The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio 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 Visual Studio 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 Visual Studio
Rank 45 36 43
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +7
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 245 301 241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 4.670% 5.438% 3.994%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.57% 27.29% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 225 282 221
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,128 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
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%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 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 -6 91 £41,000 +36.66%
Gloucestershire +2 64 £36,000 -4.00%
Dorset -2 36 £35,000 -
Somerset -13 27 £45,000 +62.16%
Wiltshire -32 17 £36,500 +11.45%
Devon +3 7 £33,000 -26.25%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 374 (83.30%) .NET
2 362 (80.62%) C#
3 233 (51.89%) SQL Server
4 221 (49.22%) ASP.NET
4 221 (49.22%) Microsoft
5 217 (48.33%) SQL
6 176 (39.20%) JavaScript
7 165 (36.75%) HTML
8 147 (32.74%) CSS
9 134 (29.84%) XML
10 124 (27.62%) Windows
11 95 (21.16%) T-SQL
12 92 (20.49%) VB.NET
12 92 (20.49%) SharePoint
13 91 (20.27%) MVC
14 90 (20.04%) Degree
15 77 (17.15%) MS Excel
16 70 (15.59%) Team Foundation Server
17 64 (14.25%) SharePoint 2010
17 64 (14.25%) Web Services
18 62 (13.81%) OO
19 60 (13.36%) SQL Server 2008
20 59 (13.14%) C++
21 57 (12.69%) jQuery
22 54 (12.03%) Finance
23 52 (11.58%) Linux
24 51 (11.36%) Agile Software Development
24 51 (11.36%) Unit Testing
25 50 (11.14%) WCF
26 49 (10.91%) Software Engineering

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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
1 374 (83.30%) .NET
2 221 (49.22%) ASP.NET
3 165 (36.75%) HTML
4 147 (32.74%) CSS
5 134 (29.84%) XML
6 64 (14.25%) Web Services
7 57 (12.69%) jQuery
8 50 (11.14%) WCF
9 44 (9.800%) SOAP
10 42 (9.354%) .NET Framework
11 40 (8.909%) ASP.NET MVC
12 33 (7.350%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 26 (5.791%) WPF
14 25 (5.568%) Ajax
15 22 (4.900%) XSLT
16 19 (4.232%) Silverlight
17 17 (3.786%) LINQ
18 16 (3.563%) MFC
18 16 (3.563%) ASP
19 15 (3.341%) REST
Application Platforms
1 92 (20.49%) SharePoint
2 64 (14.25%) SharePoint 2010
3 29 (6.459%) IIS
4 11 (2.450%) ArcGIS
5 10 (2.227%) CMS
6 6 (1.336%) SharePoint 2013
7 5 (1.114%) Windows Azure
7 5 (1.114%) Magento
7 5 (1.114%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (1.114%) Apache
8 4 (0.891%) Confluence
9 3 (0.668%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.445%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.445%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.445%) DotNetNuke
10 2 (0.445%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.445%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.445%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.223%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 77 (17.15%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.336%) MS Project
3 4 (0.891%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.668%) MS Office
5 2 (0.445%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.445%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 22 (4.900%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.559%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.114%) Maximo
4 1 (0.223%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.223%) Summit
4 1 (0.223%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.223%) arcHouse
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.577%) Intranet
2 9 (2.004%) SSL
2 9 (2.004%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.114%) DNS
4 3 (0.668%) Extranet
5 2 (0.445%) VoIP
5 2 (0.445%) Internet
6 1 (0.223%) HTTP
6 1 (0.223%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (51.89%) SQL Server
2 60 (13.36%) SQL Server 2008
3 47 (10.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 39 (8.686%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 32 (7.127%) SQL Server 2005
6 24 (5.345%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 23 (5.122%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 17 (3.786%) MySQL
9 14 (3.118%) Crystal Reports
9 14 (3.118%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.673%) OLAP
10 12 (2.673%) Oracle 8/8i
11 10 (2.227%) SQL Server 2012
12 7 (1.559%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (1.559%) Oracle 10g
13 4 (0.891%) SQL Server 2000
13 4 (0.891%) DTS
13 4 (0.891%) MS Access
14 2 (0.445%) GIS
14 2 (0.445%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 70 (15.59%) Team Foundation Server
2 34 (7.572%) NUnit
3 27 (6.013%) Subversion
4 16 (3.563%) Hudson
5 10 (2.227%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 9 (2.004%) MSTest
7 8 (1.782%) Ant
8 7 (1.559%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.559%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (1.336%) Eclipse
9 6 (1.336%) ReSharper
9 6 (1.336%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
10 5 (1.114%) JIRA
10 5 (1.114%) WiX
10 5 (1.114%) NetBeans
11 4 (0.891%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.891%) MbUnit
