The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 44 67 52
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 22 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 3.274% 0.295% 0.813%
As % of the Development Applications category 47.83% 3.704% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 2 4
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% +39.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £36,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £44,000 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
46 54 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 6.845% 7.965% 8.130%
Number of salaries quoted 42 54 38
Average salary £45,600 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Slough region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Slough Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 36 (97.30%) .NET
2 33 (89.19%) C#
3 27 (72.97%) SQL Server
4 26 (70.27%) SQL
5 24 (64.86%) ASP.NET
6 19 (51.35%) SQL Server 2005
7 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
8 17 (45.95%) MVC
8 17 (45.95%) Agile Software Development
9 16 (43.24%) Degree
9 16 (43.24%) CSS
10 14 (37.84%) SQL Server 2008
10 14 (37.84%) Computer Science
10 14 (37.84%) Finance
10 14 (37.84%) ASP.NET MVC
11 10 (27.03%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (27.03%) WCF
11 10 (27.03%) HTML
12 9 (24.32%) OO
12 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
12 9 (24.32%) jQuery
13 8 (21.62%) TeamCity
13 8 (21.62%) WPF
13 8 (21.62%) .NET Framework
13 8 (21.62%) Subversion
13 8 (21.62%) C++
13 8 (21.62%) Windows
13 8 (21.62%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 7 (18.92%) T-SQL
14 7 (18.92%) C

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 36 (97.30%) .NET
2 24 (64.86%) ASP.NET
3 16 (43.24%) CSS
4 14 (37.84%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (27.03%) WCF
5 10 (27.03%) HTML
6 9 (24.32%) jQuery
7 8 (21.62%) WPF
7 8 (21.62%) .NET Framework
7 8 (21.62%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 6 (16.22%) WinForms
8 6 (16.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 6 (16.22%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 4 (10.81%) XML
9 4 (10.81%) Silverlight
10 3 (8.108%) JSON
10 3 (8.108%) Ajax
10 3 (8.108%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (72.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (51.35%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (37.84%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (16.22%) SQLPlus
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.703%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) TeamCity
1 8 (21.62%) Subversion
2 7 (18.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (37.84%) Finance
2 2 (5.405%) Games
3 1 (2.703%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (91.89%) Developer
2 19 (51.35%) .NET Developer
3 10 (27.03%) Software Developer
4 9 (24.32%) Senior Developer
5 8 (21.62%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (21.62%) C# Developer
5 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (21.62%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (18.92%) Software Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Graduate
8 3 (8.108%) VB.NET Developer
8 3 (8.108%) Lead Developer
8 3 (8.108%) Lead .NET Developer
9 2 (5.405%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (5.405%) Senior .NET Developer
10 1 (2.703%) Senior Software Engineer
10 1 (2.703%) Development Manager
10 1 (2.703%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.703%) Artificial Intelligence
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) MVC
1 17 (45.95%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (27.03%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (24.32%) OO
4 7 (18.92%) Software Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) OOP
6 2 (5.405%) Scrum
7 1 (2.703%) Image Processing
7 1 (2.703%) 3D Programming
7 1 (2.703%) Web Development
7 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.703%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.703%) OOD
7 1 (2.703%) E-business
7 1 (2.703%) Performance Management
7 1 (2.703%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 33 (89.19%) C#
2 26 (70.27%) SQL
3 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
4 8 (21.62%) C++
5 7 (18.92%) T-SQL
5 7 (18.92%) C
6 6 (16.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) Degree
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
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