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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 55 62 54
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 16 11 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 2.319% 1.278% 2.049%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.18% 10.00% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 9
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,800 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £41,250 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
88 110 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 12.75% 12.78% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 82 75 76
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,700 £72,500 £62,000
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +4 12 £34,500 -3.49%
Durham +9 4 £22,750 -28.90%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 35 (87.50%) .NET
2 32 (80.00%) C#
3 30 (75.00%) SQL Server
4 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
5 22 (55.00%) SQL
6 18 (45.00%) ASP.NET
7 17 (42.50%) HTML
7 17 (42.50%) MS Excel
8 16 (40.00%) CSS
9 13 (32.50%) Scrum
10 12 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
11 11 (27.50%) Degree
11 11 (27.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
12 10 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
12 10 (25.00%) MVC
13 9 (22.50%) Windows
13 9 (22.50%) OO
14 7 (17.50%) Oracle
15 6 (15.00%) C
15 6 (15.00%) Photoshop
15 6 (15.00%) VB
15 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (15.00%) jQuery
16 5 (12.50%) Unit Testing
16 5 (12.50%) .NET Framework
16 5 (12.50%) Ajax
16 5 (12.50%) VB.NET
16 5 (12.50%) C++
16 5 (12.50%) Fireworks

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 35 (87.50%) .NET
2 18 (45.00%) ASP.NET
3 17 (42.50%) HTML
4 16 (40.00%) CSS
5 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (15.00%) jQuery
6 5 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 5 (12.50%) Ajax
6 5 (12.50%) XHTML
7 4 (10.00%) Web Services
7 4 (10.00%) XML
8 3 (7.500%) Qt
8 3 (7.500%) LINQ
8 3 (7.500%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 3 (7.500%) SOAP
8 3 (7.500%) MFC
9 2 (5.000%) Middleware
9 2 (5.000%) COM
9 2 (5.000%) HTML5
9 2 (5.000%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (10.00%) CMS
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (7.500%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (42.50%) MS Excel
2 6 (15.00%) Photoshop
3 5 (12.50%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.500%) Internet
1 3 (7.500%) Ethernet
1 3 (7.500%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.500%) MySQL
4 2 (5.000%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.500%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (2.500%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (10.00%) Subversion
3 3 (7.500%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (2.500%) MSTest
4 1 (2.500%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (7.500%) Marketing
2 1 (2.500%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (72.50%) Developer
2 11 (27.50%) .NET Developer
2 11 (27.50%) Software Developer
3 9 (22.50%) Web Developer
4 6 (15.00%) C# Developer
4 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (10.00%) .NET Web Developer
6 4 (10.00%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) SharePoint Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Junior
8 2 (5.000%) Test Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (5.000%) C# Software Developer
9 1 (2.500%) .NET Software Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Test Team Leader
9 1 (2.500%) Junior Software Engineer
9 1 (2.500%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (7.500%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.500%) Linux
3 2 (5.000%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Scrum
2 12 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (25.00%) MVC
4 9 (22.50%) OO
5 5 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 4 (10.00%) CRM
6 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.00%) Web Development
6 4 (10.00%) TDD
7 3 (7.500%) Multithreading
7 3 (7.500%) Refactoring
7 3 (7.500%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.500%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (7.500%) Automated Testing
7 3 (7.500%) RUP
7 3 (7.500%) Configuration Management
7 3 (7.500%) Project Management
7 3 (7.500%) OOP
8 2 (5.000%) SOA
9 1 (2.500%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (80.00%) C#
2 22 (55.00%) SQL
3 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (15.00%) C
4 6 (15.00%) VB
5 5 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 5 (12.50%) C++
6 3 (7.500%) VC++
6 3 (7.500%) Python
6 3 (7.500%) Perl
6 3 (7.500%) PHP
6 3 (7.500%) ECMAScript
7 2 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (27.50%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) ISEB
3 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.000%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.500%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.500%) F5
3 1 (2.500%) Adobe
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Ability to code in Visual Basic .NET and/or C# using Object Oriented techniques. C#, XML, AJAX, OOD, UML, ASP.NET, JavaScript/JQuery, SQL. Experience with Visual Studio...
Catalyst
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Our client is one of the UK's most thriving companies in its field and they're looking to recruit a graduate calibre candidate primarily to look after...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Excellent time management... Technologies utilised are: responsive front-end frameworks, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (jQuery), MS Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Adobe software, ASP.NET, C#, MVC 4, SQL.
Catalyst
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Essential skills include: Semantic mark-up skills using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. HTML 5 & CSS3. jQuery. Adobe Fireworks/Photoshop... Working within a Microsoft .NET environment particularly Visual Studio.....
Catalyst
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
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Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
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Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013