The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 25 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.474% 0.615% -
As % of the Development Applications category 10.00% 11.76% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £43,750 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
10 17 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 4.739% 5.231% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 25
Average salary £35,000 £70,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-50.00% +64.70%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#