The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 60 59 107
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +48
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 110 107 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.472% 3.067% 1.528%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.99% 25.54% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 70 82 43
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £31,200 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £41,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
524 419 347
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 16.54% 12.01% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 283 302 274
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Edinburgh +10 62 £36,250 -3.33%
Glasgow -28 20 £37,500 +13.63%
Aberdeen +11 18 £40,000 -
Fife 0 2 £35,000 +11.11%
Dundee -9 2 £25,000 -29.07%
Ayrshire - 1 £27,500 -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 194 (95.57%) .NET
2 181 (89.16%) C#
3 141 (69.46%) SQL Server
4 117 (57.64%) ASP.NET
5 90 (44.33%) Microsoft
6 77 (37.93%) Degree
7 68 (33.50%) JavaScript
8 57 (28.08%) .NET Framework
9 55 (27.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 50 (24.63%) ASP.NET MVC
10 50 (24.63%) CSS
10 50 (24.63%) MVC
11 49 (24.14%) Windows
12 44 (21.67%) jQuery
13 43 (21.18%) HTML
14 41 (20.20%) SQL
14 41 (20.20%) Finance
15 39 (19.21%) SQL Server 2008
16 37 (18.23%) Computer Science
16 37 (18.23%) WCF
16 37 (18.23%) MS Excel
17 36 (17.73%) SharePoint
18 35 (17.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 31 (15.27%) Scrum
19 31 (15.27%) Unit Testing
20 29 (14.29%) XML
21 28 (13.79%) VB.NET
21 28 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
22 25 (12.32%) Ajax
23 24 (11.82%) Continuous Integration

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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
1 194 (95.57%) .NET
2 117 (57.64%) ASP.NET
3 57 (28.08%) .NET Framework
4 50 (24.63%) ASP.NET MVC
4 50 (24.63%) CSS
5 44 (21.67%) jQuery
6 43 (21.18%) HTML
7 37 (18.23%) WCF
8 35 (17.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 29 (14.29%) XML
10 28 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 25 (12.32%) Ajax
12 17 (8.374%) Web Services
12 17 (8.374%) WinForms
12 17 (8.374%) WPF
12 17 (8.374%) HTML5
13 15 (7.389%) CSS3
14 14 (6.897%) Middleware
15 11 (5.419%) NHibernate
16 9 (4.433%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 36 (17.73%) SharePoint
2 16 (7.882%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (2.956%) Windows Azure
3 6 (2.956%) MSMQ
4 5 (2.463%) IIS
4 5 (2.463%) NServiceBus
5 4 (1.970%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (1.970%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.985%) Lync
6 2 (0.985%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.985%) Apache
7 1 (0.493%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.493%) CMS
7 1 (0.493%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 37 (18.23%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.448%) InfoPath
3 6 (2.956%) MS Project
4 3 (1.478%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.985%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.493%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.493%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.82%) Ethernet
2 15 (7.389%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.478%) Internet
3 3 (1.478%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.493%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (69.46%) SQL Server
2 39 (19.21%) SQL Server 2008
3 20 (9.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (6.404%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (6.404%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (5.911%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (4.433%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (2.956%) MS Access
8 5 (2.463%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (2.463%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.970%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.970%) TOAD
9 4 (1.970%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.478%) SQLite
11 1 (0.493%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.493%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.493%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.493%) GIS
11 1 (0.493%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 55 (27.09%) Team Foundation Server
2 16 (7.882%) Subversion
3 8 (3.941%) Selenium
4 7 (3.448%) Eclipse
4 7 (3.448%) MSTest
5 5 (2.463%) JUnit
5 5 (2.463%) MSI
6 4 (1.970%) Git (software)
7 3 (1.478%) Xcode
8 2 (0.985%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.985%) Bugzilla
8 2 (0.985%) CodeWarrior
