The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 39 51 59
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +8
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 133 97 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 5.082% 4.441% 3.530%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.86% 25.26% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 97 94 61
Average salary £36,000 £30,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.03% -3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £44,250 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
431 384 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 16.47% 17.58% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 323 324 200
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Visual Studio
West Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Leeds Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 208 (87.03%) .NET
2 190 (79.50%) C#
3 178 (74.48%) SQL Server
4 170 (71.13%) ASP.NET
5 152 (63.60%) SQL
6 100 (41.84%) MVC
7 85 (35.56%) JavaScript
8 83 (34.73%) Microsoft
9 77 (32.22%) SQL Server 2005
9 77 (32.22%) SQL Server 2008
10 71 (29.71%) Agile Software Development
11 70 (29.29%) CSS
12 68 (28.45%) HTML
12 68 (28.45%) Finance
12 68 (28.45%) Degree
13 59 (24.69%) MS Excel
13 59 (24.69%) E-Commerce
14 56 (23.43%) OO
14 56 (23.43%) .NET Framework
15 55 (23.01%) Windows
16 52 (21.76%) jQuery
17 51 (21.34%) T-SQL
18 50 (20.92%) Web Services
18 50 (20.92%) QA
19 40 (16.74%) Ajax
19 40 (16.74%) VB.NET
20 39 (16.32%) Project Management
21 37 (15.48%) Team Foundation Server
22 35 (14.64%) Computer Science
22 35 (14.64%) WCF

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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
1 208 (87.03%) .NET
2 170 (71.13%) ASP.NET
3 70 (29.29%) CSS
4 68 (28.45%) HTML
5 56 (23.43%) .NET Framework
6 52 (21.76%) jQuery
7 50 (20.92%) Web Services
8 40 (16.74%) Ajax
9 35 (14.64%) WCF
10 33 (13.81%) XML
11 29 (12.13%) ASP.NET MVC
12 28 (11.72%) Razor View Engine
13 17 (7.113%) NHibernate
14 16 (6.695%) ADO.NET
15 15 (6.276%) ASP
15 15 (6.276%) HTML5
16 13 (5.439%) WPF
17 12 (5.021%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 11 (4.603%) XHTML
19 10 (4.184%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 29 (12.13%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.858%) MS Exchange
2 14 (5.858%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (4.184%) CMS
4 9 (3.766%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (2.510%) IIS
6 3 (1.255%) DotNetNuke
7 2 (0.837%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.837%) Lync
8 1 (0.418%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.418%) EPiServer CMS
8 1 (0.418%) ESB
8 1 (0.418%) WordPress
8 1 (0.418%) Apache
8 1 (0.418%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (24.69%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.674%) Google Apps
3 3 (1.255%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.255%) MS Project
4 1 (0.418%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (5.858%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.837%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.418%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.787%) FTP
2 9 (3.766%) Intranet
3 5 (2.092%) Internet
3 5 (2.092%) VoIP
4 4 (1.674%) WAN
4 4 (1.674%) VPN
4 4 (1.674%) MPLS
4 4 (1.674%) Firewall
5 3 (1.255%) HTTP
6 1 (0.418%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.418%) Extranet
6 1 (0.418%) SSH
6 1 (0.418%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.418%) DNS
6 1 (0.418%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.418%) SSL
6 1 (0.418%) SAN
6 1 (0.418%) SMTP
6 1 (0.418%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (74.48%) SQL Server
2 77 (32.22%) SQL Server 2005
2 77 (32.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (9.623%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 23 (9.623%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (9.205%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 15 (6.276%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (2.510%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.092%) Data Mining
7 5 (2.092%) OLAP
8 2 (0.837%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.418%) MySQL
9 1 (0.418%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.418%) TOAD
9 1 (0.418%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (15.48%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (7.531%) Visual Studio Team System
3 17 (7.113%) Selenium
4 11 (4.603%) LoadRunner
5 8 (3.347%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (1.674%) JMeter
7 3 (1.255%) Subversion
7 3 (1.255%) OpenSTA
