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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 138 144 145
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 899 990 980
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 2.056% 1.846% 1.690%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.35% 13.72% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 785 872 892
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £32,100 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £60,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6733 7216 6949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.40% 13.45% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5786 6358 6062
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 London region.

London Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of London +53 277 £47,500 -
Hammersmith +8 13 £47,500 -
Kingston Upon Thames +8 8 £36,250 +11.53%
Croydon +6 5 £45,750 +22.00%
Wimbledon - 4 £35,500 -
Uxbridge -4 3 £67,500 +35.00%
Westminster -2 2 £75,000 +50.00%
Harrow - 2 £26,000 -
Docklands, London +6 1 £37,500 -53.12%
Beckenham +3 1 £44,000 +7.97%
Ealing -11 1 £45,000 -
Greenford - 1 £42,500 -
Wembley - 1 £26,000 -
Romford - 1 - -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 1712 (83.68%) .NET
2 1596 (78.01%) C#
3 1317 (64.37%) SQL Server
4 1180 (57.67%) ASP.NET
5 974 (47.61%) SQL
6 839 (41.01%) Microsoft
7 795 (38.86%) JavaScript
8 707 (34.56%) CSS
9 671 (32.80%) HTML
10 633 (30.94%) Team Foundation Server
11 539 (26.34%) SQL Server 2008
12 515 (25.17%) Agile Software Development
13 479 (23.41%) Web Services
14 463 (22.63%) MVC
15 445 (21.75%) Windows
16 433 (21.16%) jQuery
17 431 (21.07%) MS Excel
18 430 (21.02%) .NET Framework
19 429 (20.97%) XML
20 427 (20.87%) WCF
21 414 (20.23%) Finance
22 413 (20.19%) SharePoint
23 410 (20.04%) T-SQL
24 372 (18.18%) TDD
25 365 (17.84%) Ajax
26 334 (16.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
27 325 (15.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
28 299 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
29 297 (14.52%) OO
30 288 (14.08%) Scrum

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1712 (83.68%) .NET
2 1180 (57.67%) ASP.NET
3 707 (34.56%) CSS
4 671 (32.80%) HTML
5 479 (23.41%) Web Services
6 433 (21.16%) jQuery
7 430 (21.02%) .NET Framework
8 429 (20.97%) XML
9 427 (20.87%) WCF
10 365 (17.84%) Ajax
11 286 (13.98%) ASP.NET MVC
12 281 (13.73%) HTML5
13 192 (9.384%) WPF
14 168 (8.211%) XHTML
15 158 (7.722%) XSLT
16 135 (6.598%) NHibernate
17 134 (6.549%) LINQ
18 113 (5.523%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 108 (5.279%) CSS3
20 107 (5.230%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 413 (20.19%) SharePoint
2 241 (11.78%) IIS
3 204 (9.971%) CMS
4 148 (7.234%) SharePoint 2010
5 117 (5.718%) SharePoint Server
6 99 (4.839%) Umbraco
7 84 (4.106%) BizTalk Server
8 54 (2.639%) Windows Azure
9 41 (2.004%) Sitecore CMS
10 40 (1.955%) Amazon AWS
11 36 (1.760%) SharePoint Foundation
12 33 (1.613%) MS Exchange
13 28 (1.369%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (0.978%) SharePoint 2013
15 16 (0.782%) MSMQ
16 14 (0.684%) Apache
17 11 (0.538%) WorkSite
18 10 (0.489%) Kentico
19 8 (0.391%) Drupal
20 6 (0.293%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 431 (21.07%) MS Excel
2 197 (9.629%) MS Office
3 53 (2.590%) InfoPath
4 43 (2.102%) Photoshop
5 33 (1.613%) PowerPivot
6 22 (1.075%) MS Project
7 19 (0.929%) MS PowerPoint
8 18 (0.880%) MS Visio
9 16 (0.782%) Fireworks
10 3 (0.147%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.049%) Google Apps
12 1 (0.049%) Blender
12 1 (0.049%) Maya
12 1 (0.049%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.173%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.538%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.391%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.293%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.293%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.244%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.196%) RMDS
