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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 16 16 14
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 14 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 11.86% 14.88% 2.128%
As % of the Development Applications category 45.16% 78.26% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 1
Average salary £34,750 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.71% -1.40%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
31 23 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 26.27% 19.01% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 27 23 5
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -8.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Lancashire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Preston region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Preston Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
3 12 (80.00%) C#
4 11 (73.33%) ASP.NET
5 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
6 7 (46.67%) XML
6 7 (46.67%) VB.NET
6 7 (46.67%) .NET Framework
7 6 (40.00%) CSS
8 5 (33.33%) VB
8 5 (33.33%) RDBMS
8 5 (33.33%) WPF
8 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
8 5 (33.33%) XAML
8 5 (33.33%) VB6
8 5 (33.33%) MVVM
8 5 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (26.67%) jQuery
9 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
9 4 (26.67%) Military
9 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (26.67%) Ajax
9 4 (26.67%) SQL
9 4 (26.67%) C++
10 3 (20.00%) COM
10 3 (20.00%) Oracle
10 3 (20.00%) OO
10 3 (20.00%) VC++
10 3 (20.00%) ClearCase

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 11 (73.33%) ASP.NET
3 7 (46.67%) XML
3 7 (46.67%) .NET Framework
4 6 (40.00%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) WPF
5 5 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (26.67%) jQuery
6 4 (26.67%) Ajax
7 3 (20.00%) COM
8 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 2 (13.33%) WCF
8 2 (13.33%) Silverlight
8 2 (13.33%) XSLT
8 2 (13.33%) SOAP
8 2 (13.33%) Web Services
8 2 (13.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Intranet
1 2 (13.33%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) RDBMS
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) ClearCase
1 3 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
1 4 (26.67%) Military
2 2 (13.33%) Retail
3 1 (6.667%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Development Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (13.33%) Programmer
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Web Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Graduate
6 1 (6.667%) Graduate Web Developer
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Developer
6 1 (6.667%) VB Analyst Programmer
6 1 (6.667%) VB6 Analyst Programmer
6 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (6.667%) VB Programmer
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 5 (33.33%) MVVM
2 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (20.00%) OO
4 2 (13.33%) Document Management
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) MVC
4 2 (13.33%) Web Development
4 2 (13.33%) Web Testing
4 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.667%) UML
5 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) VB.NET
3 5 (33.33%) VB
3 5 (33.33%) XAML
3 5 (33.33%) VB6
4 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 4 (26.67%) C++
5 3 (20.00%) VC++
6 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
6 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.667%) C
7 1 (6.667%) Ada
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
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