The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Team System skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio Team System over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Rank 188 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.025% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.150% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.62% -
All Development Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
665 532 518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 16.33% 14.61% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 598 475 483
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £42,200
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio Team System
North West

Visual Studio Team System
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Visual Studio Team System Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio Team System across the Manchester region.

Manchester Visual Studio Team System Salary Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System.

1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) HTML
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) IIS
1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) CSS
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) UML
1 12 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (100.00%) OO
1 12 (100.00%) RUP
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 12 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (100.00%) NUnit
1 12 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 12 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 12 (100.00%) MSF
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010

Visual Studio Team System
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Visual Studio Team System 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 Team System. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) HTML
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) CSS
1 12 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
2 11 (91.67%) WPF
2 11 (91.67%) WF
2 11 (91.67%) Silverlight
2 11 (91.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 11 (91.67%) Ajax
2 11 (91.67%) ADO.NET
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) IIS
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 12 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (91.67%) SharePoint Foundation
3 9 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
2 11 (91.67%) InfoPath
3 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (91.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) NUnit
1 12 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 12 (100.00%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (41.67%) SharePoint Architect
3 5 (41.67%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) CRM Developer
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) UML
1 12 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (100.00%) OO
1 12 (100.00%) RUP
1 12 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 12 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (100.00%) MSF
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 11 (91.67%) T-SQL
2 11 (91.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCTS
2 1 (8.333%) MCAD
2 1 (8.333%) MCSD
2 1 (8.333%) MCPD
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft