The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 91 70 51
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -19
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 41 68 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.911% 2.989% 3.811%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.98% 21.52% 25.54%
Number of salaries quoted 38 64 61
Average salary £47,500 £38,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.37% +18.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,250 £57,100 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
228 316 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 10.62% 13.89% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 173 277 215
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +11.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £33,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
Berkshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 83 (92.22%) .NET
2 67 (74.44%) C#
3 50 (55.56%) ASP.NET
4 49 (54.44%) SQL
5 45 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 37 (41.11%) JavaScript
6 37 (41.11%) CSS
7 34 (37.78%) HTML
8 33 (36.67%) SharePoint
9 29 (32.22%) Finance
10 28 (31.11%) Microsoft
11 22 (24.44%) Windows
11 22 (24.44%) jQuery
12 19 (21.11%) VB.NET
13 18 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
14 17 (18.89%) Agile Software Development
15 16 (17.78%) MVC
15 16 (17.78%) CRM
16 15 (16.67%) MS Excel
16 15 (16.67%) C++
16 15 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
16 15 (16.67%) Security Cleared
17 14 (15.56%) SQL Server 2008
17 14 (15.56%) OO
18 13 (14.44%) Web Services
18 13 (14.44%) XML
18 13 (14.44%) WCF
18 13 (14.44%) Dynamics CRM
19 12 (13.33%) .NET Framework
19 12 (13.33%) SC Cleared

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 83 (92.22%) .NET
2 50 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 37 (41.11%) CSS
4 34 (37.78%) HTML
5 22 (24.44%) jQuery
6 13 (14.44%) Web Services
6 13 (14.44%) XML
6 13 (14.44%) WCF
7 12 (13.33%) .NET Framework
8 11 (12.22%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (11.11%) Ajax
10 7 (7.778%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 7 (7.778%) WF
11 3 (3.333%) XSLT
11 3 (3.333%) ASP.NET 2.0
12 2 (2.222%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 2 (2.222%) Qt
12 2 (2.222%) HTML5
12 2 (2.222%) Ninject
12 2 (2.222%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 33 (36.67%) SharePoint
2 18 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (11.11%) CMS
3 10 (11.11%) Sitecore CMS
3 10 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
4 9 (10.00%) MS Exchange
4 9 (10.00%) IIS
5 8 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.111%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 15 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 10 (11.11%) InfoPath
3 7 (7.778%) MS Office
4 2 (2.222%) Fireworks
4 2 (2.222%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.111%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (14.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (8.889%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (1.111%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.222%) LTE
1 2 (2.222%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (2.222%) 3G
1 2 (2.222%) GSM
2 1 (1.111%) LAN
2 1 (1.111%) WAN
2 1 (1.111%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.111%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (15.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (8.889%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.222%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.222%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 2 (2.222%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (2.222%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.111%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.111%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (12.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (2.222%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.222%) Selenium
3 2 (2.222%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.222%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.222%) Subversion
3 2 (2.222%) CruiseControl
3 2 (2.222%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.111%) WinRunner
4 1 (1.111%) TestDirector
4 1 (1.111%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.111%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.111%) MSBuild
4 1 (1.111%) MSTest
General
1 29 (32.22%) Finance
2 10 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 9 (10.00%) Local Government
3 9 (10.00%) Retail
4 3 (3.333%) Marketing
5 2 (2.222%) Electronics
5 2 (2.222%) Advertising
6 1 (1.111%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 57 (63.33%) Developer
2 27 (30.00%) .NET Developer
3 19 (21.11%) SharePoint Developer
4 10 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 9 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 8 (8.889%) Integration Engineer
6 8 (8.889%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (7.778%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.444%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (4.444%) C# Programmer
8 4 (4.444%) Programmer
8 4 (4.444%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.444%) Architect
9 3 (3.333%) Senior .NET Developer
9 3 (3.333%) VB.NET Developer
9 3 (3.333%) C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (3.333%) ASP.NET Developer
9 3 (3.333%) Software Development Manager
9 3 (3.333%) Team Leader
9 3 (3.333%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.889%) Clustering
2 5 (5.556%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.222%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (2.222%) Digital Media
3 2 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.222%) Firmware
4 1 (1.111%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.111%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.111%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.111%) Statistics
4 1 (1.111%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.111%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.44%) Windows
2 11 (12.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (12.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 8 (8.889%) Windows 2000
5 3 (3.333%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.111%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.111%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.89%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (17.78%) MVC
2 16 (17.78%) CRM
3 14 (15.56%) OO
4 10 (11.11%) Scrum
5 9 (10.00%) Migration
5 9 (10.00%) Web Development
5 9 (10.00%) Content Management
6 8 (8.889%) Configuration Management
6 8 (8.889%) Workflow
6 8 (8.889%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (8.889%) Unit Testing
7 5 (5.556%) Change Management
8 4 (4.444%) SEO
8 4 (4.444%) Project Management
8 4 (4.444%) UML
9 3 (3.333%) PRINCE
9 3 (3.333%) Process Management
9 3 (3.333%) OWASP
10 2 (2.222%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (74.44%) C#
2 49 (54.44%) SQL
3 37 (41.11%) JavaScript
4 19 (21.11%) VB.NET
5 15 (16.67%) C++
6 11 (12.22%) PowerShell
7 9 (10.00%) T-SQL
8 6 (6.667%) VC++
9 5 (5.556%) Java
10 2 (2.222%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.111%) VB
11 1 (1.111%) VBA
11 1 (1.111%) C
11 1 (1.111%) VB6
11 1 (1.111%) X++
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.333%) ISEB
3 3 (3.333%) Degree
4 1 (1.111%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.111%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.111%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.778%) QA
2 3 (3.333%) COBIT
3 2 (2.222%) SLA
4 1 (1.111%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (8.889%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.111%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.889%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 8 (8.889%) Backup Exec
1 8 (8.889%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.111%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.33%) Sitecore
3 9 (10.00%) VMware
4 8 (8.889%) Veritas
4 8 (8.889%) TIBCO
4 8 (8.889%) McAfee
4 8 (8.889%) Fujitsu
5 4 (4.444%) Oracle
6 2 (2.222%) Adobe
6 2 (2.222%) Progress
Reading, Berkshire
C#, C++, Visual Studios 2010, .Net3.5, Visual C++ C# Developer is required for a world leading data analyst software company to create new functionality to their awarding...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop and web (preferably ASP.Net) applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence with Win32 applications will be...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client based in Reading is looking for a senior C# ASP.Net developer to join their team who work on web applications for the insurance sector... Visual...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills: Development Architect - Security / Application Design / Governance / Change Management / COBIT / Java / C++ / .Net / Visual Studio - Permanent - up-to £70k - Reading - Finance A global leading financial organisation is...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current Security Clearance to SC level, proficient with Quality Centre/Test Director, LoadRunner, Winrunner or QTP, Knowledge of Windows server 2003, Lifecycle test management experience. Desirable: Defence /...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Acting as the security champion you will operate across multiple teams and work closely with the development team supporting them in the development and maintenance of secure applications...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013