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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 43 23 44
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +21
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 24 49 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.089% 8.434% 3.237%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.82% 43.75% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 24 42 19
Average salary £32,250 £39,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.30% +13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £48,625 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
67 112 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 11.41% 19.28% 8.348%
Number of salaries quoted 62 85 48
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £32,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
West Midlands

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 8 £34,250 -
Cannock -23 7 £42,500 -5.55%
Stoke-on-Trent +8 5 £29,500 -26.25%
Visual Studio
West Midlands

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 22 (84.62%) .NET
2 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET
3 14 (53.85%) SQL Server
4 12 (46.15%) C#
5 10 (38.46%) SQL
5 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 9 (34.62%) MS Excel
6 9 (34.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (30.77%) HTML
8 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
8 7 (26.92%) .NET Framework
9 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
9 6 (23.08%) MVC
9 6 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (19.23%) TDD
10 5 (19.23%) XML
10 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (19.23%) jQuery
11 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (15.38%) LogiXML
11 4 (15.38%) MDX
11 4 (15.38%) WCF
11 4 (15.38%) Line 500
11 4 (15.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 22 (84.62%) .NET
2 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET
3 8 (30.77%) HTML
4 7 (26.92%) .NET Framework
5 5 (19.23%) XML
5 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (19.23%) jQuery
6 4 (15.38%) MDX
6 4 (15.38%) WCF
6 4 (15.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (15.38%) XSL
6 4 (15.38%) CSS
6 4 (15.38%) Web Services
6 4 (15.38%) MFC
7 2 (7.692%) LINQ
7 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 2 (7.692%) WinForms
7 2 (7.692%) Ajax
8 1 (3.846%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (7.692%) ESB
3 2 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (34.62%) MS Excel
2 4 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Line 500
1 4 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) LAN
2 1 (3.846%) Intranet
2 1 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (15.38%) OLAP
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 3 (11.54%) QlikView
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (3.846%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (34.62%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio Team System
3 2 (7.692%) MSBuild
General
1 4 (15.38%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) .NET Developer
3 6 (23.08%) C# .NET Developer
3 6 (23.08%) C# Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Web Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Software Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Design Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Real Time Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) C# Web Developer
6 3 (11.54%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) .NET Software Developer
6 3 (11.54%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (11.54%) C# Software Developer
7 2 (7.692%) Technical Developer
7 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) MVC
2 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (19.23%) TDD
3 4 (15.38%) CRM
3 4 (15.38%) SOA
3 4 (15.38%) ETL
3 4 (15.38%) Multidimensional Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) Workflow
5 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) C#
2 10 (38.46%) SQL
3 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 4 (15.38%) C
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) LogiXML
2 4 (15.38%) Sage
3 2 (7.692%) Telerik
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
ASP.Net Developer (ASP.NET/SQL/MVC) - London... Your primary focus will be on building a new application for online reporting using ASP.Net with Visual Studio 2010/...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
ASP.Net Developer (ASP.NET/SQL/MVC) - London... Your primary focus will be on building a new application for online reporting using ASP.Net with Visual Studio 2010/...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013