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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Liverpool region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5262
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads83
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below10.53 %6.250 %
Salaries quoted83
Average minimum salary£22,750£48,333
Average salary£24,063£51,667
% change on same period last year-53.42 %
Average maximum salary£25,375£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,701£35,218
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Liverpool IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Liverpool
Matching permanent IT job ads7648
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted6744
Average minimum salary£27,988£30,761
Average salary£30,482£32,989
% change on same period last year-7.60 %
Average maximum salary£32,976£35,217
UK excluding London average salary£34,982£35,962
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Visual Studio MerseysideVisual Studio
Merseyside

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Liverpool Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Liverpool Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

133 (89.19 %).NET
133 (89.19 %)SQL Server
227 (72.97 %)C#
322 (59.46 %)SQL
421 (56.76 %)SQL Server 2000
514 (37.84 %)Microsoft
514 (37.84 %)ASP.NET
514 (37.84 %)SQL Server 2005
612 (32.43 %)Finance
612 (32.43 %)XML
711 (29.73 %)HTML
88 (21.62 %)AJAX
97 (18.92 %)Legal
106 (16.22 %)JavaScript
106 (16.22 %)CSS
106 (16.22 %)VB.NET
106 (16.22 %)WebServices
115 (13.51 %)XSLT
115 (13.51 %)Intranet
115 (13.51 %)Transact-SQL
124 (10.81 %)Law
124 (10.81 %)CMS
124 (10.81 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (10.81 %)Degree
124 (10.81 %)Crystal Reports
124 (10.81 %)Microsoft Certification
124 (10.81 %)Business Intelligence
124 (10.81 %)XHTML
133 (8.108 %)Performance Testing
142 (5.405 %)Pensions

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (89.19 %).NET
214 (37.84 %)ASP.NET
312 (32.43 %)XML
411 (29.73 %)HTML
58 (21.62 %)AJAX
66 (16.22 %)WebServices
66 (16.22 %)CSS
75 (13.51 %)XSLT
84 (10.81 %)XHTML
92 (5.405 %)WinForms
92 (5.405 %)ASP
101 (2.703 %)JSP
101 (2.703 %).NET Framework
Liverpool IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (10.81 %)CMS
21 (2.703 %)IIS
21 (2.703 %)BizTalk Server
Liverpool IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.405 %)MS Excel
Liverpool IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (13.51 %)Intranet
21 (2.703 %)Extranet
Liverpool IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (89.19 %)SQL Server
221 (56.76 %)SQL Server 2000
314 (37.84 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (10.81 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (10.81 %)Crystal Reports
Liverpool IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.703 %)Ant
11 (2.703 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Liverpool IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (32.43 %)Finance
27 (18.92 %)Legal
34 (10.81 %)Law
42 (5.405 %)Financial Institution
42 (5.405 %)Pensions
51 (2.703 %)Government
Liverpool IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (72.97 %)Developer
27 (18.92 %)Web Developer
27 (18.92 %)C# Developer
35 (13.51 %).NET Developer
44 (10.81 %)Analyst
44 (10.81 %)Software Developer
44 (10.81 %)Software Engineer
44 (10.81 %)C# Software Engineer
52 (5.405 %)VB.NET Developer
52 (5.405 %)VB Developer
52 (5.405 %)Information Analyst
52 (5.405 %)SQL Developer
52 (5.405 %)Senior Developer
52 (5.405 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.703 %)CSharp Software Developer
61 (2.703 %)Applications Developer
61 (2.703 %)Web Applications Developer
61 (2.703 %).NET Web Developer
61 (2.703 %)Senior C# Developer
61 (2.703 %)Senior .NET Developer
Liverpool IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.405 %)Windows
Liverpool IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (10.81 %)Business Intelligence
23 (8.108 %)Performance Testing
31 (2.703 %)OOA/OOD
31 (2.703 %)OOD
Liverpool IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (72.97 %)C#
222 (59.46 %)SQL
36 (16.22 %)VB.NET
36 (16.22 %)JavaScript
45 (13.51 %)Transact-SQL
52 (5.405 %)VB
52 (5.405 %)VB6
61 (2.703 %)PHP5
61 (2.703 %)PHP
61 (2.703 %)Java
Liverpool IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (10.81 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (10.81 %)Degree
Liverpool IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (37.84 %)Microsoft
21 (2.703 %)SAP