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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 13 27 17
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 39 8 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 20.63% 5.031% 10.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 82.98% 25.00% 65.71%
Number of salaries quoted 38 8 23
Average salary £27,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,500 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £33,250 £33,250 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
47 32 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 24.87% 20.13% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46 20 31
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,850 £29,400
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £46,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Cheshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Macclesfield Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 68 (100.00%) C#
1 68 (100.00%) .NET
1 68 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 59 (86.76%) SQL
3 56 (82.35%) ASP.NET
4 48 (70.59%) JavaScript
5 41 (60.29%) HTML
5 41 (60.29%) Microsoft
6 40 (58.82%) XML
7 38 (55.88%) Web Services
8 32 (47.06%) T-SQL
9 31 (45.59%) Degree
10 29 (42.65%) Computer Science
11 28 (41.18%) Web Development
11 28 (41.18%) VB.NET
12 27 (39.71%) Windows
13 26 (38.24%) SQL Server 2008
14 24 (35.29%) jQuery
15 23 (33.82%) Ajax
16 21 (30.88%) Content Management
17 19 (27.94%) Team Foundation Server
18 18 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
18 18 (26.47%) Retail
18 18 (26.47%) Web Design
18 18 (26.47%) MVC
18 18 (26.47%) SOAP
18 18 (26.47%) DHTML
18 18 (26.47%) VSS/SourceSafe
19 16 (23.53%) Oracle
20 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Certification

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 68 (100.00%) .NET
2 56 (82.35%) ASP.NET
3 41 (60.29%) HTML
4 40 (58.82%) XML
5 38 (55.88%) Web Services
6 24 (35.29%) jQuery
7 23 (33.82%) Ajax
8 18 (26.47%) SOAP
8 18 (26.47%) DHTML
9 13 (19.12%) ASP.NET MVC
9 13 (19.12%) JSON
10 12 (17.65%) WCF
11 10 (14.71%) XHTML
12 7 (10.29%) CSS
13 6 (8.824%) ASP
13 6 (8.824%) .NET Framework
13 6 (8.824%) soapUI
14 5 (7.353%) LINQ
15 3 (4.412%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 3 (4.412%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.412%) CMS
1 3 (4.412%) SharePoint
1 3 (4.412%) Umbraco
2 2 (2.941%) MSMQ
2 2 (2.941%) LiveLink
Applications
1 2 (2.941%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (38.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (11.76%) MySQL
5 6 (8.824%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (8.824%) OLTP
5 6 (8.824%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (8.824%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 19 (27.94%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (26.47%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 6 (8.824%) Subversion
General
1 18 (26.47%) Retail
2 12 (17.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 68 (100.00%) Developer
2 40 (58.82%) C# Developer
2 40 (58.82%) C# .NET Developer
3 35 (51.47%) .NET Developer
4 28 (41.18%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 28 (41.18%) ASP.NET Developer
5 22 (32.35%) VB.NET Developer
5 22 (32.35%) Web Developer
5 22 (32.35%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 18 (26.47%) C# Web Developer
6 18 (26.47%) .NET Web Developer
7 6 (8.824%) Senior Developer
7 6 (8.824%) Software Developer
7 6 (8.824%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (8.824%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (7.353%) Junior
8 5 (7.353%) Junior Developer
9 4 (5.882%) Tester
10 2 (2.941%) Graduate
10 2 (2.941%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (42.65%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.824%) Client/Server
2 6 (8.824%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 27 (39.71%) Windows
2 6 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.412%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) Web Development
2 21 (30.88%) Content Management
3 18 (26.47%) Web Design
3 18 (26.47%) MVC
4 10 (14.71%) OO
5 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (8.824%) Requirements Analysis
6 6 (8.824%) Software Testing
6 6 (8.824%) System Testing
6 6 (8.824%) Unit Testing
7 3 (4.412%) Scrum
7 3 (4.412%) Project Management
7 3 (4.412%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 68 (100.00%) C#
2 59 (86.76%) SQL
3 48 (70.59%) JavaScript
4 32 (47.06%) T-SQL
5 28 (41.18%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.941%) PHP5
6 2 (2.941%) PHP
6 2 (2.941%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (45.59%) Degree
2 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (14.71%) MCTS
4 6 (8.824%) ISEB
Vendors
1 41 (60.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.53%) Oracle
3 6 (8.824%) Sencha
4 3 (4.412%) EPiServer
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# SQL Developer £25-40K + Benefits. Our Client based near Macclesfield is currently looking for an experience C#, .NET Developer... C# (Very Strong) .NET ? Visual Studio 2008 ? AJAX ?...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Experience needed: C# / ASP.NET Entity Framework Visual Studio SQL Server Linq JQuery, JavaScript This is an amazing opportunity for a C# / ASP .Net Developer who wants to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Web Service Developer, C# .NET SQL - Macclesfield £30K. A steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
ASP.NET C# Software Developer - ASP.NET / C# / SQL / Macclesfield £25-32K.Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a skilled ASP.NET C# Software Developer.
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Skills Required *Experience with C#, ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/ 2012. *Experience of designing, building and maintaining SQL Server 2005/2008 R2/MySQL databases. *Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013