6 4 (0.196%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.196%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.147%) Academy Housing
8 2 (0.098%) Tridion
9 1 (0.049%) Line 50
9 1 (0.049%) Sophis RISQUE
9 1 (0.049%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.049%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 92 (4.497%) Internet
2 67 (3.275%) HTTP
3 58 (2.835%) Intranet
4 54 (2.639%) TCP/IP
5 35 (1.711%) DNS
6 17 (0.831%) Firewall
7 15 (0.733%) SSL
8 14 (0.684%) HTTPS
9 13 (0.635%) Extranet
10 11 (0.538%) FTP
10 11 (0.538%) SMTP
11 5 (0.244%) SSH
12 4 (0.196%) VPN
12 4 (0.196%) ICMP
13 3 (0.147%) WAN
13 3 (0.147%) LAN
14 2 (0.098%) Broadband
14 2 (0.098%) TELNET
14 2 (0.098%) BGP
14 2 (0.098%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1317 (64.37%) SQL Server
2 539 (26.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 334 (16.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 325 (15.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 299 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
6 189 (9.238%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 73 (3.568%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 65 (3.177%) Data Warehouse
9 58 (2.835%) SQL Server 2000
10 45 (2.199%) Crystal Reports
11 41 (2.004%) SQL Server 2012
12 35 (1.711%) PerformancePoint
13 28 (1.369%) MongoDB
13 28 (1.369%) Hadoop
14 24 (1.173%) OLAP
15 23 (1.124%) MySQL
16 22 (1.075%) OLTP
16 22 (1.075%) SQLBase
17 21 (1.026%) InterSystems Cache
17 21 (1.026%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 633 (30.94%) Team Foundation Server
2 193 (9.433%) NUnit
3 130 (6.354%) MSBuild
4 116 (5.670%) Subversion
5 99 (4.839%) Selenium
6 68 (3.324%) CruiseControl
7 49 (2.395%) Visual Studio Team System
8 46 (2.248%) JIRA
9 41 (2.004%) SpecFlow
10 38 (1.857%) Cucumber
11 35 (1.711%) Rhino Mocks
11 35 (1.711%) Eclipse
12 34 (1.662%) ReSharper
13 32 (1.564%) FitNesse
14 31 (1.515%) Git (software)
15 30 (1.466%) VSS/SourceSafe
16 26 (1.271%) TeamCity
17 21 (1.026%) WebDriver
17 21 (1.026%) MSTest
17 21 (1.026%) Oracle Forms
General
1 414 (20.23%) Finance
2 157 (7.674%) Banking
3 112 (5.474%) Retail
4 92 (4.497%) Law
5 86 (4.203%) Publishing
6 85 (4.154%) Marketing
7 79 (3.861%) Legal
8 57 (2.786%) Front Office
9 47 (2.297%) Multimedia
10 46 (2.248%) Back Office
11 38 (1.857%) Advertising
12 34 (1.662%) Investment Banking
13 29 (1.417%) Telecoms
14 28 (1.369%) Games
15 8 (0.391%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.147%) Automotive
16 3 (0.147%) Electronics
17 1 (0.049%) International Banking
17 1 (0.049%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1503 (73.46%) Developer
2 598 (29.23%) .NET Developer
3 348 (17.01%) C# Developer
4 276 (13.49%) Senior Developer
5 193 (9.433%) C# .NET Developer
6 166 (8.113%) ASP.NET Developer
7 159 (7.771%) Web Developer
8 134 (6.549%) Analyst
9 122 (5.963%) Senior .NET Developer
10 118 (5.767%) Software Developer
11 117 (5.718%) SharePoint Developer
12 88 (4.301%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 85 (4.154%) Software Engineer
14 69 (3.372%) Architect
15 66 (3.226%) Agile .NET Developer
16 64 (3.128%) Lead Developer
17 54 (2.639%) SQL Developer
17 54 (2.639%) Applications Developer
18 52 (2.542%) Front-End Developer
19 49 (2.395%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 96 (4.692%) Computer Science
2 68 (3.324%) Open Source
3 62 (3.030%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.030%) Fixed Income
4 59 (2.884%) Mathematics
5 58 (2.835%) Social Media
6 54 (2.639%) Digital Media
7 52 (2.542%) Equities
7 52 (2.542%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 52 (2.542%) Mobile App
8 51 (2.493%) W3C
9 50 (2.444%) Enterprise Software
10 49 (2.395%) Inversion of Control
11 47 (2.297%) Hedge funds
12 42 (2.053%) SaaS
13 31 (1.515%) N-Tier
13 31 (1.515%) Client/Server
14 29 (1.417%) Derivative
15 28 (1.369%) Data Extraction
16 27 (1.320%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 445 (21.75%) Windows
2 54 (2.639%) Windows Server 2003
3 50 (2.444%) Windows Server 2008
