The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 12 33 22
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -11
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 108 42 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 15.54% 6.000% 8.333%
As % of the Development Applications category 69.23% 31.34% 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 94 37 43
Average salary £38,024 £37,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.39% +44.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
156 134 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 22.45% 19.14% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 135 115 90
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,700 £27,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
East Midlands

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire Visual Studio Salary Histogram

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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicester +22 71 £38,048 +1.46%
Hinckley - 20 £44,000 -
Loughborough - 15 £37,500 -
Coalville - 1 £35,000 -
Visual Studio
East Midlands

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 169 (98.83%) .NET
2 161 (94.15%) C#
3 149 (87.13%) ASP.NET
4 113 (66.08%) SQL Server
5 107 (62.57%) Microsoft
6 93 (54.39%) SQL
7 90 (52.63%) jQuery
8 84 (49.12%) Ajax
9 64 (37.43%) CSS
10 56 (32.75%) UML
11 55 (32.16%) E-Commerce
12 52 (30.41%) MVC
13 51 (29.82%) NUnit
14 49 (28.65%) OWASP
15 48 (28.07%) JavaScript
16 41 (23.98%) XML
16 41 (23.98%) Scrum
17 38 (22.22%) N-Tier
17 38 (22.22%) Internet
17 38 (22.22%) XHTML
17 38 (22.22%) Marketing
18 37 (21.64%) Web Accessibility
18 37 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 37 (21.64%) Extreme Programming
19 36 (21.05%) XSLT
20 35 (20.47%) HTML
21 34 (19.88%) HTML5
21 34 (19.88%) ASP.NET MVC
21 34 (19.88%) SQL Server 2005
22 33 (19.30%) OO

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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
1 169 (98.83%) .NET
2 149 (87.13%) ASP.NET
3 90 (52.63%) jQuery
4 84 (49.12%) Ajax
5 64 (37.43%) CSS
6 41 (23.98%) XML
7 38 (22.22%) XHTML
8 36 (21.05%) XSLT
9 35 (20.47%) HTML
10 34 (19.88%) HTML5
10 34 (19.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 32 (18.71%) .NET Framework
12 31 (18.13%) CSS3
13 30 (17.54%) WCF
14 29 (16.96%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 25 (14.62%) RESTful
16 24 (14.04%) Web Services
17 23 (13.45%) JSON
18 10 (5.848%) Silverlight
19 9 (5.263%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 27 (15.79%) IIS
2 2 (1.170%) CMS
3 1 (0.585%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.585%) Windows Azure
3 1 (0.585%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.585%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (12.28%) MS Excel
2 17 (9.942%) MS Office
3 14 (8.187%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.170%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.585%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 38 (22.22%) Internet
2 3 (1.754%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (66.08%) SQL Server
2 34 (19.88%) SQL Server 2005
3 32 (18.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (6.433%) ActiveReports
5 3 (1.754%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.585%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.585%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 51 (29.82%) NUnit
2 24 (14.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.585%) Subversion
3 1 (0.585%) GitHub
3 1 (0.585%) NCover
3 1 (0.585%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.585%) MorphX
3 1 (0.585%) JIRA
3 1 (0.585%) ReSharper
General
1 38 (22.22%) Marketing
2 27 (15.79%) Retail
3 11 (6.433%) Finance
4 4 (2.339%) Advertising
5 1 (0.585%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.585%) Automotive
5 1 (0.585%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.585%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 136 (79.53%) Developer
2 93 (54.39%) .NET Developer
3 39 (22.81%) Senior Developer
4 30 (17.54%) C# .NET Developer
4 30 (17.54%) C# Developer
5 28 (16.37%) ASP.NET Developer
6 22 (12.87%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 20 (11.70%) Development Manager
8 16 (9.357%) Software Development Manager
8 16 (9.357%) Software Manager
9 15 (8.772%) Software Developer
10 13 (7.602%) Senior .NET Developer
11 11 (6.433%) Team Leader
12 10 (5.848%) .NET Team Leader
13 9 (5.263%) Senior C# Developer
14 7 (4.094%) Analyst
15 6 (3.509%) Web Developer
15 6 (3.509%) Software Engineer
15 6 (3.509%) Development Team Leader
16 5 (2.924%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (22.22%) N-Tier
2 18 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.339%) Tandem
4 3 (1.754%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.585%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.585%) W3C
5 1 (0.585%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.585%) New Media
5 1 (0.585%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.772%) Windows
2 3 (1.754%) Linux
2 3 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (1.754%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.170%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (1.170%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.75%) UML
2 55 (32.16%) E-Commerce
3 52 (30.41%) MVC
4 49 (28.65%) OWASP
5 41 (23.98%) Scrum
6 37 (21.64%) Web Accessibility
6 37 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (21.64%) Extreme Programming
7 33 (19.30%) OO
8 30 (17.54%) Web Development
9 15 (8.772%) ITIL
9 15 (8.772%) Project Management
10 14 (8.187%) Waterfall
11 12 (7.018%) Regression Testing
11 12 (7.018%) E-business
11 12 (7.018%) Enterprise Architecture
12 11 (6.433%) Agile Software Development
13 8 (4.678%) Logistics
14 5 (2.924%) ERP
14 5 (2.924%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 161 (94.15%) C#
2 93 (54.39%) SQL
3 48 (28.07%) JavaScript
4 24 (14.04%) VB.NET
5 4 (2.339%) VB
6 3 (1.754%) VB6
6 3 (1.754%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.170%) C
7 2 (1.170%) C++
8 1 (0.585%) VC++
8 1 (0.585%) Python
8 1 (0.585%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.585%) X++
Qualifications
1 21 (12.28%) Degree
2 6 (3.509%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.170%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.585%) MCSD
4 1 (0.585%) ISEB
4 1 (0.585%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.942%) ISO 9001
1 17 (9.942%) TickIT
2 2 (1.170%) QA
Vendors
1 107 (62.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.87%) DevExpress
2 22 (12.87%) Telerik
3 11 (6.433%) Red Gate
4 2 (1.170%) Remedy
5 1 (0.585%) Perforce
5 1 (0.585%) Sitecore
Leicestershire
Web Developer/.NET Developer (Version 3.5/4) - C# or VB.NET/ASP.NET/Microsoft SQL Server/LINQ using Microsoft Visual Studio. A growing business requires a .NET...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
ASP.NET, C#, SQL, PROGRAMMER, XML, JAVASCRIPT, AJAX, SOFTWARE... Applicants must be able to demonstrate both a very good knowledge and at least 4 years professional experience of...
TechnoRecruit
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer, (VB.NET, ASP.NET 3.5/4.0, SQL Server, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery) Role Description. VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer, (VB.NET, ASP...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
ASP.Net or C# Senior Developer - East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire... Key skills: Solid commercial experience in the following: C# .Net or VB.Net. MS SQL Server 2005/2008...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £40,670 per annum + bonus (12% average) + pension + share option
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
C# .NET 4.0+ ASP.NET MVC with Razor Entity Framework and LINQ HTML Javascript/jQuery CSS Experience in the following areas will also be beneficial: ASP.NET...
Topps Tiles
Salary: Up to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Key skills: XHTML. HTML. JQuery. CSS. Ajax. MVC. XML/XSLT. ASP.Net, C#, SQL (some exposure required) Desirable skills: Team Foundation Suite (TFS) Test Driven Design (TDD) Visual...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: From £35,500 to £38,000 per annum + bonus (12% average) + pension ++
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Desirables include:- - Familiarity with Real Time Operating Systems including Windows CE, and embedded Linux- Knowledge and experience of PC Applications development using Visual Studio/.NET If you have...
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013