The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 39 40 42
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 20 40 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.141% 6.015% 5.451%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.85% 30.30% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 25
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
67 132 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.87% 19.85% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 63 118 54
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Visual Studio Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +8 19 £35,000 - 7
Southport -1 1 £35,000 -
Visual Studio
North West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 42 (82.35%) .NET
2 36 (70.59%) C#
3 35 (68.63%) SQL Server
4 31 (60.78%) ASP.NET
4 31 (60.78%) CSS
5 29 (56.86%) XML
6 23 (45.10%) HTML
6 23 (45.10%) JavaScript
7 22 (43.14%) Web Services
8 18 (35.29%) MVC
9 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
9 17 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
11 14 (27.45%) .NET Framework
11 14 (27.45%) Windows
12 13 (25.49%) jQuery
13 11 (21.57%) Web Development
14 10 (19.61%) XSLT
14 10 (19.61%) SQL
14 10 (19.61%) C++
15 9 (17.65%) ASP
15 9 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (17.65%) HTML5
15 9 (17.65%) Logistics
16 7 (13.73%) Subversion
16 7 (13.73%) InfoPath
16 7 (13.73%) QA
16 7 (13.73%) SharePoint 2010
16 7 (13.73%) Qt
16 7 (13.73%) Boost C++ Libraries

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 42 (82.35%) .NET
2 31 (60.78%) ASP.NET
2 31 (60.78%) CSS
3 29 (56.86%) XML
4 23 (45.10%) HTML
5 22 (43.14%) Web Services
6 14 (27.45%) .NET Framework
7 13 (25.49%) jQuery
8 10 (19.61%) XSLT
9 9 (17.65%) ASP
9 9 (17.65%) HTML5
10 7 (13.73%) Qt
10 7 (13.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 7 (13.73%) MFC
10 7 (13.73%) STL
10 7 (13.73%) XML Messaging
11 6 (11.76%) Ajax
11 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (9.804%) CSS3
12 5 (9.804%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.73%) SharePoint
1 7 (13.73%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (11.76%) Umbraco
3 4 (7.843%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (5.882%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) InfoPath
2 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.961%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) Internet
2 3 (5.882%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (68.63%) SQL Server
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (13.73%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.843%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (5.882%) MySQL
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.961%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Subversion
1 7 (13.73%) Git (software)
2 6 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.961%) Selenium
3 1 (1.961%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.961%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.961%) Xcode
General
1 6 (11.76%) Finance
2 4 (7.843%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.843%) Banking
3 3 (5.882%) Law
3 3 (5.882%) Publishing
4 1 (1.961%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (90.20%) Developer
2 23 (45.10%) .NET Developer
3 17 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
4 13 (25.49%) Web Developer
5 8 (15.69%) C# Developer
6 7 (13.73%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (13.73%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (13.73%) Programmer
6 7 (13.73%) C++ Developer
7 6 (11.76%) .NET Web Developer
8 5 (9.804%) Analyst
9 4 (7.843%) Analyst Programmer
9 4 (7.843%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (7.843%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 4 (7.843%) Senior Programmer
10 3 (5.882%) SharePoint Developer
10 3 (5.882%) Software Developer
11 2 (3.922%) Software Engineer
11 2 (3.922%) Software Programmer
11 2 (3.922%) Umbraco Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (11.76%) RIA
3 3 (5.882%) FMCG
4 1 (1.961%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.961%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Linux
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (5.882%) Android
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) MVC
2 15 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (21.57%) Web Development
4 9 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (17.65%) Logistics
5 7 (13.73%) OO
5 7 (13.73%) Multithreading
6 6 (11.76%) E-Commerce
7 4 (7.843%) TDD
7 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management
8 3 (5.882%) Integration Testing
8 3 (5.882%) Release Management
8 3 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.961%) SEO
9 1 (1.961%) Scrum
9 1 (1.961%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.961%) Software Testing
9 1 (1.961%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (70.59%) C#
2 23 (45.10%) JavaScript
3 10 (19.61%) C++
3 10 (19.61%) SQL
4 7 (13.73%) Perl
4 7 (13.73%) PHP
5 5 (9.804%) VB.NET
6 4 (7.843%) Java
7 3 (5.882%) C
7 3 (5.882%) VB
7 3 (5.882%) VB6
8 1 (1.961%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.961%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (1.961%) ISEB
2 1 (1.961%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (7.843%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (5.882%) SAP
2 3 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.961%) Adobe
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