The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lincoln 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 Lincoln region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 6 11 18
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 9 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 12.00% 7.813% 1.923%
As % of the Development Applications category 81.82% 38.46% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
Average salary £34,500 - £22,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Lincoln
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11 13 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 14.67% 20.31% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 7
Average salary £31,000 £30,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Lincolnshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincoln 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 Lincoln region.

Lincoln Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Lincoln Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (83.33%) SQL
3 14 (77.78%) ASP.NET
4 12 (66.67%) VB
5 11 (61.11%) T-SQL
6 10 (55.56%) Windows
7 9 (50.00%) XML
8 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
8 8 (44.44%) C#
9 7 (38.89%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (38.89%) BizTalk Server
9 7 (38.89%) EDI
9 7 (38.89%) ERP
9 7 (38.89%) XSL
9 7 (38.89%) ASP
9 7 (38.89%) WCF
9 7 (38.89%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (38.89%) DevExpress
9 7 (38.89%) QlikView
9 7 (38.89%) Bourne shell
9 7 (38.89%) Web Application Development
10 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
11 4 (22.22%) HTML
12 3 (16.67%) IIS
12 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
12 3 (16.67%) SOAP
12 3 (16.67%) Web Services
12 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
12 3 (16.67%) Web Development
12 3 (16.67%) Back Office

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (77.78%) ASP.NET
3 9 (50.00%) XML
4 7 (38.89%) EDI
4 7 (38.89%) XSL
4 7 (38.89%) ASP
4 7 (38.89%) WCF
5 4 (22.22%) HTML
6 3 (16.67%) SOAP
6 3 (16.67%) Web Services
7 2 (11.11%) jQuery
8 1 (5.556%) XHTML
8 1 (5.556%) CSS
8 1 (5.556%) Ext JS
8 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
8 1 (5.556%) JSON
8 1 (5.556%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Crystal Reports
1 7 (38.89%) QlikView
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.556%) MySQL
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (16.67%) Back Office
2 1 (5.556%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Programmer
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior
5 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Programmer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior .NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (5.556%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
1 1 (5.556%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) Linux
2 1 (5.556%) Android
2 1 (5.556%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ERP
1 7 (38.89%) Web Application Development
2 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 3 (16.67%) Web Development
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (5.556%) OOP
4 1 (5.556%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) SQL
2 12 (66.67%) VB
3 11 (61.11%) T-SQL
4 8 (44.44%) C#
5 7 (38.89%) Bourne shell
6 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 2 (11.11%) VB.NET
7 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) DevExpress
3 1 (5.556%) Google