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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
Rank 248 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Team System 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.090% - -
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
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1111 1113 948
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.55% 15.64% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 962 980 874
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio Team System
England

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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Visual Studio Team System Salary Trend

Visual Studio Team System
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Team System within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester - 1 £52,500 -
Visual Studio Team System
England

Visual Studio Team System
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 North West 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