4 47 (2.297%) Linux
5 30 (1.466%) Android
6 22 (1.075%) Apple iOS
7 19 (0.929%) UNIX
8 16 (0.782%) Windows 2000 Server
9 15 (0.733%) Windows XP
10 14 (0.684%) Windows NT
11 12 (0.587%) Windows 8
12 10 (0.489%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.489%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (0.440%) Windows Vista
14 8 (0.391%) Windows Mobile
15 6 (0.293%) CentOS
15 6 (0.293%) Windows Phone
16 4 (0.196%) Windows CE
16 4 (0.196%) Windows Phone 8
17 3 (0.147%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (25.17%) Agile Software Development
2 463 (22.63%) MVC
3 372 (18.18%) TDD
4 297 (14.52%) OO
5 288 (14.08%) Scrum
6 274 (13.39%) E-Commerce
7 249 (12.17%) Unit Testing
8 226 (11.05%) Web Development
9 173 (8.456%) Continuous Integration
10 153 (7.478%) OOP
11 152 (7.429%) Business Intelligence
12 131 (6.403%) BDD
13 122 (5.963%) UML
14 83 (4.057%) Content Management
15 81 (3.959%) Release Management
16 79 (3.861%) Software Testing
17 73 (3.568%) OOA/OOD
18 70 (3.421%) Project Management
19 69 (3.372%) System Testing
20 67 (3.275%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1596 (78.01%) C#
2 974 (47.61%) SQL
3 795 (38.86%) JavaScript
4 410 (20.04%) T-SQL
5 227 (11.09%) VB.NET
6 179 (8.749%) Java
7 177 (8.651%) VB
8 125 (6.109%) C++
9 103 (5.034%) PowerShell
10 85 (4.154%) VBA
11 56 (2.737%) Ruby
12 51 (2.493%) C
13 50 (2.444%) VB6
14 41 (2.004%) VBScript
15 34 (1.662%) Python
16 31 (1.515%) XPath
17 30 (1.466%) PHP
18 29 (1.417%) XAML
19 26 (1.271%) F#
20 19 (0.929%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (13.54%) Degree
2 100 (4.888%) Security Cleared
3 89 (4.350%) SC Cleared
4 57 (2.786%) Microsoft Certification
5 49 (2.395%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.466%) ISEB
7 26 (1.271%) ISTQB
8 23 (1.124%) MCP
9 14 (0.684%) MCITP
10 11 (0.538%) HND
10 11 (0.538%) MCSD
11 7 (0.342%) MCPD
11 7 (0.342%) MCTS
12 5 (0.244%) PhD
13 3 (0.147%) MCAD
14 2 (0.098%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.049%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.049%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (10.70%) QA
2 19 (0.929%) WCAG
3 4 (0.196%) SLA
4 3 (0.147%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.049%) Section 508
5 1 (0.049%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 88 (4.301%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.151%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (0.978%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.293%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.244%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.098%) OpenSSO
7 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.733%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.244%) WMI
3 3 (0.147%) SCCM
4 2 (0.098%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.098%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.049%) WSUS
Vendors
1 839 (41.01%) Microsoft
2 191 (9.335%) Oracle
3 52 (2.542%) Telerik
4 48 (2.346%) Facebook
5 47 (2.297%) Sitecore
6 44 (2.151%) VMware
7 38 (1.857%) TIBCO
8 25 (1.222%) Adobe
9 23 (1.124%) Bloomberg
10 21 (1.026%) Reuters
11 19 (0.929%) EPiServer
11 19 (0.929%) Sencha
12 18 (0.880%) HP
12 18 (0.880%) Twitter
13 17 (0.831%) IBM
14 15 (0.733%) DevExpress
14 15 (0.733%) Lotus
15 14 (0.684%) Citrix
15 14 (0.684%) StreamBase
16 13 (0.635%) SAP
City, London
The C#.Net Software Developer will have excellent commercial experience as well as good exposure to ASP.Net and SQL. C#.NET Software Developer skills required: C#.Net...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Health, Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Necessary Skills: Visual Studio 2005 / Visual Studio 2008 + .NET Framework Version 2/3/4 C# ASP.NET/WPF - advantageous SQL Server 2005/2008 database Experience: Demonstrable record of...
greywood
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
You will be responsible for the development and maintenance of a variety of internal systems and applications, working with C# / ASP.Net / SQL Server and MS Visual Studio.....
