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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank155153
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads9731389
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.531 %0.583 %
As % of the category below13.95 %15.05 %
Salaries quoted8631117
Average minimum salary£39,567£39,651
Average salary£42,845£43,821
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Average maximum salary£46,124£47,991
UK excluding London average salary£33,609£35,345
% change on same period last year-4.91 %
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
London
Matching permanent IT job ads69759231
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.808 %3.876 %
Salaries quoted60137101
Average minimum salary£41,768£42,896
Average salary£45,557£46,754
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum salary£49,346£50,611
UK excluding London average salary£35,140£36,028
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

London Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+16235£48,186+12.97 %
HayesNew entry-21£35,238-
Docklands, LondonUp+3117£53,500-8.24 %
CroydonNo change014£28,250-7.37 %
EalingNew entry-14£32,786-
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+1513£36,923-1.53 %
RomfordNew entry-12£34,000-
ClaphamDown-97£32,143-20.68 %
Canary WharfUp+256£58,667-10.60 %
HarrowDown-16£42,083+5.20 %
RuislipDown-102£32,500+38.29 %
SurbitonNew entry-2£35,000-
SouthwarkNew entry-2£52,500-
WimbledonDown-82£31,000-13.85 %
LutonDown-292£27,500-36.36 %
HammersmithUp+131--
HendonNew entry-1£25,000-
WembleyUp+251£45,000-
OrpingtonNew entry-1£42,500-
EnfieldDown-131£32,500-
GreenfordNew entry-1£42,500-
Visual Studio EnglandVisual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

11705 (86.90 %).NET
21378 (70.23 %)C#
31332 (67.89 %)SQL Server
41154 (58.82 %)ASP.NET
5744 (37.92 %)SQL
6736 (37.51 %)SQL Server 2005
7728 (37.10 %)Microsoft
8654 (33.33 %)XML
9520 (26.50 %)JavaScript
10516 (26.30 %)HTML
11496 (25.28 %)Windows
12464 (23.65 %)Finance
13404 (20.59 %)CSS
14399 (20.34 %)AJAX
15385 (19.62 %)WebServices
16376 (19.16 %)VB.NET
16376 (19.16 %)MS Excel
17358 (18.25 %)SQL Server 2000
18348 (17.74 %)OO
19304 (15.49 %)Transact-SQL
19304 (15.49 %).NET Framework
20272 (13.86 %)IIS
21254 (12.95 %)SharePoint
22240 (12.23 %)C++
23237 (12.08 %)ASP
24229 (11.67 %)Degree
25212 (10.81 %)WinForms
26210 (10.70 %)Insurance
27205 (10.45 %)VB
28170 (8.665 %)Internet

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11705 (86.90 %).NET
21154 (58.82 %)ASP.NET
3654 (33.33 %)XML
4516 (26.30 %)HTML
5404 (20.59 %)CSS
6399 (20.34 %)AJAX
7385 (19.62 %)WebServices
8304 (15.49 %).NET Framework
9237 (12.08 %)ASP
10212 (10.81 %)WinForms
11162 (8.257 %)XSLT
12152 (7.747 %)XHTML
13127 (6.473 %)ASP.NET 2.0
14114 (5.810 %)ADO.NET
1575 (3.823 %)XSL
1665 (3.313 %)ADO
1754 (2.752 %)WCF
1853 (2.701 %)MFC
1951 (2.599 %)COM+
2046 (2.345 %)Silverlight
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1272 (13.86 %)IIS
2254 (12.95 %)SharePoint
3133 (6.779 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4118 (6.014 %)BizTalk Server
550 (2.548 %)CMS
638 (1.937 %)SharePoint Portal Server
716 (0.815 %)MS Exchange
814 (0.714 %)ColdFusion
98 (0.408 %)Flash Media Server
107 (0.357 %)MQSeries
116 (0.306 %)Plone
125 (0.255 %)ArcSDE
125 (0.255 %)Exchange Server 2000
125 (0.255 %)Commerce Server
125 (0.255 %)ArcGIS
125 (0.255 %)ArcIMS
134 (0.204 %)Content Management Server
143 (0.153 %)Apache
143 (0.153 %)TIBCO EMS