8 2 (0.985%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.985%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.493%) JMeter
9 1 (0.493%) CruiseControl
9 1 (0.493%) TestPartner
9 1 (0.493%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.493%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
9 1 (0.493%) WatiN
General
1 41 (20.20%) Finance
2 7 (3.448%) Electronics
3 6 (2.956%) Publishing
4 5 (2.463%) Advertising
5 4 (1.970%) Local Government
5 4 (1.970%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.478%) Banking
7 2 (0.985%) Billing
8 1 (0.493%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 163 (80.30%) Developer
2 55 (27.09%) .NET Developer
3 44 (21.67%) C# Developer
4 32 (15.76%) Software Engineer
5 31 (15.27%) Senior Developer
6 27 (13.30%) Software Developer
7 24 (11.82%) C# .NET Developer
8 23 (11.33%) Web Developer
9 18 (8.867%) Analyst
10 16 (7.882%) Analyst Developer
11 13 (6.404%) Junior
12 12 (5.911%) Junior Developer
12 12 (5.911%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 11 (5.419%) Analyst Programmer
13 11 (5.419%) Programmer
13 11 (5.419%) C# Programmer
13 11 (5.419%) Senior .NET Developer
13 11 (5.419%) ASP.NET Developer
13 11 (5.419%) C# Analyst Programmer
13 11 (5.419%) .NET Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.23%) Computer Science
2 15 (7.389%) Mobile Computing
3 13 (6.404%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.911%) Mathematics
5 7 (3.448%) Visualisation
5 7 (3.448%) CUDA
6 6 (2.956%) Web 2.0
7 5 (2.463%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.985%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.985%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.985%) SCADA
8 2 (0.985%) NHS
8 2 (0.985%) DTV
8 2 (0.985%) E-Learning
9 1 (0.493%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.493%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.493%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.493%) iPhone
9 1 (0.493%) Inversion of Control
9 1 (0.493%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (24.14%) Windows
2 11 (5.419%) UNIX
3 6 (2.956%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.463%) Android
5 4 (1.970%) Linux
6 3 (1.478%) HPUX
6 3 (1.478%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.493%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.63%) MVC
2 31 (15.27%) Scrum
2 31 (15.27%) Unit Testing
3 24 (11.82%) Continuous Integration
4 23 (11.33%) TDD
5 22 (10.84%) Web Development
6 20 (9.852%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (8.867%) OO
8 16 (7.882%) Software Engineering
9 12 (5.911%) Project Management
9 12 (5.911%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (4.433%) Workflow
11 7 (3.448%) CRM
12 6 (2.956%) PRINCE2
13 5 (2.463%) Data Modelling
13 5 (2.463%) Performance Testing
14 4 (1.970%) Web Application Development
14 4 (1.970%) Analytics
14 4 (1.970%) Test Scripting
14 4 (1.970%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 181 (89.16%) C#
2 68 (33.50%) JavaScript
3 41 (20.20%) SQL
4 28 (13.79%) VB.NET
5 22 (10.84%) C++
6 14 (6.897%) C
7 11 (5.419%) Java
8 10 (4.926%) T-SQL
9 7 (3.448%) VC++
10 4 (1.970%) PL/1
10 4 (1.970%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.970%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.970%) VBA
10 4 (1.970%) COBOL
11 3 (1.478%) VB
12 2 (0.985%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.985%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.493%) Python
13 1 (0.493%) VBScript
13 1 (0.493%) PHP
Qualifications
1 77 (37.93%) Degree
2 12 (5.911%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.970%) MCPD
3 4 (1.970%) MCDBA
4 2 (0.985%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.985%) HND
5 1 (0.493%) MCSD
5 1 (0.493%) ISEB
5 1 (0.493%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.985%) JTAG
Vendors
1 90 (44.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.374%) Oracle
3 2 (0.985%) Sitecore
3 2 (0.985%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.493%) Sun
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Salary: £35000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
They are growing at an impressive rate and need someone to join their team, provide them with new and innovative ideas and be very proactive in their role...
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £0 - £43,000 per year + Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum depending on level of experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
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Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Neg DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: Unspecified £ Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 15 May 2013