11 4 (0.891%) Selenium
11 4 (0.891%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.668%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 54 (12.03%) Finance
2 26 (5.791%) Marketing
3 22 (4.900%) Publishing
4 18 (4.009%) Legal
5 17 (3.786%) Banking
6 12 (2.673%) Aerospace
6 12 (2.673%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.782%) Retail
8 7 (1.559%) Advertising
8 7 (1.559%) Military
9 6 (1.336%) Electronics
10 5 (1.114%) Law
10 5 (1.114%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.445%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.445%) Back Office
11 2 (0.445%) Games
12 1 (0.223%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 318 (70.82%) Developer
2 125 (27.84%) .NET Developer
3 75 (16.70%) Software Engineer
4 70 (15.59%) Software Developer
5 60 (13.36%) C# Developer
6 39 (8.686%) C# .NET Developer
7 34 (7.572%) SharePoint Developer
8 29 (6.459%) Senior Software Engineer
9 28 (6.236%) Lead Developer
9 28 (6.236%) Senior Developer
10 27 (6.013%) .NET Software Engineer
11 24 (5.345%) Architect
12 23 (5.122%) Applications Developer
13 19 (4.232%) C# Software Engineer
14 18 (4.009%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 17 (3.786%) Analyst
15 17 (3.786%) Web Developer
15 17 (3.786%) ASP.NET Developer
16 15 (3.341%) Programmer
17 14 (3.118%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.909%) Computer Science
2 19 (4.232%) Mobile App
3 17 (3.786%) Mathematics
4 15 (3.341%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.450%) Digital Media
6 9 (2.004%) Open Source
7 8 (1.782%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (0.891%) Animation
8 4 (0.891%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.668%) Social Media
9 3 (0.668%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.668%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.668%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.445%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.445%) Physics
10 2 (0.445%) Data Integration
11 1 (0.223%) Statistics
11 1 (0.223%) Firmware
11 1 (0.223%) PMI
11 1 (0.223%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 124 (27.62%) Windows
2 52 (11.58%) Linux
3 26 (5.791%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (4.454%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (3.786%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (3.118%) Windows Vista
7 12 (2.673%) UNIX
8 10 (2.227%) Windows Phone 7
8 10 (2.227%) Windows Phone
9 8 (1.782%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.782%) Windows XP
10 7 (1.559%) Android
11 5 (1.114%) Windows 7
11 5 (1.114%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.114%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.445%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (20.27%) MVC
2 62 (13.81%) OO
3 51 (11.36%) Agile Software Development
3 51 (11.36%) Unit Testing
4 49 (10.91%) Software Engineering
5 44 (9.800%) CRM
6 42 (9.354%) UML
7 40 (8.909%) Project Management
8 37 (8.241%) Scrum
9 36 (8.018%) TDD
10 30 (6.682%) Web Development
10 30 (6.682%) Continuous Integration
11 29 (6.459%) Service Delivery
12 25 (5.568%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (4.677%) OOP
14 17 (3.786%) E-Commerce
14 17 (3.786%) Automated Testing
15 16 (3.563%) Business Analysis
15 16 (3.563%) Risk Management
15 16 (3.563%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 362 (80.62%) C#
2 217 (48.33%) SQL
3 176 (39.20%) JavaScript
4 95 (21.16%) T-SQL
5 92 (20.49%) VB.NET
6 59 (13.14%) C++
7 41 (9.131%) VB
8 21 (4.677%) C
9 16 (3.563%) Java
10 15 (3.341%) PHP
11 13 (2.895%) VBScript
12 12 (2.673%) XAML
13 9 (2.004%) Bash shell
14 6 (1.336%) VBA
14 6 (1.336%) Delphi
15 4 (0.891%) VB6
15 4 (0.891%) VC++
15 4 (0.891%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.668%) Python
16 3 (0.668%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (20.04%) Degree
2 48 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.350%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (6.236%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.895%) MCSD
6 8 (1.782%) MCAD
7 6 (1.336%) MCP
8 4 (0.891%) ISEB
9 3 (0.668%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.668%) HND
9 3 (0.668%) MCTS
10 2 (0.445%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 2 (0.445%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.223%) MCITP
11 1 (0.223%) MCSE
11 1 (0.223%) MCSA
11 1 (0.223%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.895%) SLA
2 12 (2.673%) QA
3 7 (1.559%) DO-178B
4 3 (0.668%) IEC 61508
4 3 (0.668%) TickIT
5 1 (0.223%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.223%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.891%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.336%) Puppet
Vendors
1 221 (49.22%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.577%) Oracle
3 18 (4.009%) Red Hat
4 9 (2.004%) Borland
5 8 (1.782%) Trapeze
6 7 (1.559%) Citrix
7 6 (1.336%) Sun
7 6 (1.336%) F5
7 6 (1.336%) ArcSight
8 5 (1.114%) Red Gate
8 5 (1.114%) Macromedia
9 4 (0.891%) VMware
9 4 (0.891%) Facebook
10 3 (0.668%) Apple
10 3 (0.668%) Intel
10 3 (0.668%) IBM
11 2 (0.445%) Business Objects
11 2 (0.445%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.445%) LogiXML
12 1 (0.223%) Atlassian
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