The first table below looks at the demand for MSBuild skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSBuild over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSBuild
Rank 201 207 213
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Permanent jobs citing MSBuild 15 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.286% 0.145% 0.050%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.933% 0.725% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 3
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +31.57%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +14.58%
All Development Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
776 1103 832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 14.79% 19.93% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 686 983 748
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSBuild
England

MSBuild
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West MSBuild Jobs Demand Trend

MSBuild
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSBuild across the South West region.

South West MSBuild Salary Trend

MSBuild
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSBuild across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West MSBuild Salary Histogram

MSBuild
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSBuild within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +1 8 £28,250 -14.39%
Wiltshire +12 5 £30,000 -7.69%
Dorset - 1 £32,500 -
MSBuild
England

MSBuild
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing MSBuild 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 MSBuild.

1 20 (95.24%) OO
2 15 (71.43%) C++
2 15 (71.43%) ATL
3 14 (66.67%) MFC
3 14 (66.67%) VC++
4 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
4 13 (61.90%) STL
4 13 (61.90%) Windows
5 11 (52.38%) Multithreading
6 10 (47.62%) Degree
7 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
8 7 (33.33%) Games
9 6 (28.57%) .NET
9 6 (28.57%) C#
9 6 (28.57%) NUnit
10 5 (23.81%) Selenium
10 5 (23.81%) Sitecore CMS
10 5 (23.81%) Sitecore
10 5 (23.81%) TeamCity
10 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
10 5 (23.81%) Mercurial
10 5 (23.81%) CSS
10 5 (23.81%) HTML
10 5 (23.81%) CMS
10 5 (23.81%) OOD
10 5 (23.81%) Jenkins
11 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
11 4 (19.05%) Game Development
11 4 (19.05%) jQuery
11 4 (19.05%) Unit Testing

MSBuild
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing MSBuild 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 MSBuild. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (71.43%) ATL
2 14 (66.67%) MFC
3 13 (61.90%) STL
4 6 (28.57%) .NET
5 5 (23.81%) CSS
5 5 (23.81%) HTML
6 4 (19.05%) jQuery
7 1 (4.762%) .NET Framework
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
7 1 (4.762%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) Sitecore CMS
1 5 (23.81%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) NUnit
2 5 (23.81%) Selenium
2 5 (23.81%) TeamCity
2 5 (23.81%) Mercurial
2 5 (23.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (4.762%) Retail
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) Programmer
2 8 (38.10%) C++ Programmer
3 4 (19.05%) .NET Developer
4 3 (14.29%) C++ Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.762%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate Software Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) OO
2 11 (52.38%) Multithreading
3 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
3 5 (23.81%) OOD
4 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
4 4 (19.05%) Game Development
4 4 (19.05%) Unit Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (19.05%) Content Management
5 2 (9.524%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Web Development
6 1 (4.762%) Logistics
6 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.762%) TDD
6 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.762%) Project Management
6 1 (4.762%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C++
2 14 (66.67%) VC++
3 6 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (4.762%) VBScript
4 1 (4.762%) VB
4 1 (4.762%) VBA
4 1 (4.762%) C
4 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Sitecore
3 1 (4.762%) SAP
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
Malmesbury, South West
You should have previous experience with C# .Net and a genuine passion for software development. Any HTML/CSS/jQuery/web programming experience would be an advantage but it...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Configuration Manager, Source Control Manager, SCM, Subversion, Apache, Tortoise, CruiseControl.NET (CCNet), MSBuild... Suitable candidates will have experience of the following: Experience of managing source code repositories...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £36000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Candidates will have to possess strong C++ and STL development skills in addition to demonstrable OO design skills. It is also essential that you have experience of MFC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Somerset, South West
In addition you will be required to: - Provide estimates for tasks - Develop and deliver work to schedule - Provide input to technical writers working for product documentation - Work with...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 21 May 2013