152 (0.102 %)Tomcat
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1376 (19.16 %)MS Excel
2154 (7.849 %)MS Office
335 (1.784 %)Photoshop
420 (1.019 %)MS Project
516 (0.815 %)InfoPath
612 (0.612 %)MS Visio
75 (0.255 %)AutoCAD
75 (0.255 %)Adobe Illustrator
84 (0.204 %)Fireworks
93 (0.153 %)PrintSoft PReS
101 (0.051 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.051 %)InDesign
101 (0.051 %)PageMaker
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
154 (2.752 %)Microsoft CRM
26 (0.306 %)Axapta
26 (0.306 %)Summit
33 (0.153 %)Dynamics AX
42 (0.102 %)Beauchamp
51 (0.051 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.051 %)Great Plains
51 (0.051 %)Capstone
51 (0.051 %)Dynamics CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1170 (8.665 %)Internet
293 (4.740 %)Intranet
330 (1.529 %)TCP/IP
423 (1.172 %)FTP
516 (0.815 %)Extranet
613 (0.663 %)SSH
710 (0.510 %)HTTP
83 (0.153 %)OSPF
83 (0.153 %)BGP
92 (0.102 %)Ethernet
101 (0.051 %)IPCC
101 (0.051 %)DNS
101 (0.051 %)LDAP
101 (0.051 %)LAN
101 (0.051 %)WAN
101 (0.051 %)SMTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11332 (67.89 %)SQL Server
2736 (37.51 %)SQL Server 2005
3358 (18.25 %)SQL Server 2000
4132 (6.728 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
582 (4.179 %)SQL Server Integration Services
669 (3.517 %)Crystal Reports
750 (2.548 %)MySQL
845 (2.294 %)Datawarehouse
940 (2.039 %)DTS
1036 (1.835 %)ETL
1133 (1.682 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1230 (1.529 %)RDBMS
1328 (1.427 %)SQL Server 2008
1426 (1.325 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1525 (1.274 %)MS Access
1623 (1.172 %)OLAP
1721 (1.070 %)Oracle 8/8i
1811 (0.561 %)BusinessObjects
197 (0.357 %)Data Mining
197 (0.357 %)NonStop SQL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1126 (6.422 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2112 (5.708 %)Subversion
3102 (5.199 %)NUnit
462 (3.160 %)Flash
545 (2.294 %)CruiseControl
625 (1.274 %)Dreamweaver
724 (1.223 %)Eclipse
822 (1.121 %)Ant
917 (0.866 %)MSI
917 (0.866 %)JIRA
1016 (0.815 %)ClearCase
1115 (0.765 %)QuickTest Pro
1214 (0.714 %)Visual Studio Team System
1312 (0.612 %)Rational Rose
149 (0.459 %)WinRunner
158 (0.408 %)Log4Net
167 (0.357 %)InterDev
167 (0.357 %)InstallShield
176 (0.306 %)FitNesse
185 (0.255 %)Rational Robot
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1464 (23.65 %)Finance
2210 (10.70 %)Insurance
3103 (5.250 %)Health
4101 (5.148 %)Retail
5100 (5.097 %)Marketing
696 (4.893 %)Pensions
790 (4.587 %)Banking
853 (2.701 %)Front Office
943 (2.192 %)Education
1039 (1.988 %)Back Office
1039 (1.988 %)Investment Banking
1136 (1.835 %)Legal
1234 (1.733 %)Law
1332 (1.631 %)Games
1426 (1.325 %)Government
1525 (1.274 %)Music
1618 (0.917 %)Online Games
1715 (0.765 %)Advertising
1814 (0.714 %)Construction
1913 (0.663 %)Publishing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11373 (69.98 %)Developer
2611 (31.14 %).NET Developer
3496 (25.28 %)C# Developer
4205 (10.45 %)Analyst
5203 (10.35 %)ASP.NET Developer
6197 (10.04 %)Senior Developer
7193 (9.837 %)Web Developer
8170 (8.665 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
9111 (5.657 %)Consultant
10100 (5.097 %)Senior .NET Developer
1194 (4.791 %)Programmer
1291 (4.638 %)Software Engineer
1388 (4.485 %)Architect
1487 (4.434 %)Software Developer
1585 (4.332 %)Senior C# Developer
1682 (4.179 %)C++ Developer
1774 (3.772 %)Junior
1774 (3.772 %)SQL Developer
1863 (3.211 %)Junior Developer
1960 (3.058 %).NET Architect
