The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 57 50 32
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -18
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 72 60 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.928% 4.076% 5.926%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.10% 38.46% 49.74%
Number of salaries quoted 67 57 89
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,600 £31,573 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £41,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
189 156 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 10.31% 10.60% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 181 150 179
Average salary £44,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £31,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford 0 44 £45,000 +28.57%
Abingdon -16 9 £46,250 +11.44%
Witney -12 5 £40,000 +14.28%
Burford - 4 £26,000 -
Bicester -3 1 £30,000 -25.00%
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 110 (80.29%) .NET
2 100 (72.99%) C#
3 92 (67.15%) ASP.NET
4 83 (60.58%) SQL Server
5 82 (59.85%) Microsoft
6 54 (39.42%) HTML
7 50 (36.50%) SQL
8 49 (35.77%) JavaScript
9 44 (32.12%) CSS
9 44 (32.12%) MS Excel
10 41 (29.93%) Web Services
11 39 (28.47%) Windows
12 37 (27.01%) Computer Science
13 36 (26.28%) Degree
14 35 (25.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 34 (24.82%) SQL Server 2005
16 28 (20.44%) SQL Server 2008
17 27 (19.71%) VB
18 26 (18.98%) IIS
19 25 (18.25%) XML
19 25 (18.25%) Finance
20 24 (17.52%) Oracle
21 23 (16.79%) VB.NET
22 21 (15.33%) .NET Framework
23 20 (14.60%) Software Engineering
24 19 (13.87%) Team Foundation Server
24 19 (13.87%) C++
24 19 (13.87%) Extranet
24 19 (13.87%) Project Management
25 18 (13.14%) Internet

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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
1 110 (80.29%) .NET
2 92 (67.15%) ASP.NET
3 54 (39.42%) HTML
4 44 (32.12%) CSS
5 41 (29.93%) Web Services
6 25 (18.25%) XML
7 21 (15.33%) .NET Framework
8 18 (13.14%) WCF
9 16 (11.68%) jQuery
9 16 (11.68%) Ajax
9 16 (11.68%) ASP
10 13 (9.489%) XHTML
11 12 (8.759%) Qt
11 12 (8.759%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 12 (8.759%) ASP.NET MVC
11 12 (8.759%) HTML5
12 9 (6.569%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 9 (6.569%) XSLT
13 8 (5.839%) CSS3
14 6 (4.380%) ADO
Application Platforms
1 26 (18.98%) IIS
2 15 (10.95%) BizTalk Server
3 8 (5.839%) CMS
4 7 (5.109%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.380%) MSMQ
6 5 (3.650%) DotNetNuke
7 4 (2.920%) Drupal
7 4 (2.920%) ESB
7 4 (2.920%) Joomla!
7 4 (2.920%) WordPress
7 4 (2.920%) Magento
8 2 (1.460%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.730%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.730%) Kentico
Applications
1 44 (32.12%) MS Excel
2 14 (10.22%) MS Office
3 11 (8.029%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.730%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (8.759%) Dynamics NAV
1 12 (8.759%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (6.569%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.460%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.87%) Extranet
2 18 (13.14%) Internet
3 6 (4.380%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (60.58%) SQL Server
2 35 (25.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 34 (24.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 28 (20.44%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (10.22%) Oracle 8/8i
6 11 (8.029%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (4.380%) MySQL
8 5 (3.650%) RDBMS
8 5 (3.650%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (3.650%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (2.190%) QlikView
10 1 (0.730%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.730%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.730%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (1.460%) Subversion
2 2 (1.460%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.730%) MSI
General
1 25 (18.25%) Finance
2 9 (6.569%) Advertising
3 8 (5.839%) Automotive
4 4 (2.920%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.190%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.190%) Retail
6 2 (1.460%) Publishing
7 1 (0.730%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 98 (71.53%) Developer
2 42 (30.66%) .NET Developer
3 19 (13.87%) Software Engineer
4 18 (13.14%) Web Developer
5 16 (11.68%) C# Developer
6 14 (10.22%) C# .NET Developer
7 12 (8.759%) Systems Developer
8 11 (8.029%) Graduate
8 11 (8.029%) Software Developer
8 11 (8.029%) Architect
8 11 (8.029%) .NET Web Developer
8 11 (8.029%) BizTalk Architect
9 10 (7.299%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.569%) ASP Developer
10 9 (6.569%) ASP.NET Developer
10 9 (6.569%) Junior
10 9 (6.569%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 9 (6.569%) Senior Architect
10 9 (6.569%) Senior BizTalk Architect
10 9 (6.569%) Classic ASP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.01%) Computer Science
2 18 (13.14%) Mathematics
3 12 (8.759%) Open Source
4 11 (8.029%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.380%) Physics
6 4 (2.920%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.920%) iPad
7 3 (2.190%) N-Tier
7 3 (2.190%) SaaS
8 2 (1.460%) PaaS
8 2 (1.460%) Kindle
8 2 (1.460%) IaaS
8 2 (1.460%) NHS
9 1 (0.730%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.730%) Social Network
9 1 (0.730%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.47%) Windows
2 11 (8.029%) Linux
3 9 (6.569%) Windows XP
3 9 (6.569%) Windows Vista
4 5 (3.650%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.730%) Android
5 1 (0.730%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.60%) Software Engineering
2 19 (13.87%) Project Management
3 18 (13.14%) OO
3 18 (13.14%) Web Application Development
4 15 (10.95%) E-Commerce
4 15 (10.95%) MVC
4 15 (10.95%) TDD
5 13 (9.489%) Web Development
6 11 (8.029%) CRM
6 11 (8.029%) Data Modelling
7 8 (5.839%) Content Management
8 7 (5.109%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (5.109%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (4.380%) Business Development
10 5 (3.650%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (3.650%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (2.920%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (2.920%) Manual Testing
11 4 (2.920%) Unit Testing
11 4 (2.920%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 100 (72.99%) C#
2 50 (36.50%) SQL
3 49 (35.77%) JavaScript
4 27 (19.71%) VB
5 23 (16.79%) VB.NET
6 19 (13.87%) C++
7 15 (10.95%) PHP
8 12 (8.759%) VBA
9 11 (8.029%) Java
10 10 (7.299%) VB6
11 9 (6.569%) Delphi
11 9 (6.569%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.190%) VBScript
12 3 (2.190%) C
13 2 (1.460%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.730%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (26.28%) Degree
2 9 (6.569%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.460%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (1.460%) SCOM
Vendors
1 82 (59.85%) Microsoft
2 24 (17.52%) Oracle
3 9 (6.569%) SAP
3 9 (6.569%) Baan
3 9 (6.569%) Kofax
4 6 (4.380%) Sybase
5 3 (2.190%) DevExpress
6 2 (1.460%) Altiris
6 2 (1.460%) IBM
6 2 (1.460%) Adobe
6 2 (1.460%) EMC
6 2 (1.460%) Citrix
6 2 (1.460%) CA
6 2 (1.460%) Novell
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Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford
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Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford
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Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford
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Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxfordshire
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits package
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Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
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