.42% 38.10% 56.90%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 31
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £28,750 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
59 42 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 18.79% 16.22% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 58 42 53
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,800 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
Suffolk

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Ipswich Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 37 (88.10%) SQL Server
3 27 (64.29%) Ajax
3 27 (64.29%) ASP.NET
3 27 (64.29%) SQL
4 26 (61.90%) C#
4 26 (61.90%) VB.NET
5 21 (50.00%) HTML
5 21 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
7 17 (40.48%) N-Tier
8 16 (38.10%) .NET Framework
9 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
10 10 (23.81%) Windows
10 10 (23.81%) Web Services
10 10 (23.81%) Finance
11 9 (21.43%) jQuery
11 9 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
12 7 (16.67%) WCF
12 7 (16.67%) CSS
12 7 (16.67%) SOA
13 6 (14.29%) OO
14 5 (11.90%) Silverlight
15 4 (9.524%) Degree
15 4 (9.524%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
15 4 (9.524%) SaaS
16 3 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 3 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
16 3 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 27 (64.29%) ASP.NET
2 27 (64.29%) Ajax
3 21 (50.00%) HTML
4 16 (38.10%) .NET Framework
5 10 (23.81%) Web Services
6 9 (21.43%) jQuery
7 7 (16.67%) WCF
7 7 (16.67%) CSS
8 5 (11.90%) Silverlight
9 3 (7.143%) LINQ
9 3 (7.143%) XML
9 3 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (7.143%) ASP
10 2 (4.762%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.381%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (88.10%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.524%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.381%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 41 (97.62%) Developer
2 36 (85.71%) .NET Developer
3 14 (33.33%) C# Developer
4 12 (28.57%) VB.NET Developer
5 11 (26.19%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
7 5 (11.90%) .NET Programmer
7 5 (11.90%) Programmer
7 5 (11.90%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (11.90%) VB.NET Programmer
8 4 (9.524%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (4.762%) Systems Developer
9 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (2.381%) Junior Developer
10 1 (2.381%) Business Developer
10 1 (2.381%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (2.381%) Junior
10 1 (2.381%) C Developer
10 1 (2.381%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (40.48%) N-Tier
2 4 (9.524%) SaaS
3 3 (7.143%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.762%) RIA
5 1 (2.381%) Data Integration
5 1 (2.381%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.381%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.67%) SOA
2 6 (14.29%) OO
3 4 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.143%) RAD
5 2 (4.762%) CRM
5 2 (4.762%) UML
6 1 (2.381%) OOD
6 1 (2.381%) Web Development
6 1 (2.381%) Use Case
6 1 (2.381%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 27 (64.29%) SQL
2 26 (61.90%) C#
2 26 (61.90%) VB.NET
3 21 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.143%) T-SQL
4 3 (7.143%) VBScript
5 2 (4.762%) VB
6 1 (2.381%) C
6 1 (2.381%) C++
6 1 (2.381%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 4 (9.524%) Degree
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.381%) Borland
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