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £30 000 - £45 000 + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
The suitable candidate must have come from a proven Software Development background in C# and Visual Studio with in depth knowledge of C#, Visual Studio, SQL, Oracle, Development,...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The role will involve design, development, analysis, support, business process review and troubleshooting.The suitable candidate must have come from a proven Software Development background in C# and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
C#.Net/ ASP.Net Developer with excellent T-SQL, Web Services, Visual Studio 2010 sought by Large international company based in the heart of the City of London.
Gregory James
Salary: 45K + outstanding benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
The C# .Net Developer must have experience in the following skills: *.Net Framework *C# *ASP.Net MVC *TFS *CSS / HTML *JavaScript *Agile You will develop, enhance and maintain...
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + package
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
You should have* Strong experience using ASP.NET, javascript, HTML5, CSS3, XML, JQuery* Visual Studio 2010 and VB.NET or C#* Skills to be able to code in...
JAM
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
KEY SKILLS Extensive development experience in ASP.Net and SQL. All round usage of Visual Studio (C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net, etc.)... Desirable knowledge of TFS, IIS, BI...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits and bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
Beckenham, Kent
Due to expansion they require an ASP.Net MVC Developer You should have the following: Essential: MVC C# *A good knowledge of ASP.NET 4.0 and above *...
TLP Consultancy Ltd.
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Due to continued business growth a Senior or Junior developer is required to join a dynamic, fun, experienced IT consultancy and development company based in London and Reading...
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
They're offering the chance to get real financial experience at a huge global organisation and are hopefuly to find an ideal candidate for the role of Sharepoint...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £40000 - £55000.00 per annum + bonus + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Candidates should have good C# and experience using .net 4.0, SQL Server, A passion for leading edge software technology with a fundamental desire for software development to...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + excellent bonus and package
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Developer, Programmer, Software Engineer, C#, .Net, Sharepoint, WCMS) Permanet - LondonA market leading global software organisation are looking for a Senior C#/.NET Developer with WCMS exposure and solution...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
Excellent communication skills are needed for communicating with development, training and commercial teams.Candidate should be able to troubleshoot and find alternative solutions if needed and have excellent...
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Senior ASP-Net Developer - UmbracoI have a new opportunity to work for a digital agency in central London whom work on a variety of projects with some big...
OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP55000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
C# Developer / Asp.Net / Asp MVC / Visual Studio / Developer / Programmer / Engineer /Cloud Development / WCF / WPF / Ajax / HTML / CSS / XML / MS SQL / IIS / Stored Procedures / Triggers / TFS / Agile - Central...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £60000 per annum - Excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
C# Developer / Asp-Net / Asp MVC / Visual Studio / Developer / Programmer / Engineer /Cloud Development / WCF / WPF / Ajax / HTML / CSS / XML / MS SQL / IIS / Stored Procedures / Triggers / TFS / Agile - Central...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP60000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Empowering Responsible InvestmentAnalyst Programmer - .NET, Web, SQL £41,361 paEIRIS is a leading global provider of the research used by investors and financial institutions to assess the social,...
Eiris
Salary: £41,361 pa
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Solution Architect - ASP.NET C# Visual Studio MS SQL SharePoint WCMS CMSOur client, a rapidly growing CMS software provider who works with some of the world's leading...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The successful candidate must possess a degree in computer science, software development or design or be Microsoft certified; have a proven history in developing complex systems using the...
Bluetownonline
Salary: £37293 Per Annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Candidates must have a good understanding of SharePoint WSS and MOSS products... Microsoft Specific Skills:- SharePoint 2003/2007/2010/13- Net 1.1,2.0,3.0,4...
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
Reporting to the Head of Development this role will specifically have responsibility for: *Design of object oriented software *Programming in C#, using .NET framework, XML, XSLT, Oracle, Visual...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
The C# ASP.NET MVC developer needs to have excellent skills in ASP.net(C#), SQL, HTML, JavaScript along with experience in working in an AGILE process (SCRUM/...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Reporting to the Head of Development this role will specifically have responsibility for: * Design of object oriented software * Programming in C#, using .NET framework, XML, XSLT, Oracle, Visual...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013