The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stroud region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 17 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 Stroud region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 7 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 25.00% 1.852% -
As % of the Development Applications category 100.00% 22.22% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £26,000 £33,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Stroud
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 25.00% 8.333% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 0
Average salary £26,000 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
Gloucestershire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stroud 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 Stroud region.

Stroud Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 (83.33%) XML
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) XSD
2 4 (66.67%) XSLT
2 4 (66.67%) TDD
2 4 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 4 (66.67%) V-Model
2 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
4 1 (16.67%) Borland
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) VC++
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) C++Builder
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Military
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) CCTV

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 (83.33%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) XSD
2 4 (66.67%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) C++Builder
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Military
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Graduate
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CCTV
1 1 (16.67%) Physics
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) TDD
1 4 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 4 (66.67%) V-Model
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) VC++
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Borland