The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Southport region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 7 5 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 8.333% 18.75% -
As % of the Development Applications category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Southport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 8.333% 18.75% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Merseyside

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southport 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 Southport region.

Southport Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) CSS3
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) CSS3
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft