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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 28 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 11 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 6.044% - 1.695%
As % of the Development Applications category 68.75% - 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £28,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
16 28 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 8.791% 17.07% 5.508%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 9
Average salary £45,000 £65,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,500 £46,250
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Hertfordshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 12 (100.00%) Broadband
1 12 (100.00%) Marketing
2 8 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 8 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Test Management
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 12 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Tester
1 8 (66.67%) Automation Tester
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 8 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Test Management
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft