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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Portsmouth region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3941
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1910
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below40.43 %25.00 %
Salaries quoted1810
Average minimum salary£28,722£26,100
Average salary£33,722£29,850
% change on same period last year+12.97 %
Average maximum salary£38,722£33,600
UK excluding London average salary£33,704£35,181
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Portsmouth
Matching permanent IT job ads4740
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.017 %
Salaries quoted4138
Average minimum salary£29,942£29,898
Average salary£35,106£33,143
% change on same period last year+5.92 %
Average maximum salary£40,269£36,388
UK excluding London average salary£34,943£35,958
% change on same period last year-2.82 %
Visual Studio HampshireVisual Studio
Hampshire

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Portsmouth Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

125 (89.29 %).NET
212 (42.86 %)C#
311 (39.29 %)SQL Server
311 (39.29 %)XML
410 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
59 (32.14 %)VB.NET
59 (32.14 %)Windows
68 (28.57 %)VxWorks
68 (28.57 %)Construction
68 (28.57 %)MS Office
68 (28.57 %)JavaScript
75 (17.86 %)ASP
75 (17.86 %)OO
75 (17.86 %)E-Commerce
84 (14.29 %)WebServices
84 (14.29 %)CSS
84 (14.29 %)SQL
84 (14.29 %)VB
84 (14.29 %)Microsoft
93 (10.71 %)CMS
93 (10.71 %)AJAX
93 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2008
93 (10.71 %)Fireworks
93 (10.71 %)Intranet
93 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (10.71 %)SEO
93 (10.71 %)Finance
93 (10.71 %)PHP
93 (10.71 %)C++

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Portsmouth IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (89.29 %).NET
211 (39.29 %)XML
310 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
45 (17.86 %)ASP
54 (14.29 %)CSS
54 (14.29 %)WebServices
63 (10.71 %)XHTML
63 (10.71 %)AJAX
72 (7.143 %)WCF
72 (7.143 %)WSE
72 (7.143 %)STL
72 (7.143 %)XSLT
72 (7.143 %)MFC
81 (3.571 %)HTML
81 (3.571 %)XML Schema
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.71 %)CMS
22 (7.143 %)Commerce Server 2007
22 (7.143 %)IIS
22 (7.143 %)BizTalk Server
22 (7.143 %)Commerce Server
Portsmouth IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (28.57 %)MS Office
23 (10.71 %)Fireworks
31 (3.571 %)MS Excel
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (10.71 %)Intranet
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (39.29 %)SQL Server
23 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2008
32 (7.143 %)DTS
32 (7.143 %)MySQL
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.71 %)Dreamweaver
22 (7.143 %)Visual Studio Team System
22 (7.143 %)Flash
Portsmouth IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (28.57 %)Construction
23 (10.71 %)Finance
32 (7.143 %)Telecoms
32 (7.143 %)Retail
41 (3.571 %)Education
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (32.14 %)Developer
28 (28.57 %)Systems Support
37 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
46 (21.43 %)Support Engineer
46 (21.43 %)Software Support Engineer
55 (17.86 %).NET Developer
64 (14.29 %)Programmer
64 (14.29 %)Analyst
64 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
64 (14.29 %)Analyst Programmer
64 (14.29 %)Systems Support Engineer
73 (10.71 %)Applications Developer
73 (10.71 %)Web Developer
73 (10.71 %)C# Developer
82 (7.143 %)Web Designer
82 (7.143 %)Solutions Designer
82 (7.143 %)Software Designer
82 (7.143 %)C# Application Developer
82 (7.143 %).NET Applications Developer
91 (3.571 %)CSharp Software Developer
Portsmouth IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)W3C
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (32.14 %)Windows
28 (28.57 %)VxWorks
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (17.86 %)OO
15 (17.86 %)E-Commerce
23 (10.71 %)UML
23 (10.71 %)SEO
32 (7.143 %)Unified Process
32 (7.143 %)RUP
32 (7.143 %)SOA
32 (7.143 %)E-business
41 (3.571 %)SSADM
41 (3.571 %)Software Engineering
41 (3.571 %)Security Cleared
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (42.86 %)C#
29 (32.14 %)VB.NET
38 (28.57 %)JavaScript
44 (14.29 %)SQL
44 (14.29 %)VB
53 (10.71 %)PHP
53 (10.71 %)C++
62 (7.143 %)VB6
71 (3.571 %)VC++
Portsmouth IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.571 %)Degree
Portsmouth IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)ISO12207
Portsmouth IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (14.29 %)Microsoft
23 (10.71 %)Oracle
32 (7.143 %)Macromedia
32 (7.143 %)Meridio