Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Northern Ireland region.

 Microsoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank253441
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads923
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland3.930 %1.005 %1.034 %
As % of the Development Applications category42.86 %14.29 %11.54 %
Salaries quoted920
Average salary£37,500£28,750-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.43 %-
UK excluding London average salary£34,250£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
+5.380 %-4.410 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
211426
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland9.170 %7.035 %8.966 %
Salaries quoted1662
Average salary£36,250£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.570 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,900£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£42,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Visual Studio UKVisual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Northern Ireland Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County AntrimDown-59£37,500+30.43 %
Visual Studio UKVisual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

112 (92.31 %)C#
112 (92.31 %).NET
210 (76.92 %)SQL Server
210 (76.92 %)SQL
210 (76.92 %)Microsoft
36 (46.15 %)MS Excel
36 (46.15 %)Windows
36 (46.15 %)Degree
45 (38.46 %)Computer Science
45 (38.46 %)XML
54 (30.77 %)XSLT
54 (30.77 %)ASP.NET
54 (30.77 %)T-SQL
54 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (30.77 %)Windows Mobile
54 (30.77 %)Pensions
63 (23.08 %)PDA
63 (23.08 %)Health
63 (23.08 %)CRM
72 (15.38 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (15.38 %)Axapta
72 (15.38 %)C++
72 (15.38 %)HTML
72 (15.38 %)MFC
72 (15.38 %)C
72 (15.38 %)Web Services
72 (15.38 %)ERP
72 (15.38 %)Dynamics CRM
72 (15.38 %)Dynamics AX
72 (15.38 %)Software Engineering

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (92.31 %).NET
25 (38.46 %)XML
34 (30.77 %)XSLT
34 (30.77 %)ASP.NET
42 (15.38 %)MFC
42 (15.38 %)HTML
42 (15.38 %)Web Services
51 (7.692 %)ATL
51 (7.692 %)STL
51 (7.692 %)OpenGL
51 (7.692 %)WinForms
51 (7.692 %).NET Framework
51 (7.692 %)LINQ
51 (7.692 %)wxWidgets
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (7.692 %)SharePoint
11 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
11 (7.692 %)CMS
11 (7.692 %)LiveLink
11 (7.692 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (46.15 %)MS Excel
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (15.38 %)Axapta
12 (15.38 %)Dynamics CRM
12 (15.38 %)Dynamics AX
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (76.92 %)SQL Server
24 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (7.692 %)EDRMS
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Pensions
23 (23.08 %)Health
31 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
31 (7.692 %)Government
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Developer
23 (23.08 %)Software Developer
23 (23.08 %)Software Engineer
32 (15.38 %)Analyst Developer
32 (15.38 %)Technical Leader
32 (15.38 %)Microsoft Developer
32 (15.38 %)Dynamics AX Developer
32 (15.38 %)Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Systems Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
41 (7.692 %)Technical Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst
41 (7.692 %).NET Developer
41 (7.692 %)C# Developer
41 (7.692 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (7.692 %)Technical Developer
41 (7.692 %)Systems Developer
41 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst Developer
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (38.46 %)Computer Science
23 (23.08 %)PDA
31 (7.692 %)Mathematics
31 (7.692 %)Client/Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (46.15 %)Windows
24 (30.77 %)Windows Mobile
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)CRM
22 (15.38 %)ERP
22 (15.38 %)Software Engineering
22 (15.38 %)Resource Management
31 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
31 (7.692 %)System Testing
31 (7.692 %)Product Management
31 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
31 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
31 (7.692 %)Workflow
31 (7.692 %)Content Management
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (92.31 %)C#
210 (76.92 %)SQL
34 (30.77 %)T-SQL
42 (15.38 %)C++
42 (15.38 %)C
42 (15.38 %)X++
51 (7.692 %)VC++
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (46.15 %)Degree
22 (15.38 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (76.92 %)Microsoft
21 (7.692 %)Meridio
21 (7.692 %)Vignette