7 3 (1.255%) Rational Application Developer
8 2 (0.837%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.418%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.418%) Talend Open Studio
9 1 (0.418%) Maven
9 1 (0.418%) MorphX
9 1 (0.418%) MSI
9 1 (0.418%) Ant
9 1 (0.418%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.418%) Dreamweaver
General
1 68 (28.45%) Finance
2 7 (2.929%) Marketing
3 5 (2.092%) Retail
4 2 (0.837%) Financial Institution
4 2 (0.837%) Legal
5 1 (0.418%) Law
5 1 (0.418%) Billing
Job Titles
1 159 (66.53%) Developer
2 73 (30.54%) .NET Developer
3 40 (16.74%) C# Developer
4 39 (16.32%) C# .NET Developer
5 37 (15.48%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 35 (14.64%) Senior Developer
7 29 (12.13%) Senior .NET Developer
8 27 (11.30%) Applications Developer
9 21 (8.787%) Team Leader
10 20 (8.368%) ASP.NET Developer
10 20 (8.368%) Analyst
11 15 (6.276%) Test Analyst
12 14 (5.858%) Lead Developer
13 12 (5.021%) Architect
13 12 (5.021%) .NET Team Leader
14 11 (4.603%) Designer
15 9 (3.766%) Web Developer
16 8 (3.347%) Software Architect
16 8 (3.347%) Software Developer
16 8 (3.347%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.64%) Computer Science
2 5 (2.092%) Social Media
3 4 (1.674%) Fat Client
3 4 (1.674%) Thin Client
3 4 (1.674%) NHS
4 3 (1.255%) W3C
4 3 (1.255%) Graphic Design
4 3 (1.255%) DTV
4 3 (1.255%) N-Tier
5 2 (0.837%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (0.837%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.418%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.418%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.418%) Equities
6 1 (0.418%) PKI
6 1 (0.418%) Open Source
6 1 (0.418%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.01%) Windows
2 32 (13.39%) UNIX
3 17 (7.113%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (7.113%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (4.603%) Linux
5 4 (1.674%) Windows XP
5 4 (1.674%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.418%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.84%) MVC
2 71 (29.71%) Agile Software Development
3 59 (24.69%) E-Commerce
4 56 (23.43%) OO
5 39 (16.32%) Project Management
6 32 (13.39%) Software Engineering
7 30 (12.55%) CRM
8 28 (11.72%) Service Management
9 25 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (8.368%) Web Application Development
11 19 (7.950%) TDD
12 18 (7.531%) Software Testing
13 16 (6.695%) Web Development
13 16 (6.695%) Test Management
14 15 (6.276%) Waterfall
15 13 (5.439%) Continuous Integration
15 13 (5.439%) Unit Testing
16 11 (4.603%) Test Scripting
17 10 (4.184%) OOP
18 8 (3.347%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 190 (79.50%) C#
2 152 (63.60%) SQL
3 85 (35.56%) JavaScript
4 51 (21.34%) T-SQL
5 40 (16.74%) VB.NET
6 28 (11.72%) XAML
7 16 (6.695%) Delphi
8 8 (3.347%) Java
9 3 (1.255%) C
9 3 (1.255%) VB
10 2 (0.837%) Python
10 2 (0.837%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.837%) C++
11 1 (0.418%) PHP
11 1 (0.418%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.418%) VB6
11 1 (0.418%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (28.45%) Degree
2 16 (6.695%) ISEB
3 14 (5.858%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.418%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.418%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.418%) CCA
4 1 (0.418%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (0.418%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.418%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.418%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.418%) MCP
4 1 (0.418%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.418%) MCSE
4 1 (0.418%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (20.92%) QA
System Software
1 14 (5.858%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.510%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.092%) vSphere
4 4 (1.674%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.674%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.418%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 13 (5.439%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.418%) OpenView
Vendors
1 83 (34.73%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.13%) Oracle
3 16 (6.695%) Borland
4 14 (5.858%) VMware
5 13 (5.439%) HP
6 6 (2.510%) Google
7 4 (1.674%) ProCurve
7 4 (1.674%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.255%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.837%) Omniture
10 1 (0.418%) Cisco
10 1 (0.418%) Citrix
10 1 (0.418%) Juniper
10 1 (0.418%) NetApp
10 1 (0.418%) Twitter
10 1 (0.418%) Talend
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