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1120 (6.116 %)N-Tier
246 (2.345 %)W3C
345 (2.294 %)Computer Science
437 (1.886 %)Web 2.0
534 (1.733 %)Derivative
625 (1.274 %)Management Information System
723 (1.172 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
820 (1.019 %)Fixed Income
918 (0.917 %)Social Network
1017 (0.866 %)Client/Server
1115 (0.765 %)Multithreading
1213 (0.663 %)PDA
1312 (0.612 %)German Language
1411 (0.561 %)Mathematics
1510 (0.510 %)E-Learning
169 (0.459 %)Equities
177 (0.357 %)Equity Derivative
186 (0.306 %)Blog
186 (0.306 %)Replication
195 (0.255 %)NHS
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1496 (25.28 %)Windows
2151 (7.696 %)Windows Server 2003
359 (3.007 %)Windows XP
437 (1.886 %)Windows Vista
530 (1.529 %)UNIX
627 (1.376 %)Linux
723 (1.172 %)Windows 2000
822 (1.121 %)Windows 2000 Server
913 (0.663 %)Solaris
1011 (0.561 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (0.153 %)HPUX
121 (0.051 %)AIX
121 (0.051 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1348 (17.74 %)OO
2153 (7.798 %)Web Development
3136 (6.932 %)Agile Software Development
496 (4.893 %)E-Commerce
594 (4.791 %)UML
692 (4.689 %)Project Management
779 (4.027 %)CRM
876 (3.874 %)Unit Testing
970 (3.568 %)Scrum
1069 (3.517 %)OOP
1160 (3.058 %)Content Management
1256 (2.854 %)Business Intelligence
1353 (2.701 %)Business Analysis
1444 (2.243 %)Migration
1444 (2.243 %)OOD
1543 (2.192 %)Document Management
1639 (1.988 %)Asset Management
1735 (1.784 %)Risk Management
1831 (1.580 %)SOA
1831 (1.580 %)PRINCE2
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11378 (70.23 %)C#
2744 (37.92 %)SQL
3520 (26.50 %)JavaScript
4376 (19.16 %)VB.NET
5304 (15.49 %)Transact-SQL
6240 (12.23 %)C++
7205 (10.45 %)VB
8109 (5.556 %)VBA
997 (4.944 %)VC++
1082 (4.179 %)VB6
1180 (4.077 %)DHTML
1180 (4.077 %)Java
1264 (3.262 %)C
1362 (3.160 %)VBScript
1459 (3.007 %)PHP
1552 (2.650 %)Perl
1651 (2.599 %)PL/SQL
1733 (1.682 %)PHP5
1820 (1.019 %)ActionScript
1918 (0.917 %)Python
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1229 (11.67 %)Degree
2149 (7.594 %)Microsoft Certification
366 (3.364 %)MCSD
458 (2.956 %)MCAD
554 (2.752 %)MCP
648 (2.446 %)MCTS
744 (2.243 %)MCPD
819 (0.968 %)MCITP
913 (0.663 %)MCDBA
1010 (0.510 %)PhD
119 (0.459 %)PRINCE2 Certification
119 (0.459 %)HND
119 (0.459 %)MCSE
127 (0.357 %)MCSA
136 (0.306 %)ISEB
143 (0.153 %)PMP
143 (0.153 %)PMI Certification
151 (0.051 %)ISEB Practitioner
151 (0.051 %)ISTQB
151 (0.051 %)Postgraduate
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
144 (2.243 %)QA
26 (0.306 %)SLA
35 (0.255 %)WCAG
35 (0.255 %)WAI
44 (0.204 %)HL7
44 (0.204 %)DICOM
52 (0.102 %)ISO9001
61 (0.051 %)Basel II
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
131 (1.580 %)Active Directory
226 (1.325 %)MSMQ
314 (0.714 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.051 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.051 %)Xen
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.357 %)OpenView
17 (0.357 %)OVSD
21 (0.051 %)ServiceCenter
21 (0.051 %)AutoSys
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1728 (37.10 %)Microsoft
2117 (5.963 %)Oracle
337 (1.886 %)Adobe
430 (1.529 %)Reuters
526 (1.325 %)Bloomberg
625 (1.274 %)Sybase
625 (1.274 %)Citrix
717 (0.866 %)HP
814 (0.714 %)VMware
913 (0.663 %)Perforce
1011 (0.561 %)Business Objects
1110 (0.510 %)IBM
1110 (0.510 %)Google
129 (0.459 %)Lotus
136 (0.306 %)Macromedia
136 (0.306 %)telerik
145 (0.255 %)ESRI
145 (0.255 %)TIBCO
153 (0.153 %)Hyperion
153 (0.153 %)RedDot