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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 57 38 57
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +19
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 12 31 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.815% 4.117% 2.750%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.37% 21.83% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12 30 19
Average salary £40,000 £27,750 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.14% -0.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,050 £20,350 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,900 £45,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
97 142 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 14.67% 18.86% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 94 138 90
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,700 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £42,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
East Midlands

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton -17 7 £42,500 +41.66%
Corby - 1 £28,000 -
Visual Studio
East Midlands

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 26 (92.86%) C#
1 26 (92.86%) .NET
2 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 16 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 15 (53.57%) HTML
4 13 (46.43%) WCF
5 12 (42.86%) ASP.NET
6 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
7 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
7 7 (25.00%) Oracle
8 6 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (21.43%) WPF
8 6 (21.43%) .NET Framework
8 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (17.86%) jQuery
9 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
9 5 (17.86%) CSS
9 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
10 4 (14.29%) IIS
10 4 (14.29%) VB
10 4 (14.29%) C++
10 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
10 4 (14.29%) OO
10 4 (14.29%) MVC
10 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (14.29%) Degree
10 4 (14.29%) HTML5

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 26 (92.86%) .NET
2 15 (53.57%) HTML
3 13 (46.43%) WCF
4 12 (42.86%) ASP.NET
5 6 (21.43%) WPF
5 6 (21.43%) .NET Framework
6 5 (17.86%) jQuery
6 5 (17.86%) CSS
7 4 (14.29%) HTML5
8 3 (10.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 3 (10.71%) WinForms
8 3 (10.71%) EDI
9 2 (7.143%) Silverlight
9 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (3.571%) Castle Windsor
10 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (3.571%) LINQ
10 1 (3.571%) Ajax
10 1 (3.571%) XHTML
10 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.29%) IIS
3 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (3.571%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (10.71%) MS Office
3 1 (3.571%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 3 (10.71%) QlikView
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (10.71%) DTS
4 1 (3.571%) MS Access
4 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (3.571%) NUnit
General
1 1 (3.571%) Marketing
1 1 (3.571%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 21 (75.00%) Developer
2 12 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 4 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 4 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior C# .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Graduate .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Graduate C# Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior C# Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Graduate
5 3 (10.71%) Junior
6 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Inversion of Control
1 1 (3.571%) iPhone
1 1 (3.571%) FMCG
1 1 (3.571%) Graphic Design
1 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.571%) Blog
1 1 (3.571%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Android
1 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) OO
2 4 (14.29%) MVC
2 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (10.71%) Scrum
3 3 (10.71%) DSDM
3 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (10.71%) Web Development
4 2 (7.143%) ITIL
4 2 (7.143%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.143%) RUP
5 1 (3.571%) Pattern Recognition
5 1 (3.571%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.571%) Product Management
5 1 (3.571%) V-Model
5 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (92.86%) C#
2 16 (57.14%) SQL
3 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 4 (14.29%) VB
4 4 (14.29%) C++
5 3 (10.71%) XAML
5 3 (10.71%) Delphi
5 3 (10.71%) PL/SQL
5 3 (10.71%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.571%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.571%) VBA
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) PHP
6 1 (3.571%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) MCTS
4 2 (7.143%) MCP
4 2 (7.143%) MCAD
4 2 (7.143%) MCSD
5 1 (3.571%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) DevExpress
3 3 (10.71%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (10.71%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco
Corby, West Midlands
You will have proven experience of a combination of Visual Studio (Team Foundation Server), C#, SQL Server, IIS, ASP.NET, PHP (previous use of Drupal would be advantageous),...
Networx Recruitment
Salary: Circa £28,000
Posted: 10 May 2013